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  • Finalists announced for dean of Letters & Science April 29, 2013 Three University of Wisconsin-Madison professors, along with a fourth candidate who taught at UW-Madison for 18 years, have been named finalists for the position of dean of the College of Letters & Science, UW-Madison's largest academic unit.
  • UW to offer new virtual internships to enhance women’s interest in engineering April 26, 2013 The College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will offer for the first time a course entirely based on digital learning simulations in the fall of 2013.
  • Community invited to UW Outreach Day at Burlington High School April 26 April 26, 2013 MADISON — UW-Madison and UW-Extension are inviting the public to join them at Burlington High School on Friday, April 26 as part of a statewide effort to bring the research and resources of the UW to communities across Wisconsin.
  • Section of North Park Street to reopen temporarily April 25, 2013 Paving for the construction project at North Park Street and Langdon Street is scheduled to be completed today and North Park Street should reopen to two-way traffic Friday, April 26, barring weather or other issues.
  • Vaterite: Crystal within a crystal helps resolve an old puzzle April 25, 2013 With the help of a solitary sea squirt, scientists have resolved the longstanding puzzle of the crystal structure of vaterite, an enigmatic geologic mineral and biomineral.
  • UW physicist works with young Rube Goldbergs at Madison elementary school April 25, 2013 The rules are simple, explains Mike Randall, a University of Wisconsin-Madison physicist, who is leading the Rube Goldberg lab tonight at Emerson School in Madison. "Make a contraption that starts by dropping a marble and ends by ringing a bell."
  • Statement by Chancellor Ward on UW fund balances April 25, 2013 It is likely you have seen or heard media reports about the fund balances that the University of Wisconsin System carries and the discussion among legislative leaders and others about those balances. I would like to explain how this issue relates to our campus, and how maintaining balances helps UW-Madison succeed in our academic and research missions.
  • UW and city teaming up for redesign of State Street and Library Mall April 25, 2013 They are iconic locations and both will soon be getting a makeover. UW-Madison and the City of Madison are partnering to develop design plans for the reconstruction of the 700 and 800 blocks of State Street (North Lake Street to North Park Street) and Library Mall.
  • New fee for UW employee bus pass April 25, 2013 Due to budgetary concerns and the need to make the UW Employee Bus Pass Program sustainable, the bus pass will cost $24 beginning next academic year.
  • Sale to help kick off Tandem Press’ move to on-campus facility April 24, 2013 Rumors of Tandem Press being forced from its longtime home on the near east side of Madison are nothing new.
  • Memorial Union Terrace is open April 24, 2013 The Memorial Union Terrace is open and the chairs have returned. An annual rite of spring in Madison, the iconic orange, green and yellow sunburst chairs’ arrival on signifies the official end to winter and a harbinger of sunny skies, warm breezes and great views of Lake Mendota.
  • New living, learning community to welcome biology students April 24, 2013 To help bio newbies get off to the right start, as many as 130 students will begin 2014 in BioHouse, the university’s 10th residential learning community.
  • Ward statement on possible resolution of adidas Indonesia issue April 23, 2013 Interim Chancellor David Ward issued the following statement in response to reports from the Workers’ Rights Consortium of a possible settlement between adidas and Indonesian workers.
  • New ‘green’ method to help upgrade biomass waste into valuable chemicals April 23, 2013 University of Wisconsin-Madison chemists have identified an approach to use oxygen gas to convert lignin, a byproduct of biofuel production, into a form that could allow it to replace fossil fuels as a source of chemical feedstocks.
  • Photo: light exhibit Recent sightings: Bright night April 23, 2013 UW-Madison graduate student Matthew Piepenbrok, center, maintains candle flames on his candelabra-shaped and neon-lit glass star on display during the 2013 Biennial Neon and Light Exhibit held inside the Stock Pavillion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on April 19, 2013.
  • Retiring Reuter-Krohn has seen many changes in University Housing April 23, 2013 Kay Reuter-Krohn started at University Housing on July 7, 1982, as a live-in student affairs coordinator who supervised house fellows at Witte Hall.
  • Business, human ecology schools open experimental, collaborative lab April 23, 2013 Faculty and students from two UW-Madison schools are celebrating the opening of a new experimental lab — a collaboration between the School of Human Ecology and the Wisconsin School of Business to create a learning and research community within the university.
  • Choral Union, Chamber Orchestra to perform Kyr's 'Passion' April 23, 2013 In its 120 years of existence, the UW-Madison Choral Union has established a reputation for performing major choral compositions by well-known masters. But the Choral Union has also presented contemporary compositions and will do so Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28 when it performs Robert Kyr’s “Passion According to Four Evangelists.”
  • Classes in the park unite middle schoolers with college students, nature April 23, 2013 Trish O'Kane had reached a dead end. It was her first day teaching a capstone course in environmental studies at the Nelson Institute, and she was ready to forge ahead with a two-hour "college-style" lesson plan.
  • Filmmaker, glaciologist, artist to receive honorary degrees May 17 April 23, 2013 Honorary degrees will be bestowed on three individuals considered to be pioneers in their fields at UW–Madison commencement in May. One is a groundbreaking documentary filmmaker, another is a trailblazing glaciologist, and the third is a world-renowned glass artist.