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Most widely used organic pesticide requires help to kill

September 25, 2006

The world's most widely used organic insecticide, a plucky bacterium known as Bacillus thuringiensis or Bt for short, requires the assistance of other microbes to perform its insect-slaying work, a new University of Wisconsin–Madison study has found. Read More

35 research teams invited to submit proposals

September 25, 2006

Thirty-five research teams encompassing a wide array of disciplines have been selected to submit full proposals as part of the Discovery Seed Grant Initiative at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Read More

New ‘gateway’ to UW–Madison opens to public

September 22, 2006

The recent opening of a state-of-the-art Welcome Center at 21 N. Park St., just south of the new Newell J. Smith Residence Hall, signifies a concerted effort to provide visitors and tourists with a great first impression and a convenient, one-stop shop for both campus and community visitor information. Read More

Conference focuses on first-year students

September 22, 2006

Faculty and staff interested in new-student issues can attend a Friday, Oct. 6, conference organized by the Office of Orientation and New Student Programs. Read More

MBA moves up nine spots in Wall Street Journal ranking

September 22, 2006

The Wisconsin MBA program of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business moved up nine spots to 25th in the regional category in this year’s Wall Street Journal ranking of MBA programs. Read More

Continuing studies dean to retire next summer

September 22, 2006

Howard Martin, dean of the Division of Continuing Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, announced plans to retire next summer after a 42-year career with the university. Read More

WISCAPE forums planned

September 22, 2006

Two upcoming forums sponsored by the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will focus on the campus building boom and higher education and state budgets. Read More

Engineering welcomes eight new faculty members

September 21, 2006

This year, several faculty members bring to the College of Engineering their experience in government laboratories, in industry, or in other university settings. They boast research interests that range from stem cells, biomaterials, hydrology and circuits to materials, manufacturing, energy and transportation. They are poised to make great contributions not only within the college, but also within their areas of expertise and throughout the state of Wisconsin. Read More

Two real estate faculty awarded named professorships

September 21, 2006

Two members of the real estate faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business were recently awarded named professorships for significant contributions to their fields of research by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Read More

World Dance Celebration explores global ideas

September 21, 2006

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Dance Program commemorates 80 years this year with a World Dance Celebration, planned for Saturday, Sept. 30. Read More

Professor introduces unusual edible fungus to Madison

September 21, 2006

Lydia Zepeda, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of consumer science affiliated with the women’s studies program and the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, recently became a convert to huitlacoche, a fungus that grows inside individual kernels of corn. Read More

Dietetics students get hands-on kitchen experience

September 20, 2006

From planning to shopping, chopping and arranging flowers, seven dietetics students had a final exam last May that involved everything but the standard blue books and bubble sheets. Read More

World Dance Festival provides exploration of global ideas

September 20, 2006

On the highway of ideas, the arts are sleek, efficient speedsters, able to ferry sometimes complex, emotional or even incomprehensible facts and theories in palatable form. Read More

Cancer center honors past leaders

September 20, 2006

The School of Medicine and Public Health will celebrate its role in cancer research and treatment by renaming two centers in honor of two revered leaders. Read More

State Laboratory of Hygiene director named

September 20, 2006

Charles Brokopp, a leader with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, has been named the new director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. He will begin on Nov. 6. Read More

Almanac

September 20, 2006

Ask Bucky is a service provided by Visitor and Information Programs. For more information, call 263-2400, visit the Campus Information Center in the Red Gym or the new satellite location in Bascom Hall, or visit us at http://www.vip.wisc.edu/. Read More

Employee Matters

September 20, 2006

The opportunity to enroll in various benefits plans for 2007 coverage is approaching. The following benefits plans will have enrollment opportunities on the dates indicated below. Read More

Technology helps foster ‘democratization of cartography’

September 20, 2006

Mark Harrower recalls a raging debate in his field in the 1970s, when some geographers worried that commercial map-making software would trigger the demise of cartography. But rather than sully the field, Harrower says the new technology — combined with the explosion of availability of geospatial information — is fueling one of the most exciting eras in his profession. Read More

Architects chosen to design Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

September 20, 2006

Uihlein Wilson Architects of Milwaukee, together with Ballinger of Philadelphia, will design the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the Morgridge Institute for Research on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, officials announced today. Read More

Roundtable announces fall events

September 20, 2006

University Roundtable has announced its schedule for this fall. Read More