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Rob Forget, associate director of recruitment in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
New system provides better security
Five years after the events of Sept. 11, 2001, colleges and universities across the country are continuing to implement plans to safeguard critical facilities, hazardous materials and sensitive research.
Continuing studies dean to retire next summer
Howard Martin, dean of the Division of Continuing Studies (DCS), will retire next summer after a 42-year career with the university.
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Peaceful meal Buddhist monk Geshe Sopa enjoys dinner and conversation with student residents during an International Learning Community (ILC) dinner…
Artist asks, ‘Wildflowers or Weed?’ in Arboretum exhibition
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.
Composers visit campus for improvisation symposium
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.
Carpathian Folk Quartet to present rare instruments
The Carpathian Mountains carve a culturally distinct niche from northwestern Romania to Transylvania. The villages that lie in the path of the mountains are…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.