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New ‘knight’ champions Dutch language, culture
R. Byron Bird, emeritus professor of chemical and biological engineering, took it upon himself to champion Dutch language and culture after becoming smitten with the country and its people while on a Fulbright fellowship in Amsterdam in 1950.
Unit to integrate cross-college biology
Offering 38 different life sciences majors, undergraduate biology education on campus is an enormous enterprise, especially considering that between 20 and 25 percent of students graduate as majors in one of these areas each year. Some programs that serve these students are cross-college, meaning that they rely on faculty and staff from many schools and colleges to serve as teachers and advisers. To enhance the learning experience, UW–Madison will soon launch an institute that will integrate and coordinate cross-college undergraduate biology education.
Riseling grows into expanded role, responsibilities
Since 9/11, Sue Riseling's role has expanded from supervising general campus security and law enforcement efforts to looking at a much bigger picture, including how to deal with increased concerns about bioterrorism and biosafety.
DoIT director named to national board
Kathy Christoph, director of academic technology solutions at the Division of Information Technology, was elected chair of the board of directors of EDUCAUSE, a national nonprofit organization that advances higher education by promoting intelligent use of information technology.
UW receives grant to boost Wisconsin’s plastics industry
UW-Madison has received a $600,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help enhance sustainable economic growth in the state's plastics industry cluster.
Feedback sought on game-day environment
Responding to complaints about fan behavior in and around Camp Randall Stadium officials are inviting people to keep their eyes open at Saturday's home finale against the University of Iowa and to e-mail their suggestions to fans@news.wisc.edu.
UW-Madison students above national average in study abroad
UW-Madison students continue to study abroad in record numbers, according to figures released by International Academic Programs, the office responsible for tracking study-abroad statistics campuswide.
Lecture to address girders under glass ceiling
The invisible, often unacknowledged – but very concrete — barrier that prevents women in business from going to the very top of their organizations continues to vex many workers. Virginia Sapiro, Sophonisba Breckinridge Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, will present a provocative new theory about the situation at a lecture on Friday, Nov. 21.
Campus reacts to east campus plan
Arts faculty and administrators are excited about a bold plan to reinvent the east campus area.
Charter Street to close
Just as West Johnson Street is reopened after nearly six months of reconstruction, the campus is about to experience more traffic changes due to a new construction project. Charter Street between Linden Drive and University Avenue will be closed starting Monday, Nov. 24, so that new water lines and electric and signal manholes can be installed.
Recent sightings
Signs of winter With tables already stacked for winter storage, a few people sit amidst the scattered Memorial Union Terrace…
Scholarship opens door to a larger world
Erin Buros is a recipient of the Walter, Helen and Loretta Feldt Memorial Scholarship. John Feldt, Foundation senior vice president for finance and administration, established the scholarship to honor his late father, mother and wife. Student employees of the foundation are eligible.
Book Smart
Rachel Feldhay Brenner, professor of Hebrew and Semitic studies, "Inextricably Bonded: Israeli Arab and Jewish Writers Re-visioning Culture," UW Press, 2003.
Hospital performs first live donor paired kidney exchange
UW Hospital surgeons successfully performed Wisconsin's first "live donor paired kidney exchange" on Nov. 7, one of a handful done in the United States.
Dioxin, other chemicals killed Lake Ontario trout
Researchers have determined that dioxin and similar toxic chemicals were high enough in Lake Ontario to kill virtually every lake trout that hatched there from the late 1940s to the late 1980s.
Capitol Capsules
Concealed-weapons bill goes to governor Last week the Senate passed the final version of Senate Bill 214, which allows certain people to carry…
Calendar highlights
Arboretum shares winter survival, art inspiration in two family workshops Thriving during a Wisconsin winter probably is quite a challenge for you as…
W. Johnson to reopen by Nov. 21
The reconstruction of West Johnson Street and a short stretch of Campus Drive — an inconvenience to campus commuters for months — will soon be over, officials say.