Distance Learning ’98 set for Aug. 5-7
Nearly 1,000 colleagues from around the world will come together to exchange information and explore new developments at Distance Learning '98.
Six win instructional technology grants for teaching
The Division of Information Technology has announced the recipients of Instructional Technology Grants. Six recipients were chosen from 18 proposals submitted by campus units.
Internet Scout project to partner with leading software developer
The Internet Scout Project, a UW–Madison-based project to help students and educators navigate the Internet, is one of five initial partners selected by SurfWatch, an Internet filtering software company, to provide content for its newest product.
Classified employee awards announced
Classified Staff award recipients (from left) Catherine Attig, Barbara Schaack, Sheila Zweifel, Joyce Collins and Linda Gorman. They are vital parts that…
D.C. Smith greenhouse garners architectural award
The D. C. Smith Instructional Greenhouse has received an Honor Award from the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
15 faculty assume named professorships
Six faculty have been appointed to named professorships following campuswide competition and approval by the UW System Board of Regents. The board also appointed nine other faculty to named professorships at its meeting May 7-8 at UW-Oshkosh.
Student engineering magazine wins national awards
The Wisconsin Engineer magazine won seven awards at the 1998 Engineering College Magazines Association National Convention in Madison.
Graduate School Excellence in Teaching
Graduate School Teaching Assistant award recipients (from left); back row: David Harrison, John Tauer; middle row: David Hanson, Joseph Wong, Eric Benedict; from…
Hilldale Undergraduate Research Awards
See also: Herfurth-Kubly Awards Holstrom Environmental Scholarships University Book Store Awards for Academic Excellence Playing to win:…
Natural areas need friends
The Friends of the Campus Natural Areas are looking to add to their numbers.
Ward: UW must return to budget radar
Attendees of the May 4 Faculty Senate meeting got a peek at the upcoming debate over the 1999-2001 state budget.
NCAA golf championships play in Madison
Top female collegiate golfers from 19 teams will gather May 20-23 for the 72-hole National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament on the par-72, 6,033-yard University Ridge Golf Course.
Bells will be ringing
No bell worth its clapper will be silent May 29. At least, not in Wisconsin. It's Sesquicentennial Day, and the air will ring from Prairie du Chien to Ashland to De Pere.
Playing to win: Student explores competition at boy’s basketball camp
Competition may be the common fabric of American life, but UW–Madison senior Brigette Wusterbarth finds something lacking in the winner-take-all game.
Let the crosswiring begin
Five proposals have been approved for Chancellor David Ward's new strategic hiring initiative, which promotes creative intellectual links between departments.
UW examines paperless theses
Are we about to enter the era of the paperless thesis at UW–Madison?
Polygon Teaching Awards
Polygon Engineering Council, the engineering college council of student organizations, announced their annual teaching excellence award winners April 26. Undergraduates vote to determine the…
Professor’s book wins biennial prize
A book by Brenda Gayle Plummer, professor of history and Afro-American studies at the UW–Madison, has won the Myrna F. Bernath Prize from the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations.
Free shuttle transportation for commencement ceremonies
Students, family members and friends attending any of the five commencement ceremonies this weekend are being encouraged to park in lots 17, 18 or 19 at Camp Randall and ride the convenient Madison Metro shuttle to and from the Kohl Center free of charge.
Commencement ceremonies break in new home
Spring graduates will inaugurate UW–Madison's new Kohl Center as the university's commencement venue. Approximately 4,000 will be eligible for degrees at five ceremonies May 15-17.