Stories indexed under: Facilities

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• Chazen expansion project receives architectural honors May 17, 2012 The Chazen Museum of Art expansion project has received recognition this spring from Wisconsin business media and architecture organizations.
• Biochemistry complex blends old with new May 1, 2012 The Biochemistry Complex located next to Henry Mall looks a lot different than decades ago. But you wouldn’t necessarily know that at first glance.
• Memorial Union Terrace adds "Mendota Blue" chairs to mark transformation April 29, 2012 The palette of the Memorial Union Terrace gained another vivid color on Sunday, April 29, as 300 “Mendota Blue” Terrace chairs joined the traditional orange, green and yellow chairs.
• Come and get it: New Gordon Dining & Event Center offers lots of appetizing options April 17, 2012 Burritos, omelets or a quick sandwich. All will be offered this fall when the new Gordon Dining & Event Center opens.
• Picnic Point: Nicer than ever March 14, 2012 It's always been a favorite spot on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, but Picnic Point had been showing its wear.
• Construction continues at Lathrop Hall March 13, 2012 New steps will soon greet visitors to Lathrop Hall. Construction began last October on the front steps leading into the building and is expected to wrap up in June.
• American Family Children's Hospital begins approval process to add two floors March 6, 2012 The governing board of University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics has approved the concept of constructing two additional floors at American Family Children's Hospital to house the most seriously ill children.
• Public meeting set on West Campus Cogeneration Facility Feb. 16, 2012 A meeting to present plans for an addition to the West Campus Congeneration Facility will be held on Thursday, March 1.
• School of Nursing building to be named for Signe Skott Cooper Feb. 10, 2012 Signe Skott Cooper's generosity and lifelong commitment to the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be recognized when the university names the new School of Nursing building in her honor.
• Section of Observatory Drive to close for utility project Feb. 10, 2012 The traditional spring and summer construction season on campus really hasn't begun yet, but Observatory Drive between Charter Street and Babcock Drive is expected to be closed to traffic from Tuesday, Feb. 14, to Friday, Feb. 25, due to a construction project near the Soils Building at 1525 Observatory Drive.
• Pipe-cleaning procedure set at Charter Street Heating Plant Jan. 27, 2012 As part of the ongoing renovation of the Charter Street Heating Plant, officials will conduct a "steam blow" at the plant Jan. 30-Feb. 3.
• Renovation puts a new twist on Der Rathskeller Jan. 26, 2012 Der Rathskeller at the Memorial Union reopened this week with several changes geared to provide customers with a new level of dining in the historic and popular gathering space.
• Hamacher Pharmacy Learning Center opens Jan. 26, 2012 The David and Marjorie Hamacher Pharmacy Learning Center and Academic Programs Office marked its official opening on Wednesday.
• Recent sightings: Der Rathskeller Jan. 25, 2012
• The frosty side of winter arrives, and campus employees respond Jan. 17, 2012 Old Man Winter decided to mostly sleep through the first semester. But when the snow finally did hit – more than 5 inches blanketed the campus last Thursday – the UW-Madison Grounds Department crews didn’t hit the snooze button. Workers were clearing pathways for UW staff and faculty when the first flakes began to fall.
• UW cows on campus are getting an updated home Jan. 14, 2012 The home of the dairy cows on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus is getting a long-awaited update. In May, the university will undertake a $3 million remodeling of the Dairy Cattle Center on Linden Drive.
• Campus projects OK’d by Building Commission Dec. 27, 2011 A number of University of Wisconsin–Madison projects were approved by the Wisconsin State Building Commission at its Dec. 21 meeting.
• Van Gemert, Steele appointed to interim director posts Dec. 20, 2011 Two senior University of Wisconsin–Madison staff members will step into interim director positions in their respective campus units.
• Campus mail workers keep information moving Dec. 6, 2011 Despite the expansive size of the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, the mail sorting area fits into a small basement corner on Charter St. It’s an apt metaphor for the four-man crew: small but mighty.
• Alan Fish named vice president at Johns Hopkins University Nov. 18, 2011 Alan Fish, associate vice chancellor for facilities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has accepted the job of vice president of real estate and campus services at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.