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From scientific hypothesis to real-world machinery
If you need a compact muon solenoid, Farshid Feyzi is the man to see. He and his colleagues at UW–Madison's Physical Sciences Laboratory are some of the few people in the world who know what the device is ? and how to build one. And there will be only one ? when it's finished, that is. The solenoid, a subatomic-particle detector that scientists will use to seek evidence of a certain kind of particle known as a Higgs boson, will be assembled in Geneva, Switzerland, in a couple of years. Its components are under construction at many labs and factories around the world.
UWPD shares its two-wheeled approach to community policing
A UW–Madison police department program helps other law enforcement agencies adapt the campus bicycle patrol program to community policing efforts.
Creative harmony resides within Humanities
Like a walled medieval city, the Mosse Humanities building's imposing gray edifice conceals several distinct neighborhoods of academic and creative endeavors.
Spotlight: Creative Harmony
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Scientific undertaking: Mortician helps donors leave healthy corpse
Once upon a time, it was almost a clichŽ: 'I'm not going to be buried,' people would say; 'I'm leaving my body to science.' Well, in Wisconsin, science has the face of Bob Schlotthauer. He's the senior mortician with UW–Madison's body donation program, and he and his partner, Phil Schadler, are responsible for keeping the medical school's cadavers as healthy as corpses can be.
Digital Bazaar set for Humanities
The annual Digital Bazaar Friday, May 3, features many forms of electronically produced, modified or presented art.
Four faculty receive Hilldale awards
Four faculty members have been awarded the prestigious Hilldale Award in recognition of a distinguished contribution to teaching, research, and extension/outreach.
UW partners with Menominee college
Some associate degree holders from the College of the Menominee Nation will be able to transfer to bachelor's degree programs at UW–Madison under a pilot program agreement signed April 29.
Position Vacancy Listings
Administrative 041712: Assistant Dean (L) L&S / Administration:Student Academic Affairs (100). Apply by May 3. 041725: Assoc Outreach Spec/Outreach Specialist…
Hoofers to offer activities for kids this summer
Is your youngster looking for something to do this summer? The Hoofer Youth Program offers instructional classes in sailing, canoeing and kayaking for boys and girls from age 10 and up, novice to advanced.
Calendar highlights
Pianist Taylor featured in Waisman Center benefit Christopher Taylor is the featured performer for the Friends of the Waisman Center’s annual benefit concert…
Bulletin
BULLETIN Overture: The Art and Design of a Cultural Arts Center Sponsored by the Arts Institute and the Overture Foundation, the…
Milestones
AWARDED William H. Nienhauser, Jr., professor, East Asian languages and literature, received the Research Award for Foreigners from the Alexander von Humboldt…
For the Record
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Pesticide Policy Pesticide applicators are to notify Central Answering and Response Service at 263-3333 prior to using a…
Business school honorees named
Several teaching/service awards were presented to Business School faculty and academic staff at a Celebration of Excellence April 27.
New master’s exhibits to open
Presenting innovative artwork in master's degree exhibitions, Carol Parker and Laurel Lueders fill the Gallery of Design May 3-10 with images that shift the boundaries between public and private space.
Geology Museum to hold open house May 5
Take an illustrated journey to the planets and stars above Madison, discover the odd-looking animals that roamed the Earth before the dinosaurs and dig into a pile of free rock samples during the UW–Madison Geology Museum open house Sunday, May 5.
Professor illuminates art of friendship
A.D. Pirous, one of Indonesia's most distinguished artists, has many stories to tell: making propaganda posters during the national revolution during the late 1940s, studying abstract art with Dutch cubists, organizing Indonesia's Istiqlal Festival of Islamic Art, trying to prevent his paintings from being faked or stolen, voicing his anguish about state-sponsored atrocities in his home province of Aceh. Kenneth M. George, professor of anthropology at UW–Madison since 1999, has been Pirous' friend for the last 17 years.
New learning community to open in 2003
The launch of a multicultural learning community slated for Witte Hall has been moved to fall 2003 to allow University Housing to attract more students to the program.
Study: Whites perceive more crime when blacks live nearby
Perceptions of crime in a particular neighborhood may be due to the presence of young African-American men, according to a new study by two UW–Madison researchers.