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Students: File your state taxes online for free
UW-Madison student employees have four ways to file Wisconsin Individual Income Tax returns electronically. Read More
Wiley: We are a community with many voices
During the March 5 demonstration on Bascom Hill in opposition to a possible war in Iraq, a number of students sought a statement form the Chancellor John D. Wiley regarding the university's official position on imminent conflict. The issue of whether the chancellor can and should express a political opinion, either on behalf of the university or as a personal expression, is addressed in the following statement released on the day of the protest. Read More
More public input sought on cogeneration facility
UW-Madison will gather public input on three different west campus power plant options from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Thursday, March 13, at the Waisman Center. Read More
Doyle commits to biotech, stem cell science
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle pledged his support March 5 to helping Wisconsin's biotechnology industry and to blunting legislative attacks on stem cell science. Read More
Jewish Heritage Lecture Series
Susannah Heschel will talk on "Multiculturalism and the New Jewish Studies" at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 26, in the Memorial Union. Read More
W.E.B. Du Bois and ‘The Souls of Black Folk’: 100 Years Later
The Second Humanities Biennial, April 7-13, is devoted to W.E.B. Du Bois. Read More
Gardening plans take root at the native landscaping conference
Celebrate first day of spring at the 13th annual Native Landscaping Conference, presented by the Arboretum and Madison Chapter of Wild Ones, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Saturday, March 22, at the Alliant Energy Center Exhibition Hall. Read More
Ebert part of this year’s festival
The 2003 Wisconsin Film Festival will feature a special appearance by film critic Roger Ebert, who will present the classic "A Hard Day's Night," Friday, March 28, and participate in a question session after the film "Better Luck Tomorrow" with filmmaker Justin Lin, on Thursday, March 29. Read More
UW foreign policy experts favor continued inspections
America's best course of action in meeting its goals in Iraq is to give U.N. weapons inspectors more time, say two of the university's experts on U.S. foreign policy and international law, assistant professors of political science Bruce Cronin and Jon Pevehouse. Read More
More research impact a goal
Federal funding agencies increasingly are requiring science, engineering and math researchers to get a bigger bang for their buck by integrating enhanced education, connection of research to the national community, and workforce development into their research. Read More
Job security rules change
Academic staff will be reviewed for increased job security sooner, under new rules recently approved by the Academic Staff Assembly and submitted to the UW System Board of Regents. Read More
UW-Madison, UW System address proposed cuts
As plans get underway to gather public input on how the UW System should handle budget cuts proposed by Gov. Jim Doyle last month, UW–Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley has gathered input from campus leaders on how to handle cuts here. Read More
Governance groups support classified contracts
The UW–Madison Faculty Senate and Academic Staff Assembly have each passed resolutions urging approval of contracts for represented employees. Read More
Wisconsin Award goes to Craven
Scott Craven (chair, Wildlife Ecology) has received the Wisconsin Award from the Wisconsin chapter of The Wildlife Society. Read More
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Researcher get technical contributions award
UW-Madison's Thomas Whittaker, a meteorologist and software designer in the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, received the Russell L. DeSouza Award at the 2003 annual conference of the American Meteorological Society. Read More
Wunder earns award for excellence in service
Jack Wunder was presented the 2002 Excellence in Service Award by Gov. James Doyle for his work as facilities engineer in the Environmental Health Program at UW–Madison's University Health Services. Read More
Laurel Clark remembered by Madison community
Laurel Clark, one of the seven astronauts lost in the Feb. 1 Columbia disaster, was remembered fondly at a gathering held in the Wisconsin Union Theater on March 4. Clark received a bachelor of science degree in zoology from UW–Madison in 1983 and graduated from the UW Medical School in 1987. Read More