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Certificate recognizes skills
To help graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, academic staff and faculty develop teaching skills that build upon their research skills, UW–Madison is launching a certificate that recognizes their ability to integrate research, teaching and learning.
Instructors can find teaching resources at new Web site
Faculty, instructional staff and teaching assistants can find help and support for their teaching at a new Web site, Teaching and Learning Excellence@UW-Madison, that is a gateway to information on teaching — everything from nuts and bolts to pedagogic philosophies.
Symposium to explore ‘Second Life of Fashion’
Only a small percentage of our cast-off garments are resold in thrift stores or sold as rags, explains Beverly Gordon, a UW–Madison professor in the Department of Environment, Textiles and Design and the university's folklore program.
Students to share experiences from service-learning trip to Selma
Students, faculty and staff from UW–Madison who traveled together by bus, following the route of the civil rights movement from Madison to Selma, Ala., are hosting a presentation and fund-raising event on Friday, April 16.
UW-Madison event offers taste of world languages
UW-Madison will give high school students and teachers from across the state a sample from the more than 60 languages taught on campus at special event on Tuesday, April 13.
UW-Madison hosts World Cinema Day for high school students
World Cinema Day, an experimental outreach event presented by UW–Madison and the Global Film Initiative, a New York-based cinema group, premieres April 2 at the Orpheum Theatre in Madison.
Videoconference AP classes open to high schoolers
Distance learning classes designed to challenge Wisconsin public high school students while saving them money and providing them with college credit still have openings for the upcoming academic year.
UW Law School underscores importance of legal writing
A strong emphasis on legal writing, a change in grading policy and examination of real-world legal problems are all part of a drive to put the UW Law School in the forefront of a movement to improve the communication skills of aspiring lawyers.
Veterinary school seminar helps horse owners handle their steeds
The School of Veterinary Medicine seminar offered about 400 horse enthusiasts of varying abilities an opportunity to improve their riding and horse handling skills.
Hollywood, Broadway alums spark new class
An innovative new class is tapping the University of Wisconsin–Madison's pipeline to the entertainment industry, bringing back alumni who have made a splash in Hollywood and on Broadway to share their experiences with students and the public.
Course linking Judaism, ecology open to the public
The relationship between religion - Judaism in particular - and ecology struck Jeremy Manela, a senior at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as a topic in need of a course.
DoIT provides students training in software
The Division of Information Technology's Software Training for Students service can be used by faculty to provide in-class, customized software training relevant to a particular course.
Faculty, staff can nurture undergrad creativity
At UW–Madison, many undergraduate students do more than keep up with daily homework assignments. Each year, about 3,000 of these collegians conduct original research or participate in service-learning projects. These students can share their work with the campus and public during the sixth annual Undergraduate Symposium scheduled for April 15.
Books on global issues to be discussed
Faculty will discuss their new books about the global apparel industry, drug-trafficking in Afghanistan, the landscape of global television and the collapse of the Soviet Union in the International Institute and Borders Books' third book series.
BS unmasks UAP: Web site explains acronyms
Business Services is publishing a new Web reference source, the "Acronym Index for UW–Madison Administrative Processes."
Business students to compete in venture capital event
A new wrinkle in the entrepreneurship program at the School of Business will give students the opportunity to evaluate businesses through the eyes of venture capitalists.
Innovative engineering students to compete
UW-Madison undergraduate student inventors will bring medical devices, bicycles, a ballista, a tattoo machine, time-sensitive paper, computer furniture and more bright ideas to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus for this year's Innovation Days competition.
Research helps elderly continue living at home
No matter where you live or work — apartment complex, suburban neighborhood, school, shopping mall, hospital, nursing home — you should have access to a "Main Street." Michael Hunt and his students aim to see that you do, no matter your circumstances.
New voice coach takes holistic approach to stage craft
According to Susan R. Sweeney, the new-since-fall voice coach in the Department of Theatre and Drama, you can improve your listening skills
21st season of ‘Wonders of Physics’ program scheduled
Sudden explosions and shocking stunts turn the typical lecture on physics into the "Wonders of Physics" - an annual program that excites audience members of all ages with the physical phenomena that surround their daily lives. This year's program, free and open to the public, will be held Feb. 8, 14 and 15.