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Hartman WTO debate to be held Panelists will debate the future of the World Trade Organization Thursday, March 23, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Capitol Capsules
Legislation sent to the governor With just a few weeks remaining in the legislative session, the following bills have been approved…
Music professor makes involvement a priority
Whether it's music or diversity, smack in the middle of the playing field is where you'll find Richard Davis
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 A Day for Drawing Saturday, April 15, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 118 Lowell Center, $30. Instructor: Susan Farmer, associate…
French connection: Visit helps tighten UW ties
French Ambassador Francois Bujon de l'Estang may have felt quite at home during portions of his March 3 tour of all things French at UW–Madison.
For the record
Policies and Procedures Herbicide Procedures in Campus Natural Areas and Arboretum Spring and summer visitors to the Campus Natural Areas and…
Milestones
Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail:…
Newsmakers
(Every week faculty and staff from across campus are featured or cited in newspapers, magazines, broadcasts and other media from around the…
News in brief
ISSUES Would-be contestants for the Fox Network’s game show “Greed” filled out applications before auditions on campus March 9. Network scouts…
Recent Sightings
Fog shrouds Muir Knoll…
Staff title debate reflects national trend
Should academic staff be called professors? Some people at UW–Madison think so, prompting a discussion among top leaders of the academic staff, the faculty and even the Board of Regents.
Ward to step down; lauds university momentum
Chancellor David Ward, who announced March 17 that he will step down as the institution's chief executive Jan. 1, says the university must continue to build on its global outreach and presence, with support from the public and private sectors of the state.
Alternative Breaks meetings planned
Students who want to see the country from a different perspective this summer may check out Alternative Summer Breaks, a university program that provides opportunities to work with socially and economically diverse groups.
Ruben Blades to visit
Ruben Blades, a Panamanian activist, actor and Grammy award-winning musician, will speak and perform next month on campus.
Undergrad research, service learning on display
Nearly 100 students will showcase their research and service learning projects Wednesday, April 5, at the second annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Ward to step down as chancellor
Chancellor David Ward announced today, March 17, that he will step down as the institution's chief executive Jan. 1, 2001. Ward will take a sabbatical during 2001 and then return to the Andrew Hill Clark Professorship of Geography. He also will begin in a newly funded faculty chair that will make it possible for him to be affiliated with a proposed center for the study of higher education.
Rhetorical theorist Mailloux to lecture
Steve Mailloux, a nationally recognized literary scholar and prominent advocate for rhetoric and cultural studies, will deliver a public lecture Thursday, March 30.
Forest service chief to speak
The chief of the U.S. Forest Service will give a free public talk Tuesday, March 28. Michael Dombeck will speak on 'The Forest Service: The World's Largest Water Company' beginning at 5 p.m. in 145 Birge Hall.
Singerman to discuss ‘Conflict of the Faculties’
Howard Singerman's lecture, 'The Conflict of the Faculties' will offer an archeology of the art department in the contemporary university Tuesday, March 28, at 5:30 p.m. in 160 Elvehjem Museum of Art.