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That’s the spirit Olin House, the official residence of the chancellor on Prospect Avenue, was decked out for Halloween with tombstones,…
UW Hospital gets favorable bond ratings
Two of the nation's most noted investment rating agencies have given high ratings to the revenue bonds recently issued by UW Hospital and Clinics.
Nature-inspired fiber art on display at Arboretum
Pieces created by fiber artist Patricia Hable Zastrow adorn the large expanse of wall space opposite the reception desk in the Arboretum Visitor Center through Nov. 28.
Union’s Main Lounge reopens with restored original design
Memorial Union's popular Main Lounge on the second floor reopened Oct. 7, ending an eight-month remodeling project aimed at increasing the space's functionality and usage.
Finalists chosen to head facilities planning and management
A search and screen committee has selected three finalists for the university's new associate vice chancellor for facilities planning and management.
Conference explores local government consolidation
Leading experts from five countries - France, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and Canada - will share their perspectives on local government financing at a one-day conference in Madison.
WAA to host freshman parents’ weekend
The Wisconsin Alumni Association will help parents learn about campus life during Freshman Parents' Weekend on Nov. 8 and 9.
Brey and O’Riley to perform at Union Theater
Carter Brey, cello, and Christopher O'Riley, piano, will present an exciting program of cello sonatas on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 8 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater.
Student forum will assess Plan 2008
Generation 2008, a student-organized group dedicated to raising the level of awareness of Plan 2008 - the long-range diversity plan for the University of Wisconsin–Madison - will hold a free forum on the plan and its future from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16.
Two lectures address issues of equality
Two speakers will visit campus to discuss equality, class, race, gender, and privilege. The lectures, together entitled "Unveiling Inequality," are free and open to the public.
Holy hibernaculum, Batman!
Dave Redell, a researcher in the wildlife ecology department, spends his summer nights ÷ just like Batman ÷ patrolling dark streets, parking lots and mine entrances in search of bats.
Apparel design students focus on creativity and careers
In apparel design class students are groping their way through the extremely powerful, extremely sophisticated, extremely complex state-of-the-art design software, called U4ia. U4ia allows students to quickly create intricate textile patterns and experiment with colors, textures and more.
Grant creates scholars program in health, society
In the last decade, the idea that the health of individuals and populations is determined by a host of factors has steadily gained credibility among the academic and policy-making community. Thanks to a $4.6 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, UW–Madison scholars will have an excellent opportunity to study this concept further.
The complexity of protest
Jeremi Suri, an author and a UW–Madison assistant professor of history, specializes in the study of interactions between states, peoples and cultures, and the ways social movements can profoundly influence leaders and institutions.
There was a young man who lived under a telescope
Sure, graduate students live in all sorts of places all over town, but probably only one lives underneath a big telescope. As part of his job through the Astronomy Department, Aaron Steffen gets to live an observational astronomer's dream: to spend each night beneath the giant dome of a working observatory.
Spear retires as ISS director
Judy Brodd has been named interim director of International Student Services, replacing Sheila Spear, who retired on Oct. 15 after leading the office since 1994.
Environmental studies director to retire
Professor Thomas M. Yuill, director of the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, will retire in late January.
Sculpture crowns new building
Hanging overhead in the new Engineering Center's atrium is a 500-pound stainless-steel- and-wire sculpture called "Sixty Strut Tensegrity Sphere," created by prolific artist and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller.
Voting? No reason why not
Despite Americans having more political education than people in other countries, voter turnout for a midterm general election usually averages only 35 to 37 percent ÷ even less than the approximately 50 percent for a presidential election.