Homecoming adopts Mardi Gras theme
Red Badger beads, New Orleans brass bands, confetti and Mardi Gras-style masks will be just some of the festive elements of Badger Homecoming 2000 Oct. 15-21. Read More
Social critic Williams to speak Oct. 16
Prominent social critic and Columbia University law professor Patricia Williams will discuss racial profiling in the kick-off lecture of the Center for the Humanities "Humanities Without Boundaries" Distinguished Lecture Series. Read More
FAST program to serve Hmong, Muscovites
Wisconsin Center for Education Research researcher Lynn McDonald and colleagues have been awarded grants to adapt their program Families and Schools Together to serve Russian students in Moscow and Hmong immigrant families in Wausau. Read More
Textiles’ myriad meanings to be explored
Human ecology professor Beverly Gordon will examines the myriad meanings of textiles in an upcoming presentation at the university. Read More
Two get Underkofler Awards
Two UW–Madison professors are among the four outstanding UW System teachers who have received Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Awards. Read More
Gene barrier could boost farming, environment
Working with teosinte, a wild cousin of maize, a university scientist has found a molecular barrier that, bred into modern hybrid corn, is capable of completely locking out foreign genes, including those from genetically modified corn. Read More
Proposal aims to enhance lakeshore path
Retaining the unpaved portion of the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path and preventing further erosion are two key recommendations to enhance bicycle and pedestrian safety along the popular campus transportation route. Read More
Chemistry alum awarded Nobel Prize
Alan Graham MacDiarmid, a chemistry masters and Ph.D graduate of UW–Madison, is co-winner of a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discoveries of polymers that conduct electricity. Read More
Alum receives Nobel Prize in physics
Jack St. Clair Kilby, a 1950 masters degree graduate in electrical engineering, has been named a co-winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in physics. Read More
Community invited to ‘lite up the town’
Madison-area residents are being invited to decorate the exterior of their residences to express Badger pride and the 'Madtown Mardi Gras' Homecoming theme. Read More
Acting out
Photo essay. Read More
Primate center grant to boost library resources
The Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center Library will receive a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Center for Research Resources to boost the library's staff and resources so that it can more effectively work with the greater primatological research community. Read More
Calendar highlights
WAA’s Cabinet 99 events to showcase technology Women from around the country will have a chance Friday, Nov. 3, to participate in hands-on… Read More
Council ring history comes full circle
The curve seems to come from the heart of the hillside, a line in the landscape that is a both a balm to the eye and a grace note to the hill. Read More
Events Bulletin
Learning History of Medicine – Jubilee Celebration: 1950-2000 Friday, Oct. 27 3-4:30 p.m. University Lecture: 227 Service Memorial Institute, 470… Read More
Political scientist tracks funding sources
Ken Goldstein, a new political scientist at UW–Madison, is to journalists right now as an epicenter is to seismologists. The media are… Read More
Milestones
Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail:… Read More
News in Brief
COMMUNITY Alum receives Nobel Jack St. Clair Kilby, a 1950 master’s degree graduate in electrical engineering, has been named a… Read More