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Save the date for Plan 2008 forum
All faculty and staff are encouraged to “save the date” for UW–Madison’s seventh annual Diversity and Climate Campus Forum to be held on Thursday, Sept. 21, at Memorial Union. Read More
Achoo! Pollen counter measures what’s making you sneeze
At 8 a.m. four days a week, from March to November, Rose Vrtis hikes up four flights of stairs to the roof of the Clinical Science Center. Read More
Junior receives society’s inaugural scholarship
As the inaugural recipient of the Bascom Hill Society Scholarship, Sara Sadek knows she has a lot of high expectations awaiting her. But a look at her academic and personal achievements suggests she’ll exceed any benchmarks that are set. Read More
Spotlight: Wisconsin Welcome
Photos by Michael Forster Rothbart New faculty members, including (left to right) Lisa Alexander, Christina Ewig and… Read More
Music fest set to bring the world to the Union
The third annual World Music Festival will be held at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Friday-Sunday, Sept. 21-23. Read More
Computing security grows on UW–Madison students
When it comes to safe computing practices, students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison need some improvement. Read More
Nighttime is the right time for Arts Night Out!
A string quartet will play with fire, ceramics will get smoking hot and dancers will burn up the floor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's "Arts Night Out!" on Saturday, Sept. 30. Read More
Wisconsin students have new way to learn to be leaders
Undergraduate business and engineering students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who aim to be leaders in their careers and communities now have a new way to reach that goal. Read More
Anticipation plays a powerful role in human memory
Psychologists have long known that memories of disturbing emotional events — such as an act of violence or the unexpected death of a loved one — are more vivid and deeply imprinted in the brain than mundane recollections of everyday matters. Probing deeper into how such memories form, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found that the mere anticipation of a fearful situation can fire up two memory-forming regions of the brain — even before the event has occurred. Read More
Multicultural Orientation Reception marks 25 years
One of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's longest-running and most successful student orientation programs is marking its 25th anniversary. Read More
Study shows heavy-smoking college students have more mental-health problems
A study just published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research revealed that students who were heavy smokers and were seeking treatment at a university counseling facility had substantially more mental health problems than those who were nonsmokers or light smokers. Read More
Recent Sightings
Eye on the weather Tim Olander, a research scientist with UW–Madison’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, is portrayed with… Read More
Book Smart
Dick Ringler and “Beowulf” go back a long time — maybe not the entire 1,000-plus years of the epic poem’s existence, but a substantial… Read More
Innovative course helps hip hop into the classroom
On Wall Street, maybe, it’s better to let the game come to you. In other settings, it might be best to go right in after the game. Read More
Concerts, events mark Johansen centennial year
Johansen joined the UW–Madison faculty in 1939 as the nation’s first musical artist-in-residence. This year marks the centennial of Johansen’s birth in Denmark, and the School of Music will commemorate the occasion with a weekend of events honoring Johansen’s memory and achievements. Read More
Photographer probes relationship between land, people
Growth and change, the seasons, the topography and the human influence on the land is the stuff of photographer Gregory Connif’s new exhibition at the Chazen Museum of Art. Read More
Exhibition resolves tension between sustainability, fashion
Sustainability and disposable design will come together in a new show at the Gallery of Design in the School of Human Ecology (SoHE), beginning Sept. 6. Read More
Cultures of India showcased
The wide array of cultures found in the subcontinent of India will find a showcase in Madison on India Day, this year Saturday, Sept. 9, on Library Mall. Read More
Four short plays celebrate Beckett centennial
Playwright Samuel Beckett marks 100 years this year, and University Theatre offers four plays, all of them examples of Beckett’s “Theatre of the Absurd,”to celebrate. Read More
Society commemorates 40 years
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