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Two proteges to perform at Union Theater
A violinist who won a major competition at age 10 and a pianist who won a prestigious award at age 16 will demonstrate their talents with works by Mozart, Prokofiev, Strauss and Ysaye at the Wisconsin Union Theater on Friday, Oct. 24. Read More
Workshop helps employees figure retirement strategies
Specialists will help you to determine how many years until you can retire — or whether you should at all — at a workshop Thursday, Oct. 30, at 2:30 p.m. Read More
Profs lend insight to production
The old saw "safe and secure" takes on new meanings in a debut production from TAPIT/new works later this month. "One Wall Missing" contrasts the treatment of immigrants to America in the 1950s and now. Related outreach sessions combine excerpts from the play, a panel presentation and audience discussion. Read More
Milestones
HONORED Alberta Gloria, associate professor of counseling psychology, received the 2003 Kenneth and Mamie Clark Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Professional… Read More
For the Record
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Call for Pre-Proposals in International Studies The Office of International Studies and Programs is seeking pre-proposals for New… Read More
African-American issues, theater explored
The play 'Les Blancs' is one component of the Lorraine Hansberry Visiting Professorship in Dramatic Arts at University Theatre. A national symposium on Saturday, Nov. 8, also is part of the festival. Read More
Capitol Capsules
Hearing on UW salaries scheduled The Joint Committee on Employment Relations was to meet Oct. 21, after Wisconsin Week’s publication deadline, to consider… Read More
Council connects classified staff, mentors
One vehicle for learning is by serving as a mentor through a Council for Non-Represented Classified Staff program. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
Employee Matters
Income continuation insurance basics Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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 Read More