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Male enrollment in School of Nursing may be highest ever The incoming class at the UW–Madison School of Nursing has one of…
UW Hospital and Clinics installs “smart” intravenous pumps
Sixty percent of the harmful medication errors that occur in hospitals are related to IV infusion pumps.
Official from former CPA in Iraq to visit
William Olson, formerly chief of the Information Management Unit for the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Baghdad, Iraq, and now with National Defense University, will speak in the Pyle Center Auditorium at 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 27.
Two-session seminar focuses on higher-education ethics
The ethical complexities of administrative decision-making in a higher-education setting will be the topic of a two-session course at the Pyle Center, on Thursday, Sept. 30, and Thursday, Oct. 7.
Daily Dose Deli opening
The Wisconsin Union is opening a new deli, the "Daily Dose," in the Health Science Learning Center, on the west end of campus near UW Hospital. The Grand Opening continues through Friday, Sept. 24, with hours from 7 a.m.-9 p.m.
Milner named academic planning and analysis director
Jocelyn Milner has been named director of Academic Planning and Analysis in the Office of the Provost. She succeeds Martha Casey, who retired in 2003. Provost Peter Spear appointed Milner as interim director upon Casey's retirement.
Reilly outlines priorities
In his inaugural address as president of the UW System on Sept. 16, Kevin P. Reilly outlined his immediate priorities for the UW System Board of Regents.
Wisconsin Partnership Fund awards first grants to 20 organizations
The Wisconsin Partnership Fund for a Healthy Future awarded the first round of planning grants for 20 organizations across the state, according to UW Medical School Dean Philip Farrell.
Parallel Press poets to read
Award-winning poets, all from the Madison area, will read from their work on Thursday, Sept. 23. Marilyn Annucci, Harriet Brown, Susan Elbe, Andrea Potos,…
Dance ensemble celebrates Overture Center opening
Three group works and two solos, to be performed on Thursday, Sept. 23, by Li Chiao-Ping Dance, will help celebrate the Overture Center’s grand…
Vocalist acquaints campus with classical Indian music
Sanjay Subrahmanyan will bring classical music from the south of India to campus when he performs Friday, Sept. 24, at 6:30 p.m., Mills Concert Hall.
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Compositions honor Memorial Library’s anniversary
To commemorate Memorial Library's 50th anniversary, Mills Music Library received a grant to commission five original musical compositions by graduate students David Dies, Scott Gendel, Jerry Hui, Alexander Nohai-Seaman and Pavel Polanco-Safadit, all from the School of Music composition program.
Recent sightings
No lifeguard on duty As summer transitions to fall, Physical Plant carpenters Sandy Thistle, Barry Woodrick and Darrell Endres begin…
UW helps usher in Overture
Named for a former UW–Madison faculty member who died in 1999, the James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences,…
Book Smart
Caroline Levine, associate professor of English, “The Serious Pleasures of Victorian Suspense: Victorian Realism and Narrative Doubt,” University of Virginia Press, 2003.
Wisconsin 24/7
This image of Researchers Vicki Schwantes and Ted Cummings taking depth samples of the water in Lake Mendota is one of…
For the Record
ANNOUNCEMENTS Online Short Courses These six-week courses begin every month. Choose from the following categories: computer usage including digital photography and…
Milestones
APPOINTED Emerita/Emeritus Status The following faculty, classified and academic staff were granted emerita/emeritus status by Chancellor John Wiley upon their retirement…
Book project, love of language leads author to competitive spelling championship
Since words are one of the primary currencies of communication, it is helpful if they are spelled correctly. Jeff Kirsch is, you might say, a real stickler for getting the letters in the proper order.