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Communication study: Actions used with words speak even louder
Here’s your assignment: Explain how to wrap a package.
New administration building to open this summer
Several units will be moving to a new administration building, located at 21 N. Park St., in July and August.
Airport Art Court gives travelers a taste of artistic, cultural resources
Summer travelers making their way through the Dane County Regional Airport will meet up with a series of gallery exhibitions, including four from UW–Madison, intended to illustrate the connection between flight and art.
Author to discuss his plan to end the welfare state
Charles Murray, author of “In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State,” will visit UW–Madison on Friday, May 5, to discuss his idea to end all government welfare programs and instead provide an annual cash grant of $10,000 to everyone age 21 or older.
Feldt retirement party set for June 22
An all-campus farewell gathering for John Feldt, senior vice president for finance and administration at the UW Foundation, is planned for 3–6 p.m. on Thursday, June 22, outdoors at the foundation, 1848 University Ave.
Faculty-staff campaign thank you event June 29
The UW Foundation and its on-campus partners in the Create the Future — From Within campaign invite staff and faculty for a “Blue Ribbon” celebration, where fair food will be served from 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, on Library Mall.
Kinesiology sponsoring fall adapted fitness program
This fall the Department of Kinesiology will launch a new adapted fitness and personal training program and open gym at the Natatorium for all students, faculty and staff with disabilities.
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Employee Matters
This is the last of four articles on disability benefits. This article focuses on how disability impacts health and life insurance.
For the Record
The Council for Nonrepresented Classified Staff Professional Development Grant Program The Professional Development Grant Program has again been authorized by the vice chancellor…
Student Personnel Association recognizes nine with awards
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Student Personnel Association honored the efforts of nine individuals with its 2006 Outstanding Achievement Awards.
UW-Madison neoliberalism expert awarded 2006 Guggenheim
A University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of geography and sociology will use his award from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to develop a critical analysis of "neoliberalism."
New research facility pays homage to former chancellor
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Chemistry will honor former chancellor Irving Shain on Friday and Saturday, May 5 and 6, with celebrations and activities surrounding the new Irving Shain Chemistry Research Tower.
Stars of science to align for Shain event
As part of the two-day celebration and dedication event in honor of University of Wisconsin–Madison chemist and chancellor emeritus Irving Shain, a scientific symposium exploring current topics of chemistry research will take place in the new Irving Shain Chemistry Research Tower.
University announces conservation campaign
A drive to slash campus energy consumption by 20 percent by 2010 is beginning under a campaign called “We Conserve.â€
UW dance professor offers ‘first look’ concert
From a new solo work to the continuation of a landmark dance project to a community-based ensemble piece and more, Li Chiao-Ping’s spring concert, “Arrivals and Departures,” will offer audiences a first look at her spring repertoire Wednesday-Saturday, May 3-6.
Fabric, paper collages reflect ‘The Stuff We Are Made Of’
Sharon Kilfoy’s exhibition, “The Stuff We Are Made Of,” investigates those themes through fabric collages and paper collages, the latter containing fragments in hand- painted Mexican votive frames from travels in Mexico and Spain.
Student art transforms campus spaces
MFA candidate Xia Gao, who won a 2005 David and Edith Sinaiko Frank Graduate Fellowship for Women in the Arts, will exhibit her work in the School of Human Ecology’s Gallery of Design Wednesday-Sunday, May 3-14.
Graduate student exhibit open at Centennial Gardens
The outdoor installation “Treasures in the Garden” features small-scale, highly textured ceramic sculptures created by graduate student Rachel Dorn. The brightly colored sculptures are installed among the plants and landscaping of the Allen Centennial Gardens.