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Alternative Breaks meetings planned
Students who want to see the country from a different perspective this summer may check out Alternative Summer Breaks, a university program that provides opportunities to work with socially and economically diverse groups.
Ruben Blades to visit
Ruben Blades, a Panamanian activist, actor and Grammy award-winning musician, will speak and perform next month on campus.
Undergrad research, service learning on display
Nearly 100 students will showcase their research and service learning projects Wednesday, April 5, at the second annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Ward to step down as chancellor
Chancellor David Ward announced today, March 17, that he will step down as the institution's chief executive Jan. 1, 2001. Ward will take a sabbatical during 2001 and then return to the Andrew Hill Clark Professorship of Geography. He also will begin in a newly funded faculty chair that will make it possible for him to be affiliated with a proposed center for the study of higher education.
Rhetorical theorist Mailloux to lecture
Steve Mailloux, a nationally recognized literary scholar and prominent advocate for rhetoric and cultural studies, will deliver a public lecture Thursday, March 30.
Forest service chief to speak
The chief of the U.S. Forest Service will give a free public talk Tuesday, March 28. Michael Dombeck will speak on 'The Forest Service: The World's Largest Water Company' beginning at 5 p.m. in 145 Birge Hall.
Singerman to discuss ‘Conflict of the Faculties’
Howard Singerman's lecture, 'The Conflict of the Faculties' will offer an archeology of the art department in the contemporary university Tuesday, March 28, at 5:30 p.m. in 160 Elvehjem Museum of Art.
Regents approve pay hike for UW leaders
Pay raises approved by the Board of Regents move university and UW System leaders closer to what other university executives earn nationally, but they still lag behind their peers.
Campus binge drinking reflects national trend
A just-released study has found that binge drinking at UW–Madison is increasing, reflecting a nationwide trend on college campuses.
Adoptee advocate to speak on campus
Washington state Sen. Paull Shin will be visiting campus Tuesday, March 21, in his continuing advocacy on behalf of Korean adoptees.
David Hollinger to deliver Curti Lectures
The spring Curti Lectures will be delivered March 27-29 by David A. Hollinger, professor of history at the University of California-Berkeley and currently a fellow of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton.
Dance students perform in Detroit
For most students on campus, March means spring break. To a core group of students at the UW Dance Program, it means dancing in Detroit over spring break and then, returning to campus to perform in the annual spring student choreography concert March 30-April 1.
Student choreography concert March 30-April 1
Student choreographers in the UW Dance Program will showcase their work in a spring concert March 30, 31 and April 1.
DoIT reminds users: Don’t clog network
Thinking about kicking back and listening to some tunes online? Campus computer users who favor MP3 music files can run into trouble in terms of both appropriate use policies and effect on the campus computer network.
Will robots milk Wisconsin dairy cows?
Robotic milkers could someday free Wisconsin dairy farmers from the tyranny of the milking schedule. However, for the short term, the machines will be a risky investment, according to Doug Reinemann, a milking systems researcher at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Library sale offers 15,000 books
More than 15,000 books on almost any subject and thousands of long-playing records will be put on sale in a fund-raiser for the Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries March 22-25.
History book examines Madison government
The La Follette Institute has published a book titled 'Madison, An Administration History of Wisconsin's Capital City 1929-79.'
Large trucks to be limited on campus
A pilot policy to reduce large truck traffic on campus began today, March 10, with the goals of increasing pedestrian safety, decreasing traffic congestion, and extending the life of campus streets.
More exercise may mean less pain
Kinesiologist Kelli Koltyn studies the intersection between exercise and pain and whether exercise can actually have a pain-relieving effect, not unlike downing a couple aspiri
World trade debate scheduled
Panelists will debate the future of the World Trade Organization Thursday, March 23, on campus.