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Artist asks, ‘Wildflowers or Weed?’ in Arboretum exhibition

October 3, 2006

Watercolor artist Lynne Railsback began her career in commercial interior design. “With my background in graphics, I was able to provide my clients with services such as wall murals, designs for construction barricades, signage, company logos, business cards and promotional literature,”she says. Read More

Composers visit campus for improvisation symposium

October 3, 2006

Belgian composer/pianist Frederic Rzewski and jazz pianist Marilyn Crispell will offer two free public concerts in conjunction with a School of Music symposium on piano improvisation. Read More

Carpathian Folk Quartet to present rare instruments

October 3, 2006

The Carpathian Mountains carve a culturally distinct niche from northwestern Romania to Transylvania. The villages that lie in the path of the mountains are… Read More

Two visiting artists re-envision landscapes, curatorial approach

October 3, 2006

A Pittsburgh painter who sees landscape as abstract art and a cultural anthropologist from Germany will discuss their work as part of the Department of Art’s 2006 Art Colloquium. Read More

Campus community invited to Homecoming activities

October 3, 2006

“Bucky Goes to Camp … Randall” is the theme of the 2006 Badger Homecoming celebration, which kicks off on Friday, Oct. 6, and concludes with the Wisconsin-Minnesota football game on Saturday, Oct. 14. The entire university community is invited to join in the festivities. Read More

Concerts to celebrate French sense of fun, fantasy

October 3, 2006

“Paris in Performance: Music, Ballet, Poetry, Lectures and Art Recreating French Political and Artistic Visions From 1870-1920.” The series is the result of the Creative Arts Award Kautsky received from the Arts Institute in 2005. Read More

Professor’s work underscores importance of family in caring for people with disabilities

October 3, 2006

The story that Sandra Magaña tells her social work classes is a tale of challenges and of how people rise to them. It also illustrates a crucial point. The object lesson, Magaña says, is to describe in human terms how important the family is to Hispanic and Latino parents in caring for adult children with disabilities. Read More

Open house to showcase Science Hall’s past and present

October 2, 2006

An open house from noon-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, will highlight the history of Science Hall and the work of its current occupants. Read More

‘Bucky Goes to Camp … Randall’ for Homecoming

October 2, 2006

From Friday, Oct. 6-Sunday, Oct. 15, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus will be ablaze with fun-filled Homecoming activities for the whole community. Read More

Joseph Kauffman, master administrator and Peace Corps pioneer, dies

September 29, 2006

Joseph F. Kauffman, emeritus professor of educational leadership at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, master administrator, one of the architects of the Peace Corps, and Dean of Student Affairs at UW–Madison during the turbulent student demonstrations of the 1960s, died today after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 84. Read More

New angiogenesis finding may help fight cancer growth

September 28, 2006

A researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health has discovered a new part of the complicated mechanism that governs the formation of blood vessels, or angiogenesis. Read More

Women’s summit features Somali peace-builder

September 28, 2006

The Hon. Mde. Asha Hagi Elmi Amin, a member of Somalia's transitional parliament, founder of Save Somali Women and Children and chair of the Sixth Clan, will be a featured speaker at the Women's Executive Leadership Summit on Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Fluno Center for Executive Education, 601 University Ave., Madison. Read More

UW-Madison continues anti-sweatshop efforts

September 27, 2006

Ahead of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's first Labor Licensing Policy Committee meeting of the year, LaMarr Billups, senior special assistant to Chancellor John D. Wiley, is available to provide perspective and background on the university's extensive efforts to curb sweatshop abuses in collegiate apparel. Read More

Summer flooding prompts pilot project to curb run-off

September 27, 2006

The University of Wisconsin–Madison's Physical Plant and Office of Transportation Services are undertaking a pilot project that will hopefully prevent flooding caused by storm water runoff and recharge the water table. Read More

Homecoming events start Oct. 6

September 27, 2006

“Bucky Goes to Camp…Randall”is the theme of the 2006 Badger Homecoming celebration, which kicks off on Friday, Oct. 6, and concludes with the Wisconsin-Minnesota football game on Saturday, Oct. 14. The entire university community is invited to join in the festivities. Read More

Research aims for more efficiency in harvest and handling

September 26, 2006

A University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher wants farmers to put less energy into harvesting and handling biofuel crops - less fuel, less time and less labor. Read More

Glue made from ethanol-production leftovers may be worth more than the fuel

September 26, 2006

Mixing up a batch of ethanol from alfalfa or switchgrass isn't nearly as efficient as creating it from corn, but that doesn't mean growing grass crops for fuel won't pay, says a University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher. Read More

Computer scientist spearheads $30 million ‘Open Science Grid’

September 25, 2006

University of Wisconsin–Madison computer scientists will play a central role in the expansion of a national "Open Science Grid" (OSG), an interconnected computing infrastructure that provides scientists with a massive infusion of computing power and storage capacity to solve large, data-intensive challenges in science. Read More

Dedication planned for new Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Lab

September 25, 2006

A dedication event for the new Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) facility will take place at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 2. Read More

Somalian human rights leader to speak

September 25, 2006

The Honorable Asha Hagi Elmi will be this year's J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor, announced the Division of International Studies. Read More