George Will to speak Sept. 24
George F. Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and television news analyst, will speak at UW-Madison on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 5 p.m. at the Memorial Union Theater.
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A pioneer of interdisciplinary scholarship
A pioneer in interdisciplinary scholarship, Yi-Fu Tuan’s work enters and often transforms seemingly unrelated academic realms of philosophy, psychology, urban planning, landscape architecture and anthropology.
Incoming freshman class: smarter, more diverse
The 1998 freshman class appears to be the most talented ever at UW-Madison, and it includes an increase in the number of minority students, preliminary figures show.
Professor of medicine honored for aging research
The Gerontological Society of America has awarded UW Medical School’s professor of medicine Richard Weindruch its 1998 Kleemeier Award for outstanding research in aging.
How a common protein becomes a cancer killer
In one of nature’s remarkable flukes, scientists in 1991 discovered a protein in frog eggs that proved to be a potent killer of cancer cells. Now a new study by a UW-Madison biochemist finds that a “cousin” of that frog protein found in mammals has the same cancer-fighting potential.
UW facility helps scientists explore hidden life of molecules
The new biochemistry building includes a laboratory large enough for the department’s nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer facility to bring all its machines under one roof.
Moving crews still busy at new biochemistry building
Staff in biochemistry are looking squarely forward these days, as they enter a new century in a stately new home.
Regents back proposed funding partnership
The UW System Board of Regents has thrown its support behind a proposal to ensure UW-Madison’s excellence in the next century.
Author Mitch Albom to address new students
Author and sportswriter Mitch Albom will share his “lessons for life” Tuesday (Sept. 1) as the first outside speaker to address new UW-Madison students at the annual Chancellor’s Convocation for freshmen.
UW-Madison ranks high
The national accolades keep rolling in for UW-Madison.
Albom to speak at welcome
Author and sportswriter Mitch Albom will share his “lessons for life” Tuesday as the first outside speaker to address new UW-Madison students at the annual Chancellor’s Convocation for freshmen.
Presentation to show how ‘Sesame Street’ is produced
“Sesame Street Unpaved,” a multimedia behind-the-scenes presentation, will offer the campus community a comprehensive picture of what goes into production of the 30-year-old program.
UW-Madison will commemorate its 150th anniversary and 15 decades of service to Wisconsin and its citizens starting next month.
UW scientists hone tools for hurricane prediction
Scientists at UW-Madison’s Space Science and Engineering Center are developing new tools to better predict the course of hurricanes.
Trace Center receives federal technology-access grant
The UW-Madison Trace Center has been awarded a five-year, $6.75 million grant to make information technology more accessible to people with disabilities.
Move-in traffic advisory
Motorists may want to steer away from the campus area on Thursday and Friday, August 27 and 28. That’s when students will be moving into UW-Madison residence halls, and considerable traffic congestion can be expected in the vicinity.
New master’s for practicing engineers announced
A new World Wide Web-based master’s degree created by the College of Engineering will allow practicing engineers to advance their careers without interrupting them.
UW-Madison ranked high by U.S. News, Kiplinger’s
UW-Madison picked eighth-best in nation by U.S. News UW-Madison has been named the eighth-best public national university in the 12th annual “America’s Best Colleges” guidebook, published by U.S. News & World Report. That was the same ranking UW-Madison received in the 1997 U.S. News ranking. Other Big Ten universities in the top 25 this year …
New students get acquainted at ‘Wisconsin Welcome’
It began 10 years ago as a single event in Camp Randall Stadium. Today it encompasses dozens of activities spread out over a period of weeks. The goal remains the same – to help UW-Madison’s first-year and transfer students get acquainted …
New deputy director announced for clearinghouse
Kathryn Wolf has been named new deputy director of the Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources (WCPR), a unit of University Health Services at UW-Madison.