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Pancakes, puppies and paleontology, oh my!
A trifecta of family-friendly events on Sunday, April 26, will make campus the place to be. Stoke the tummy with breakfast at the Stock Pavilion, and then head to open houses at the School of Veterinary Medicine and the Geology Museum.
Student Personnel Association honors nine for service, dedication
The Student Personnel Association honored nine university staff members at its Outstanding Achievement Awards luncheon on April 15.
For professor, chemistry and composition make music together
On any other chemistry professor’s desk, the thick musical score would seem out of place amid the mid-semester clutter of undergraduate lab manuals, hand-scribbled notes and research grants-in-progress. But for John Berry, the sheaf of music simply represents a different outlet for the same creative forces that guide his scientific research.
UWPD honors 17 with awards
The UW Police Department has honored the 17 members of the university’s Crisis Communication Committee with Chief’s Awards for their efforts to improve the way the campus communicates with the university community during a crisis, enhancing the safety of employees and students.
Letters and Science announces awards
Gary Sandefur, dean of the College of Letters and Science, has announced the winners of the 2008–09 College of Letters and Science Academic Staff Excellence Awards, Advising Awards and Classified Staff Excellence Awards.
Faculty, staff asked to tell about Wisconsin Idea in Action
Putting the Wisconsin Idea into practice is a personal and professional passion for many faculty and staff. The university’s positive influence can be seen in any number of programs and projects that benefit people beyond the boundaries of campus.
Botanist takes hints from plants to learn more about human biology
It’s always springtime in Edgar Spalding’s laboratory, where shelves of the small flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana sprout year-round under carefully timed lights and climate control. Often underappreciated, plants hold many clues to general and even human biology, Spalding says. Take, for example, his surprising discovery in Arabidopsis of “thinking genes” best known for their critical roles in our brains and nervous systems
Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social scheduled for May 6 on Bascom Hill
It’s time to mark your calendars for the 2009 Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social. It will take place on Wednesday, May 6, on Bascom Hill, rain or shine. It starts at 1 p.m. and will continue until supplies run out. All university employees are invited.
Review begins for pharmacy dean
A review is under way for School of Pharmacy Dean Jeanette Roberts.
Library and Information Studies director announces retirement
Louise Robbins, longtime director of the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), has announced that she will retire in August.
Kinesiology lecture focuses on exercise, cardiovascular disease risk
The third annual Montoye-Nagle Lecture in Kinesiology will feature alumnus Jim Hagberg.
Participate in implementing the IT Strategic PlanFramework
Shortly after the publication of the new Campus Strategic Framework, Ron Kraemer, CIO and vice provost for information technology, released a draft of the IT Strategic Plan Framework. The plan highlights approximately 25 strategic priorities for improving campus IT services and infrastructure.
Professor, student start initiative to encourage rain gardens
James T. Spartz, a graduate student in the life sciences communication department, knows exactly where most of the excess rainwater from Madison’s Arbor Hills neighborhood flows: It ends up in three ponds in the UW–Madison Arboretum, where it deposits harmful amounts of sediment and organic nutrients.
Oral history program preserves, promotes recorded memories
If 30-second sound bites are what you want, Troy Reeves is not your man. In his world, 30 minutes barely scratches the surface. As head of the Oral History Program, Reeves is the campus’s go-to guy for the kind of in-depth conversations contained in more than 3,500 hours of audio interviews that preserve a substantial slice of the university’s past.
University Health Services selects clinical services director
Gerald Ryan has been named director of clinical services at University Health Services (UHS), the student health clinic at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
‘Why Files’ finally in print after 13 years on the Web
A pioneering University of Wisconsin–Madison project that was among the first to deliver accurate, understandable and appealing science to the infant World Wide Web has finally found a home between the covers of a book. On Tuesday, April 28, Penguin will release "The Why Files: The Science Behind the News."
Conference examines ethical journalism at a time of change
Leading journalists, scholars and media experts will gather at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Friday, May 1, to assess the future of ethical journalism in the public interest.
Recent sightings: Let ’em eat pie!
Student Marisa Kahler (center) plunges her face into a fudge-bottom pie during the pie-eating contest at the Taste of the Terrace event at the…