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Two visiting artists re-envision landscapes, curatorial approach
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
“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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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’
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
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
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
Senior German official to speak on transatlantic relations
Karsten Voigt, coordinator for German-American Cooperation in the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, and a senior member of the German parliament, will speak at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Friday, Oct. 6. Read More
Noted ethanol critic to lecture
Tad Patzek, a professor of civil engineering at the University of California- Berkeley who is distinguished both for his research on oil field peaking and depletion and for his often controversial, outspoken opposition to corn-based ethanol as a replacement for oil, will give the talk, “The environmental impacts of the corn-ethanol cycle,”on the UW–Madison campus Oct. 5. Read More
EcoHealth One conference to explore global health, environment
Nearly 300 people from around the world will gather October 6-10 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for the program "EcoHealth One," the first international conference of a newly expanded consortium of human and wildlife health experts, ecologists, conservation biologists, and social scientists exploring the links between ecology and our health. Read More