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UW participation in Africa Fest gives Wisconsin Idea global scope at grassroots level
Like rare perfume, the intoxicating call of African drums will waft over Madison's Warner Park on Saturday, Aug. 26.
Part-time lecturer’s controversial 9/11 views kick up a hornet’s nest
The concept of academic freedom, though a matter of importance to higher education, typically isn’t fodder for water-cooler conversations or chatty morning talk shows. But when a part-time instructor of a course on Islam is discovered to have incendiary personal theories about government complicity in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks — and those personal theories briefly intersect with his teaching — you have the ingredients for an emotional and remarkably widespread national debate about the merits, the limitations and the very definition of academic freedom.
Construction continues to transform campus
The current campus building boom, the most ambitious surge of construction at UW–Madison since the 1960s, continues in full swing as the academic year gets under way.
Changes greet employees as they return to UW
Sure, it was summer. But that doesn’t mean that everything on campus stood still. In fact, as the campus community prepares for the new academic year, there are a number of important, visible changes in store. Here’s a list of some of them, so you can be ready for 2006-07.
Recent sightings
Thanks, coach First-year head football coach Bret Bielema autographs memorabilia during the Wisconsin Football Family Fun Day, an…
Karp Family celebrates 30 years of concerts with new work
Seems like only yesterday that members of the Karp family (now spanning several generations of musicians) started their annual Labor Day concerts at UW–Madison.
Exhibition urges ‘Recall’ of the nature of work
The timing couldn’t be more in tune with the day: Sculptor Aris Georgiades, a professor of art, plumbs the subject of work in his new exhibition at the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters’ James Watrous Gallery.
Chazen Museum opens ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ exhibition
The name Alexander Archipenko may not be as instantly recognizable as some of his fellow Cubists, “but he certainly ranks among the best of them,”says Russell Panczenko, director of the Chazen Museum of Art.
Milestones
Michael Apple, John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, was awarded a Doctor of Letters from McGill University in recognition…
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UW participation in Africa Fest gives Wisconsin Idea global scope at grass roots level
For the Record
Professional development grants, research service grants and faculty sabbaticals Guidelines for three 2007-08 UW–Madison faculty grants and programs are now available at…
Internal audit undergoes changes with director retirement
Having overseen a revolution in the role of his department in UW–Madison’s administration, Jerry Lange will soon step down as director of Internal Audit after more than three decades of service.
Research council begins new review of doctoral programs
The National Research Council (NRC) has begun a national review of research doctoral programs, and UW–Madison faculty, staff and students who receive questionnaires for the review are urged to complete them in a timely fashion.