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Composers to hold state conference
Musical compositions by several faculty, staff and students will be included in concerts featured at the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers' state conference March 30-April 1 on campus.
Katherine Lyall’s statement
Testimony: Joint Finance Committee, University of Wisconsin System Operating Budget, by Katharine C. Lyall, President, University of Wisconsin System
UW officials make case for budget
UW System officials this week urged lawmakers to make full funding of the Madison Initiative a top priority in budget deliberations.
Advances
(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)…
EAGLE study program soars around the world
When a UW–Madison student can see how the Costa Rican rainforest can be harvested in a sustainable way, and when another UW–Madison student can learn how Cuban nurses contribute to public health, well, the EAGLE has landed.
Almanac
(Almanac lists facts, figures and miscellany of campus interest. Know something, or want to know? Call us: 262-3846, or e-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)…
Capitol Capsules
Capitol capsules provides a quick overview of state government activities of interest to UW–Madison employees. Capitol capsules provides a quick overview of…
Group may lead diversity effort
The proposed structure of a committee to oversee the university's diversity efforts will continue to be a topic of discussion when the Faculty Senate meets next month.
Elsewhere
(Elsewhere summarizes developments on other UW System campuses and in the system administration. For more system news, visit: http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/wn.htm.)…
Events Bulletin
Learning Class computer training The Student Peer Training program offers free computer training for registered UW–Madison students. SPT also…
For the record
Policies and procedures Pesticide Use Policy In accordance with the university’s storm-water permit and pesticide use policy, pesticide applicators are to…
Milestones
Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail:…
News in brief
COMMUNITY Scalia speaks at Law School Using a combination of earnest rhetoric and humor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia…
Photo portfolio: UW Day
UW-Madison was a major presence at the recent "UW Day" at Monona Terrace Convention Center, where an estimated 2,000 guests celebrated the UW System and the contributions it makes to the state as an economic, educational and cultural resource.
Where math and music share common denominator
Could it be that the same analytical tools mathematicians use to negotiate algebraic problems can help musicians enhance their own and audiences' understanding of the abstract concepts embedded in Bach? According to Christopher Taylor, internationally renowned concert pianist, sometime mathematician and newly appointed assistant professor of piano performance, rigorous intellectual analysis is the heart of both disciplines.
Jeff Langer: From fighter cockpit to campus podium
You're high in the wild blue yonder, going about your business of learning to fly a military jet, when suddenly you goof up. At that precarious moment, what kind of instructor would you rather have in the seat behind you -- a "screamer" who makes your helmet ring, or someone who can coolly talk you through it?
Recent sightings
Bucky behind bars? No, it’s just another in our series of views of that Gothic palace, the University Club, where…
TALS prepares graduate students for faculty role
Teaching and Learning Scholarship, a new certificate program at UW–Madison, is a campuswide interdisciplinary program that's on a mission: to strengthen the preparation of graduate students for the dramatically changing academic workplace of the 21st century. And it does that by enriching their capacity to be effective teachers and faculty members.
UW students to present dance and video works
Original choreography and multimedia works by University dance students will be featured in the upcoming Spring Student Concert sponsored by the Dance Program.
Wisconsin astronomers acquire Kitt Peak telescope
Working through the WIYN consortium, astronomers from UW–Madison and three other UW System schools - UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Whitewater - have entered into an agreement with the National Optical Astronomical Observatories to acquire and operate a 0.9-meter telescope atop Kitt Peak, Ariz.