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Partners in Giving campaign sets goal of raising $2.7 million
UW-Madison, UW Hospital and Clinics, and state government employees in Dane County can help charities meet the demand for vital services by contributing to this year's Partners in Giving campaign, which begins Oct. 11 and ends Nov. 30. The workplace campaign seeks to raise $2.7 million.
New places, new spaces
Campus has been alive with the sights and sounds of new construction, as crews work on projects ranging from a West Campus parking garage, to a power plant, to a renovated Chamberlin Hall and a new lakeside Crew House.
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Survey: Students using more portable technology
Students at UW–Madison are more mobile than ever before, according to findings from an annual online survey administered by the UW–Madison Division of Information Technology (DoIT).
Dance critic to discuss impact of AIDS on American dance
David Gere's book is the first examination of the impact that AIDS has had on the dance community, particularly on its gay men.
State’s largest used book sale benefits libraries
More than 15,000 books will go on sale during Wisconsin's largest used book sale Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 6-9, in 116 Memorial Library, 728 State St.
Hunting may not cause sinking woodcock populations
Wildlife ecology graduate student Jed Meunier is participating in a project that is helping to reveal the reasons underlying woodcock population declines in the upper Midwest.
Why Files designer flies solo in new exhibition
While she hasn't quit her day job (designing UW–Madison's Why Files science-education Web site for the last five years), of late Sue Medaris has been mighty busy outside of work. She's been readying a 40-piece gallery exhibition, "A One-Chick Show: Of Cocks and Hens," for its opening Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the downtown Madison Public Library on Mifflin Street. A free public reception will be held at 5 p.m.
Animation from Iran presented
The art of animation as practiced in Iran will be shown by the Cinematheque student-run film society on Saturday, Oct. 9. Using a…
UW Opera begins season on spooky ‘note’
The University Opera will open its 2004-05 season with "The Turn of the Screw" on Friday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. Other performances are Sunday, Oct. 17, at 3 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Music Hall.
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As part of a season-long campaign to improve the fan experience at Camp Randall Stadium, UW–Madison is seeking 40 students, faculty and staff to serve as fan ambassadors and welcome visitors before the remaining home games on Oct. 23 and Nov. 6.
Web site offers information on car fleet, garage
New state regulations and a campus construction project have forced UW–Madison's car fleet and fleet garage operations to undergo a series of changes.
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Tech council calls for state support of UW Last week, the Wisconsin Technology Council released a report calling on the governor and…
Longtime activisit Wilkins to lecture on civil rights act
Roger Wilkins, a Pulitzer Prize winner and longtime civil rights activist, will focus on the hopes and promises of the Civil Rights Act in its 40th year during the Kastenmeier Lecture at the UW Law School.
Visiting lecturer explores physical, structural violence
Veena Das, a scholar internationally respected for both her academic research and her activist work on physical and structural violence in India, will be this year's J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor.
National expert addresses prion-based diseases
Devastating neurodegenerative diseases — from mad cow and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in animals to Creutzfeldt-Jakob in people — have seized headlines across the country, especially in areas with large deer herds. While much has been written, little is still understood about how these diseases have evolved and are transmitted, including the risk of animal-to-human transmission.
Veterinarian cycles across America for cancer cure
Sheila McGuirk was so elated when she heard she'd been selected for the 2004 Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope bicycle ride across America, she high-fived the visor in her car and clicked her heels in the air on her way into her daughter's music lesson.