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A cappella groups to perform on Overture stage
If the Overture Center had rafters, they surely would be raised when UW–Madison's three student a cappella groups — the MadHatters (men), Tangled Up in Blue (women) and Redefined (coed) — meet there in performance at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10.
Recent sightings
Stuck without a sketchpad Graffiti, artwork and doodles cover the interior of an elevator in the Mosse Humanities Building. The…
Professor plans book discussion
Shiela Reaves, associate professor of life sciences communication, will present a talk, "Wisconsin: Land of Change," based on her book of the same title, at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 14 at Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore, 307 W. Johnson St.
Father’s advice proved dependable to professor
Boyhood on a dairy farm in Freeport, Ill., was an ideal beginning for Fred Buttel and his career as a rural sociologist. He came to UW–Madison because, quite simply, it was "where my dad told me to go."
New editor for Wisconsin Week
Ellen Yazbec has been hired as editor of Wisconsin Week, which is published by University Communications and serves as the university's newspaper of record.
Health Services announces new violence prevention specialist
Carmen Hotvedt, a former educator with the Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Program at the University of Toledo, is the new violence prevention specialist at University Health Services.
Tickets now available for Holiday Dinner Concerts
Tickets are now available for the Wisconsin Union's Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts.
UW, city to work on Halloween strategy
The city of Madison plans to discourage State Street Halloween celebrations after police were forced to use pepper spray to break up a Sunday morning disturbance.
UW-Madison lands coveted grant to accelerate clinical research
The National Institutes of Health has awarded UW–Madison a $14 million grant to expand the nation's capacity to conduct clinical research by teams of investigators that bridge the health sciences disciplines.
Policy analyst to explore politics of K-12 education
A free, public address by policy analyst Michael W. Kirst will highlight the School of Education's annual celebration of American Education Week, Nov. 14-20.
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Milestones
HONORED Kelly Cherry, Emerita Eudora Welty Professor of English and Emerita Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Humanities, has written her 16th book, “History,…
Book Smart
Tentative Transgressions: Homosexuality, AIDS and the Theater in Brazil Severino J. Albuquerque University of Wisconsin Press, 2004 In this…