Freedom Ride 2001
UW-Madison students are exploring the historical meanings of the Civil Rights Movement May 29-June 14 in a traveling class convening at locations throughout the South.
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Rare, pungent flower to get some cross-country love
In true rain forest fashion, Amorphophallus titanum prefers the company of pollinating carrion beetles.
Innovative pre-college program kicks off
The PEOPLE programs for Madison and Milwaukee plan to host orientation receptions for new and returning students Sunday, June 10.
Hospital signs infant care deal
UW Hospital and Clinics has signed agreements with two community partners to provide infant day care, with priority given to hospital employees who need the service.
Building program reduced
The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee plans to fund two of four buildings proposed the at UW-Madison as part of the BioStar initiative.
Geologist puts career’s worth of images on Web for educators
A UW-Madison Geology Department Web site features a new educational tool that results from geology professor Lou Maher’s skills in flying and photographing — often at the same time.
Soaring appetite spurs new cheesy technology
America’s appetite for pizza and other dishes that depend on the incomparable stretch-minded mozzarella cheese has soared in the last 20 years.
Committee advances UW budget
The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee has endorsed 85 new positions for UW-Madison but rejected full funding for the Madison Initiative and pared $700,000 in athletics funding.
Team performs adult split-liver procedure
Two women each received part of a liver as six transplant physicians at UW Hospital performed the first split-liver operation in Wisconsin late last month.
Job fair opens opportunities to disabled workers
A community job fair cosponsored by the university will bring together people with disabilities and employers in the Madison area.
New program aims to help incoming students
A pilot program is expected to add meaning and engagement to new students’ first taste of campus life this fall.
Viewing hours extended again for rare, smelly plant
The public may view the soon-to-blossom titan arum or “corpse flower” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. this week in the Botany Department’s Greenhouse No. 8 behind Birge Hall, 430 Lincoln Drive, on the UW-Madison campus.
New techniques soup up MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging is a powerful diagnostic tool that lets doctors peer deep inside the human body. However, its pace can be slow, with each image taking many seconds or minutes to build.
UW adds Germany to exchange programs
The UW System Board of Regents plans to sign a deal establishing a far-reaching student exchange program between UW System and German universities.
Viewing hours extended for rare, smelly plant
?Rl{£Tny Department has extended the viewing hours this weekend for the soon-to-blossom titan arum or “corpse flower.” The public may view the plant, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 2-3, in Greenhouse No. 8 behind Birge Hall, 430 Lincoln Drive.
New technique ramps up image delivery over the Web
With a little help from a pair of astronomers, the aggravation of waiting — and waiting and waiting — for high-resolution images to download to a computer could become a thing of the past.
UW-Madison libraries launch decorative arts site
American decorative arts have taken up digital residence in the Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture this week as part of a partnership between the UW-Madison Libraries and the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee.
Advisers honored for service to UW-Madison students
Two advisers to undergraduate students have won advising awards from the UW-Madison College of Letters and Science, the university’s largest academic unit.
Humanities lecture series returns in fall
Six prominent speakers will come to the university this fall as part of the Center for the Humanities 2001-02 ‘Humanities Without Boundaries’ free public lecture series.
Potential for new superconducting material advances
Commercial potential is growing for magnesium-diboride, a recently discovered high-temperature superconducting metal, with new evidence that alloying enables the metal to carry very high electric current at a high magnetic field.