Lead story
Spring commencement: May 16-18
The university's spring commencement ceremonies take place Friday through Sunday, May 16-18, at the Kohl Center. For the third consecutive year, all spring ceremonies will be streamed live on the Web.
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Ideas and discoveries
Campus news
- Chancellor Wiley's message on the earthquake tragedy in China
- Alumna to ‘mix it up’ on the Food Network
- ‘Dean of financial aid’ celebrates 50 years of service
- Wisconsin Basecamp offers wilderness experience for new students
- Feds announce decision to list polar bear as threatened species
- Jazz benefit honors four early childhood educators
- Institute sponsors symposium to explore integration of math, biology
- UW-Madison, Sertoma Club provide hearing aids to qualified recipients
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UW in the Media
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Yahoo! News - Summer in Antarctica -- a balmy -30 workday
Morton Grove (Ill.) Champion - UW grad on her way to food fame
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - UW Students Send Help To China
WKOW-TV 27 - Brilliant Issue: Game Changers
Conde Nast Portfolio - Sky Vegetables proposal by UW-Madison students imagines fresh produce from the supermarket roof
Wisconsin State Journal - How Wisconsin Student Investors Run $62 Million
TheStreet.com - A Too-Good-to-Be-True Nutrient?
Washington Post
In depth
Chancellor search
UW-Madison is currently conducting a national search for a successor to Chancellor John D. Wiley, who will step down in September 2008. Four finalists were announced by UW System on May 7.
Quotable
“Every person who is connected to the university, who goes out to a conference, teaches a class or interacts with national colleagues, is a potential ambassador for the campus.”
—Adin Palau, campuswide recruitment manager
Recent sightings
Enlarge +Sidewalk math
Teaching assistant Sam Eckels works with students from his calculus class during a Sidewalk Math session May 13, just outside Van Vleck Hall. The study session was offered to help students prepare for upcoming final exams.
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