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In the fold A talk and demonstration by nationally recognized origami artist Ruthanne Bessman whose work is now on exhibit in… Read More
Events Bulletin
Learning 4th Annual Manager/Supervisor Conference: Promoting Effective Workplace Dynamics Wednesday, Oct. 2. 7:30 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. Pyle Center. Dennis… Read More
Announcements
Academic Staff Needs You The Nominating Committee of the Academic Staff Assembly is calling all academic staff to consider applying their talents to… Read More
He tolls for you
The key to playing a carillon, says Lyle Anderson, is all in selecting the right mix of music. Read More
For the record
Grants and Fellowships Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee Call for Proposals The Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee is soliciting proposals for… Read More
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. Read More
Calendar Highlights
“Phases’ opens at Steinhauer Featuring works on paper by Wisconsin artist Julian Lynn, pieces in the “Phases” collection incorporate the use of… Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
Staff groups to meet
Chancellor John Wiley will speak to three employee groups at their fall welcome event for university staff. Read More
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). Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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?' Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More