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Obama leading all Midwest states in Big Ten Battleground Poll
As the race for the White House enters its final days, the Big Ten Battleground Poll shows Barack Obama holds significant leads over John McCain in eight crucial Midwest states.
Love conquers all in University Opera’s ‘Widow’
Does being rich make us easier to love? Well, wealth certainly makes us more attractive to suitors. But are their intentions true, or are they only gold diggers interested in marrying a fortune? This is the dilemma posed in Franz Lehar’s lively operetta “The Merry Widow,” which returns to the stage in Music Hall after 25 years with University Opera.
Leaders step forward for child care
Since 2003, the Office of Child Care and Family Resources (OCCFR) has been awarding grants to permanent classified staff to help with the high cost of child care. Funds are raised privately and are awarded based on financial need. To assist the effort, campus leaders are stepping forward to lend their support to campus families.
Center for First-Year Experience eases transition for freshmen
The Center for the First-Year Experience (CFYE) is continuing its efforts to welcome, orient and engage students throughout the entire first year of college life.
For the Record
Wisconsin Week, the newspaper of record for UW–Madison, carries legally required notices for faculty and staff.
Milestones
Kumar Sridharan, Department of Engineering Physics, has been elected Fellow of American Society for Materials. Herbert Chen has been appointed vice chair of research for…
Chances for post-election health reform examined during La Follette lecture
Is America primed for health care reform? That’s one of the questions Thomas Oliver will address at a free public lecture at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at the La Follette School of Public Affairs.
Employee Matters
This column is prepared by staff from the Office of Human Resources. E-mail questions to benefits@ohr.wisc.edu or call 262-5650. For more information, visit http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/ecbs/ecbs.html
Exhibition exploring Nazi persecution of homosexuals comes to campus
The Madison Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools (GSAFE) is hosting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibition, “Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933–1945,” at the Memorial Library until Dec. 10.
Giving a little means a lot for staff member
Some on campus view getting asked to help with the state and university Employees Combined Campaign (SECC) with the same enthusiasm as having a root canal. But many others, such as Roberta Mecum, relish the chance to give something back to her community.
Campus summit addresses growing Latino campus population
The UW–Madison Latino Summit 2008 will discuss the ways the university can further meet the needs of the fastest-growing minority on campus.1
Scientist makes satellite images accessible to all
From locating water sources in Ethiopia to parsing complex processes in the atmosphere over Bulgaria, satellite instruments provide information useful to anyone anywhere. UW–Madison atmospheric scientist Paolo Antonelli has made it his mission to help anyone access and use satellite observations of anywhere in the world.
Results of second Big Ten Battleground Poll will be analyzed on Big Ten Network
As the race for the White House enters its final, crucial days, results of the second Big Ten Battleground Poll detailing the attitudes of voters in the eight-state Big Ten region will be released on Thursday, Oct. 23.
University restores second-shift starting time for custodians
Recognizing the personal needs of its second-shift custodians and inviting them to share their ideas for how the university can more efficiently care for its buildings, campus officials today (Oct. 20) restored the starting times for about 145 workers to 5 p.m.
Recent sightings: Garden prep
Student Susie Drahos (left) and the Daughters of Demeter, a volunteer group from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, plant approximately 1,500 bulbs…
Curiosities: Why do apple slices turn brown?
The moment a knife slices through apple—spilling the contents of apple cells along the surface of the cut, and allowing everything to mix—a reaction begins.
Test a fire extinguisher on campus safety day
Have you ever used a hand-held fire extinguisher to put out a fire? Does your house or apartment have a working smoke detector?
History of Wisconsin’s wolf policy filled with compromise, meddling
To some, last month's federal decision that put the gray wolf back on the endangered species list in the Great Lakes region was an unmitigated triumph. Siding with the Humane Society of the United States and other groups, the court ruling placed the wolf once again under federal protection after it was removed from the list last March.
President of Environmental Defense Fund to speak at Bioenergy Summit
Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, will deliver the keynote address at the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative's Bioenergy Summit on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 3 p.m. in Ebling Symposium Hall of the Microbial Sciences Building, 1550 Linden Drive.