The International Institute is sponsoring a forum, ‘The U.S. in a Changed World: Where Will We Go After September 11, 2001?,’ to address issues raised by the terrorist attacks. It will be Thursday, Oct. 18, 4-6 p.m., 3650 Mosse Humanities Building.
The La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW-Madison has been awarded a $650,000 federal grant to study how well charters schools are working in Wisconsin.
A new five-year, $11.5 million consortium based at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research is beginning work on rebuilding the nation’s mathematics education infrastructure.
A panel discussion Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters’ Bill of Rights forum in Milwaukee will focus on civil liberties in a nation at war.
In a surprising find, scientists have uncovered the antiviral properties of an obscure class of peptides that may someday provide a powerful way to curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
Scientists with the Food Research Institute have devised a promising way to keep microbes vulnerable to germ-killers using plant-derived compounds called sesquiterpenoids.
The university has received a grant to facilitate online sharing of knowledge, instruments and other scientific resources, and foster Web-based collaboration.
The UW System Board of Regents is expected to approve increasing non-resident undergraduate tuition an additional 2.5 percent next semester.
A progress report on Plan 2008, the UW System’s 10-year initiative to enhance diversity, will lead into a discussion of campus climate and retention issues at the UW System Board of Regents meeting Oct. 4-5 at UW-Eau Claire.
Bruce Berne, widely known as the first person to perform computer simulations of molecules, has received the Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry.
The Wisconsin Alumni Association is seeking nominations for its Distinguished Alumni Awards, which honor professional achievement, civic leadership and/or service to UW-Madison.
Women and Learning, a lecture series by three nationally known UW-Madison scholars, begins Wednesday, Oct. 10. The lectures, sponsored by the Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries, sample women’s scholarship in literature, science and history.
The effect of federal policies on postsecondary education and the factors influencing how students complete their college degrees will be the subject of a forum Oct. 8-9 at UW-Madison.
A legislative committee has approved a pay raise for faculty and academic staff that is slightly smaller than what the UW System Board of Regents requested earlier this year.
In an effort to assist educators and others in helping children cope with the events of Sept. 11, the School of Education has compiled a comprehensive list of Internet resources related to the tragedy.
Wisconsin’s older residents may help improve state services simply by picking up the phone this month.
The university has been placed on probation for five years, among other things, in connection with the NCAA review of shoe discounts granted to student athletes.
On Thursday, Oct. 4, get a glimpse of some of nature’s most phenomenal creations as Entomology Museum curator Steven Krauth gives the public a peek at the university’s collection of 2.5 million prepared and pinned insects.
The university has named four finalists to replace Andrew J. Policano as dean of the School of Business.
Kohl Center, October 2, 2001 Remarks by Chancellor John Wiley I am pleased that the NCAA has accepted and agreed with virtually everything that we brought forward in our own investigation. I believe that agreement acknowledges the thoroughness of our investigation and reflects the deliberate approach we took in reviewing and addressing the allegations. I …