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Bucky Bus back for 2008
The Bucky Bus shuttle will again operate this season for all home football games. The Athletic Department reached an agreement for shuttle service with Kobussen Buses Ltd. of Sun Prairie. Service will include approximately 17 full-size buses from lots 60/76 near the UW Hospital and 10 full-size buses from the downtown Madison parking ramps.
Recent sightings: Chancellor’s Convocation
Photo: Jeff Miller Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin talks with students enjoying lunch outdoors following the Chancellor’s Convocation for New Students. Visit the…
Video: Chancellor’s Convocation
Returning students — and Abraham Lincoln — offer their advice to the incoming class.
Chancellor Martin visits with footballl team prior to season opener
The Wisconsin football team welcomed a surprise visitor to its Friday walk-through as the Badgers made final preparations for their Aug. 30 season-opener with Akron.
Collaboration key to WIMR researchers
The east tower of the new Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research is about to celebrate its grand opening, and already the building is working to foster collaboration among scientists working on similar problems — including the scourge of cancer — from different angles.
Science News writer will be in residence in September
Nathan Seppa, Science News biomedical writer, will be the biomedical and public health writer in residence on campus from Monday–Friday, Sept. 8–12, will give a public talk, “Evolutionary Medicine: What Happens When We Are Hard-Wired for the Stone Age but Live in the Modern World,” at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 11, at Memorial Union (check Today in the Union for room).
Patterns in changing ecological landscapes inspire professor
Thirty years after visiting Yellowstone National Park for the first time, Monica Turner has established herself as a leader in the field of ecology and made Yellowstone one of the most well-studied ecological landscapes in the country.
University reminds campus staff of policy on political candidate activities
The upcoming general election will undoubtedly generate a flurry of political activity on the campus, particularly as the Nov. 4 vote gets closer
Employee Matters
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Milestones
Geology and geophysics professor Jean Bahr has been elected vice president of the Geological Society of America for a one-year term from July 2008-June 2009.