UW-Madison to honor 10 faculty for teaching excellence
Each year, UW–Madison recognizes teaching excellence among its faculty in the form of Distinguished Teaching Awards.
Milestones
Honored Abbie Loomis, Library Information and Literacy Instruction coordinator, received the 2005 Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Information Literacy Award. Loomis was a…
Employee Matters
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Scientific American’s editor named writer in residence
Mariette DiChristina, the executive editor of Scientific American, will visit the university as the spring 2005 Science Writer in Residence.
Student entrepreneurs preparing for competition
A competition showcasing student entrepreneurs' innovative business ideas - ranging from devices that can save firefighters' lives in blazing buildings to making online transactions more secure - will kick off on Friday, April 15.
Students power new humanities journal
Nearly 400 article submissions later, "Illumination" is set for its debut. The premier issue of UW–Madison's undergraduate-produced journal of the humanities will be out late this month, with an accompanying Web site.
Strong link seen between Chlamydia and heart attack
Certain Chlamydia infections - the kind that cause flu-like respiratory symptoms in thousands of people each year - can be clearly linked to serious heart attacks in relatively young men, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin Medical School researchers and their collaborators at Johns Hopkins University schools of medicine and public health.
High schools students flock to World Languages Day April 14
High school students and teachers from across the state will sample the 60 languages taught at UW–Madison on Thursday, April 14, during the fourth annual World Languages Day (WLD).
Grad students organize Mesoamerican exhibit
About 10 years ago, a Mexican elder passed along a section of an 1847 map of what is today New Mexico to Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales, now graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Three faculty receive Guggenheim Fellowships
Three professors at UW–Madison have received 2005 fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, a New York organization devoted to furthering the development of scholars and artists.
Alumnus Bogdanich wins Pulitzer Prize
Walt Bogdanich, a reporter and editor for The New York Times and a 1975 political science graduate from UW–Madison, has won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.
Wiley: Progress, collaboration on licensing must continue
UW-Madison administrators and members of the Labor Licensing Policy Committee (LLPC) have collaborated to move the institution to the forefront of collegiate efforts to curb sweatshop abuses, Chancellor John D. Wiley reports at a media briefing today (April 7).
Four faculty members honored with Hilldale Awards
Four faculty members are recipients of the 2005 Hilldale Awards, which annually recognize excellence in teaching, research and public service.
WiCell Research Institute hires international PR firm
In the upper Midwest, modesty is considered a virtue. But in the competitive world of stem cell research, not tooting your own horn enough can be counterproductive. That, in a nutshell, is why the five-year-old WiCell Research Institute on the UW–Madison campus has hired an international public relations firm and its Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech arm to tell the world about WiCell's stem cell work.
UW-Madison awarded $5 million to train education researchers
A $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will enhance UW–Madison's capacity to conduct high-quality research on practical questions in education and will help prepare a new generation of scholars in the social sciences with expertise on "what works" in education.
Student wins prestigious city management internship
Bryan Gadow, a student in the La Follette School of Public Affairs, is off to Kansas City as an intern with the L.P. Cookingham Management Internship Program with the city manager's office."This is one of the oldest, most competitive city government internships," says La Follette Professor Dennis Dresang. "Bryan competed with a diverse group of finalists from some of the largest public affairs schools in the country."
Annual hunger cleanup day scheduled
More than 100 UW–Madison students will be pitching in at Madison-area social services agencies on Saturday, April 9, as part of the 21st Annual Hunger Cleanup.
Upcoming events tackle major science, health issues
A number of public-interest events related to health, science and engineering are taking place on campus this month.
Arrival of spring brings reopening of Bike Annex
UW-Madison's Bike Annex will reopen on Thursday, April 7, beginning its second year of operation.
Burrill business plan competition set for April 15
The G. Steven Burrill Technology Business Plan Competition, now in its eighth year, continues to attract visionary students with an interest in entrepreneurship from across the UW–Madison campus.