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Who wants to be a millionaire? Zach Harrison, that’s who
Zachary Harrison, a University of Wisconsin–Madison junior from New York City, has been selected as one of 11 students nationwide to appear on a special College Week edition of the TV game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" later this month. Read More
Japanese labor expert dies
Solomon B. Levine, an emeritus faculty member and one of the nation’s foremost experts on Japanese labor relations, died last month at age 86. Read More
Technology aids learning among faculty, staff
The Community of Educational Technology Support (ComETS), an unofficial university grassroots organization with about 200 members, gives individuals from different areas of the university an opportunity to connect and pursue shared professional development. The group offers a chance to hear from authorities in technology fields, discuss new educational models and ultimately implement their ideas in special-interest groups. Read More
Engineers develop more than tenfold improvement in measuring virus infectivity
A University of Wisconsin–Madison biological engineering team tweaked the standard system for measuring virus infectivity, digitized it, quantified it, analyzed it and discovered a method more than 10 times as sensitive. Read More
Scientists find mutations that let bird flu adapt to humans
By comparing influenza viruses found in birds with those of the avian virus that have also infected human hosts, researchers have identified key genetic changes required for pandemic strains of bird flu. Read More
Wisconsin Singers to ‘Get Loud!’ in Nov. 20-21 concert
These folks means business, and will show you to what extent in their “Get Loud!”concert appearances Friday-Saturday, Nov. 20-21. Read More
Conference links university, Latino community
The Steering Committee of the Latina/o Faculty Staff Association (LAFSA) will host a conference, "Connecting Resources: the Latino/a community and UW–Madison," on Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Memorial Union. Read More
Strand to lead Adult and Student Services Center
Judith Strand, director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Connections Program, has been named assistant dean and director of the Adult and Student Services Center in the Division of Continuing Studies (DCS). Read More
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… Read More
Milestones
John Berry, Department of Chemistry, is the first winner of the Ernst-Haage Prize in Bioinorganic Chemistry, an award given annually to a doctoral or… Read More
Researcher: Red wine may not be so healthy
Most red wine may not be as good for the heart as media reports have suggested and may even be harmful, according to a review presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions. Read More
On track to prevent Johne’s disease with drug or vaccine
To date, the only response to Johne’s disease, a debilitating wasting disease in dairy cattle, has been to eliminate affected cows from the herd. But School of Veterinary Medicine researchers are homing in on a way to save the cow by controlling the disease-causing bacteria instead. Read More
Tandem Press to celebrate holidays, printmaking with open house
For both the staff and visiting denizens of UW–Madison’s fine arts Tandem Press, printmaking in all its guises is cause for celebration. To prove the point, the press will host its annual holiday open house from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18. Read More
Children’s Theatre to offer American history, ‘Nutcracker’
Traveling Lantern Theatre Co. will present its take on Chapman’s travels at 1 and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19, at the Waisman Center Children’s Theatre. On Sunday, Dec. 3, again at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., the theater will usher in the holidays with Dance Wisconsin’s “Nutcracker Fantasy,” a new version of an old favorite. Read More
Vietnamese students present country’s culture
Music, dance, song and fashion will showcase both traditional and modern Vietnamese culture at the Vietnamese Students’ Association’s first Culture Night on Saturday, Nov. 18. Read More
School of Music concerts offer music of our, and earlier, times
As the fall semester starts to wind down, UW–Madison is proceeding full tilt in its concert season. Read More
Two poets read for FELIX, library’s series of new writing
Peter O’Leary and Sina Queyras will read from new works on Thursday, Nov. 30, courtesy the Friends of the UW–Madison Library’s FELIX series. Read More
Writer’s Choice
Six Polish films, all of them made between 2005 and 2006, will be featured in the 2006 Polish Film Festival, Friday-Sunday, Nov. 17-19. The program includes two films about the seminal Polish director and teacher Krzysztof Kies’lowski, perhaps best known for his 10-hour “Dekalog.” Read More
Recent sightings
A true fan “UW CHZHD,” seen near Babcock Hall on a vehicle’s customized Wisconsin license plate, suggests the driver’s fondness… Read More