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Faculty Senate approves research reorganization
The Faculty Senate on Monday approved a reorganization of leadership in the university’s research enterprise, dividing the responsibilities of the dean of the graduate school into two positions – the vice chancellor for research and graduate education and the dean of the Graduate School.
Three MSC director finalists to visit campus
Three finalists for the post of assistant dean of students and director of the Multicultural Student Center will meet with the campus community during visits this week.
Endlich exhibit on display at Academic Staff Art Gallery
The Academic Staff Art Gallery, located in room 270 of Bascom Hall, is showcasing the works of Linda Endlich for this semester’s featured artist which can be seen through July.
Sociologist, former L&S dean Sandefur to leave UW–Madison after 30 years
Gary Sandefur, a longtime faculty member and administrator at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is headed back to his home state of Oklahoma.
Disposable timer could be a nurse’s best friend
In medicine, time isn't just money: it can mean the difference between life and death. Clot-busters must be given in the first hour of arrival in a hectic emergency room. Intravenous medications can spoil, and catheters that overstay their welcome invite infection.
Ten to receive Distinguished Teaching Awards
Ten faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize the university’s finest educators.
UW-Madison names director of Educational Innovation
Mark Johnson, assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been selected as the new director of Educational Innovation, an initiative of the provost’s office.
Citizen scientists provide clarity for lake researchers’ big questions
A massive new study of water clarity trends in Midwestern lakes is sure to make some waves in scientific circles. The study involved nearly a quarter of a million observations in 3,251 lakes spread across eight states, and data dating back seven decades. But it’s where that data came from that’s truly noteworthy. For the report, published online April 30 in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers turned exclusively to citizen scientists.
Public invited to UW Family Gardening Day on May 10
After a frigid winter and chilly spring, area gardeners are invited to celebrate the arrival of the gardening season - and gather a cornucopia of helpful ideas - at the UW Family Gardening Day on Saturday, May 10, on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.
National Academy of Sciences adds three UW–Madison researchers
Three University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the organization announced today.
Paul Evans led University Housing through renewal and growth
Sometimes we choose our career, and sometimes a career chooses us. That may be the case with UW–Madison Housing Director Paul Evans, who first went to college with the idea of becoming a dentist, but next month leaves the university after 36 years, his entire career spent in housing.
State redesigns Wisconsin.gov website
I’m pleased to announce the launch of a redesigned www.Wisconsin.gov website to better serve the citizens of Wisconsin.
HR Design moves ahead on several fronts
Last week's legislative approval of a new UW–Madison personnel management system gives the green light for implementation of most of the HR Design strategic plan on July 1, 2015, but work has been continuing on other components of the plan as well.
University Housing director finalists chosen
The next leader of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Division of Housing will be chosen from among finalists visiting campus during the next few weeks.
Mailick to join Graduate School
Marsha Mailick, a longtime University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty member and veteran of research leadership roles at the university, has been selected by Chancellor Rebecca Blank as interim successor to Martin Cadwallader, who is returning to the faculty.
Urban dance festival breaks down barriers
The largest international break dancing event in the Midwest, "Breakin' The Law: International Festival of Urban Movement," will be held in Madison from Wednesday, April 30 through Sunday, May 4.
It’s not all wedded bliss: Marital stress linked to depression
Marital stress may make people more vulnerable to depression, according to a recent study by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers and their colleagues.
Lighting up the lab: Team harnesses light for controlled chemical reaction
When chemist Tehshik Yoon looks out his office window, he sees a source of energy to drive chemical reactions. Plants “learned” to synthesize chemicals with sunlight eons ago; Yoon came to the field a bit more recently. But this week, in the journal Science, he and three collaborators detail a way to use sunlight and two catalysts to create molecules that are difficult to make with conventional techniques — a finding that may eventually have implications for drug making and materials science.
Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium to focus on blood
World stem cell leaders will converge on Promega's BioPharmaceutical Technology Center in Fitchburg on April 30 for the 9th Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium: From Stem Cells to Blood.
Five classified staff members honored for excellence
Five members of UW–Madison’s classified staff have been named recipients of the 2014 Classified Employee Recognition Awards.