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Two real estate faculty awarded named professorships
Two members of the real estate faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business were recently awarded named professorships for significant contributions to their fields of research by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents.
Dietetics students get hands-on kitchen experience
From planning to shopping, chopping and arranging flowers, seven dietetics students had a final exam last May that involved everything but the standard blue books and bubble sheets.
World Dance Festival provides exploration of global ideas
On the highway of ideas, the arts are sleek, efficient speedsters, able to ferry sometimes complex, emotional or even incomprehensible facts and theories in palatable form.
Cancer center honors past leaders
The School of Medicine and Public Health will celebrate its role in cancer research and treatment by renaming two centers in honor of two revered leaders.
State Laboratory of Hygiene director named
Charles Brokopp, a leader with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, has been named the new director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. He will begin on Nov. 6.
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Employee Matters
The opportunity to enroll in various benefits plans for 2007 coverage is approaching. The following benefits plans will have enrollment opportunities on the dates indicated below.
For the Record
Academic staff professional development All UW–Madison academic staff with 50-percent appointments or more can compete for fiscal year 2006-07 Academic Staff Professional Development…
Roundtable announces fall events
University Roundtable has announced its schedule for this fall.
Webcasts bring together language educators, K-12 teachers
In a unique partnership, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Language Institute and the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers will sponsor several live webcasts of the Language Institute's 2006-07 lecture series, "National Standards and Instructional Strategies for Language Teaching."
National stem cell bank announces addition of new cell lines
The National Stem Cell Bank has expanded its offering of human embryonic stem cell lines to include cells from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), it announced today (Sept. 19). With the addition of the UCSF lines, the National Stem Cell Bank will soon have on deposit 13 of the 21 cell lines on the federal registry.
Charles Brokopp chosen to lead State Hygiene Laboratory
Charles D. Brokopp, currently a leader with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, has been named the new director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, where he started his career nearly 30 years ago. He will begin on Nov. 6, 2006.
Milestones
2006-07 Faculty Promotions and New Faculty The following people have been promoted from assistant to associate professor. In the College of…