Phi Beta Kappa names members
The Alpha Chapter of Wisconsin Phi Beta Kappa recognized the following individuals for their excellence and achievement. Read More
WARF patent attorney finds retired bliss — at his old desk
Howard Bremer, a 78-year-old patent attorney, points to his forehead, where several lesions stain the skin. The lesions serve as an odd reminder of why he chose to be a patent attorney more than 50 years ago. Working for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation since 1960, Bremer has helped bring the discoveries of UW–Madison researchers into the marketplace, where they can directly benefit people, even Bremer himself. Read More
University to upgrade ISIS
The university is upgrading the Integrated Student Information System to allow authorized staff members and departments easy, Web-based access to a wide range of vital student data. Read More
UW System graduates 28,000 students
By this summer, the UW System will have graduated about 28,000 students during the 2001-02 academic year, and most will stay in Wisconsin, officials say. Read More
Grad gets degree — after 65 years
Sixty-five years after she completed the required course work, 88-year-old Jane Louisa Ayers McAleavey, of Fort Worth, Texas, will be awarded a master's degree in botany. Read More
CIBER gets major grant
The School of Business will receive $1.4 million to enhance international business education. Read More
ASEC appointment requirement approved
Academic Staff Executive Committee members will be required to have at least 50 percent appointments under a resolution passed by the Academic Staff Assembly May 13. Read More
Rare rhino unearthed on campus
A 3,200-pound rare white rhinoceros has been buried near Picnic Point on campus for nearly two decades. Starting today, May 15, staff members from the departments of zoology, geology and wildlife ecology plan to excavate the skeletal remains. Read More
UW postdocs are satisfied
While most postdoctoral scholars say they are satisfied with their overall experience at this institution, many cite concerns about employment and training, says a Graduate School report. Read More
UW-Madison to bestow degrees May 17-19
More than 5,000 UW–Madison students will step up to the stage to receive their degrees during commencement weekend May 17-19. Read More
Another huge iceberg departs Antarctica
A new, massive iceberg has broken off from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, according to polar-orbiting satellite imagery taken Friday, May 10, at the Antarctica Meteorological Research Center . Read More
Employee Matters
This column by Employee Compensation and Benefits Services addresses campuswide employment issues. Send your questions to: wisweek@news.wisc.edu. Are you leaving employment?… Read More
Recent Sightings
A student test drives the FutureTruck, a re-engineered Ford Explorer, in tough academic terrain before letting Chancellor John Wiley… Read More
Kutler: Restore access to presidential papers
"Really makes you wonder what's in those papers," muses Stanley Kutler, UW–Madison's E. Gordon Fox Professor of American Institutions. Kutler's wonderment is rooted in President Bush's recent executive order barring, in the interest of national security, access to presidential records. Read More