Category Employee News
Chinn named to Congressional Budget Office panel
International finance expert and University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of public affairs and economics Menzie Chinn has been appointed to a two-year term on the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Economic Advisors. Read More
Branchaw to lead Institute for Biology Education
Janet Branchaw has been named interim director of the Institute for Biology Education (IBE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, beginning Friday, July 1. Read More
Macaruso remembered for warmth, personality
Victor Macaruso had a warm and outgoing personality. When working with students he always made them feel at ease and that he was fully dedicated to them, according to friends and colleagues. Read More
Update: Maureen Grant remembered by campus community
Maureen Grant, a 26-year employee of UW Libraries, is being remembered as a talented colleague and conversationalist. Grant was identified Thursday afternoon as the victim of Wednesday’s fatal University Avenue accident involving a Madison Metro bus. Read More
Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services hires executive director
The Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services (WCEPS) has tapped Matt Messinger as the organization's first executive director. Read More
PEOPLE summer programs underway
Sleeping in is not in the cards for more than 350 middle school students from Madison and Wisconsin tribal school districts who are serious about earning admission to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Kell was devoted to helping students attend UW
During his tenure in the Office of Student Financial Aid, Terry Kell was devoted to assisting UW–Madison students receiving loans and financial aid. Read More
UW-Madison expert to discuss role of research in global food security
In the face of a changing climate and a world population forecast to reach 9 billion by 2050, feeding the world is a mounting challenge. And with 2 billion people worldwide already facing hunger or malnutrition, developing stable and effective food systems is a task of growing urgency. Read More
Budget passed by state Legislature includes flexibility, preserves broadband
The $66 billion spending plan passed Thursday by the state Legislature for the next two years includes important administrative flexibilities for UW System institutions and preserves a critical state broadband network. Read More
LGBT Campus Center names Javier as director
The Division of Student Life has appointed Gabe Javier as new assistant dean of students and director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Campus Center. Read More
Chancellor Martin leaving UW–Madison for presidency at Amherst College
University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin, who built a reputation as a visionary thinker and defender of the university’s role as global public research institution, announced today (Tuesday, June 14) that she’s leaving the university to become president of Amherst College. Read More
Four finalists identified for top UW–Madison research job
Four individuals - a social scientist, an engineer, a biologist and a medical physicist - have been identified as finalists for the University of Wisconsin–Madison's top research job, it was announced today (June 10). Read More
Research establishment spawns research-supply spinoffs
For a century, Wisconsin's traditional metal-working industries spawned a broad and profitable series of tool-and-diemaking firms that marketed nationwide. Read More
UW-Madison names chief information officer
Bruce Maas, chief information officer at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been selected as the next information technology leader at UW–Madison, Provost Paul M. DeLuca, Jr. announced today (June 8). Read More
‘Enrique’s Journey’ chosen for Go Big Read program
University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin has selected "Enrique's Journey" by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sonia Nazario as the book for the third year of Go Big Read, the university's common reading program. Read More
Recent sightings: Ice cream social
As the temperature soared into the 90s on June 7, 2011, hundreds of people beat the heat by enjoying servings of Babcock Dairy ice… Read More
Big scoop: Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social set for today, June 7
Mark your calendar for the annual Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social, which is scheduled for Tuesday, June 7, at 1:30 p.m. on Bascom Hill. Read More