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For the Record
Sept. 8–22, 2010 Wisconsin Week, the newspaper of record for UW–Madison, carries legally required notices for faculty and staff. CIBER announces Southeast Asia faculty…
Communication key to ‘Distance’ production
In one sense, “Across a Distance” is the tale of two virtuosic performers, a boy-meets-girl romantic comedy and an intensely personal journey to turn an offhand thought into reality.
Booksmart
Thinking Poetry: Readings in Contemporary Women’s Exploratory Poetics (University of Iowa Press, 2010) Lynn Keller, Martha Meier Renk Bascom Professor of English…
Program brings Middle Eastern languages to life
This summer, campus learners included candy makers, bankers, teenaged musicians and visitors from around the world. Along the shores of Lake Mendota, one program taught its students about languages and cultures thousands of miles away.
Office of Admissions, McBurney Center will move to new home in 2011
The Office of Admissions and the McBurney Disability Resource Center will soon move to a new home in the heart of campus.
Milestones
The McBurney Center has welcomed three new staff: Ebonee Johnson will be interning with the center for the 2010–11 academic year. She is a doctoral…
Unusual relationship forged via research commitment
In the nerve-wracking moments before he fired up the PowerPoint to defend his neurology dissertation on Sept. 3, Matt Wagoner could look into the audience at the Biotech Center and take comfort.
Martin proposes new ‘Badger Partnership’
For more than 150 years, Wisconsin, a state with a modest population and modest wealth, has invested enough in UW–Madison to make it one of only four public universities to rank among the top twenty universities in the world.
Send us your tailgate recipes!
Do you have a recipe for the world’s best chili, tasty chicken wings or a delectable dessert?
Family photo day benefits campus child care
Family Photo Day has been scheduled by the Office of Child Care and Family Resources, says Connie Wilson, event coordinator.
Timely submission of expense reports is good business practice
On April 15, a communication memo, Impact of Faculty and Staff Appointment End Dates on the e-Reimbursement System (PDF), was sent to the Divisional Business Representatives (DBRs), Travel Contacts, and e-Reimbursement Division Coordinators to encourage all employees to submit their expense reports in a timely manner.
Open house to celebrate completion of 57 new guest rooms at Lowell Center
It’s been a labor of love and many months of hard work, but the 57 new guestrooms at the UW–Extension Conference Centers are finally complete
Visit renovated child care program
The Office of Child Care and Family Resources announces an open house for the recently renovated child care program in operation at No. 39 University Apartments.
WAA welcomes nominations for 75th Distinguished Alumni Awards
The Wisconsin Alumni Association welcomes nominations for the 75th presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Award, the association’s top honor.
Shared governance leaders discuss plans for year
Shared governance groups on campus will again focus their energy and attention on a wide range of issues, including the reorganization of the university’s research enterprise, academic staff job security and compensation, and funding, say UW–Madison’s shared governance leaders.