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New campus accounting system to go online
Accounting Services wants to be sure that you have WISDM. WISDM stands for 'Wisconsin Data Mart,' which is a Web-based financial reporting system. Read More
Nation critic Danto to speak May 2
Well-known philosopher and art critic Arthur Danto will present the lecture 'The Body in Philosophy, Art and Life' at UW–Madison. Read More
Education alum to offer advice: “Get physical!”
A nationally recognized expert on exercise physiology and fitness will offer his advice on how to 'Get Physical: Live Better at Any Age!' at this year's UW–Madison School of Education Alumni Weekend program. Read More
Security computing expert to speak Thursday, May 2
An internationally renowned expert on computer security will discuss the interaction between economics and the theory of system dependability in a free public lecture Thursday, May 2, at UW–Madison. Read More
Chancellor’s remarks to Chamber of Commerce
Here are excerpts from Chancellor John Wiley's address to the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce 50th Annual Dinner April 23, 2002. Read More
Generation 2008 forum is Saturday
Generation 2008, a student-organized group dedicated to raising the level of awareness of Plan 2008, will hold a free, daylong forum on the plan's impact. Read More
Tip/Annual psychology symposium
The annual Psychology Research Conference takes place this Saturday, April 27. Read More
Conference explore possible utopias
The latest in a series of conferences that are part of the Real Utopias project explores a range of proposals for profound social change. Read More
Man of arts and letters: Cottingham recreates alphabet as art
Tandem Press artist in residence Robert Cottingham, internationally renowned as one of America's most important photo-realist painters, has been working on his latest round of lithographs in the series 'An American Alphabet.' Read More
Research illuminates ‘art’ of friendship
Kenneth M. George, professor of anthropology, has been friend to one of Indonesia's most distinguished artists for the last 17 years. That friendship has come to be the driving force behind George's research. Read More
Five to get honorary degrees
Drawing from the pinnacle of achievement in fields as varied as pediatrics, human rights journalism, music, technology transfer and law, the university will confer five honorary degrees Friday, May 17. Read More
Campus police honor four
Four civilians who played major roles in helping the UW–Madison Police Department address campus security concerns in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were honored April 17. Read More
Wiley addresses high-risk drinking
Chancellor John Wiley expresses strong support for a proposal to limit drink specials while also challenging the campus community to develop new solutions to the problems of high-risk drinking. Read More
Media briefing quotes from the chancellor
Here are some quotes from Chancellor John Wiley's media briefing April 24 on the issue of high-risk drinking. Read More
Hygiene lab: Testing for anthrax and much more
In 1924, William Stovall, who was then director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, published an article on anthrax in the Wisconsin Medical Journal. Now nearly 80 years later, scientists working in the facility that bears his name are again focused on anthrax. Read More
‘Passage of Oracles’ returns
"Passage of Oracles," an innovative combination of dance, music and martial arts, returns to the Wisconsin Union Theater Saturday, May 4 at 8 p.m. Read More
Festival melds technology, arts
The annual Festival of Interarts and Technology will showcase a wide range of visual, multimedia and performing works by student artists. Read More
Brain, heal thyself
Adding to the growing evidence that mammal brains can produce new nerve cells, a Medical School team reports that adult rats that suffer strokes are able to grow new brain cells. Read More
Growth masks growing inequality
Wisconsin could lose its standing as one of the most economically equal states in the nation, according to the Center on Wisconsin Strategy. Read More
‘Rain gardens’ help recharge ground water
For those of us who spent winter days dreaming of tulips and sunflowers, tomatoes and snap peas, gardening means one thing ÷ growing plants. But the gardens blooming in the minds of two university engineers cultivate sand and gravel, water budgets and storage capacity. Read More