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Moped, bicycle safety campaign
From now through Sunday, Oct. 3, UW Police will be conducting a specialized education/enforcement campaign regarding bicycle and moped safety. During the first couple of weeks, the department's primary focus will be on education. Verbal and written warnings will be handed out, along with pamphlets on the laws that affect bicyclists and moped operators. Read More
Jewish heritage lectures to explore scope of the field
Topics ranging from Israeli women novelists to Nazi concentration camp songs, 17th-century commerce, literature of World War I and Jewish women's memoirs will be on the table at this fall's Jewish Heritage Lecture series. Read More
Dance Program announces fall season
Yvonne Rainer, considered an "avant-garde aesthete and utopian activist" by essayist Ann Daly, will speak on Friday, Sept. 24, at 3:30 p.m. in Lathrop Hall as part of the fall Friday Forum series sponsored by the Dance Program. Read More
Recreational sports fee now includes the Shell
Faculty and staff, along with their spouses and domestic partners, can now utilize all four Recreational Sports facilities by paying an annual fee of… Read More
World music fest debuts at theater
From Basque accordionists to Romany orchestral artists, from dervish trances to African drums, the first annual World Music Festival promises artists from around the… Read More
Art critic Brenson is Arts Institute’s artist in residence
The UW–Madison Arts Institute has named respected art critic Michael Brenson as the Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence for fall 2004. Read More
Book Smart
Hemant Shah, professor of journalism and mass communication and Asian American studies, and Michael C. Thorton, professor of Afro-American studies, Asian American studies and… Read More
Exhibition focuses on work of UW–Madison’s Christiane Clados
The Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program, in collaboration with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UW-Milwaukee, and Latino Arts Inc. in Milwaukee, are presenting the art exhibit and lecture series "Christiane Clados: Reconstructing the Pre-Columbian World." Read More
Students explore new routes to understanding in China
Environment, textiles and design professor Wei Dong is an expert in feng shui, an ancient Chinese philosophy based on harmony and balance. Read More
Employee Matters
The Employee Compensation and Benefits Services staff prepares this column. Direct deposit—getting paid is easy! What is direct deposit?… Read More
Fellowship allows law student to work on children’s cases
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New justice shares his path with law students
Louis Butler's determined journey in a quest for fairness led him back to the UW Law School, just after he was sworn in as Wisconsin's first African-American Supreme Court justice. Read More
Gallery honors memory of James Watrous
The James Watrous Gallery opens Saturday, Sept. 18, in the Overture Center for the Arts. Read More
On with the show: Students to help open Overture Center
More than 150 UW–Madison students will be part of an extraordinary out-of-the-classroom learning experience as they dance, sing, play and perform as part of the celebration of the opening of Madison's Overture Center on Sept. 20. Read More
New humanities faculty lectures series launched
The Center for the Humanities and the Institute for Research in the Humanities launched Focus on the Humanities, a new lecture series designed to make accessible the work of eminent UW–Madison humanists to a broader audience on campus and in the community. The project is the first of several planned collaborative efforts between UW–Madison's two most visible advocates for the humanities. Read More
Discovery may halt progression of Alzheimer’s
In a finding that may cause a dramatic shift in the way scientists and researchers search for a therapy for Alzheimer's disease, a team of researchers led by Jeff Johnson, an associate professor at the School of Pharmacy, has discovered that increased expression of a protein called transthyretin in the brain appears to halt the progression of the disease. The findings appear in the current issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Read More
Hurricane Frances satellite animation available
To observe the storm and its track, scientists at UW–Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center have developed a new satellite animation tool that provides detailed, near real-time movies of the hurricane as it approaches the Florida coast. Read More
Unlicensed mopeds on campus to be ticketed and towed
With the arrival of September, the university is starting to ticket and tow unlicensed mopeds. Tickets range from $75-$115, depending on the violation. Read More
New program offered to entrepreneurs
The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center has announced a new opportunity for CEOs and presidents of second-stage, growth-oriented Wisconsin businesses. Known as the Wisconsin PeerSpectives Network, the program brings together in small groups of 8-12 executives in a peer-to-peer, problem-solving process. Read More