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ON CAMPUS Intellectual property conference planned A national conference on one of the most litigated and hotly debated topics in America today — intellectual property rights — will be sponsored by the Law School and School of Education May 6-9 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. The “Conference on Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment: …

If you’ve walked around Henry Mall or Bascom Hill lately, you’ve no doubt noticed a number of new historical markers being planted. The plaques are part of an effort to preserve and promote UW-Madison’s rich history to campus visitors.

If someone plopped you down in the lab of Joel Jones, and the first thing you saw was the cabinet full of parts he keeps on hand, you might think Dr. Frankenstein was loose in the labyrinthine bowels of the Mosse Humanities Building.

Man’s obstinate friend Former student Chris Kaisershot tries to coax his chocolate Lab, Nestle, to give up a soggy tennis ball as the two play on the Memorial Union Terrace pier. (Photo: Jeff Miller) Students in a haze, for now Among the less welcome signals of spring is the thick London-like fog that cloaks the …

Francine Conley, who earned her Ph.D. in French literature and theater at UW-Madison, is the author of the 12th chapbook from the Parallel Press, “How Dumb the Stars.”

Three professors have received 2001 Guggenheim Fellowship Awards, which recognize artists, scholars and scientists who show exemplary past achievement and future promise.

An Albanian delegation of land market specialists will visit the Land Tenure Center April 15-22 to learn about Wisconsin’s practices in property registration, real estate, and development.

Day on Campus turns 40 Friday, May 11, and the Wisconsin Alumni Association is marking the continuing education program’s anniversary with a renewed emphasis on the history and future of the university.

A concert of Russian and East European folk music will be presented by the university Russian Folk Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4.

Beginning Tuesday, April 17, the center of Charter Street will be closed on the Brogden Psychology Building block as crews extend campus chilled water pipes to the psychology building.

An internationally renowned expert on computer graphics and virtual environments will lecture on three-dimensional tele-immersive environments Thursday, May 3.

Professor Ubonrat Siriyuvasak, chair of the Department of Mass Communication at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand will discuss democratization of the broadcast media in Thailand Friday, April 27, at noon in 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive.

Hip Hop Generation’s second annual ‘Hip Hop As A Movement’ conference, April 20-22, at the university focuses on youth activism, the global influence of hip hop and the role of youth and elders in the social justice movement.

The university’s Land Tenure Center will assist the Sahelian countries of Africa in their sustainable development and natural resource management efforts.

Some bright stars in the university’s research galaxy will join Chicago’s Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum Tuesday, April 24, for a show on the frontiers of discovery, from Earth’s origins to life on Mars.

As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Week on campus, University Health Service will sponsor the Silent Witness Project, an exhibit that features real-life stories of UW-Madison student sexual assault survivors.

Two champions of historic preservation will discuss their partnership in the 2001 Ruth Ketterer Harris Memorial Lecture.

Leading political figures from Latin America are scheduled to discuss the relationship between the U.S. and Third World countries on globalization and global equality at a free public forum Thursday, May 3.

The Spring Faculty Dance Concert features Wisconsin native Barbara Grubel April 19-21 at 8 p.m. in Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.