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ANNOUNCEMENTS WAA to offer football package to bowl game Though an official football bowl invitation won’t be made until after regular season play… Read More
Milestones
HONORED The No. 1 ranked Badgers Men’s Cross Country Team won its sixth consecutive Big Ten Conference championship last month by a record… Read More
Study: Meditation changes the brain’s electrical pattern
In the first scientific article to come from its pioneering studies of long-term Buddhist meditation practitioners, a UW–Madison team has found that long-term meditators (or "adepts") show markedly different patterns of brain electrical oscillations compared to a group with no previous meditative experience, when both of them generated a standard meditative practice. Read More
Lowe brings Native arts to Smithsonian
When Truman Lowe speaks about his trip to Minnesota's North Shore in early 2000 to visit with George Morrison, his voice conveys a deep respect. Read More
Recent sightings
Fading days of fall Pictured is a silhouetted view looking through an ivy-covered, semicircle window at Moore Hall. The hall… Read More
Arboretum hosts botanical illustrations
The hidden architecture of the botanical world has mesmerized Wisconsin artist Vala Mohr. Read More
EC&BS hosts benefits fair
Employee Compensation & Benefits Services hosted its 14th annual Benefits Fair on Oct. 13 in the Memorial Union. Read More
Gardener-alumna exhibits at Knapp House
Long live the ivy! Damn the aphids! Full green ahead! Read More
Johannes named to senior post at School of Business
Professor James M. Johannes has been named senior associate dean at the School of Business. Read More
Book Smart
Hoodlums: Black Villains and Social Bandits in American Life William L. Van Deburg, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Afro-American Studies University of Chicago… Read More
Campaign for new engineering building gains steam
A creative fund-raising strategy has resulted in more than 1,300 new pledges supporting the renovation and expansion of UW–Madison's 73-year-old Mechanical Engineering Building. Read More
Research director receives award
A senior research administrator has been recognized with a national award for her contributions to the profession of research administration. Read More
Biomedical engineering students to display new health-care products
More than 100 biomedical engineering undergrads have been working night and day on 20 different projects that they will put up for faculty evaluations on Friday, Dec. 3 at the expo in the lobby of the Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive. The public can visit during the evaluations from noon-2 p.m. Read More
Osteoporosis research center to test drug compound
As part of the effort to find a solution to the impending osteoporosis crisis, the Osteoporosis Clinical Research Center has been chosen as one of only a dozen sites worldwide to conduct a clinical trial involving 2MD. Read More
Capitol Capsules
Republicans pick up legislative seats GOP majorities in both houses of the state Legislature grew by one seat in both the Senate and… Read More
Educator scholarships available for careers conference
A limited number of scholarships are available for educators who are interested in attending a February careers conference sponsored by the Center on Education and Work. Read More
Employee Matters
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SoHE, Meriter distribute patterns for infant-bereavement gowns
A line of patterns for infant-bereavement gowns has gone national through a partnership between the School of Human Ecology and Meriter Hospital's Pregnancy and Infant Loss Program. Read More