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Chazen presents Andy Warhol Photographic Studies
Andy Warhol was a relentless photographer of the people and places around him. He constantly documented the steady stream of friends, acquaintances, celebrities, and even strangers who came to his atelier, The Factory, a place both notorious and immensely attractive for its bohemianism. Between 1970 and his death in 1987, Warhol produced tens of thousands of photographs, many never made public.
Booksmart: Confronting Evils: Terrorism, Torture, Genocide
Claudia Card came to UW–Madison during the tumult of the late 1960s. In her second year of teaching, her student Christine Rothschild was murdered on campus. Another honors student, 18-year-old David Fine, became infamous for his role in the Sterling Hall bombing two years later.
Bidding adieu to brutalism at UW–Madison
Angela Pakes Ahlman has a scene from an old grade-school environmental education film seared into memory. It depicts a factory belching thick smoke into the sky, while in the foreground, a pipe spews an oily plume into a river.
Academic staff professional development grants available
All UW–Madison academic staff with 50 percent appointments or more are invited to apply for fiscal year 2010–11 Academic Staff Professional Development (ASPD) Grants for conferences, training or other professional development projects that occur between Jan. 1 and June 30.
New Badger Partnership tops chancellor’s Senate speech
Chancellor Biddy Martin delivered a host of good news and cautionary notes to the Faculty Senate on Oct. 4 and said her priority this year is to gain administrative flexibilities that would allow UW–Madison to operate more efficiently.
Improving the cutting edge
Tiny tools— small enough to poke an individual lens on a ladybug’s eye — are getting more durable, thanks to ultrathin nanocrystalline diamond coatings developed…