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Teaching Academy seeks fellow and future faculty partner nominations The UW–Madison Teaching Academy is seeking nominations to select scholar-teachers as fellows. Nominees may…
Business professor launches corporate reporting study
Lori Holder-Webb, an assistant professor of accounting and information systems at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business, is part of a four-person research team recently awarded a grant to research corporate reporting.
Book Smart
In all likelihood, you view the world and its controversies as you do by watching how people in movies or on television handled things.
Social Work graduate program makes diversity, community its mission
By increasing diversity and equity within its own program, the School of Social Work’s graduate program has been succeeding in the campuswide mission to create community. The key lies within the soul of social work, which is change.
Five Questions With…
Greg Burnham is a research assistant for the Center for Meat Process Validation (CMPV), and he’s also a graduate student in the Department of Food Science. The center provides support to Wisconsin meat processors through UW-Extension.
Humor, flow characterize art at research center
Lynn Lau grew up on an oil palm plantation in tropical Malaysia. “I’m finally getting the hang of winter,” she says, having graduated from UW–Madison in 2001 with a degree in communication arts.
Almanac
Ask Bucky Do you have questions? We have answers! Ask Bucky is a service provided by the Campus Information and Visitor Center, your…
Groundhog Day contra dance offered at Memorial Union
A special Groundhog Day Contra Dance will take place at Memorial Union’s Great Hall on Thursday, Feb. 2.
Founder of Juilliard String Quartet to perform on campus
A master of the violin and viola will perform Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 6 and 7, as part of the School of Music Guest Artist Series.
Brazilian dance to enliven Union
Should your taste run more to samba than jig, three bands will perform authentic Brazilian music on Friday, Feb. 3.
Culture in good ‘taste’ at Union South
What a culture eats can provide vital and unique clues about it. “A Taste of Mexico” will be a case in point on Thursday, Feb. 9. The program will explore economic, historic and social aspects of Mexico through its cuisine. Turkey will be under similar edible scrutiny on Thursday, March 30.
American Indian storytelling in many guises comes to UW–Madison
Storytelling elders from American Indian nations in both the United States and Canada will be on hand for traditional American Indian storytelling at UW–Madison on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 10 and 11.
Writer’s Choice
China's New Year Festival, also known as the Spring Festival, is the country's most important holiday. Yu Huang, producer of the annual program presented for the last three years on campus by the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA), hopes the event will broaden the fan base of the New Year celebration.
Employee Matters
This is the second in a series of three articles on retirement. This article will focus on health insurance and how sick- leave credits and Medicare come into play.
Milestones
Appointed Tom Browne was named assistant dean for minority affairs in the Office of Academic Student Affairs. Dave Doeren was named…
Recent sightings
Birthday surprise Celebrating his 90th birthday on Jan. 18, emeritus professor of genetics James Crow played viola and performed a…
Austen’s ‘Pride’ to open UT’s spring season
University Theatre will present “Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice”on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25; and Thursday-Saturday, March 2-4 and 9-11.