University Opera performs ‘La Calisto’
This spring’s University Opera production of Francesco Cavalli’s “La Calisto,” to be staged March 25 and 27, will be a showcase for many developing opera singers on campus.
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Symposium examines future of agricultural biotechnology
What does the future hold for food safety, animal health, plant genomics and crop management? What role will biotechnology play in these changes? A symposium at Memorial Union Thursday, April 1 will explore these and related topics.
L&S career advising program slated for major upgrade
UW-Madison’s College of Letters and Science is upgrading its career services program to better serve the needs of the university’s largest and most diverse group of students.
UW-Madison to honor mentors of student teachers
The School of Education will salute its “Partners in Education” during a banquet and awards ceremony Tuesday, March 23, at the Monona Terrace and Convention Center.
Beck to head executive education at business school
Ted Beck, former executive with Citibank/Citicorp, New York, has been named head of executive education at the School of Business.
Firms quickly fill MGE innovation center
The new MGE Innovation Center opened Friday, March 19, with more than double its past building space, yet the latest University Research Park addition already has nearly a full house of tenants.
Lower campus community officer named
Veteran UW-Madison police officer Steve Sasso is the new Lower Campus community officer, succeeding Theo Darden, now the community policing training coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
New leader named at Wisconsin Public Utility Institute
Susan E. Stratton has been appointed director of the Wisconsin Public Utility Institute at the School of Business.
UW cancer center one of two sites selected for clinical trial of cancer drug
The UW Comprehensive Cancer Center has been chosen as one of two sites in the nation to conduct human tests of endostatin, a promising potential cancer treatment that seems to work in part by disrupting the growth of blood vessels that nourished the tumors.
Endostatin prospective patient information
Information for prospective patients of the endostatin clinical trial at the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center.
U.S. News ranks graduate programs at UW-Madison
UW-Madison received several high rankings in the 1999 rating of graduate programs released today (March 19) by U.S. News & World Report.
isiting book artists explore nuances of childhood memory
Our relationship with memories will be the subtext of a visit by two internationally acclaimed artists who will be on campus this month.
Bagders host Memphis in Women’s NIT final four
The women’s basketball team (17-13) will play host to the University of Memphis (22-9) Saturday in the semifinals of the WNIT tournament at 1 p.m. in the UW Field House.
Lecture series to examine issues of Jewish identity through American history
How the Jewish identity in America was forged and plays out today will be the focus of this spring’s Jewish Heritage Lecture series, sponsored by the UW Center for Jewish Studies.
Margaret Dentine named to CALS research post
Margaret R. Dentine, a dairy cattle geneticist, has been named associate dean for research and executive director of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Paul Ludden named CALS executive associate dean
Biochemist Paul W. Ludden has been named executive associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Report: Focus on grad education, faculty
A new campus report, published as part of the 10-year campus reaccreditation, says the university must add graduate education and demands on faculty time to its four priorities adopted in 1995 as part of Chancellor David Ward’s “A Vision for the Future.”
Chinese dissident Chai Ling to speak
Chinese dissident Chai Ling will speak at the Wisconsin Union Theater, Thursday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Scientific storyteller Tim Flannery to visit
Tim Flannery, scienstist and popular author, will give a colloquium on the UW-Madison campus on Friday, March 19 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 168 Noland Hall, 250 N. Mills St.
Staging ‘Bacchae’ thrills student director
Jeremy Kamps, a senior majoring in English who is assistant director of the University Theatre’s production of “The Bacchae,” is collaborating with two Nigerian theatrical stars-in-residence in the Department of Theatre and Drama.