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Technology opens door to college readiness with UW–Madison academy
Every other Saturday during the school year, about 75 technology-savvy Madison high school students become immersed in an environment of possibilities. 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 http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/ecbs/ecbs.html. Read More
Almanac
Ask Bucky is a service provided by Visitor and Information Programs. For more information, call 263-2400, visit the Campus Information Center in the Red Gym or the new Welcome Center, 21 N. Park St., or visit us at http://www.vip.wisc.edu. Below are two questions Ask Bucky recently answered. Read More
Recent sightings
Foreshadowed Long tree shadows from a nearby wooded area frame a view of a golfer digging his way out of… Read More
Deith: From ‘hmmm’ to useable technology
Most workers are happy to follow the letter of their job descriptions, but some so enjoy their work that they find it natural to interpret that description as broadly as possible. As senior information processing consultant for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Brian Deith is in that latter category. The straightforward interpretation of his job would be plenty to fill a standard work week, as Deith is the only IT support person in a department with around 200 computers, three servers with 2.5 terabytes of combined storage, and dozens of faculty and students requiring technical support. But Deith handles those responsibilities and much more. Read More
University Health Services builds medical staff with two new hires
University Health Services (UHS) recently hired two new doctors, Brent Nielsen and Jacob Prunuske. Jonathan Zarov of UHS sat down with the two to hear their thoughts on working in college health. An edited transcript of their recent conversation follows. Read More
Two new members join university’s ombuds office
The Ombuds Office for Faculty and Staff continues to provide a place for any faculty or staff to use as a resource for resolving any conflicts, with two new staff members, Jane Voichick Read More
Book Smart
October often brings panic to the American stock market. Witness the events of October 1929 and October 1987, for example. Of course, tumbling markets… Read More
Author, social justice advocate Wise to speak
Author and social justice advocate Tim Wise will appear at UW–Madison on Thursday, Oct. 19. Read More
Commonplace sugar compound silences seizures
Though in clinical use for decades, a small, sweet-tasting compound is revealing a startling new face as a potential cure for epilepsy. Read More
UW-Madison research at the 18th Annual Colloquium on Aging
The 18th Annual Colloquium on Aging, to take place at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison on Wednesday, Oct. 18, will feature the work of a number of University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists. Read More
South Asia conference to focus on Sri Lanka
The 35th Annual Conference on South Asia will be held Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 19-22, at the Madison Concourse Hotel, 1 W. Dayton St., Madison. Read More
Cisco chairman Morgridge to speak at Directors’ Summit
Cisco Systems chairman and former president and CEO John P. Morgridge will address corporate directors and officers during a keynote speech titled "Building Something Special: Governance at Cisco" at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's annual Directors' Summit conference on Friday, Nov. 3. Read More
Chancellor to speak on the arts in higher education
Leadership skills, creativity, self esteem, critical thinking, improved academic performance, tolerance, values and problem solving - are those frills or staples of the arts in the campus setting? Chancellor John Wiley will answer that question Tuesday, Oct. 17, as part of the University Club Luncheon Series. Read More
Legal scholar Gordon Brewster Baldwin dies in Italy
Gordon Brewster Baldwin, a distinguished constitutional and foreign relations law scholar at the University of Wisconsin Law School, died in his sleep this past weekend after attending an opera in Italy with his wife, Helen. Read More
Study: Put a price tag on environmental services
The pressing issues of an increasingly strained global environment require a broad societal response - including the systematic assignment of monetary value to the services nature provides such as water purification and climate regulation, according to an assessment of the findings of a study of the health of the world's ecosystems. Read More
UW-Madison joins massive Google Book project
The University of Wisconsin–Madison and Google announced an agreement today to expand access to hundreds of thousands of public and historical books and documents from more than 7.2 million holdings at the UW–Madison Libraries and the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. Read More
Prize-winning scholar to lecture on African American ideas of work, culture, liberty
Distinguished historian Thomas Holt will deliver the 2006 Merle Curti Lectures, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of History. Read More
Professor’s work underscores importance of family in care of people with disabilities
An assistant professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is working to teach how important the family is to Hispanic and Latino parents in caring for adult children with disabilities. Read More