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World Dance Celebration explores global ideas
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Dance Program commemorates 80 years this year with a World Dance Celebration, planned for Saturday, Sept. 30.
Professor introduces unusual edible fungus to Madison
Lydia Zepeda, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of consumer science affiliated with the women’s studies program and the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, recently became a convert to huitlacoche, a fungus that grows inside individual kernels of corn.
Dietetics students get hands-on kitchen experience
From planning to shopping, chopping and arranging flowers, seven dietetics students had a final exam last May that involved everything but the standard blue books and bubble sheets.
World Dance Festival provides exploration of global ideas
On the highway of ideas, the arts are sleek, efficient speedsters, able to ferry sometimes complex, emotional or even incomprehensible facts and theories in palatable form.
Cancer center honors past leaders
The School of Medicine and Public Health will celebrate its role in cancer research and treatment by renaming two centers in honor of two revered leaders.
State Laboratory of Hygiene director named
Charles Brokopp, a leader with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, has been named the new director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. He will begin on Nov. 6.
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Employee Matters
The opportunity to enroll in various benefits plans for 2007 coverage is approaching. The following benefits plans will have enrollment opportunities on the dates indicated below.
For the Record
Academic staff professional development All UW–Madison academic staff with 50-percent appointments or more can compete for fiscal year 2006-07 Academic Staff Professional Development…
Technology helps foster ‘democratization of cartography’
Mark Harrower recalls a raging debate in his field in the 1970s, when some geographers worried that commercial map-making software would trigger the demise of cartography. But rather than sully the field, Harrower says the new technology — combined with the explosion of availability of geospatial information — is fueling one of the most exciting eras in his profession.
Architects chosen to design Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Uihlein Wilson Architects of Milwaukee, together with Ballinger of Philadelphia, will design the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the Morgridge Institute for Research on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, officials announced today.
Roundtable announces fall events
University Roundtable has announced its schedule for this fall.
Tool concert cancelled
The Tool concert scheduled for tonight at the Kohl Center has been canceled due to an illness in the band. There will be no make-up date scheduled for this show. Fans who purchased tickets through the University of Wisconsin Athletic Ticket Office will receive a full refund for the concert. Fans who purchased tickets through uwbadgers.com or over the phone through the Athletic Ticket Office will receive refunds directly on their credit cards within the next ten business days.
PACE reaction to downtown alcohol plan
Madison's Alcohol License Review Committee will review a plan this week that would freeze and possibly even reduce the number of alcohol licenses downtown, and the director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's PACE Project will testify.
Wendt Library hosts women in engineering exhibit
In tribute to the pioneering women of the 20th century who broke into the "male" field of engineering, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) have created a traveling multimedia history.
Webcasts bring together language educators, K-12 teachers
In a unique partnership, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Language Institute and the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers will sponsor several live webcasts of the Language Institute's 2006-07 lecture series, "National Standards and Instructional Strategies for Language Teaching."
National stem cell bank announces addition of new cell lines
The National Stem Cell Bank has expanded its offering of human embryonic stem cell lines to include cells from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), it announced today (Sept. 19). With the addition of the UCSF lines, the National Stem Cell Bank will soon have on deposit 13 of the 21 cell lines on the federal registry.
Charles Brokopp chosen to lead State Hygiene Laboratory
Charles D. Brokopp, currently a leader with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, has been named the new director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, where he started his career nearly 30 years ago. He will begin on Nov. 6, 2006.
Milestones
2006-07 Faculty Promotions and New Faculty The following people have been promoted from assistant to associate professor. In the College of…
Lab life: A look inside undergraduate research
For undergraduates at UW–Madison studying the agricultural and life sciences — genetics, biology, food science and biochemistry, among others — working in a laboratory is a rite of passage.