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New GreenHouse for sustainability nurtures community
Though enticing, the food spread across the tables is only part of the point of this meal. The two dozen students at this Global Food for Thought dinner are here to feed their minds as well as their stomachs.
November food drive unites campus against hunger
For several years, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Office of Visitor & Information Programs (VIP) has coordinated an NBC15 "Share Your Holidays" holiday food drive for families in need. This year, the organizers will join forces with other campus groups for an effort greater than the sum of its parts.
UW-Madison scholar tapped to lead American Historical Association
University of Wisconsin–Madison historian William Cronon has been elected president of the American Historical Association, a position considered one of the highest honors in the profession.
American Education Week celebrates Education Building
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education will host a special American Education Week program Nov. 15-16 to celebrate the grand reopening of the revamped Education Building on Bascom Hill.
UW-Madison to again celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week
The University of Wisconsin–Madison - along with more than 1,500 organizations worldwide - will mark Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Nov. 15-21.
Registrar finalists to visit campus
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has scheduled campus visits later this month for four finalists for the position of university registrar. An open forum with each…
Zimmerman wins UW System teaching award
David Zimmerman, a UW–Madison English professor, is among four recipients of the UW System’s 2010 Alliant Energy Underkofler Awards for Excellence in Teaching. “I’m humbled,”…
Chancellor conducts TelePresence meeting from China
As part of her trip to China and Taiwan, Chancellor Biddy Martin helped to inaugurate a cutting-edge videoconferencing device now available to the greater UW–Madison campus community.
Search and screen panel named for WID director
A search and screen committee has been named to find the first permanent director for the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Martin Cadwallader, vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate School, says the committee is accepting nominations and hopes to have a candidate selected by late spring.
Two faculty chosen for national medical honor society
Cynthia Haq and John Harting, faculty leaders at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, have been elected to Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society.
Jahn to step down as UW–Madison ag and life sciences dean
University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and Provost Paul M. DeLuca Jr. today (Oct. 28) announced that Molly Jahn, who has led UW–Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences since 2006, will step down as dean of the college, effective Jan. 1.
Recent sightings: Go Big Read
Rebecca Skloot, author of the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” speaks to a large crowd during a Go Big Read lecture at…
Ground broken for cleaner, coal-free Charter Street Heating Plant
The first shovels full of renewable fuel were symbolically hefted Monday in the transformation of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Charter Street Heating Plant from coal to biomass.
Madison Initiative for Undergraduates: Progress and promise mark program’s start
University of Wisconsin–Madison students are beginning to reap the rewards of a campuswide effort to boost the value, quality and affordability of an undergraduate education made possible by the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates.
Cancer researcher wins Era of Hope Scholar Award
Wei Xu, assistant professor of oncology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is one of only three scientists in the country to have won the 2010 Era of Hope Scholar Award.
Urban League honors UW–Madison’s Crim
Dawn Crim, UW–Madison director of community relations, was named a Young Professional of the Year by the Urban League of Greater Madison.
UW-Madison’s diversity leader wins award
The NAACP Madison Branch has awarded its annual W.E.B. DuBois Community Advocacy Award to Damon Williams, vice provost for diversity and climate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
‘Upswing’ dance faculty concert set for Nov. 19-20
The University of Wisconsin–Madison's Dance Department is celebrating its new status as a department during the campus's Year of the Arts with a two-night fall faculty concert, "Upswing," at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, and Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon St.
Officials update campus-area road projects
The summer construction season on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus is finally drawing to a close after more than five months of traffic detours and delays. The work on several major utility projects began in mid-May following spring commencement weekend.