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New round of cluster hires set to begin
The university plans to hire 25 new faculty in its latest round of cluster hiring as part of the Madison Initiative, Provost John Wiley says. Read More
Humanities center schedules Jane Austen festival
The Center for Humanities kicks off its inaugural year with a schedule of public lectures and community-wide events including a lecture series and festival featuring fans and foes of 18th- century author Jane Austen. Read More
Sun Microsystems supercomputer to advance genomics
Sun Microsystems, Inc. and UW–Madison today, May 18, announced the expansion of a decade-long relationship enabling the campus to acquire a $2.5 million supercomputer for genetics research. Read More
Pre-college program expands to Madison, Racine
The university's innovative pre-college program for minority and disadvantaged students is expanding this summer to Madison and Racine. Read More
Chancellor search panel named
A 21-member committee chaired by Bernice Durand, professor of physics, will search for a successor to Chancellor David Ward, who will step down on Dec. 31. Read More
Ambling through Allen Centennial Gardens
Let us amble through the amber sunshine in Allen Centennial Gardens, a horticultural jewel across from Steenbock Library that will brighten even this luminescent spring morning. Read More
Awards briefs
School of Ed honors staff The School of Education presented its annual Distinguished Achievement Awards to six faculty and staff members earlier… Read More
Awards wrap-up
New award recognizes academic collaboration Faculty collaborations to yield new courses Returning-student awards recognize struggle, triumph Scholarships awarded to students by… Read More
50 years later, they’re gone
After a half-century, the 'temporary' buildings on the west end of campus have crumbled under the claw of an excavator, making way for something more permanent - the Engineering Centers Building. Read More
Calendar briefs
Top actress Hagen to lead student drama workshops Tony Award-winning actress Uta Hagen plans to do a workshop for UW–Madison students during her… Read More
Campus retirees gather under watchful presence of former housing worker
Drop by Lums Family Restaurant on the fourth Wednesday of any month at about 8:30 in the morning, and you’ll see a group of… Read More
Events Bulletin
Learning Piano 300: Then and Now The School of Music presents a celebration of the 300th anniversary of the piano. This… Read More
For the Record
Policies and Procedures Staff Directory Updates Work is under way to produce the 2000-01 UW–Madison Staff Directory. During the week of… Read More
Hoofer classes promote education, prevention
Hoofers Outdoor Recreation, one of 10 student-run committees of the Wisconsin Union Directorate, is the largest and oldest campus outdoor recreation organization in the nation. Read More
New process aims to improve improvement
A number of academic departments and other campus units are learning make decisions faster and better using a new way of working together, called Accelerated Improvement, a tool for quickly improving or creating a process. Read More
Ancient kiln technology yields modern art
The proof is in the pottery. Proof, that is, of why a wood-fired kiln is worth all the smoke and ashes and interminable stoking. Student and faculty artists anxiously awaited that verdict last week as they unloaded their work from a new Japanese-style kiln constructed on Picnic Point. Read More
Milestones
Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail:… Read More
Newsmakers
(Every week faculty and staff from across campus are featured or cited in newspapers, magazines, broadcasts and other media from around the… Read More