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Annual report available online
UW-Madison's 2003 Annual Report — titled "Forward. Thinking." — is now available online. Read More
Student groups seek advisers
The Student Organization Office is looking for faculty or staff members to serve as advisers for three student groups. Read More
Nursing dean Prock dies
Valencia Prock, dean of the School of Nursing from 1970 until 1984, died Dec. 18, in Madison. Read More
Former Engineering secretary dies
Longtime UW–Madison employee Mary Jane Krider-Weinstein, 87, died Jan. 9 in Rhode Island, where she had been living for several years. She retired in 1983 as secretary for the School of Engineering. Read More
Arboretum walks can connect people with natural world
The free hike is one of many public walks the Arboretum offers every Sunday afternoon and, occasionally, other days and evenings. Read More
Milestones
APPOINTED Richard D. Pierce, assistant director of the Wisconsin Union, has returned to the International Facility Management Association board of directors for… Read More
Book smart
Shawn Francis Peters, coordinator, Odyssey Project, Integrated Liberal Studies Program; “The Yoder Case: Religious Freedom, Education, and Parental Rights,” University Press of Kansas, 2003. Read More
2004-05 sabbaticals
Alejandro Adem, professor, Mathematics Severino Albuquerque, professor, Spanish and Portuguese Lois Anderson, professor, School of Music John Andrews, professor, Plant Pathology… Read More
Announcements
Call for Artists to Exhibit in Overture Gallery The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters is issuing a call for artists to… Read More
For the Record
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Brittingham Foundation Visiting Scholars Program The Brittingham Foundation has provided generous funding to enable enrichment of small upper-level… Read More
Three Ingraham, Humanities lecture halls get makeovers
One of the largest lecture halls on campus, Ingraham Hall's Room B-10, is one of three renovated classrooms that will open its doors to students and faculty when the spring semester begins Jan. 20. Read More
More construction planned for spring
In the next few months, several campus construction projects will join the array of high-profile building ventures that are under way. Read More
Employee Matters
Decrease your taxes and save for retirement Read More
Portal adds employee features
The My UW–Madison Web portal, now includes a "Work Record" tab with three new convenience features for employees. Read More
New voice coach takes holistic approach to stage craft
According to Susan R. Sweeney, the new-since-fall voice coach in the Department of Theatre and Drama, you can improve your listening skills Read More
Watercolors on display
Artist Sarah Aslakson likes to go where wild things are for inspiration. The result is an exhibition of her watercolors now at the Arboretum Steinhauer Trust Gallery. Read More
Recent Sightings
Going with the floe Walking on water, seagulls gather on a large section of thin ice that floats just beneath… Read More
Researchers investigate ways to thwart terrorism
In an effort to secure our country from future terrorist attacks, researchers at UW–Madison are developing techniques not only to prioritize possible targets, but also to develop effective risk-reduction and resource-allocation strategies. Read More
Rice centromere, supposedly quiet genetic domain, surprises
Probing the last genomic frontier of higher organisms, an international team of scientists has succeeded in sequencing a little understood - but critical - genetic domain in rice. Read More