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Policies and Procedures Annual Spring Pesticide Notice In accordance with the university pesticide policy, applicators are to notify faculty, staff, students… Read More
Photo essay: Snow Day
What a difference a few days makes. It's all melted away now, but back on Feb.18, more than five inches of fresh snow blanketed the university - the second time in a week that heavy snow brought crews to work in the wee hours to clear campus streets, walks and lots. Read More
DNA evidence experts to visit Mar. 1
The UW Law School is sponsoring a visit Wednesday, March 1, by two noted defense attorneys who use DNA evidence to prove the innocence of persons wrongly convicted of crimes. Read More
Rotational grazing triples on state dairy farms
About 23 percent of Wisconsin's dairy farmers used management-intensive rotational grazing last year -- more than triple the seven percent that used rotational grazing in 1993, a UW–Madison survey has shown. Read More
Exercise expert to share insights on youth health
Exercise expert Russell R. Pate will visit campus to discuss the current status of public policies regarding youth physical fitness, the effectiveness of policies implemented in schools, and the implications for current and future teachers. Read More
Choreographer to premiere three new works
'Interplay,' a cross-cultural and multi-media dance concert showcasing works by Jin-Wen Yu, UW–Madison Dance Program assistant professor, will be performed March 2-4 at 8 p.m. in the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave. Read More
MBA Scholarship created for nonprofits
A special Executive Masters of Business Administration scholarship for someone currently working for a Wisconsin non-profit organization has been created at the School of Business by Dean Andrew J. Policano. Read More
New speaker series to explore frontiers of scholarship
From children's literature phenomenon Harry Potter to the regional vagaries of the English language, the range of fair game for modern scholarship continues to grow. A new dinner-lecture series will explore some of the innovations of academic pursuit in three events this spring. Read More
Fluno Center to open March 1
The new Fluno Center for Executive Education, opening Wednesday, March 1, will be one of the premier executive education centers in the nation. Read More
‘Smoke Signals’ director Alexie to speak
Native American filmmaker Sherman Alexie will speak about 'Killing Indians: Myths, Lies and Exaggerations' Thursday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater. Read More
Symposium to honor Robert Kingdon
An international symposium honoring the scholarly legacy of Robert Kingdon, professor emeritus of history at UW–Madison, will explore 'The Frontiers of the Reformation,' Kingdon's scholarly specialty, Feb. 25 and 26. Read More
Gospel group caps Wisconsin Union performance series
The Grammy award-winning Mighty Clouds of Joy, ranked by critics as one of the greatest gospel groups of all time, will close out the 1999-2000 Performance Series at the Wisconsin Union Theater Saturday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. Read More
Book: Librarian was an early civil rights activist
The civil rights movement of the '60s was boosted by the bravery of those who had gone before, and Martin Luther King Jr. had a surprising partner from the '40s and '50s: an elderly white librarian in a small Oklahoma town. That librarian is the focus of a new book by Louise Robbins, director of the School of Library and Information Studies. Read More
Study challenges wisdom of holding back students
A new study by a education professor Elizabeth Graue challenges the conventional wisdom about the value of 'redshirting' children by delaying their entry into kindergarten or of asking them to repeat a grade in K-3. Read More
Fulbright winners announced
Four university professors have received Fulbright scholarships for 1999-2000, giving them an opportunity to pursue research and teaching in other countries. Read More
Atmospheric scientists take to the skies again
The Wisconsin Snow and Cloud-Terra 2000 experiment will once again bring to Madison NASA's ER-2, a high-altitude research plane, to validate science scientific instuments on NASA's new earth observing satellite, Terra. Read More
Synchrotron Radiation Center plans Feb. 27 open house
Projects ranging from better computer chips to treating Alzheimer's disease will be showcased during an open house on Sunday, Feb. 27 at the Synchrotron Radiation Center near Stoughton. Read More
Universities to collaborate on anti-sweatshop effort
UW-Madison along with the University of Michigan and Indiana University will join an anti-sweatshop monitoring group on a trial basis, leaders of the institutions have announced. Read More
Police remove protesters
Fifty-four anti-sweatshop protesters were removed from Bascom Hall Sunday, Feb. 20. Read More
Curator-artist expresses ideas through sculpture
Where do you look for the essence of a person? The outward appearance? Communication style? Philosophical bent? In the case of art professor and sculptor Truman Lowe, a crucial clue lies in his Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) background, specifically in his immediate family. Read More