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Cluster-hiring initiative shows signs of delivering on its promise

April 18, 2006

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

April 18, 2006

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

April 18, 2006

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

April 18, 2006

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

April 18, 2006

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

April 17, 2006

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

April 17, 2006

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

April 17, 2006

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

April 17, 2006

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

April 17, 2006

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

April 14, 2006

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

April 14, 2006

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

April 14, 2006

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

April 14, 2006

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

April 14, 2006

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

April 13, 2006

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

April 13, 2006

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

April 13, 2006

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