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Fight to save celebrated prairie continues
Students from UW–Madison’s general ecology class have joined Arboretum researchers and land managers in an ambitious five-year plan to subdue the spread of invasive reed canary grass in the UW Arboretum’s Greene Prairie.
Spoken word scholars aim to transform campus
They express themselves and how they feel about the world around them through a powerful mechanism: words. And now the students who have embraced urban art, including “spoken word,” are coming together on campus, playing a leadership role in a national movement and sharing their craft with others.
Hot subjects—Physics 206: ‘Seeking Truth: Living with Doubt’
Physics professor Marshall Onellion has a new job title this semester: official tackling dummy for his freshmen students. It’s part of his scheme to provoke controversial discussion and to get his students really thinking. Oddly enough, he’s instigating this debate in a physics class.
Hot subjects—Communication Arts 613: ‘The History of the Hollywood Film Score’
This series profiles four new courses that have piqued the interest of undergraduates.
Recent sightings: Gybe-ho!
Photo: Jeff Miller Students Jim Hamre, second from left, and Jane Schmieding, second from right, who usually use…
Training program readies social workers for the field
For the right person, it's the best job in the world. That's the inspiration for a UW–Madison training program that covers the cost of a master's degree for social work students who commit to working in Wisconsin's public child welfare system for one or two years.
Hot subjects—Integrated Liberal Studies 275: ‘The Art of War’
This series profiles four new courses that have piqued the interest of undergraduates.
Concrete Canoe team victorious in the Netherlands
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Concrete Canoe Team dominated the 30th annual Dutch Concrete Canoe Challenge this weekend in the Netherlands. The team took first place overall, with victories in five out of the six race categories. The team's 20-foot, 176-pound canoe, Descendent, also won the construction and innovation categories for its design and use of environmentally sound concrete.
Graduate science education program to expand to more universities
The UW–Madison-based Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) has received a three-year, $5.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand a campus science education program to five other major research universities.
Miernowski wins national online education award
The 2007 "R1edu Award" for Distinguished Faculty Contributions to Online Learning has been presented to Professor Jan Miernowski of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.