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Feedback sought on game-day environment
Responding to complaints about fan behavior in and around Camp Randall Stadium officials are inviting people to keep their eyes open at Saturday's home finale against the University of Iowa and to e-mail their suggestions to fans@news.wisc.edu.
UW-Madison students above national average in study abroad
UW-Madison students continue to study abroad in record numbers, according to figures released by International Academic Programs, the office responsible for tracking study-abroad statistics campuswide.
Lecture to address girders under glass ceiling
The invisible, often unacknowledged – but very concrete — barrier that prevents women in business from going to the very top of their organizations continues to vex many workers. Virginia Sapiro, Sophonisba Breckinridge Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, will present a provocative new theory about the situation at a lecture on Friday, Nov. 21.
Campus reacts to east campus plan
Arts faculty and administrators are excited about a bold plan to reinvent the east campus area.
Charter Street to close
Just as West Johnson Street is reopened after nearly six months of reconstruction, the campus is about to experience more traffic changes due to a new construction project. Charter Street between Linden Drive and University Avenue will be closed starting Monday, Nov. 24, so that new water lines and electric and signal manholes can be installed.
Recent sightings
Signs of winter With tables already stacked for winter storage, a few people sit amidst the scattered Memorial Union Terrace…
Scholarship opens door to a larger world
Erin Buros is a recipient of the Walter, Helen and Loretta Feldt Memorial Scholarship. John Feldt, Foundation senior vice president for finance and administration, established the scholarship to honor his late father, mother and wife. Student employees of the foundation are eligible.
Book Smart
Rachel Feldhay Brenner, professor of Hebrew and Semitic studies, "Inextricably Bonded: Israeli Arab and Jewish Writers Re-visioning Culture," UW Press, 2003.
Hospital performs first live donor paired kidney exchange
UW Hospital surgeons successfully performed Wisconsin's first "live donor paired kidney exchange" on Nov. 7, one of a handful done in the United States.
Dioxin, other chemicals killed Lake Ontario trout
Researchers have determined that dioxin and similar toxic chemicals were high enough in Lake Ontario to kill virtually every lake trout that hatched there from the late 1940s to the late 1980s.
Capitol Capsules
Concealed-weapons bill goes to governor Last week the Senate passed the final version of Senate Bill 214, which allows certain people to carry…
Calendar highlights
Arboretum shares winter survival, art inspiration in two family workshops Thriving during a Wisconsin winter probably is quite a challenge for you as…
W. Johnson to reopen by Nov. 21
The reconstruction of West Johnson Street and a short stretch of Campus Drive — an inconvenience to campus commuters for months — will soon be over, officials say.
Almanac
Report: Wisconsin provides highly efficient education system Wisconsin offers one of the most efficient educational systems in the country, as state residents rank…
Childhood cancer survivors to gather for reunion
Kids With Courage III, a reunion of more than 200 childhood cancer survivors who have been treated or are being treated at UW Children's Hospital by the Division of Pediatric Oncology, will be Saturday, Nov. 29, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at the Monona Terrace convention center, 1 John Nolen Drive.
Lyall letter addresses controversy
UW System President Katharine C. Lyall issued a letter Nov. 12 to clarify actions by System officials in the last few weeks.
Memorial Union offers Thanksgiving dinner
Reservations are being taken for the annual all-you-can-eat Thanksgiving Buffet at Memorial Union in the Tripp Commons on Thursday, Nov. 27, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Employee Matters
Dependent status changes
Tudor dinner celebrates season
The Wisconsin Union's 70th annual Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts offer an evening of fine dining, old English pageantry and rich choral presentations.