Learning Shipping Hazardous Materials: Infectious Substances and Other Biologicals Tuesday, May 15, 1-3 p.m., Union South The Office of Biological Safety will provide training and certification for shipping infectious substances and other biological materials. The focus is on safety and regulatory compliance for research and clinical laboratories with regard to shipping and receiving. Emphasis will …
Here is a list of recipients, their faculty advisers, and departments or programs, for the Hilldale Undergraduate Research Awards.
The most “frustratingly tantalizing” part of his job, Roger Howard says, has been to be so close to so many lectures, short courses and musical performances at UW-Madison, and yet not be able to snatch more of them up because of a simple deficiency: no time.
The $10 million W.M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior opened this month, promising to give scientists better views of brain function that could reveal more about emotions, learning and mental disorders.
After graduation from SLIS in 1991, Carrie Kruse worked for five years in Reserves Acquisitions in College Library and now serves as library instruction coordinator at College.
Since September 1999, Sara Hinkel has served as the first full-time staff person at the university to work exclusively on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.
Now on view through June 17 at the Elvehjem Museum of Art is a selection of woodblock prints from the museum’s famed Van Vleck collection.
Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu Appointed The UW System Board of Regents has approved several named professorships: Ramon J. Aldag has been named the Glen A. Skillrud Family Chair in Business. Barry Gerhart has been named the …
First-year student Pamela Draheim didn’t know how much she liked cows until she came to the university.
LEARNING Six get national honors Three faculty members — Larry L. Bumpass, Stephen R. Carpenter and F. Fleming Crim — were elected May 1 to the National Academy of Sciences, and three others — William M. Denevan, Lorrie Moore and William S. Reznikoff — have been named American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellows for …
Linda Baumann is leading the School of Nursing’s effort to coordinate and expand clinical practices by the school’s faculty.
The cost of annual permits for on- campus parking will go up an average of 5 percent for the 2001-02 academic year, or between 29 cents and 77 cents per week, according to Transportation Services Director Lori Kay.
At a university as large as UW-Madison, it is inevitable that some processes will seem inefficient and time-consuming. But many academic departments and administrative units on campus have taken action to improve or create new, more efficient processes.
1,200-step program Tina Lanza runs up the stairs at Camp Randall on a recent early morning as part of assistant faculty associate Ron Carda’s marathon training class in kinesiology. (Photo: Jeff Miller) The UW Jazz Band plays at Luther’s Blues in a free concert as part of the All-Campus Party sponsored April 24-27 by the …
With spring in full swing, you might think that on any warm afternoon there’s little to do but join the sunning undergrads who litter the greening turf of campus, books resting on thighs and sunglasses concealing those drooping eyelids. However, activity hums indoors and out.
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters is launching a statewide initiative on water use and conservation to examine and analyze the current state and long-term sustainability of Wisconsin’s waters.
Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. trade representative during the Clinton administration, will offer advice and encouragement to new graduates from the College of Letters and Science during commencement exercises this spring.
An educator and sociologist from India and a world-renowned environmental activist will receive honorary degrees from the university this spring.
Evelyn Cruz and Janette Langdon are recipients of this year’s Outstanding Returning Adult Student Awards.
Anca Maria Copaescu and Florentina Popovici won the $10,000 top prize in the G. Steven Burrill Technology Business Plan Competition today, April 27.