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Popular holiday science program sells out, will be televised
Once again, the popular holiday lectures by UW–Madison chemistry Professor Bassam Shakhashiri are sold out. However, the program will be broadcast on Wisconsin Public Television at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 25, and again at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 28. Read More
Charter Street project to start this week
The construction project on Charter Street between Linden Drive and University Avenue is expected to get underway this week. Motorists, motorcyclists, moped drivers and bicyclists should look for traffic control measures and be prepared to use alternate routes. Read More
Brain study shows some animals crave exercise
Like junkies without drugs, mice without running wheels crave what they lack, suggesting that some animals can develop an addiction for exercise, report scientists in the Dec. 1 issue of the journal Behavioral Neuroscience. Read More
Forum examines Wisconsin’s smart growth law
A group of 12 students at UW–Madison is looking at Wisconsin's smart growth law, which requires every local government in the state to adopt a community plan by 2010. Read More
WAA hosts official Music City Bowl tour
The Wisconsin Badgers are going to the Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tenn. on Dec. 31 and the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) will host the official UW bowl tour. Read More
WAA celebrates international student graduation
In order to commemorate the graduation and vast achievements of UW–Madison's international students, the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) will host the annual fall International Student Graduation Celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 10, from 5-7 p.m. in the Ameritech Lounge at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. Read More
Kettl to co-host summit on local government finance
Gov. Jim Doyle named political scientist Don Kettl, a professor in the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, to co-host a summit on local government finance that the governor is convening in Milwaukee on Wednesday, Dec. 10. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
Campus reacts to east campus plan
Arts faculty and administrators are excited about a bold plan to reinvent the east campus area. Read More
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. Read More
Recent sightings
Signs of winter With tables already stacked for winter storage, a few people sit amidst the scattered Memorial Union Terrace… Read More