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If we back off now, we may be in worse shape later
When it comes to dealing with Saddam Hussein, "the genie is out of the bottle," and the Bush administration will now have a very difficult time backing down, says emeritus law professor Gordon Baldwin. Read More
Unger’s career blessed with a shakey start
Beneath Bill Unger's pedestrian title of "research program manager in the UW–Madison Department of Geology and Geophysics" is a career that spans four decades and all the world's continents. Read More
Events Bulletin
Directory Lists Youth Programs More than 90 classes, camps, workshops, and other activities for children and teens are featured in UW–Madison’s new Programs… Read More
Announcements
Direct Deposit of Payroll Checks Business Services encourages faculty and staff to consider direct deposit for paychecks. Some benefits of direct deposit include:… Read More
Milestones
Honored The Arts Institute announces the recipients of the 2003 awards in the arts, which recognize creative inquiry, outreach and professional excellence. Read More
For the Record
Policies and procedures Pesticide Use Policy In accordance with the university’s stormwater permit and Pesticide Use Policy, pesticide applicators are to… Read More
Highland Avenue detour starting Monday, March 17
An enclosed pedestrian walkway linking the School of Pharmacy building (Rennebohm Hall) with the new Health Sciences Learning Center will be built over Highland Avenue starting March 17. Read More
Iraqis caught ‘between the devil and the deep blue sea’
Mohammad Douglah, faculty associate of continuing and vocational education in the Department of Agricultural Journalism, says Iraq needs to be liberated by Iraqis, with help from the United States. Read More
Grad students endeavor to inspire reading Du Bois essays
Whole new worlds of human experience, history, vehicles of expression and even her own American past opened wide to Michelle Gordon when she first read W.E.B. Du Bois' landmark collection of essays, "The Souls of Black Folk." Read More
Month-long science open house set for April
This April, UW–Madison welcomes learners of all ages to explore the campus and experience science as discovery during a month-long open house called 'Science Expeditions.' Read More
Conferences to examine Caribbean, African land issues
This month, the Land Tenure Center at UW–Madison is helping organize conferences that examine critical land issues in two very different areas of the world: the Caribbean and southern Africa. Read More
Why Wisconsin e-businesses should prepare to collect taxes
Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton) and Diane Hardt, tax administrator for the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and co-chair of the Streamlined Sales Tax Project, will discuss Internet taxation and more at a half-day workshop on e-business legal issues sponsored by the UW Consortium for Global eCommerce. Read More
Investigation supports decision to let accused players compete, offers ways to prevent future incidents
An investigation by the UW–Madison chancellor's office into allegations that a small number of football players cheated on a take-home final examination reaffirms the chancellor's original decision to let them compete in the 2002 Alamo Bowl, Dec. 28. Read More
Public hearing set on west campus cogeneration facility
UW-Madison will hold a public hearing on Thursday, March 13 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on proposed west campus power plant facility options. Read More
UW library books sale March 5-8
The largest used book sale in Wisconsin, to be held March 5-8 at UW–Madison will include more than 15,000 books covering almost any subject. Read More
Afro-American studies evolves into global player
Even as it busily prepares for a landmark symposium on African-American activist W.E.B. Du Bois, the Department of Afro-American Studies is reinventing itself. Read More
Executive MBA scholarship earmarked for UW System employee
Employees of the UW System are eligible to apply for a scholarship to the UW–Madison's Executive MBA program. Read More
Prof to investigate Cuba’s sustainable farming
A UW–Madison professor will be part of a 10-day fact-finding trip during May to investigate Cuba's transformation from chemical-intensive, industrial agriculture to sustainable and organic agriculture. Read More
Book explores psychological effects of pollution on children
Wherever we live, pollution lives with us. Whether it's chemical runoff from farms or loud music booming down the street, pollution touches us not just physically, but also mentally and emotionally, according to a new book by Colleen Moore, a psychology professor at UW–Madison. Read More