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Experts to brief area business leaders on outlook for economy
Four leading economists will share their insights and predictions and explore factors affecting the economy for the remainder of 2005 and into 2006 at the UW–Madison's Economic Outlook at the Fluno Center on the UW–Madison campus Friday, September 16.
Conference to explore changing face of discrimination
The conference "Looking Toward the Future: Discrimination and Prejudice in the 21st Century" will be held at the Wisconsin Union on Sept. 15-18 and will feature more than 30 national researchers on the topic.
Status report on UW–Madison employees convicted of felonies
For the past month, newspaper, radio and television reports have blasted the University of Wisconsin–Madison for the way in which it has addressed the following legal cases. The majority of the coverage has been inaccurate and incomplete. Tonight, the Fox News Channel program "The O'Reilly Factor" will take another shot at the university. UW–Madison officials believe the public is entitled to an accurate report that outlines the status of these cases. The following statement has been shared Wednesday with Fox News.
Experts to debate future of public universities
The UW System will weather another significant budget cut over the next two years. Similar reductions in state support for higher education across the country have prompted universities to critically examine their ability to fulfill core missions of teaching, research, and service.
Officials: Avoid construction zones
An ongoing upgrade of central campus utilities has prompted UW–Madison officials to ask pedestrians and motorists to avoid congested campus construction zones, if possible.
Recent sightings
Playing with fire Painting the nighttime sky with streaks of fire, Madison resident Miranda Knox dances on Library Mall to…
Offices present expanded Employee Benefits Fair in October
Employee Compensation and Benefits Services (EC&BS) and the Office of Human Resource Development (OHRD) will work together this year to present the annual UW Employees Benefits Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
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Milestones
Honored Lyn Abramson, psychology professor, was named Sigmund Freud Professor of Psychology effective July 1. The professorship includes $75,000 of flexible research support…
Choral Union meeting and auditions planned
Since 1965 town and gown have converged in music, courtesy the UW–Madison Choral Union. Anyone is welcome to audition; this year, director Beverly Taylor will hold the tryouts for sopranos and tenors on Wednesday, Sept. 7, and for altos and bass on Thursday, Sept. 8.
Artists seek ‘Truth, Compassion, Tolerance’
A contingent of artists from around the world, working in media ranging from oil painting, color pencil and sculpture to traditional Chinese painting, will exhibit their work at a special exhibition in the State Capitol Rotunda.
Generations join in ‘Laughing Bodies, Dancing Minds’
Concentrating on “the moment when things happen,” members of Li-Chiao Ping Dance, whose founder is a member of the UW–Madison dance faculty, will join residents of Madison and Stoughton affiliated with senior centers, Crestwood Elementary School and the Madison Jewish Community Council’s Camp Bogrim.
Art of weather under discussion in Chazen lecture
The tricks and techniques that painters use to depict “Weather in Art” will be under discussion on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Steve Ackerman, UW–Madison professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, will consider how landscape artists use paint to create the illusion of atmospheric and weather conditions.
Pivot Points exhibit travels to Art Department
The exhibition Pivot Points will be on display Sept. 9-23 at the Art Department Gallery. The three-year traveling exhibition of abstract painting on paper and poetry brings together three generations of painters and poets examining the ties of mentorship.
Professor takes grassroots health care to the world
Linda Baumann is a professor of nursing as well as a master sailor in charge of the spinnaker on her 25-foot Kirby sailboat “Annie Allen.â€
Artist in residence to be featured in forum
Wisconsin Public Radio’s Lori Skelton will host a public forum with the world-renowned conductor, composer and scholar Gunther Schuller about his life and work.