The Wisconsin Week Wire — Sept. 5, 2007
Top News
Technology savvy helps soup up state weather forecasts
Since arriving at UW–Madison as a freshman, Jordan Gerth has taken a lead role on a project that is making campus weather research tools available to frontline forecasters in Wisconsin’s National Weather Service regional offices.
Reaccreditation sets stage for visionary thinking about UW–Madison’s future
A blueprint for UW–Madison’s future is beginning to emerge through the 2009 Reaccreditation Project, and the conversation will continue this fall around six newly identified core themes and a more universal goal: staying true to the Wisconsin Idea.
Research
Scientists are at home in the Northwoods
Summer is high season at the Kemp Natural Resources Station in Woodruff, Wis., hosting people studying topics ranging from climate change to lakeshore ecology to biodiversity.
Hungry insects leave clues to impacts of climate change
UW–Madison researchers will search the evidence of hungry insects at work in the forest of the Northwoods for clues to how a changing climate may affect Wisconsin’s landscape.
Features
Programmer shines light on energy conservation
A UW–Madison systems programmer has committed to energy conservation by installing a solar panel system on his house.
Photographer links politics, personal experiences
Photographer Michael Kienitz’s exhibit, “Small Arms — Children of Conflict,” will be on display at the Chazen Museum of Art from Sept. 8-Oct. 28.
Exhibits reveal famous patrons of the arts also loved science
A rare books exhibition and an exhibit at the Chazen Museum of Art shows the influence the Florentine family the Medici had on both science and the arts.
On Campus
Events calendar
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Bucky rolls out the red carpet for a new Badger football season
Rolling out the Red Carpet, the campaign to encourage a more fan-friendly atmosphere at Camp Randall Stadium, is ready to roll for a fourth straight season.
Graduate science education program to expand to five other schools
The UW–Madison-based Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning has received a three-year, $5.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to expand a campus science education program to five other major research universities.
Several changes at the Union
Memorial Union patrons will see some new features this fall.
Students more connected, security conscious
UW–Madison students are adopting new technology tools in a big way, and they’re being more careful about privacy and security.
Traffic patterns on Charter to change
Utility construction near Charter Street and University Avenue has forced a change in traffic patterns on Charter Street that will last through about mid-October.