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Two proteges to perform at Union Theater

October 21, 2003

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

October 21, 2003

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

October 21, 2003

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

October 21, 2003

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

October 21, 2003

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

Advances

October 21, 2003

Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries. E-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu. Laser… Read More

Almanac

October 21, 2003

Almanac Tommy Thompson to chair Veterinary Medicine’s capital campaign Tommy G. Thompson, former governor of Wisconsin, will serve as honorary chair… Read More

African-American issues, theater explored

October 21, 2003

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

October 21, 2003

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

October 21, 2003

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

October 21, 2003

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

October 21, 2003

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

October 21, 2003

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

October 21, 2003

Income continuation insurance basics Read More

Scholars blend approaches through center for history of print culture

October 21, 2003

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

October 21, 2003

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

October 21, 2003

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

October 20, 2003

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

October 20, 2003

"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

October 20, 2003

A Keynote Address on 'A Scientific and Political Conundrum: Wisconsin's Energy Generation and Transmission Grid' by John D. Wiley, Chancellor Read More