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Students partner with Oakwood
A new partnership between the School of Human Ecology and the Oakwood Village Retirement Communities is enabling students of interior design to help Oakwood evaluate its newest facility this semester.
Adventurous learning
For most of us, a typical vacation does not include sleeping on the floor of a preschool classroom, digging fence-post holes or washing stacks of dishes. Yet two groups of students and alumni had the chance to do all this — and more — during a summer week of labor, laughter and learning spent volunteering on the Blackfeet Reservation in the far northwestern corner of Montana.
Stories help ‘to make sense of our lives’
A new series sponsored by the Center for Humanities explores the use of stories in teaching and learning.
Consortium to create distance-education AP courses
Equal access to quality education is at the heart of the new Wisconsin Advanced Placement Distance Learning Consortium, which will create, operate and maintain an advanced-placement distance-learning clearinghouse for high schools throughout the state.
Countdown to commencement begins Nov. 7
December graduates can prepare for commencement and life in the "real world" by attending UW–Madison's Countdown to Commencement on Thursday, Nov. 7.
Apparel design students focus on creativity and careers
In apparel design class students are groping their way through the extremely powerful, extremely sophisticated, extremely complex state-of-the-art design software, called U4ia. U4ia allows students to quickly create intricate textile patterns and experiment with colors, textures and more.
Registration begins for Farmer Cooperatives Conference
"Restructuring for Troubled Times" is the theme for the Fifth Annual Farmer's Cooperative Conference to be held in St. Louis, Missouri, from Nov. 13-15
Center to put teaching on a par with lab skills
With the help of a five-year $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation, UW–Madison will become a working laboratory for helping graduate students and faculty develop teaching skills that are a match for their skills in the lab.
Veteran business writer visits campus
Tim Smart, deputy assistant managing editor at U.S. News & World Report, will visit campus Oct. 21-25 as the fall semester business writer in residence. During the week, he will speak to journalism and business classes, consult with individual students and meet with local members of the Society of Professional Journalists.
U.S. News’ Petit named science writer in residence
Charles Petit, a veteran, award-winning science writer for U.S. News & World Report, has been named a science writer in residence for fall 2002 by UW–Madison.
New Web portal benefits K-12 education
University faculty, graduate students and administrators, along with area teachers, have developed a Web site, called 'K-12 at UW–Madison,' that enables teachers, parents, students and anyone else interested in kindergarten through 12th-grade education to browse through the hundreds of resources available to them at UW–Madison. Visit the portal at http://www.k12.wisc.edu.
Learning, friendship abound at language tables
Nouns and verbs take on flesh and bone at UW–Madison language tables. At least 15 conversation groups meet regularly this semester, giving students a chance to apply words and grammar learned in class.
Native Wisconsin peoples to explore ‘many wisdoms’
There are easily as many ways to learn and teach as there are subjects. American Indian students, faculty and staff at UW–Madison are exploring how higher education might use lesser-known avenues to wisdom at a symposium in Madison, Thursday and Friday, Oct. 17 and 18.
Philosopher Brighouse to discuss ethics in politics Oct. 8
'Ethics in Politics? A Look at the Wisconsin Elections' is the topic of a talk scheduled Tuesday, Oct. 8, by Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of philosophy. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. at the Stoughton Public Library, 304 S. 4th St.
Donor supports major technology projects
Aided by a major gift from an alumnus and longtime university supporter, UW–Madison will launch a campuswide network technology upgrade and open a first-of-its-kind Internet laboratory, known as the Wisconsin Advanced Internet Laboratory.
Grant aids biologist’s teaching
Plant pathology professor Jo Handelsman has received an appointment designed to demonstrate that active, productive scientists can be effective teachers, too.
Go online with live help
Imagine having a librarian guide you through the UW–Madison's vast collection of books, magazines and expansive databases ÷ all from your home computer. This fall, Libraries Live Help, a new real-time service, puts library users online in direct contact with reference librarians.
Ford Madox Ford conference starts Friday
The International Ford Madox Ford Society will hold its first North American meeting at the Pyle Center, Sept. 20-22.
Consortium to benefit student researchers
NASA has conferred "designated" status on the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, a program to encourage space-related education, research and public service.
Butterflies in space
White cabbage butterflies may soon be soaring through space as well as fluttering across your garden. The butterflies and special fast-growing plants are the focus of a NASA-sponsored project for biology teachers visiting campus.