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SoHE renovation: A world of textiles, a sea of boxes
During the School of Human Ecology’s extensive renovation process, scheduled to begin in January, the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection will move to an off-campus storage facility. How the pieces get there, and what happens next, may be as interesting as the textiles themselves.
Groups prepare proposal for entrepreneurship certificate
The Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, Initiative for Studies In Transformational Entrepreneurship (INSITE) and the Wisconsin School of Business are preparing a proposal for a graduate certificate in entrepreneurship and innovation.
Order Thanksgiving to go by Nov. 20
The Wisconsin Union is again offering its Thanksgiving-To-Go dinners. Pre-cooked turkey, ham and vegetarian dinners with all the trimmings are available to order until Friday, Nov. 20.
UWPD plans safety conference
The University Police Department will hold its fourth annual Badger Watch Safety Conference from 7:45–3:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, at the Memorial Union.
Coming up on the Big Ten Network
Following is a look at the UW–Madison-related programming scheduled for the next three weeks on the Big Ten Network.
For the Record
Nov. 18–Dec. 9, 2009 Wisconsin Week, the newspaper of record for UW–Madison, carries legally required notices for faculty and staff.
Flu continues on campus
Cases of H1N1 influenza have been trending upward among students in recent weeks, according to University Health Services (UHS).
Visions of biological imaging drive researcher
As a young microbiology graduate student, Kevin Eliceiri met a professor just recruited to UW–Madison, a highly regarded geneticist and imaging expert named John White, now professor emeritus of anatomy and molecular biology.
Be the WE
This column features the We Conserve program and its work on campus.
Reaccreditation creates vision for campus
The enormous, campuswide task of examining the university’s mission and charting a course for its future has resulted in a 10-year institutional reaccreditation.
Early voting option can decrease turnout, research shows
Although states are moving quickly to put in place election procedures that allow for early voting, allowing people to cast ballots ahead of Election Day often results in lower turnout, according to research from a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison political scientists.