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Hearing on UW salaries scheduled The Joint Committee on Employment Relations was to meet Oct. 21, after Wisconsin Week’s publication deadline, to consider…
Council connects classified staff, mentors
One vehicle for learning is by serving as a mentor through a Council for Non-Represented Classified Staff program.
Food safety, political science profs describe outreach efforts
Food safety expert Barbara Ingham and political scientist Dennis Dresang find they have a common goal: to use research findings to address community issues.
UW, Japan collaboration could help chart the protein universe
The billions of proteins that compose life on Earth remain one of the truly uncharted territories in the biological universe, due mainly to the slow and arduous techniques their exploration requires. Now, a research partnership between UW–Madison and a Japanese university and company aims to develop a technology that may allow scientists to map the shapes and structures of proteins more easily than ever before.
International groups honored
The Madison Civics Club will honor the Office of International Student Services and the Madison Friends of International Students for efforts to support international students in the face of challenges posed by the post-Sept. 11 environment.
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Scholars blend approaches through center for history of print culture
Like printed material itself, print culture scholars can be found all over campus, with representatives from disciplines such as history, journalism and mass communication, library science, human ecology and health sciences, says James P. Danky, director of the campus Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America.
Two from Madison campus earn System teaching awards
George Mejicano and Catherine Middlecamp have won two of the 2003 Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Program aids units to make Web sites accessible
With a Nov. 1 deadline looming to meet federal and campus standards in providing Web access for persons with disabilities, help is available from a cooperative campus program.
Aging Institute turns 30
An expert on healthy aging, Carol Ryff knows that the UW–Madison Institute on Aging (IOA) -turning 30 years old this month - has aged well.
Wisconsin Alumni Association amplifies alumni relations
"Amplifying Alumni Relations," the theme for the association's 2002-2003 annual report, was chosen as a way to illustrate the ever-deepening ties between WAA and UW–Madison.
Chancellor’s Energy Policy Forum
A Keynote Address on 'A Scientific and Political Conundrum: Wisconsin's Energy Generation and Transmission Grid' by John D. Wiley, Chancellor
Clarinetist Bartley, Wisconsin Brass Quintet to perform
Clarinetist Linda Bartley will perform on the UW–Madison campus this week as part of the Faculty Concert Series at the university's School of Music .
Print culture historian Jonathan Rose to lecture
Print culture historian Jonathan Rose of Drew University will lecture Friday, Oct. 24, at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Print culture history examines how people produce and use printed materials.
Invasive species expert to speak at ecology symposium
Dan Simberloff, the Nancy Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Studies and director of the Institute for Biological Invasions at the University of Tennessee, will give two free public lectures.
Astronomer named prestigious Packard Fellow
Amy Barger, a UW–Madison professor of astronomy, is one of 16 young academics named a 2003 Packard Foundation Fellow for Science and Engineering, it was announced today (Oct. 15).
Wisconsin’s largest used book sale opens Oct. 22
The largest used book sale in Wisconsin, which will include more than 15,000 books covering almost any subject, runs Oct. 22-25 on the UW–Madison campus.
Massive Antarctic iceberg breaks in two
In what could be a boom or a bust for some Antarctic shipping, a massive, 100-mile long iceberg known as B-15A has split in two, satellite photos have confirmed. Monitoring the Antarctic ice using NASA's Terra satellite, scientists at the UW–Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center were among the first to notice the fracture creating two giant icebergs in the Ross Sea, due south of New Zealand.
University Opera opens with ‘Falstaff’
University Opera has chosen "Falstaff" to open its 2003-04 season. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 23, Saturday, Oct. 25, and Monday, Oct. 27, in Music Hall. Tickets, $17 and $10 for UW–Madison students, are available through the Vilas Hall Box Office, 262-1500.
UT to perform work by former Czech president
Those employed by bureaucracies doubtless will want to attend the University Theatre production of the play "The Memorandum," the second play by former Czech president Vaclav Havel. The Soviets banned it along with Havelâs other works when they invaded the country in 1968.