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Law School launches Wisconsin Business Law Initiative
The University of Wisconsin Law School is launching the Wisconsin Business Law Initiative to better connect faculty and students with business lawyers in Wisconsin and beyond. Read More
Schoenfield composition highlights second Pro Arte Quartet concert
Google the word “freilach” and you will find that it means “happy” or “joyful,” especially in relationship to music. American composer Paul Schoenfield says the Yiddish word also describes his recently composed “Three Rhapsodies for Piano Quintet,” commissioned by the UW Pro Arte Quartet as part of its 100-year anniversary celebration currently underway. Read More
Staffers share Thanksgiving with international visitors
Most students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison spend the last Thursday in November with family or friends: bundling up to brave colder weather; gathering around various combinations of turkey, vegetables and pie. Read More
City clerk to run mock UW election Nov. 15
The Madison City Clerk's Office and Associated Students of Madison will simulate an election on Tuesday, Nov. 15, to register student voters and determine how the recent changes in state elections law will affect voting on campus. Read More
UW exposition examines high-tech mapping
The UW–Madison campus will bring together experts from around Wisconsin on Wednesday, Nov. 16 to show off the latest in technologies and projects that utilize high-tech mapping tools called geographic information systems (GIS). Read More
International programming competition at Epic
Teams from at least three Wisconsin universities - the University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Milwaukee School of Engineering - will test their computer programming skills and mental endurance Saturday, Nov. 12 at Epic Systems in Verona in the regional round of the "Battle of the Brains," the IBM-sponsored ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. Read More
November food drive unites campus against hunger
For several years, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Office of Visitor & Information Programs (VIP) has coordinated the NBC15 "Share Your Holidays" food drive for families in need. Read More
School of Education marks American Education Week Nov. 14-18
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education will honor some of its very best scholars during an American Education Week 2011 program primarily dedicated to its retiring faculty, distinguished alumni and partner teachers during the week of Nov. 14-18. Read More
Forum focuses on storing spent nuclear fuel
Not all of the fallout from last March's disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was radioactive. There was also considerable policy fallout, as the crisis caused many to rethink the safety of nuclear power. Read More
Center turns to innovative methods with first-year students
Inside UW–Madison talks with Center for the First-Year Experience Director Wren Singer ahead of the center's annual conference about how the university has shifted to a more comprehensive approach to serving the needs of first-year students. Read More
Parents’ Weekend celebrates UW–Madison families
More than 740 families will learn about student life this weekend during their visits to the University of Wisconsin–Madison for Parents’ Weekend, an annual tradition that brings students and their families together to experience the university and the city of Madison. Read More
New documentary highlights Mildred Fish-Harnack
A new one-hour documentary on Mildred Fish-Harnack—Milwaukee native, University of Wisconsin alumna, and the only American woman executed on direct orders from Adolf Hitler—is scheduled to premiere Monday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. on Wisconsin Public Television (WPT). Read More
Panel examines student assessment of nonprofit effectiveness
Students in Lori Bakken's interdisciplinary studies graduate course learned organizational evaluation skills while providing a solid answer to a growing conundrum: How can a nonprofit agency demonstrate its programs' effectiveness? Read More
Climate change and the oxymoron of sustainable growth
Climate change, often viewed as a burden for future generations, is, in fact, a problem at hand, and a significant one, contends Rudy M. Baum, editor-in-chief of Chemical & Engineering News. Read More
Wisconsin Idea Symposium focuses on partnerships for the public good
One of the featured events of UW–Madison's Year of the Wisconsin Idea will focus on "Principled Partnerships for the Public Good." Read More
Administrative Excellence forum examines opportunities, efficiencies
In a time of decreasing state support for public universities, UW–Madison officials say the time is now to seize opportunities provided by the flexibilities granted to the campus to create budget efficiencies. Read More
Stew brings passion, energy to classroom
Stew - just Stew - walks into the classroom in black clothes, red sneakers and a battered straw hat. He carries a guitar case, as if arriving at a coffee shop stage instead of a lecture. Read More
Top investigative reporter, national business editor to visit campus
A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and a national business editor who has guided coverage of the financial crisis will visit campus this fall as writers in residence. Read More
Badger Ballroom to host first competition at UW–Madison
When Anna Nadon came to University of Wisconsin–Madison as a freshman she wanted to try something new. Finding Badger Ballroom Dance Team meant trying a new activity for Nadon, but it also meant finding an instant community. Read More