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Backups first, then better roads in and around UW campus
Patience and planning will be the keys to traveling through the campus area during the next several months. Major construction projects on Charter and West Johnson streets have already caused traffic backups and pedestrian headaches this spring, and the congestion is expected to worsen soon. Read More
Bike-to-Work Week May 19-23
Transportation Services will provide convenient opportunities to register for the citywide Bike-to-Work Week, May 19-23. Read More
Bookstore lauds students
A grant from the University Book Store allows for 20 Academic Excellence Awards of $1,000 each to undergraduate students who best demonstrated excellence by completing a project through independent study. Read More
Botany Garden to blossom with new expansion
The Botany Garden, a green and fragrant oasis in a sea of buildings and traffic, will become a larger, more welcoming sanctuary as an expansion gets under way in June. Read More
Savanna smiles: Arboretum to restore habitat
On Saturday, May 10, Arboretum volunteers and staff will help restore the savanna by removing honeysuckle and buckthorn, two invasive small tree species. The crews also will plant wildflowers, grasses and shrubs native to the savanna. Read More
Student apparel designers take the ‘Pulse’ of fashion
About 40 garments, designed and created by apparel design students, will sashay through Memorial Union's Great Hall on the bodies of live models as part of "Pulse," this year's annual apparel design program fashion show. Read More
Khmer dance and music
An evening of Khmer Dance and Music by the Bayon Prapeyney Company will be held at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, June 19, in the H'Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall. Free tickets are available at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 207 Ingraham Hall. Read More
UW-Madison, Marshfield to study epilepsy
How does childhood epilepsy affect brain growth, intellectual development and psychological health? Two major Wisconsin research centers will begin recruiting children in late summer for a research project designed to shed light on this largely unanswered question. Read More
Affordable family housing conference set
This year's Wisconsin housing conference will ask the question "Affordable Single Family Housing: Progress or Pipe Dream?" It will be held Wednesday-Thursday, May 21-22, at the Fluno Center for Executive Education. Read More
Clot-busting UW doctor helps avert damage from strokes
A ringing phone in the middle of the night tells Dr. Beverly Aagaard that someone's brain is starting to die. Chances are good that, within minutes, she'll be at UW Hospital prepared to snake a small catheter into the deep blood vessels of that brain. Read More
Events Bulletin
Teaching and Learning Symposium “Bridging the Gaps: Making Connections in “Big’ Classes” is the theme of the 2003 Annual Teaching and Learning… Read More
For the Record
Smoke-Free Policy The UW–Madison smoke-free policy was reviewed and amended in 1995 to the following: Effective July 1, 1995, all buildings and… Read More
Milestones
Appointed Seventeen faculty have been appointed to named professorships following approval during the 2002-03 academic year by the UW System Board of… Read More
UW-Madison selects Center for Humanities director
Susanne Lindgren Wofford, professor of English at UW–Madison, will direct the Center for Humanities beginning July 1. Read More
Study finds economic benefits of early education
For more than 18 years, Arthur Reynolds has studied the long-term benefits of an early childhood educational program. While his previous papers have documented the positive effects of the particular program on children's behavior and well-being, the latest documents its positive effects on the economy. Read More
WAA celebrates international student graduation
To commemorate the graduation and achievements of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's international students, the Wisconsin Alumni Association will host the annual International Student Graduation Celebration from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 7, in the Alumni Lounge at the Pyle Center. Read More
Day on Campus set for May 9
On May 9, the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) will host Day on Campus, the annual educational event that opens today's UW classes to alumni. Read More
Leadership forum set
The Leadership Institute is holding an information session from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Thursday, May 15, at 220 Ingraham Hall. Read More
Faculty to examine international literary figures
The International Institute and Canterbury Booksellers is presenting a series on international literary figures during May. Read More
Elvehjem demonstration to explore Kabuki theater
David Furumoto, assistant professor of theatre and drama, will demonstrate various kabuki acting styles at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 8, in L140 Elvehjem. Read More