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Conference to celebrate a decade of stem cell research
The Wisconsin Academy, along with UW–Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), will host a free, two-day event to highlight the accomplishments of stem cell research in the state and to examine future stem cell issues.
Mark your calendar for Campus Brand Forum
This year’s Campus Brand Forum will examine the Wisconsin School of Business, focusing on how a major campus entity took the unconventional route of re-branding by “un-” branding.
Australian professor to speak on gun buybacks, top incomes
Andrew Leigh, an associate professor at the Research School of Social Science at the Australian National University, will discuss taxation data and income inequality in “Why Should We Care About Top Incomes?” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 17, at the Pyle Center.
Thanksgiving dinners available by order from Wisconsin Union
The Wisconsin Union will make the holidays tasty and convenient again this year with its “Thanksgiving-to-Go” dinners.
UWPD makes case log available online
The UW Police Department is now posting its daily case log online to make it easier for community members to learn about the types of incidents occurring on campus.
Assemblies offer chance to learn more about plans for new south campus union
Campus and community members are invited to learn about the development of the new south campus union and the plans for the interim while Union South is being removed and the new building is under construction.
Milestones
2008-09 faculty promotions and new appointments New tenure-track faculty College of Agricultural and Life Sciences: Alessandro Senes, biochemistry; Franco Milani, food science; Yiqun Weng, horticulture;…
Several opportunities to say goodbye to Union South planned
Students, faculty, staff and community members will have several chances to say goodbye to Union South, which will be decommissioned in December and demolished in early 2009.
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Online career-matching initiative launched by education center
A new online career-matching initiative aims to promote job opportunities across Wisconsin for young people and build the state’s information technology workforce.
Dates set for upcoming symposia
Mark your calendars for two campuswide symposia that will take place next spring: the Undergraduate Symposium and the Teaching and Learning Symposium.
Fans encouraged to ‘pay it forward’
To “pay it forward” is to do something for someone else without the expectation of receiving anything in return. Becker Law Office and the women’s…
For food industry leaders, a meeting worth its salt
It's no secret that Americans eat too much salt, a habit linked to numerous health problems. At first glance, the solution seems simple: stop eating so much of the stuff. But, as it turns out, salt-a.k.a. sodium chloride-can't easily be cut from the American diet.
Student entrepreneurs working to green the economy
While some students use college as a transition into the "real world," an increasing number of student entrepreneurs have asked themselves, "Why wait?"
Journalism students tackle real-time election coverage
As a history-making race for the White House enters its final hours, a group of University of Wisconsin–Madison journalism students are busy crafting pre-election coverage and preparing to cover Election Day with a campus bent.
Stretching silicon: A new method to measure how strain affects semiconductors
UW-Madison engineers and physicists have developed a method of measuring how strain affects thin films of silicon that could lay the foundation for faster flexible electronics.
Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies awarded $8.6 million NIH grant
The Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS) has been awarded a second grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue its role as a leader in cancer communication research.
Recent sightings: Haunted Horse Barn
Visitors to the Horse Barn haunted house were greeted with an array of frights and…