Wisconsin’s per capita personal income grew by 54.5 percent during the 1990s, exceeding the nation’s growth rate of 50.4 percent, according to a recently released study by Jon Udell, UW-Madison emeritus business professor.
University researchers have taken a big step toward freeing transplant patients from the powerful, and sometimes harmful, drugs they now take to keep their bodies from rejecting new organs.
An expansion project at the Southeast Recreational Facility will include air conditioning for a small portion of the building.
Free state and federal income tax help is available through Monday, April 15, at UW-Madison’s newly opened Community Partnerships Office.
Extension’s budget makeup is changing, says Marv Van Kekerix, UW-Extension provost and vice chancellor.
“Big Mouth” returns “Big Mouth,” an energetic night of spoken word performance, returns Friday, Feb. 15, to Lakefront Cafeteria, Memorial Union. The open-mic event showcases the talents of campus poets, essayists and storytellers. To perform and participate in “Big Mouth,” sign up at 8:30 p.m. in the Lakefront Cafeteria. Performances begin at 9 p.m. The …
Writing Center at the Multicultural Student Center The Writing Center and the Multicultural Student Center have teamed up to provide convenient writing instruction for students who use the MSC. Faculty and staff are encouraged to refer students who use the MSC (located in the Red Gym) to make use of this free writing instruction. Instructors …
Appointments Steven N. Durlauf, professor and chair, economics, has been appointed as an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute. Durlauf is a former director of the institute’s economics program. Sevie Kenyon and Michael J. Maroney have joined the Department of Dairy Science. Kenyon, a 1980 graduate of the Department of Life Sciences Communication, …
Mingle, munch and make conversation with humanities faculty authors at a reception 3:30-5 p.m., Friday, Feb. 15 at Canterbury Booksellers, 315 W. Gorham St.
The ICU Deli plans a grand re-opening celebration and special deals Feb. 11-15.
JosŽ Francisco Barroso, renowned Afro-Cuban dancer, folklorist and teacher will be the Dance Program’s guest artist-in-residence in February and return to campus to perform at Mills Hall Friday, March 8.
The state and university’s annual workplace campaign has surpassed its goal of $2,675,000 for charitable causes, organizers say.
In a time when some companies are looking for ways to cut expenses, many continue to invest in their employees by sending them to the Fluno Center, home of the university Executive Education programs.
More than 200 students from targeted Milwaukee and Chicago high schools will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of the Wisconsin Alumni Association Prospective Scholars Day events Feb. 9 and 16.
Despite operating in an increasingly challenging funding environment, the UW System continues to provide an outstanding learning environment for its students, according to a new report released today, Feb. 7.
California, the cheesehead state? It could happen if current trends continue, warns a university researcher.
The Faculty Senate passed a resolution Feb. 4 that sends another message to the UW System Board of Regents regarding the dismissal of John Marder from the UW-Superior faculty.
To prepare professionals for the burgeoning field of biotechnology, the university will offer a new part-time graduate degree program beginning fall 2002.
Regarding the Accountability Report, February 2002, ‘Achieving Excellence’
The UW System may scale back some programs if the governor’s proposal to fix the state’ s budget problems is approved, President Katharine Lyall says.