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Kalin receives award meant to spur advances in psychiatry
Ned A. Kalin, the Hedberg Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology and chair of the department of psychiatry at the UW Medical School, has received the national Edward A. Strecker Award for 2005.
Learning the international language of science
Undergrads will get taste of research abroad at a Bangkok university
Chancellor’s statement regarding Governor’s veto of AB 499
Gov. Jim Doyle's veto Thursday (Nov. 3) of Assembly Bill 499 was an important step to preserve Wisconsin's leadership in the burgeoning field of embryonic stem cell research. The bill would have criminalized a promising form of biomedical research.
Film offers lessons in effective resistance
Smack in the middle of World War II, a group of German college students calling themselves The White Rose endeavored to stop Hitler and reclaim their country. This story is chronicled in "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days," a new film by director Marc Rothemund. A screening and roundtable discussion with Rothemund will be held in Madison on Tuesday, Nov. 15.
Union seeks faculty, staff input on improvement plan
The Wisconsin Union is inviting UW–Madison faculty, staff and Union members to an informal gathering at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, at Memorial Union to learn more about the Union’s Facilities Improvement Plan (WUFIP) and how they can participate in the process by providing feedback and making suggestions.
Speaker planned for Women’s Health Leadership Conference
The Center for Women’s Health Research will host a free lecture by Susan Wood, former director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Office on Women’s Health.
Union plans takeout Thanksgiving dinner
Wisconsin Union Catering will again be offering home-cooked Thanksgiving dinners and sides for take out. An individual dinner is $8.95; a family meal for six is $99. All of the various entrees may also be purchased a la carte (by the pound or “each” for turkeys and pies).
School of Music guest artist to explore American traditions
The Caribbean, Britain, Ivory Coast and beyond: All aboard for pianist Donna Coleman’s “Celestial Railroad 2005” concert on Friday, Nov. 4, at UW–Madison.
Turkish students organize Independence Day celebration
Saturday, Nov. 5, will celebrate declaration of the Turkish Republic with Turkish culture exhibitions, music by local musicians Haluk and Aydin, dance, a slide show and food by the Dardenelles Restaurant. Munci Kalayoglu, UW–Madison professor of transplantation, will deliver the keynote address.
Dispatches from Trout Lake Station
More than 80 years ago, two UW–Madison biologists opened a rustic research outpost on Trout Lake, deep in the heart of Wisconsin's pristine northern lake region. Their goal was to unlock some basic mysteries of freshwater lakes, from their chemical makeup to their elaborate circle of life. Today, research at Trout Lake is thriving more than ever, but a great deal of the focus has shifted to the developmental pressures that threaten what people cherish most about recreational lakes.
‘Nail’s Tales’ rises as new Camp Randall Stadium landmark
A 48-foot-tall sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist Donald Lipski will be installed this week as a finishing touch to the renovation of Camp Randall Stadium.
Sculptor Lipski finds metaphor, meaning in materials
Donald Lipski conned his way into a pair of UW–Madison art courses in his senior year, and his gambit blossomed into an internationally acclaimed art career.
Camp Randall Stadium sculpture installation rescheduled
The installation of Nail's Tales, a 48-foot-tall sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist Donald Lipski, has been rescheduled for Thursday, Nov. 3.
Professor to present at national mental health conference
David Gustafson, director of the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx), will present on connections between addiction and mental health at the 21st Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy on Nov. 2-3 in Atlanta.
Curti Lectures to examine apocalypse in American culture
Emeritus history professor Paul Boyer will deliver this year's UW–Madison Merle Curti Lecture, the signature lecture event for the department of history.
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Film offers lessons in effective resistance Smack in the middle of World War II, a group of German college students took it upon…