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Political television advertising spending escalates, study finds
More than $300 million has been spent by candidates on television advertising in races for the U.S. House and Senate, as well as in a number of highly competitive, record-spending gubernatorial contests across the nation, according to a new study by a university political scientist.
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“Phases’ opens at Steinhauer Featuring works on paper by Wisconsin artist Julian Lynn, pieces in the “Phases” collection incorporate the use of…
Deconstructing dams
Emily Stanley, a river ecologist at the Center for Limnology, has found that dam removal allows not just fish and canoes, but also damaging nutrients, to barge through the water system. Results of the study, which focused on dam removal sites along the Baraboo River and Koshkonong Creek in Wisconsin, were recently published in the journal BioScience.
Jail library group celebrates 10 years
The Jail Library Student Group, which provides all recreational and educational library services to Dane County Jail inmates, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a colloquim on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 3:30 p.m. in the School of Library and Information Studies Commons, Helen C. White Hall, 4th floor, on the UW campus.
Morrison to speak at awards program
Darrel Morrison, the country's leading authority on restoring native plants, will speak Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Friends of the Arboretum Leopold Restoration Awards dinner.
Speech to examine redistricting
Who wins when Congressional districts are drawn according to racial boundaries? And how far should the U.S. Supreme Court step into politics to decide the issue? Political science professor David Canon will address these questions at a free public lecture Friday, Sept. 27, at 4:30 p.m., 201 Fluno Center.
Staff groups to meet
Chancellor John Wiley will speak to three employee groups at their fall welcome event for university staff.
Gallic gadabouts publish book on bungalow
Professors of English Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden have written a book entitled 'A Castle in the Backyard: The Dream of a House in France.' (University of Wisconsin Press, $24.95).
Lithuanian ambassador to speak
Vygaudas Uackas, ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the United States, will be the featured speaker at a reception in honor of visiting Fulbright scholars and teachers Friday, Sept. 27.
Incoming freshman class: brighter, more diverse
This year's incoming freshman class at UW–Madison is one of the most academically talented and diverse in the 154-year history of the campus.
UW-Madison professor wins Tibbetts Award
Max G. Lagally, E.W. Mueller Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UW–Madison, has been awarded a 2002 Tibbetts Award.
UW-Madison study returns biology to the basics
We may be living in the age of biotechnology, but science still has some very basic questions to answer. And, one of them is 'What microbes live in lakes?'
Women and Science Symposium to be held Oct. 9
The issues facing women in science - professional, scientific and ethical - are the focus of Women and Science, a symposium taking place at 7:30-9:15 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 9, in the On Wisconsin room of the Red Gym, 716 Langdon St.
WAA sponsors homecoming trivia contest
To get UW–Madison students and alumni fired up for Homecoming, the Wisconsin Alumni Association is sponsoring an online football trivia contest on its Web site Sept. 22-Oct. 11.
Association invites future alumni
The Wisconsin Future Alumni Association is holding an information session Tuesday, Sept. 24, for new members of its executive board.
Linguistics professor documents endangered Menominee language
Professor of linguistics Monica Macaulay is recording and documenting the rapidly vanishing Menominee language, a traditionally oral language markedly different from any European counterpart.
Sale offers thousands of books
The largest used book sale in Wisconsin Oct. 9-12 at the university will include more than 15,000 books covering almost any subject .
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.
Science author Waldrop to visit
M. Mitchell Waldrop, a UW–Madison graduate and a prolific, award-winning science writer and author, will deliver a free public lecture and hold a book signing Thursday, Sept. 26, for his new book, 'The Dream Machine.'
Pharmacy dean to retire
Professor Melvin H. Weinswig, who oversaw an era of extraordinary change at the UW School of Pharmacy, will retire as the school's dean at the end of this academic year.