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Milestones
APPOINTED Thomas M. Best, associate professor in orthopedics and rehabilitation, and in family medicine, has been named to the External Advisory Council…
Storm-water management efforts deter runoff into Lake Mendota
It was easy to blame last spring's flooding in Dane County on record-setting rains. But people are as much at fault as the weather, says Ken Potter, civil and environmental engineering professor.
Language Institute explores world’s languages, culture, literature
At UW–Madison, students have the opportunity to study more world languages than at any other college or university in the United States. To help students, researchers and Wisconsin residents take full advantage of the wealth of opportunities in language, literary and cultural studies at UW–Madison, the university has created the Language Institute.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
Almanac
Looking for UW Medical School? Most UW Medical School educators and administrators have moved to the new Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC).
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.
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…
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."
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.
Employee Matters
The Employee Compensation and Benefits Services staff prepares this column. Direct deposit—getting paid is easy! What is direct deposit?…
Fellowship allows law student to work on children’s cases
Jennifer Grissom
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.
Gallery honors memory of James Watrous
The James Watrous Gallery opens Saturday, Sept. 18, in the Overture Center for the Arts.
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.
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.
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.