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Campuswide furlough dates adjusted for 2010-11 year
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is in its second year of state-mandated employee furloughs and has adjusted the date of one of the designated campuswide furlough days for the 2010-11 school year. Read More
Grainger Goes Pink to support breast cancer awareness
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and the Wisconsin School of Business is spreading awareness with an innovative week of programming as part of Grainger Goes Pink, a celebration and fundraiser founded by alumnus Jon Fasoli, who had a family member with the illness. Read More
In Wisconsin, 75 percent of economic benefit of Bt corn goes to farmers who don’t plant it
Widespread planting of genetically modified Bt corn throughout the Upper Midwest has suppressed populations of the European corn borer, a major insect pest of corn, with the majority of the economic benefits going to growers who do not plant Bt corn, reports a multistate team of scientists in the Oct. 8 edition of the journal Science. Read More
UW-Madison research expenditures top the $1 billion mark
For the first time, annual research expenditures at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have surpassed the $1 billion milestone. Read More
Shalala delivers 2010 Littlefield Leadership Lecture
The School of Nursing presents the 11th Annual Littlefield Leadership Lecture with keynote speaker Donna Shalala on Friday, Oct. 15. Read More
Meeting of the Minds: Sifting and Winnowing in New York City
Chancellor Biddy Martin moderated the first Meeting of the Minds event in New York City on Sept. 29. The event brought together distinguished faculty, key campus officials and alumni to discuss pressing contemporary topics that include media ethics, politics, the economy and the environment. Read about the event, see photos and view video. Read More
David Obey to visit Vilas Hall; seats available for TV taping
On the eve of his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman David Obey will join an audience of UW–Madison students and friends for… Read More
Recent sightings: Brittany Zimmermann Memorial Run
On Oct. 2, 2010, nearly 400 people put on their running shoes and participated in the Brittany Zimmermann Memorial 5k Walk/Run honoring the memory… Read More
New York Times columnist to deliver talk on Afghan war
New York Times columnist Bob Herbert will deliver the University of Wisconsin Law School's annual Robert W. Kastenmeier Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 21. Read More
Madison fourth-grader named grand marshal of UW Homecoming Parade
Bucky Badger is the subject of many legends on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, but few compare to one created by Gwen Heidinger, who won the legend writing contest about the popular mascot as part of this year's UW Homecoming Celebration. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
APR campus forum highlights process improvements in research and grants administration
Several process redesign teams working to improve the university’s research and grant administration process will be present at the next Administrative Process Redesign (APR) campus forum to talk about their solutions. Read More
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. Read More
New registry to accelerate research on fragile X syndrome
As researchers delve further into the genetic basis for disease, they face a conundrum: finding enough affected people who can fill out a true picture of mutations that can vary from one person to another. A case in point is fragile X syndrome, a genetic mutation that affects approximately one infant boy in 3,600 births, and one infant girl in 4,000-6,000 births. Read More
POET executive to headline discussion on cellulosic ethanol production
Built on a foundation of grain-based production, the cellulosic ethanol industry is poised for strong growth in the United States. During his keynote address at the third annual Wisconsin Bioenergy Summit on Thursday, Oct. 14, POET Senior Director of Research Greg Hartgraves will outline progress and show how grain-based and cellulosic industry segments will work together to make ethanol more sustainable. Read More
October is flu shot month for students, faculty, staff
The first University of Wisconsin–Madison flu shot clinic of the season will be held Friday, Oct. 1, at the SERF, 715 W. Dayton St., from noon-5 p.m.. Students, faculty and staff can drop in without an appointment, get their seasonal flu shot out of the way and be treated to some early Halloween candy. Read More