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Union Theater commits to ‘going green’ with new Web site
The Wisconsin Union Theater launches a new, powerful, content-rich Web site.
Study: Flies may help humans make up for lost sleep
Fruit flies have been used in many kinds of medical research for years, but the joint lab of School of Medicine and Public Health psychiatrists Chiara Cirelli and Giulio Tononi was one of the first in the world to use them as a model for human sleep.
Professor spends 25 years making ‘prejudice puzzle’
In the 1980s, when equal rights were becoming a cultural norm in America, many psychology researchers encountered people who would respond in interviews that they were not prejudiced, yet their actions would still reflect a bias. The pessimists in the field would conclude that they simply were lying. But UW–Madison psychology professor Patricia Devine saw things differently.
School for aspiring vegetable growers set for January on campus
Aspiring fresh market vegetable growers can learn the fundamentals of the business from veteran growers and other experts at the 2009 Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, Jan. 16-18, at UW–Madison.
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…
Political scientists offer post-election perspectives
University of Wisconsin–Madison political science professors Katherine Cramer Walsh and Barry Burden provided their perspectives on the historic nature of Tuesday's presidential election and the massive turnout of voters across the nation.
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?"