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Course Guide now available
The Office of the Registrar and DoIT announce a new resource for campus: Course Guide. Course Guide brings courses and related information from many campus sources together into one spot. It aggregates content and presents it in a consistent format.
WYOU bequeaths Runyon’s master tapes to Memorial Library
WYOU Community Television will transfer ownership of the master video tapes of “Nothing To Hide,” the late David Runyon’s long-running television show, to Memorial Library.
Milestones
Dale Bjorling, professor and chair of the Department of Surgical Sciences, has been elected as the next president of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Producing knowledge through print culture
“Print culture seeks to bring together everyone engaged in print,” says Jim Danky, “whether they’re the author, with an idea, or the editors and publishers who transmit that idea, or those who physically transmit that idea — the typographers and printers of the past and the webmasters of today.”
Programs make a case for global engagement
When the Soviet Union launched its first Sputnik satellite in 1957, it effectively defeated the United States in the first round of the space race. And while the United States responded in kind with Pioneer 1, it also transformed its Cold War engagement by launching a terrestrial initiative — one that involved UW–Madison back then and does so to this day.
Be the We
This column features the We Conserve program and its work on campus. Learn more at We Conserve.
Faculty Senate OKs slower research overhaul
A proposed reorganization of the Graduate School will be slowed down until university administrators have responded to an upcoming review of the plan, under a resolution overwhelmingly approved Nov. 2 by the Faculty Senate.
A year after historic election, students stay involved in politics
One year after UW–Madison students surged to the polls, the historic 2008 campaign has sparked an ongoing interest in politics among students.
Faculty Senate approves resolution to slow research overhaul
A proposed reorganization of the Graduate School will be slowed down until university administrators have responded to an upcoming review of the plan, under a…
Author Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng to visit UW–Madison
Award-winning author Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus on Wednesday, Nov. 4, as part of the Humanities Without Boundaries series.
Time reporter analyzes Obama administration
Time magazine's Mark Halperin, one of the nation's most influential political journalists, will discuss the Obama administration at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Wednesday, Nov. 4, the same day that the president is scheduled to visit the city.
Fifty years of expanding girls’ horizons in science, math
The Expanding Your Horizons program, a daylong conference designed to expose young women to careers in science, technology, engineering and math, has touched thousands of Wisconsin women during its 50-year history at UW–Madison.
Assistive Technology Expo showcases possibilities for people with disabilities
Monica KamalRossa emphasizes the importance of assistive technologies for persons with disabilities by asking a question: "How many of you can live without your shoes every day, every season - yes, even in winter?"
Recent sightings: Trick-or-treating at Olin House
Bucky and some UW cheerleaders joined Chancellor Biddy Martin (below) at Olin House in handing out treats from 4-8 p.m., on Halloween.
Recent sightings: Haunted house
On Oct. 30, School of Human Ecology (SoHE) associate outreach specialist Angela Badura (center) plays maracas as other faculty and staff participate in a…
Detroit rally launches UW–Madison vehicle team endowment
Hauling five vehicles and eight people more than 400 miles is no simple feat, but when it comes to all things automotive, University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty and students will do whatever it takes.
Keeping Midwest culture alive
As stimulus spending goes, the impact of the $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures is fairly easy to quantify. It’s worth one associate director.
Cleaner, greener drug manufacturing
Nearly all pharmaceuticals are derived from crude oil and other simple chemical feedstocks through a series of complex, wasteful conversion steps.
Halloween traffic advisory
The UW Athletic Department reminds Badger fans and visitors coming to campus for Saturday’s football and men’s hockey games to be aware of road…