Sighting Student Lindsay Theis peers through a survey instrument during a geography class on Bascom Hill taught by professor Jim Knox. Fall classes began Sept. 4, and many less-fortunate students began their semester in the lecture hall. (Photo: Jeff Miller) UW Health phlebotomist Jennifer Prochaska learns how to extinguishing a fire at a Safety Department …
In the emotional aftermath of Tuesday’s presumed terrorist attacks, Dean of Students Alicia Chávez addressed about 1,100 campus community members and others at an interfaith gathering on Library Mall.
There are no plans to close the university at this time, but university officials are extending whatever help possible to students and staff affected by Tuesday’s presumed terrorist attacks.
The editor and co-owner of Texas Weekly, the premier newsletter on government and politics in the Lone Star State, will be the campus’ first public affairs writer-in-residence, Sept. 24-28.
WiscNet, Wisconsin’s educational, research and governmental Internet network, enables Wisconsin schools to gain access to Internet 2, which will allow users to collaborate and access information in ways not possible using today’s Internet. Tele-immersion, virtual laboratories, digital libraries and distributed instruction are just a few examples of Internet 2 applications areas.
Cancer researcher Van R. Potter, the Hilldale Professor Emeritus of Oncology, died Thursday, Sept. 6. He was 90.
Athletic Department officials say football fans should allow extra time to navigate the construction areas surrounding Camp Randall Stadium.
The university has been named the eighth-best public university in the 2002 “America’s Best Colleges” guidebook published by U.S. News & World Report.
Leading researchers, economists and policymakers from major universities will participate in a landmark foreign exchange rate conference at UW-Madison Sept. 28-29.
By incorporating the slightest change in the arrangement of its molecules, the virus responsible for a brief but frightening influenza outbreak in Hong Kong several years ago can quickly morph from a relatively benign virus to a killer.
Memorandum of Understanding between WiCell Research Institute, Inc. and Public Health Service U.S. Department of Health and Human Services This Memorandum Of Understanding (hereinafter “Agreement”), effective September 5, 2001, by and between the Public Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as represented by the Office of Technology Transfer, having an …
The National Institutes of Health and the WiCell Research Institute, Inc., of Madison announced today, Sept. 5, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for research use of WiCell’s existing five human embryonic stem cell lines.
Events this Friday, Sept. 7, will mark groundbreaking for the Health Sciences Learning Center, a state-of-the-art learning facility for UW students in the health professions.
Oliver Sacks, author of the best sellers ‘Awakenings’ and ‘The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,’ will address the 2001 Chancellor’s Convocation at the Kohl Center Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m.
A presentation on admissions policies is among items on the next UW System Board of Regents meeting agenda.
For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells can be teased down a developmental pathway to become blood cells.
The incoming freshman class could be the largest and most talented in the 153-year history of the campus.
As students return to campus, University Housing officials are emphasizing the need for fire prevention.
A study of deregulation’s past impact on several safety-critical industries provides valuable insight into the factors affecting safety of deregulated nuclear power plants.
The Arboretum will cut the ribbon to symbolize the official opening of its expanded visitor center on Saturday, Sept. 8