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New maps emphasize the human factor in wildfire management
To help fire managers identify the best locations for site treatments in one particularly fire-prone region in Southern California, a University of Wisconsin–Madison team developed a map that incorporates both environmental and human factors to pinpoint where the most devastating wildfires are likely to start in the Santa Monica Mountains, located just north of Los Angeles. Read More
Final days for employee flu shots
The Safety Department will hold three final employee flu shot clinics scheduled on campus this week. Read More
Award-winning authors to be featured at literature conference
Four award-winning authors will be guests of honor at an all-day conference on international children’s and young people’s literature on Saturday, Nov. 18. Read More
Tudor dinners offer season celebration
Enjoy a night of fine dining, Old English pageantry and rich choral presentations at the Wisconsin Union at the Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts. Read More
Dedication planned for Zeeh Station
The Lenor Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station, a center of expertise serving faculty and the private sector, will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, Nov. 17, to dedicate its new laboratories. Read More
New York Times environment reporter to speak
New York Times environment reporter Andrew Revkin will give a free public lecture at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, in the Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium. Read More
Who wants to be a millionaire? UW–Madison’s Zach Harrison
Zachary Harrison, a UW–Madison junior from New York, has been selected as one of 11 students nationwide who will appear on a special College Week edition of the TV game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” later this month. Read More
Microsoft agreement details finalized
UW–Madison has entered into a new three-year Desktop Campus Agreement with Microsoft, effective Nov. 1. Read More
Student loan repayment rates reach record high
UW–Madison students have one of the highest loan repayment rates in the nation, according to an analysis by the Office of Student Financial Services (OSFS). Read More
Search is on for new vice provost
A search-and-screen committee is being formed for the next vice provost for information technology and director of the Division of Information Technology. The position previously was held by Annie Stunden, who retired last summer. Read More
Winter bicycle commuting workshop offered
Join the UW Bicycle and Pedestrian Ambassadors for an introductory winter bicycle-commuting workshop at 7:30 p.m. today (Nov. 15) at Memorial Union (check TITU). Read More
For the record
WIsconsin Week carries legally required notices for faculty and staff. Read More
Getting down to e-Business in Wisconsin
Raj Veeramani, an industrial and systems engineering professor, directs the University of Wisconsin E-Business Consortium (UWEBC), a university-industry initiative that offers its 70 member companies opportunities to share, explore and learn best practices in e-business. Read More
Divining modern art from ancient metalsmith techniques
To Kim Cridler, an assistant professor of art, the emotional power of objects drives her work as an artist. Through her work in metalsmith arts, Cridler seeks to recreate the feelings that are engendered by the meaningful artifacts of our past. Read More
Dieting meets DNA: Nutrition gets personal in new studies
Ushering nutritional science into the biotech age, UW–Madison researchers are exploring the complex interactions between food and genes to uncover new modes of disease prevention, drug development and, eventually, personalized diet advice tailored to one’s DNA. Read More
New maps emphasize the human factor in wildfire management
As wildfires put more human lives and property at risk, people are looking to fire managers for protection. Read More
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