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Flu shots available to students, staff
University Health Services will administer flu shots to students, faculty and staff at the Union South satellite clinic on Monday, Nov. 8 and Tuesday, Nov. 9, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. No appointment is necessary, but faculty and staff pay a fee for vaccination.
Neville Public Museum, UW–Madison host day of discovery
Visitors to the Neville Public Museum on Wednesday, Nov. 17, may find a new experience around every corner, like the chance to extract DNA from a plant, study strange Lake Michigan critters or examine Martian meterorites.
ROTC units schedule Veterans Day activities
The university's Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) units will mark Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11, with several activities.
Afro-American Studies to lead new consortium
The university will administer a four-university black studies consortium under a new grant from the Ford Foundation.
New humanities center to foster collaboration
A new Humanities Center will take an interdisciplinary approach to improve partnerships and interaction between humanities and other disciplines on campus.
He was a Nazi youth: Professor emeritus comes to terms with past
After he had joined the National Socialist Jungvolk in 1938, Jurgen Herbst began to realize that something was profoundly wrong in that organization, and, in fact, everywhere in Nazi Germany. Herbst, professor emeritus of history and educational policy, outlines his ideological transformation in 'Requiem for a German Past: A Boyhood Among the Nazis,' just published by the UWPress.
Investment board leader to speak at retirement meeting
Patricia Lipton, executive director of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, plans to explain the workings of the board Thursday, Nov. 11, at the fall general meeting of the UW–Madison Retirement Association.
Madison Initiative hiring program moves ahead
University officials are seeking authorization to recruit up to 32 new faculty in clusters of emerging areas of knowledge. The UW System Board of Regents' Education Committee will consider the request at its meeting Thursday, Nov. 4.
Gulbrandsen appointed managing director of WARF
Carl Gulbrandsen has been appointed the managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, a non-profit agency that commercializes intellectual property for the university.
Three examples of UIR-funded projects
Three examples of more than 200 projects funded by UIR grants that illustrate the leveraging of state money and the entrepreneurship of the university's research community.
Latino film festival to debut this weekend
Film screenings and panel discussions will inaugurate a new Latino Film Festival on campus Nov. 5-6.
‘On Writing Well’ author Zinsser to visit campus Nov. 9-10
Nationally recognized writing expert William Zinsser will visit campus Nov. 9-10 in a series of presentations for faculty and students in areas as diverse as English and engineering.
Acclaimed illustrator Heo to speak
Culturally conscious illustrator Yumi Heo will talk about her work at a lecture Wednesday, Nov. 10, at UW–Madison.
Report urges bigger university role in Greek system
The university should take a more active role with fraternities and sororities to improve the campus Greek system, a new report says.
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The sweet smell of success – and sweat
As Bucky Badger, Kevin Peterburs is one of the most popular figures on campus.
Calendar briefs
Wisconsin Singers schedule show The Wisconsin Singers will present “A Night to Remember” at the Memorial Union Theater Friday and Saturday,…
Capitol Capsules
Gov. Tommy Thompson signs the state budget in a ceremony Oct. 27 that was attended by Chancellor David Ward, left, and…
A climate scientist applies computer models to his life
At the university, Jonathan Foley makes computer models to study what might happen if the human economy continues to emit greenhouse gases. Like hundreds of other climate scientists, he is deeply worried about global warming. Unlike most scientists, he carries that worry into his personal life.