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Web site tracks campaign spending, public funding
To assist policy-makers and social scientists, a campus project is providing difficult-to-obtain information and research on the impact of some campaign finance laws.
Capitol Capsules
School of Business addition bill sent to governor The Senate approved an Assembly amendment to Senate bill 474 and sent the bill to…
Conference marks anniversaries
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Department of African Languages and Literature, the only such department in the country, the university will host the African Language Association's annual conference — which is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Proceedings will take place at UW–Madison on Wednesday-Sunday, April 14-18.
Campus safety tips
It is always important for students, faculty and staff to take precautions that ensure their safety on and around campus. The UW Police Department offers the following safety tips.
High flier in global real estate credits UW–Madison
When she was looking at master's of business administration programs in the mid-'90s, Susan Chapman wasn't too "It's interesting, because I was fairly adamant about not wanting to go to Wisconsin," says Chapman, now director of global real estate for Level 3 Communications in the Denver area. "Then I went on my road show of campuses, and I talked with students, professors and alumni. "No. 1, Wisconsin alumni always returned my phone calls," which made a big impression, she says.
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Best practices to curb drinking suggested
To help solve the problem of high-risk drinking, the PACE Coalition submitted recommendations to the city's Alcohol License Review Committee on national best practices in licensed establishments.
Partners in Giving raises $2.6 million for charities
Despite historic budget cuts that brought layoffs, increased workloads and higher health insurance premiums, UW, state, and UW Hospital and Clinics employees in Dane County pledged more than $2.6 million to charities during the 2003 Partners in Giving campaign. That matched the previous year's total, the second highest in the 30-year history of the campaign.
Web portal offers access to public health data
Without detailed insight into the vast and diverse world of public health, even the most intrepid researcher looking for insightful data would soon be lost in a maze of agencies, government bodies and disparate databases. But an emerging information technology tool known as the Public Health Information Network, formerly the Health Alert Network, promises university researchers, public health officials, emergency responders and others unprecedented access to the trove of public health data now being collected and made available online, some of it for the first time.
New facility offers more than soil analysis
The Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory's new facility provides services never dreamed of by the state legislators who, in 1913, mandated a soil testing facility for Wisconsin farmers.
Public ‘classes’ on cardiovascular disease begin March 31
Medical School faculty will explore cardiovascular diseases for this year's Mini- Medical School. Topics include why heart failure is increasing and what kind of cholesterol causes blood vessel blockage.
Dance Program festival features video, art, dance, music
The Dance Program presents its annual Festival of Interarts and Technology, a free evening showcase of works by emerging student artists, on Friday, April 2, from 5-10 p.m. in Lathrop Hall.
Oeanographer to plumb depths of her work in April 5 lecture
Accomplished oceanographer Sylvia Earle will speak as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series on Monday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater.
Professor to explore post-WWI German art, painter Otto Dix
Dick Ringler, professor emeritus of English and Scandinavian studies, will present "What Should an Artist do When his Country Goes Mad? The Case of the German Painter Otto Dix" at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, in the Elvehjem Museum of Art, room L140. The lecture is a repeat of an earlier Center for the Humanities program.
Children’s books recommended
The Cooperative Children's Book Center of the School of Education has just released CCBC Choices 2004, a recommended list of 216 books published for children and young adults during 2003.
Medical School plans community health, research, projects
The UW Medical School can now implement its five-year plan to provide grants for community public health projects, and initiatives for medical education and research using its share of the proceeds from the 2000 conversion of Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin to a for-profit corporation.
Announcements
Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Fellows The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters is accepting nominations for fellows. The deadline is…
For the Record
AWARDS Student Affairs Awards The Student Affairs Peer Recognition Awards recognize a student affairs employee who has done an outstanding job…
Milestones
APPOINTED Maria Cancian, professor of public affairs and social work, will assume directorship of the Institute for Research on Poverty in September,…
Facility provides researchers powerful tool
Researchers can rapidly test tens of thousands of small, organic chemical compounds for their ability to alter biological processes at the Keck-UW Comprehensive Cancer Center Small Molecule Screening Facility, one of a handful of university facilities of its kind in North America.