Category Employee News
Prize-winning scholar to lecture on African American ideas of work, culture, liberty
Distinguished historian Thomas Holt will deliver the 2006 Merle Curti Lectures, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of History. Read More
Professor’s work underscores importance of family in care of people with disabilities
An assistant professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is working to teach how important the family is to Hispanic and Latino parents in caring for adult children with disabilities. Read More
Chancellor approves campus LTE reform plan
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has adopted a detailed, multi-year plan that will reshape its use of Limited Term Employees (LTEs), Chancellor John D. Wiley announced Tuesday. Read More
Joseph Kauffman, master administrator and Peace Corps pioneer, dies
Joseph F. Kauffman, emeritus professor of educational leadership at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, master administrator, one of the architects of the Peace Corps, and Dean of Student Affairs at UW–Madison during the turbulent student demonstrations of the 1960s, died today after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 84. Read More
Somalian human rights leader to speak
The Honorable Asha Hagi Elmi will be this year's J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor, announced the Division of International Studies. Read More
Professor introduces unusual edible fungus to Madison
Lydia Zepeda, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of consumer science affiliated with the women’s studies program and the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, recently became a convert to huitlacoche, a fungus that grows inside individual kernels of corn. Read More
Forum to focus on ‘moving forward together’
The University of Wisconsin–Madison's seventh annual Diversity and Climate Campus Forum will focus on engaging the campus community in discussions and action throughout the entire semester. Read More
Service-learning program gives children a ‘jump start’ into school
The School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has launched a new outreach and service-learning program aimed at helping economically disadvantaged preschoolers get a "jump start" on kindergarten, while giving college students experience in the classroom. Read More
Music fest set to bring the world to the Union
The third annual World Music Festival will be held at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Friday-Sunday, Sept. 21-23. Read More
Nighttime is the right time for Arts Night Out!
A string quartet will play with fire, ceramics will get smoking hot and dancers will burn up the floor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's "Arts Night Out!" on Saturday, Sept. 30. Read More
Multicultural Orientation Reception marks 25 years
One of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's longest-running and most successful student orientation programs is marking its 25th anniversary. Read More
School of Human Ecology recognizes excellence in outreach
The School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison presented its 2006 Excellence in Outreach Awards today (Aug. 30), recognizing four projects that impact significant numbers of people, demonstrate innovative designs or processes and showcase sustained effort. Read More
Adviser takes advantage of Wisconsin’s bounty
Although advising students and selling tomatoes may not seem at all similar on first blush, the skills required to do both effectively amount to the Wisconsin Idea in living, breathing action. To Phillip Yang, adviser to students in the School of Human Ecology, the Farmers’ Market is another venue to swap cultures, tell stories and inspire. Read More
UW participation in Africa Fest gives Wisconsin Idea global scope at grassroots level
Like rare perfume, the intoxicating call of African drums will waft over Madison's Warner Park on Saturday, Aug. 26. Read More
UW-Madison makes list of LGBT-friendly campuses
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been recognized as one of the 100 best campuses for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students in "The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students," the first comprehensive campus guide to offer such a list in the United States. Read More
Program works to build diverse new generation of computer scientists
A novel freshman-level program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison called Wisconsin Emerging Scholars in Computer Science is working to counter a remarkable absence of women and underrepresented groups in the field. Read More