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Kellett Mid-Career Awards presented to seven professors
Seven professors have received Kellett Mid-Career Awards that promote the continued scholarly efforts of established faculty. Read More
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Spring brings campus construction
New construction projects are beginning on campus that will affect traffic. Read More
Timetables to be available online only this fall
Beginning in the fall, the fall and spring Timetable will be offered online only. Read More
Regents approve new CALS master’s program
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences announces the approval of a new agroecology master’s program. Read More
UWPD presents Chief’s Awards
Several members of the university community received Chief’s Awards from the UW Police Department at its 15th annual awards ceremony on March 20. Read More
Crazylegs returns for 25th year
The 2006 Crazylegs Classic on Saturday, April 29, will mark the 25th anniversary of the popular event with a few changes to the event, including a revised route. Read More
Strong job market buoys MBA placement rates
The national job market for MBA students continues to grow, with more job offers and bigger salaries particularly from employers in the consulting, financial services and consumer product industries, according to a new survey released by the MBA Career Services Council (MBA CSC). The national survey highlights a trend seen within the Wisconsin MBA program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business. Read More
New Web site a clearinghouse for Earth Day events
Events inspired by Earth Day (April 22) may be scattered far and wide across southern Wisconsin, but now there's a single Web site that seeks to list them all in one place. Read More
Amasino receives prestigious HHMI professorship
Just as a non-musician savors the resounding strains of a Beethoven symphony, University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemist Richard Amasino believes that non-scientists can appreciate the role of science in their lives. He will have a chance to advance that notion to K-12 teachers nationwide after being named a million-dollar Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor. Read More
French House gathers campus, city community together à table
The French House, the nation's oldest residential language immersion community, was founded in 1918 and began opening its doors to the campus and the public for weekly lunches and dinner shortly thereafter. Director Andrew Irving warns that there is but one restriction on these soirees: You must speak French. Read More
Artist in residence Matthew Buckingham to speak at MMCA on April 25
Arts Institute Artist in Residence Matthew Buckingham will present a public lecture at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA), 227 State Street. He will discuss "Behind the Terminal Moraine," his new installation for MMCA's major reopening exhibition, "Between the Lakes: Artists Respond to Madison." Read More
UW-Madison awarded grant for adult student scholarships
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been awarded a gift from the Bernard Osher Foundation of San Francisco to provide scholarships for up to 10 adults who are returning to college to complete their first bachelor's degrees. Read More
Women tear up ice for team’s first-ever hockey national championship
The UW–Madison women’s hockey team didn’t just win its first-ever national championship title on March 26. UW–Madison dominated its way toward the title. Read More
Writer’s Choice
The French House, the nation’s oldest residential language immersion community, was founded in 1918 and began opening its doors to the campus and the public for weekly lunches and dinner shortly thereafter. Read More
Out and About Month offers wide menu of events
A plethora of special events will help the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Center celebrate Out and About Month this April. Read More
Holocaust art competition offers artists, viewers chance to reflect
The theme is the historical event of the Holocaust. The charge to participants is to render it in art. “Our goal is to increase people’s awareness of the Holocaust and of genocide in general,”says Jenny Elyanov, chair of the Holocaust Remembrance Coalition, a committee of Hillel that is organizing the exhibition. “The artworks also represent the students’ feeling and thoughts about the Holocaust, as well as commemorate the victims.†Read More
New men’s a cappella ensemble to open for Tangled Up in Blue concert
“I can’t believe how quickly it’s coming up!” says Kelly Spitzner, a senior in art and psychology. She also is the business manager for Tangled Up in Blue, UW–Madison’s women’s a cappella group. The “it” she’s referring to is Tangled Up’s concert on Sunday, April 9, in the Wisconsin Union Theater. Read More