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New academic year ushers in changes
From improved Camp Randall Stadium scoreboards and new trash cans to higher tuition, a variety of changes will greet more than 41,000 UW–Madison students as classes begin for the 2004-05 school year.
Regents appoint Reilly as next UW System president
Kevin P. Reilly, chancellor and former provost of UW-Extension, has been appointed by the Board of Regents as the sixth president of the UW System.
New director to take over Research and Sponsored Programs
On Sept. 1, Kim Moreland will take over as director of Research and Sponsored Programs, the campus office that oversees the administration of outside grants and awards, which last year totaled more than $700 million.
Campus gets new vending machines
A new vending machine contract awarded by UW Purchasing to Wright Vending Co., should mean most machines will be replaced or updated by the beginning of fall semester.
Almanac
Cancer Center awarded $7 million The National Center for Research Resources approved a $7 million construction grant for the UW Comprehensive Cancer…
Classified emeritus offered
Retiring university classified staff are now eligible to receive emeritus status, a distinction that was previously only available for faculty and academic staff.
Elvehjem examines relationships in two exhibitions
Two new exhibitions exploring different kinds of relationships will open the 2004-05 season at the Elvehjem Museum of Art.
Employee Matters
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Recent sightings
Summer solace A couple watch a summer sunset over Lake Mendota, surrounded by the original style of Memorial Union Terrace…
Database specialist acquaints Madison with tango
By day, Steve Fosdal works as a computer programmer in the Division of Information Technology, specializing in public health information data sharing. By night Fosdal, a latter-day Valentino, embodies Argentine tango.
Book Smart
Joanne Cantor, professor emerita of communication arts, “Teddy’s TV Troubles,” Goblin Fern Press, 2003. Something nasty on television has upset Teddy Bear,…
For the Record
Announcements Wisconsin Idea Endowment Call for Prepoposals The Office of the Provost is soliciting proposals from faculty, staff and students for the…
Milestones
Appointments Carrie Barker, former UW athlete, was named assistant coach for the Wisconsin women’s soccer team. Bebe Bryans will lead the…
Open house to showcase UW–Madison mapping sciences
Mapping resources will be the focus of an open house at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Science Hall, 550 N. Park St., from noon-4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 1.
Board of Regents approves 2005-07 budget request
The UW System Board of Regents is asking for state funding for the 2005-07 biennium that will help its 26 campuses and UW-Extension begin to recover from the $250 million in state budget cuts they took in the 2003-05 biennium, while providing more access and services for students.
UW-Madison sees little change in U.S. News rankings
UW-Madison remains the seventh-best public university and in a tie for 32nd-best overall university in the 2005 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges."
UW’s peak move-in days will affect traffic
Approximately 6,700 UW–Madison students will be moving into their residence halls next week, many for the first time. The busiest days will be Tuesday, Aug. 24, and Friday and Saturday, Aug. 27-28, according to Mike Kinderman, assistant director for residence hall facilities in University Housing.
Herbert Hill, link between civil rights, labor issues, dead at 80
Civil rights activist, scholar and labor administrator Herbert Hill died on Sunday, Aug. 15, in Madison. He was 80.
Program aimed at representing biology in the classroom
To truly represent biology in the classroom, UW–Madison is hosting a summer program during which faculty nationwide share their expertise in research and education.
Program examines school achievement, social factors
Understanding how non-academic issues such as gender, race, class and self-concept affect the classroom performance of young people is the goal of a new UW–Madison certificate program targeted for educators.