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Cluster-hiring initiative shows signs of delivering on its promise
Seven years ago, UW–Madison outlined a bold new hiring experiment: the “cluster hiring initiative.”Now that new initiative is beginning to produce a formidable track record of accomplishments, which are detailed in a comprehensive online progress report launched in April for the cluster hiring steering committee. Read More
Food, literature transform cultures in UW–Madison research
Associate Professor of English Rebecca Walkowitz says that you can draw countless parallels between the importance of both food and literature as instigators and vehicles of cultural and social evolution. And so she will at a public discussion at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, at the downtown public library. Read More
Teachers, metalsmiths to be honored in retrospective
A tribute to master metalsmiths Fred Fenster and Eleanor Moty, now retired, will open at the Chazen Museum of Art on Saturday, April 29. Read More
L&S announces annual awards
Gary Sandefur, dean of the College of Letters and Science, has announced the winners of the 2005-06 College of Letters and Science Academic Staff Excellence Awards, Advising Awards and Classified Staff Excellence Awards. Read More
Arts faculty, staff, students selected as 2006 award recipients
An interpreter of created space, a composer, a theater director, a museum curator of education and a furniture designer will be honored with arts awards at UW–Madison this month. Read More
Cervical cancer awareness forum tonight
State Sen. Lena Taylor, the Wisconsin State Director of Women In Government, will present an educational forum on cervical cancer tonight (Monday, April 17th) from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at the Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street (across from the Memorial Union). Read More
Farm Fresh Atlas makes local eating easy
Have longer days and warmer weather whetted your appetite for crisp asparagus, sweet spinach and crunchy salad greens, fresh from the farm? Or perhaps spring has turned your thoughts to locally grown meat, eggs, flowers, honey, maple syrup, cheese and other food and farm products grown close to home. If so, the "Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas" is your link to locally grown food. Read More
Earth Day teach-in to focus on global warming threats
A group of zoology undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will host an Earth Day Teach-In on Saturday, April 22, to inform the public about the current and future impacts of global warming. Read More
UW MBA students win international competition
University of Wisconsin–Madison MBA students placed first in the annual Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) MBA International Business Case Competition, held April 6-9. Read More
George Takei to lecture on equality
Actor and political activist George Takei will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Tuesday, April 18 to talk about coming out publicly and how his experiences as a Japanese American have shaped his views on equality. Read More
Soil-bound prions remain infectious
Scientists have confirmed that prions, the mysterious proteins thought to cause chronic wasting disease in deer, latch on tightly to certain minerals in soil and remain infectious. Read More
Stem cell symposium, bioethics forum to focus on neural repair, chimeras
Two of biology's hottest and most contentious realms will come under the microscope next week at two conferences hosted by Promega Corp.'s BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute in Fitchburg. Read More
Two UW–Madison honorary degree recipients to speak at commencement
Commencement ceremonies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will include speeches from honorary degree recipients and some schedule changes. Read More
Honorary degree recipients represent range of accomplishments
Activists setting a standard of excellence in civil and environmental engineering, agriculture to alleviate hunger among Africa's poor, agronomy, sustainability and the culinary arts, and disability issues will receive honorary degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison during spring commencement weekend. Read More
UW ranks third in Directors’ Cup
On the strength of national titles in men's and women's hockey, the University of Wisconsin ranks third in the latest 2005-06 U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup standings, released on Thursday. The Badgers’ total of 616 points ranks behind only Stanford (737 points) and Texas (647.5). Read More
World Languages Day attracts hundreds of high school students
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Language Institute will host more than 700 high school students and teachers from 24 Wisconsin high schools for World Languages Day on Thursday, April 20. Read More
Foley named first Gaylord Nelson Professor
A University of Wisconsin–Madison scientist who studies the behavior of complex global environmental systems and their interactions with human societies has been named the university's first Gaylord Nelson Distinguished Professor. Read More
Business leader joins Center for Entrepreneurship
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business has announced that Dan Olszewski has been named director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship. Read More