Leroy Hood, the founder and president of the Institute for Systems Biology, will discuss “Decoding Life: Genomics, Proteomics, and Systems Biology” at the Wisconsin Symposium on the Analysis of Human Biology: Genes, Genomes, and Molecules, Thursday, June 14.
This fall’s new freshmen will get an in-depth introduction to campus life starting next week when more than 7,000 new and transferring students visit UW-Madison between now and mid-August during continuous sessions of a summer orientation program for new and transferring students.
Several nationally known experts on environmental justice — where environmental and civil rights issues meet — will be among the speakers in a free public University Summer Forum lecture series at UW-Madison beginning Tuesday, June 19.
One of the unique perquisites of visiting the UW-Madison campus this summer is a series of free carillon concerts.
This is the month when Mars reaches the most interesting part of its path through the sky — for Earthlings, anyway. Mars will reach the point in the sky directly opposite the sun — the moment astronomers call “opposition.” Mars is then closest to Earth and at its peak of size and brightness from Earth’s point of view.
The university will begin admitting students to a new two-year Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing in fall 2001.
Richard Dubielzig has a collection of eyeballs. They’re not exactly peering out at him from shelves, though. They help him diagnose animal eye diseases.
The university “corpse flower,” a rare plant native to Sumatra that is attracting thousands of visitors to a campus greenhouse, has ended its bloom.
Little Rock Lake, the site of a landmark study on the effects of acid rain, continues to yield important clues about the long-term health of North America’s inland lakes.
Four finalists have been named for the provost position at the university.
The Department of Family Medicine has selected five medical students and three family practice residents as its first McGovern-Tracy Scholars.
The Wisconsin Alumni Association recently launched a customizable Web site that promises to connect more alumni to the university and each other.
The UW System Board of Regents cleared the way today for University Research Park to acquire Town of Middleton property for much-needed future development space.
Gelsomina De Stasio, a UW-Madison physics professor, is known by friends and colleagues by her nickname, “Pupa.” As of this month, better make that “Sir Pupa.”
Bad is not necessarily evil, says Claudia Card, professor of philosophy and women’s studies.
The Wisconsin Idea is taking new forms in Dane County through innovative partnerships between the university and area community groups.
The UW-Madison chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi has announced the recipients of the its annual summer fellowship awards.
Strengthening the way teachers are trained is one of the key strategies of a proposed UW System plan to further improve the state public education system from pre-kindergarten through college.
The university “corpse flower,” the rare plant native to Sumatra that is attracting thousands of visitors to a campus greenhouse, is beginning to blossom.