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Space Place unveils nifty new exhibits
On Friday, Nov. 10, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Space Place will unveil three new exhibits about Wisconsin astronomers' explorations of the heavens.
Top investment managers named distinguished business alumni
Phill Gross and Paul Leff have been named winners of the Distinguished Business Alumnus Awards given by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business.
Police officer stresses listening skills
Spend five minutes with Officer Heidi Golbach, standing on the west steps of Memorial Library outside her office, and she'll point out a half dozen of the characters she knows from her daily patrols of lower campus.
Waisman Children’s Theatre presents Twain classic
Following his daughter Suzy’s admonitions to write a book that would reveal “his sympathetic nature,”she wrote, Mark Twain published “The Prince and the Pauper”in 1881. Set in 16th-century London, the author carefully researched the time and place, reportedly using Shakespeare and Sir Walter Scott as references.
Icelandic swarms may provide hints on ecosystems
Wisconsin ecologists have ventured into remote parts of Iceland to explore a startling phenomenon in which trillions of gnat-like bugs periodically rise up to form hovering swarms so thick they resemble waves of morning fog.
Researcher finds gene associated with sharp drop in dairy cow pregnancy rates
The new discovery of a lethal gene may explain why pregnancy rates in dairy cattle have dropped sharply in recent years, a UW–Madison researcher says.
Recent sightings
Magnetic personalities Many of the student lockers in the hallways at the School of Veterinary Medicine are adorned with photos,…
Nikolais dance legacy helps Dance Program celebrate 80 years
The late choreographer Alwin Nikolais devised a simple formula that revolutionized 20th-century dance: obstacles in dancers’ paths.
Grisman brings ‘Dawg’ to Wisconsin Union Theater
No, he’s not that bounty hunter guy on cable’s A&E channel. Rather, David Grisman — “Old Dawg”— plays music of the same name, which he describes as a fortuitous melding of swing, bluegrass, Celtic, Latin, jazz and gypsy, to list but a few. You can get a sample of what this genre is like on Friday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater.
UW Hospital gets coveted five-star rating
For the second year in a row, UW Hospital and Clinics has been named one of the 10 top-performing academic hospitals in the United States, based on a national quality and accountability benchmarking study by the University Health System Consortium, an alliance of U.S. academic health centers and their affiliated hospitals.
Arboretum receives leadership grant
The Arboretum received a 2006 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Writer’s Choice
When Shakespeare explored this predicament in “Romeo and Juliet,”the resolution he presented was not a happy one. In 2005 independent filmmaker Elle Flanders tried her hand at this territory, broadening the discourse from the familial to the nationalistic in “Zero Degrees of Separation,”an award-winning cinéma vérité meditation on what it means to be sleeping with the enemy in these latter days, as two mixed Israeli-Palestinian couples attempt to build lives together in 21st century Israel.
Icelandic swarms of midges may provide hints on ecosystems
Wisconsin ecologists have ventured into remote parts of Iceland to explore a startling phenomenon in which trillions of gnat-like bugs periodically rise up to form hovering swarms so thick they resemble waves of morning fog.
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