Novel antibiotic earns student inventor top prize
By taking a novel approach to fighting bacterial infections, graduate student Emilie Porter has helped pioneer a promising new antibiotic technology – and gained national attention as an inventor.
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Sex and alcohol: How does UW-Madison mix it up?
“Sex and Alcohol: How Does the UW Mix It Up?,” a forum for UW-Madison students, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 19, 7-9 p.m., at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
Madison Initiative bolsters faculty, staff retention
The university spent nearly $7 million last year to bolster faculty and staff retention as part of the Madison Initiative.
Emeritus lecture series features retired scholars
“Eloquence and Eminence,” the emeritus lecture series, begins its seventh year on Sunday, Sept. 17, when Robert Kimbrough, emeritus professor of English, will speak about “Robert Frost: Trial by Existence.”
UW shares in new national technology push
The National Science Foundation announced today, Sept. 13, that 95 institutions will share $90 million in grants for the first year of its new Information Technology Research initiative. UW-Madison scientists will be the lead investigators on four projects totaling more than $8.1 million over five years.
Students, alumni invited to ‘try out’ for video
By answering a few easy questions, university students and alumni could have the opportunity to be featured in a new admissions video.
Business celebrates 100 years
The School of Business kicks off its centennial year with a celebration Wednesday, Sept. 13, at Grainger Hall.
UW System grant to aid migrant workers
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the UW System a four-year grant for $1 million through the Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships program.
Advances
(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.) A new tax system for the 21st century? A university economist has proposed a new tax system for the 21st century that would replace the welter of income, sales, excise, capital gains, import, export, …
Almanac
(Almanac lists facts, figures and miscellany of campus interest. Know something, or want to know? Call us: 262-3846, or e-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.) UW ranks high again Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine ranks UW-Madison sixth-best among the top 100 values in state universities. The magazine’s October issue compares cost, quality and financial-aid measures in calculating the rankings. “Ratings …
Calendar highlights
Bach, Mozart, Weber featured in faculty concerts The School of Music presents two faculty concerts this week: Clarinetist Linda Bartley performs with a quartet of strings Friday, Sept. 15, and cellist Parry Karp performs a solo program on Saturday, Sept. 16. Both concerts take place in Mills Hall, Humanities, starting at 8 p.m. Linda Bartley, …
Events Bulletin
Learning Retention Action Project The Retention Action Project is designed to listen to concerns and facilitate dialogue on subjects that will educate all of us to differences and multicultural experiences to take action in making the campus community climate more comfortable. In collaboration with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and the …
Hospital transplants: Best in patient outcomes
The UW Hospital and Clinics Transplant Program is now the second largest in the nation and has the best overall patient outcomes for transplants of any major hospital in the country, according to statistics for 1999.
Milestones
Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu HONORED Mary Anderson, professor of geology and geophysics, will receive the C.V. Theis Award from the American Institute of Hydrology in recognition of “outstanding contributions in hydrology.” The award was established after …
Newsmakers
(Every week faculty and staff from across campus are featured or cited in newspapers, magazines, broadcasts and other media from around the country. The listings that follow represent a small selection of the many stories that spotlight UW-Madison and its people. More newsmaker listings) Widows face poverty trap Women who lose their spouses are overturning …
News in Brief
LEADERSHIP Chancellor search moves forward Members of the Chancellor Search and Screen Committee have closed applications and nominations for a successor to Chancellor David Ward. Nominees were given a deadline of Sept. 11 to accept their nominations and to submit materials for the committee’s consideration. The committee has been appointed to search for a successor …
Recent Sightings
Reflections Tree branches frame a rain-flecked Social Science classroom window on a recent cloudy morning. Inside, Dave Junker teaches a freshman English composition class. Perhaps a student is struck by inspiration as thunder rumbles outside, and begins to scribble: “It was a dark and stormy night…” Photo: Jeff Miller
They’re back: Students return for fall semester
New and returning students were able to spend a special evening with an acclaimed novelist, stave off the Freshman 15 and – of course – attend their first classes of the semester. Wisconsin Welcome, which began Aug. 28, continues throughout September. New this year is “Arts Night Out,” an overview Saturday, Sept. 16, of campus …
Commuter options to be outlined
University employees can learn about new ways to get to work at the commuter information booth in Union South Sept. 12-13.
UW-Madison ranked high for value
The October issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine ranks UW-Madison sixth-best among the top 100 values in state universities. The magazine compared cost, quality and financial-aid measures in calculating the rankings.