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Kellett Mid-Career Awards presented to seven professors

April 5, 2006

Seven professors have received Kellett Mid-Career Awards that promote the continued scholarly efforts of established faculty. Read More

Employee Matters

April 5, 2006

Disability Benefits Read More

Almanac

April 5, 2006

Ask Bucky Do you have questions? We have answers! Ask Bucky is a service provided by the Campus Information and Visitor Center, your… Read More

Spring brings campus construction

April 5, 2006

New construction projects are beginning on campus that will affect traffic. Read More

Timetables to be available online only this fall

April 5, 2006

Beginning in the fall, the fall and spring Timetable will be offered online only. Read More

Regents approve new CALS master’s program

April 5, 2006

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences announces the approval of a new agroecology master’s program. Read More

UWPD presents Chief’s Awards

April 5, 2006

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

April 5, 2006

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

April 5, 2006

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

April 5, 2006

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

April 5, 2006

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

April 4, 2006

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

April 4, 2006

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

April 4, 2006

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

April 4, 2006

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

April 4, 2006

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

April 4, 2006

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

April 4, 2006

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

April 4, 2006

“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