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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether the mandatory fees violate students’ free-speech rights. Their decision will affect student fee systems at all public universities.

The La Follette Institute Policy Forums returned March 3 when a small group of faculty, staff and students met over dinner with interested legislators to discuss information technology policy, including issues of electronic commerce, archival retrieval and privacy.

“Praise to Thee, Our Almond Mocha” took first place today (Monday, March 29) in a taste test of 10 flavors vying for the ice cream that will help mark UW-Madison’s 150th anniversary.

Hyuk Yu, the Eastman-Kodak and Stockmayer Professor of Chemistry, has won the Award for Distinguished Service in Advancement of Polymer Science from the Society of Polymer Science in Japan.

Three independent filmmakers and restored prints from the Motion Picture Academy archives will highlight a festival of cinema April 29-May 1 at UW-Madison. Great Wisconsin Film Festival web site The events were originally planned in collaboration with the Wisconsin Film Office’s Great Wisconsin Film festival. The state postponed the event Friday (March 12). But the …

George Lundberg, former editor-in-chief of The Journal of the American Medical Association, will speak on “The Ethics of Medical Editing” from 7:30-9 p.m. Monday, March 29, at 1100 Grainger Hall.

The UW System Board of Regents this month approved the appointments of eight UW-Madison faculty to named professorships effective July 1.

Four Asian American filmmakers will bring their most recent works to campus March 27-28.

Artists drawn from the ranks of UW-Madison faculty, along with a graduate student, will be honored with awards coordinated by the UW-Madison Arts Institute.

Two separate memorials have been planned to honor the lives of Fannie Lemoine and George Mosse.

The following is a statement from University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor David Ward concerning today’s release of a ruling from the NCAA on the administration of certain athletically related funds and supplemental pay at UW-Madison.

A panel of speakers will present several viewpoints about reforming the nation’s social security system Wednesday, March 24.

Student choreographers in the UW-Madison Dance Program will present a concert, “Dissecting the Tutu,” March 25-27.

Susan Calcari, director of the Internet Scout Project, is scheduled to be interviewed live on WISC-TV Channel 3’s “Live At Five” evening news show Wednesday, March 24th at 5:10 p.m.

Set to retire on June 30, Wayne McGown says his experience as both an early planner and long-term director of the University Research Park will be a particularly satisfying memory.

Nearly 15,000 books on a wide range of subjects will be on sale in a fund-raiser for the Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries scheduled March 24-27.