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Cuba trip opens minds, hearts
Students used the university's new educational visa to travel to Cuba with the intention of spending a week restoring a synagogue and cemetery in Camaguey, but learned and experienced much more. Read More
Senate revisits dismissal
The Faculty Senate passed a resolution Feb. 4 that sends another message to the UW System Board of Regents regarding the dismissal of John Marder from the UW-Superior faculty. Read More
Rohrman named soccer coach
Jeff Rohrman, the top assistant soccer coach at nationally respected Maryland for the past seven years, has been named head men's soccer coach at Wisconsin. Read More
Training tool for rowers wins top Schoofs prize
Engineering student Nate Altfeather won a first-place $10,000 prize this week in the annual Brainstorm: The Schoofs Prize for Creativity competition for students with a device called the Check-meter that measures negative acceleration, or 'check,' of a rowing shell. Fellow student Tom Johnson won a first-place $2,500 prize in this year's Tong Prototype Competition for his pneumatically powered shingle stripper. Read More
Employee Matters
This column by Employee Compensation and Benefits Services addresses campuswide employment issues. Send your questions to: wisweek@news.wisc.edu. “Everybody is ignorant, only… Read More
Recent sightings
Reflections on running A runner jogs along the Temin Lakeshore Path between frozen University Bay and a puddle, reflecting the… Read More
Soybean aphid may meet match in another pest
A team of researchers from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is building a picture of how the soybean aphid operates in Wisconsin. Read More
Tax help available to employees
Employee Compensation and Benefits Services provides a one-stop '2001 Tax Filing Information' Web site for tax filing information. Read More
Study examines Wisconsin income growth
Wisconsin's per capita personal income grew by 54.5 percent during the 1990s, exceeding the nation's growth rate of 50.4 percent, according to a recently released study by Jon Udell, UW–Madison emeritus business professor. Read More
Drug could ease side effects for transplant patients
University researchers have taken a big step toward freeing transplant patients from the powerful, and sometimes harmful, drugs they now take to keep their bodies from rejecting new organs. Read More
SERF expansion includes cooling
An expansion project at the Southeast Recreational Facility will include air conditioning for a small portion of the building. Read More
UW-Madison office offers free tax help
Free state and federal income tax help is available through Monday, April 15, at UW–Madison's newly opened Community Partnerships Office. Read More
Extension notes budget changes
Extension's budget makeup is changing, says Marv Van Kekerix, UW-Extension provost and vice chancellor. Read More
Calendar highlights
“Big Mouth” returns “Big Mouth,” an energetic night of spoken word performance, returns Friday, Feb. 15, to Lakefront Cafeteria, Memorial Union. The open-mic… Read More
Events Bulletin
Writing Center at the Multicultural Student Center The Writing Center and the Multicultural Student Center have teamed up to provide convenient writing instruction… Read More
Milestones
Appointments Steven N. Durlauf, professor and chair, economics, has been appointed as an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute. Durlauf is a… Read More