UW opens wallet to retain top faculty, staff
UW-Madison spent nearly $800,000 last year to increase the pay of 88 faculty and staff members courted by other universities and private companies.
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Homecoming festivities extended by late game
Organizers are confident this year’s Badger Homecoming celebration is going to be bigger and better than ever, largely because the Homecoming game between Wisconsin and the Purdue Boilermakers Oct.
Poet Karla Kuskin to deliver first Charlotte Zolotow lecture
Karla Kuskin will deliver the first annual Charlotte Zolotow Lecture Oct. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater.
Bradley report findings detailed
Some of the key findings from the year’s end report on the Bradley Learning Community
Report: Bradley Learning Community making an impact
The report cards are in: Bradley Learning Community is getting high marks for enhancing the academic and social lives of UW-Madison freshmen.
Planetary scientists to align in Madison
From Oct. 11-16, Madison will be the focal point of the solar system for the community of scientists who study the planets and the menagerie of solar system objects as the American Astronomical Society’s Division of Planetary Science meets here.
Shun the car
UW-Madison transportation officials are encouraging faculty, staff and students to walk, bike, bus or car/van pool to campus from Monday through Oct. 2 as part of Try a Different Mode Week, formerly known as Bike to Campus Week.
New York Times business reporter to visit campus
Diana Henriques, investigative reporter for the business desk of the New York Times, will serve as the fall semester’s business writer in residence Sept. 28-Oct. 2.
Residence halls will go smoke-free
Smoking will be banned in all UW-Madison residence halls, including student rooms, beginning with the 1999-2000 academic year, University Housing officials have announced.
Roundtable lunch series program set for fall
The 1998 UW Roundtable faculty/staff luncheon series will focus on the university’s past, present and future as part of the UW-Madison sesquicentennial celebration.
Final fall enrollment exceeds 40,000
There are 40,109 students attending UW-Madison this fall, a 0.2 percent decrease from the 40,196 students enrolled in Fall 1997.
Open house set for new Rape Crisis Center
The new Rape Crisis Center office at UW-Madison, located at 905 University Ave., Room 126, will hold an open house on Thursday, Sept. 24 from 4 to 6 p.m.
UW team works to head off the ultimate deadline: 2000
Robert Irons is working to minimize Year 2000 computer problems on the UW-Madison campus with a campaign to make the university’s operating systems bug-free by July 1, 1999.
Renovated Lathrop Hall welcomes the public
The UW-Madison Dance Program will welcome the public to a variety of activities Sept. 24-26 in celebration of the Lathrop Hall’s renovation.
‘Making dance’ brings students, professors in league
Students and faculty in the UW-Madison Dance Program will pool their talents to open the 1998-99 season with a Rededication Concert in honor of Lathrop Hall.
Supply ordering goes online
UW-Madison researchers will be able to order laboratory supplies online with long-time vendor Fisher Scientific as the campus takes its next step in a major overhaul of buying practices.
Cash used as a recruiting tool
Signing bonuses, once the sole province of pro athletes and corporate big shots, are suddenly finding their way into the back pockets of wet-behind-the-ears undergraduates — at least those with computer talents.
Waisman Center addition breaks ground
The Waisman Center’s much-anticipated $24 million addition anremodeling, getting underway with a Sept. 18 groundbreaking, will allow a major expansion of the center’s programs.
Exhibits celebrate art of South Asia
UW-Madison will celebrate the art of South Asia beginning later this month with a display of artifacts from an ancient civilization first brought to light in the 20th century and a collection of historic and contemporary …
Babies fish for words in a sea of chatter
From a string of nonsense words, uttered in a synthesized monotone to curious 8-month-olds, psychologist Jenny Saffran is uncovering astonishing evidence of how infants assimilate their native language.