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• Window washers bring a shine back to campus buildings May 15, 2012 From the inside of each campus building, most people probably see out of a few windows each day – if they’re lucky enough to have window access at all. Those windows need to be cleaned, and Campus Services is tUW-Madison’s go-to crew for odd jobs. The same people who manage interdepartmental mail delivery and move furniture also clean nearly every window across campus.
• Campus construction projects getting underway May 15, 2012 The academic year is quickly coming to a close, and that means another round of road closures and construction projects in the campus area this summer.
• Changing temperatures can be a challenge for building maintenance March 20, 2012 This spring's early warm spell makes it challenging to control the climate in 120 campus buildings that operate using a central chill water system.
• Recent sightings: Shadow art Oct. 13, 2011
• Slide show: Campus Beauty Sept. 20, 2011 With a new academic year under way and autumn just around the corner, Inside UW–Madison, an e-newsletter, recently asked faculty and staff to name their favorite natural places on campus. Whether you can check them out in person or can only admire from afar, here are some of the locations that no doubt inspired Newsweek and The Daily Beast to rank UW–Madison as the second-most beautiful college campus.
• Update: Phone service restored to Bascom Hill Sept. 9, 2011 Phone service to most or all of Bascom Hall, North Hall, South Hall and possibly other nearby buildings will be unavailable beginning the evening of Friday, Sept. 9. The outage will last through the weekend.
• Alumni Park: A gift to the heart of UW-Madison Sept. 7, 2011 A new promenade and green space called Alumni Park along the shore of Lake Mendota at the east end of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will soon be a vibrant area where students and alumni can enjoy their Wisconsin experience.
• Slide show: Entering a state of discovery Dec. 2, 2010
• Ground broken for cleaner, coal-free Charter Street Heating Plant Oct. 26, 2010 The first shovels full of renewable fuel were symbolically hefted Monday in the transformation of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Charter Street Heating Plant from coal to biomass.
• Slide show: Bascom Hill through the seasons Sept. 20, 2010 University Communications photographer Jeff Miller created this time-lapse series of Bascom Hill using photos captured weekly from a fixed location atop Mosse Humanities Building between August 2009 and August 2010.
• Badger Watch program receives national recognition June 15, 2010 The UW Police Department's Badger Watch program is being honored as the nation's 2010 Neighborhood Watch Program by the National Sheriffs' Association.
• Major gift, choice of architect propel Nursing Science Center campaign April 16, 2010 A $500,000 gift from Barbara D. and M. Keith Weikel ('62 MS PHM, '66 PhD BUS) has provided further momentum to the campaign for a new University of Wisconsin-Madison Nursing Science Center.
• Heating plant renovation ushers in greener era Jan. 27, 2010 The Charter Street Heating Plant, an aging but critical source of energy for campus, is about to undergo a transformation that will take the state and university to the 21st century frontiers of cleaner, coal-free power.
• We Conserve director inspires environmental spirit Oct. 1, 2009 In 2006, when Faramarz Vakili proposed the goal of reducing UW–Madison’s energy consumption by 20 percent by 2010, he was met with doubt
• Recent sightings: Blustery Monday Sept. 28, 2009
• Public comment invited on proposed UW-Madison heating plant project Sept. 8, 2009 A public informational meeting about the proposed rebuilding of the Charter Street Heating Plant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will include representatives of UW-Madison and an external design team.
• University Housing Conference Services keeps Madison thriving in the summer July 2, 2009 The mass exodus from the university residence halls each May may lead some to believe that these busy buildings enter a summer slumber until they welcome back their students in the fall.
• Restoration project to re-establish oak savanna near Willow Creek March 5, 2009 A three-year ecological restoration project in the Lakeshore Nature Preserve that will re-establish an oak savanna near Willow Creek is set to begin in the next few weeks.
• Clean air action day announced for Jan. 28 Jan. 28, 2009 As Dane County gears up for a Clean Air Action Day on Wednesday, Jan. 28, UW-Madison is taking an active role to help safeguard local air quality.
• Slide show: Winter Shadows Jan. 14, 2009