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UW Habitat for Humanity hosts 14th Souper Bowl
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Habitat for Humanity chapter will host the 14th annual Souper Bowl fundraiser at Madison West High School on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Property tax credits offer inefficient tax relief, study says
Two Wisconsin property tax credits are not only expensive - nearly $900 million per year out of a $13 billion general fund budget - but they are a highly inefficient means of delivering property tax relief to the Wisconsin homeowners and renters for whom the property tax creates the greatest economic hardships, according to a new analysis from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
TIP/Apple Tablet experts
Jan. 27, 2010
Founders’ Day celebrations to mark UW–Madison’s birthday
It’s been 161 years since the first day of class at UW–Madison. This spring, alumni and friends in about 70 cities across the country are celebrating the occasion, known as Founders’ Day, and commemorative events on campus will include a touch of history and a taste of cake.
Madison police release sketch in bike path battery
Madison police have released an artist's sketch of a man who allegedly tackled a 21-year-old UW–Madison student while she stopped to stretch on the Southwest Bike Path at 9:15 a.m. on Jan. 24.
Chazen exhibit cranks up the whimsy
From simple wind-up toys (chattering plastic teeth, anyone?) and cuckoo clocks to the creepy animatronic Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland, moving make-believe is fun to watch. The Chazen Museum of Art satisfies that fascination for moving parts and the fantastic in a new exhibit, “Automata: Contemporary Mechanical Sculpture.”
Heating plant renovation ushers in greener era
The Charter Street Heating Plant, an aging but critical source of energy for campus, is about to undergo a transformation that will take the state and university to the 21st century frontiers of cleaner, coal-free power.
Milestones
Perry Pickhardt, Department of Radiology, and Maureen Smith, Health Innovation Program, have received a $2.7 million grant supporting collaboration between their departments to investigate the…
Brain responses during anesthesia mimic those during natural deep sleep
The brains of people under anesthesia respond to stimuli as they do in the deepest part of sleep - lending credence to a developing theory of consciousness and suggesting a new method to assess loss of consciousness in conditions such as coma.
For the Record
Jan. 27-Feb. 10, 2010 Wisconsin Week, the newspaper of record for UW–Madison, carries legally required notices for faculty and staff.
Trees removed in Muir Woods
During the final week of winter break when there was very little vehicle and pedestrian traffic on Observatory Drive, Environmental Services staff took advantage of the lull and the relatively good weather to remove several dead, weak or broken trees along the top of Muir Woods.
Brown bag to address challenges faced by academic staff supervisors
The College of Letters & Science Committee on Academic Staff Issues (CASI) will host a brown-bag brainstorm session to discuss the challenges that academic staff professionals face when supervising other academic staff professionals.
University announces new online airfare booking tool
UW–Madison has announced a change in online travel booking procedures.
Employees contribute to Partners in Giving despite economy
State, university and UW Hospital and Clinics employees contributed generously to the 2009 Partners in Giving charity fundraising campaign in spite of the state of the economy, furloughs, layoffs and retirements.
University Roundtable begins with ‘Changing Your Brain’
The exciting new field of “contemplative neuroscience,” a Law School project that frees the wrongly convicted and the seasonal beauty of the Allen Centennial Gardens will be featured during the spring series of University Roundtable luncheon presentations.
Forum explores climate change, human security
Why did Viking settlements, seemingly well-suited to harsh northern environments, survive centuries of climate change in some places but fail in others?
Scholarship recipient strives to help others
In Stephanie Lind’s neighborhood, kids left high school to get married or to work, but Stephanie’s mom believed college was important.
Mathematician takes a turn in the laboratory
Despite growing up in a medical family whose dinner table talk often revolved around strange diseases and interesting bodily quirks, Julie Simons’ first love wasn’t biology. In high school, the UW–Madison mathematics graduate student became captivated by geometry. As an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley, she majored in math and minored in statistics. And upon graduating, she did an internship in cryptography and code breaking.