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WisTIP provides technology info
Wisconsin's small technology businesses now have access to one of North America's largest research library collections through a new campus partnership.
Luso-Brazilian experts to gather
A conference, "Luso-Brazilian Studies in the New Millennium," is scheduled June 14-15 at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
Study: Filaments of gas pervade Milky Way
Using a new sky survey instrument called WHAM, astronomers have detected a faint gas that spreads into the far reaches of the galaxy and sometimes forms distinct strands that stretch halfway across the sky.
Law school names two deans
Professors John Kidwell and R. Alta Charo have been named associate deans for the Law School, effective this summer.
WARF opens western office
The foundation that manages the intellectual property of the University of Wisconsin–Madison is moving forward with plans to launch a satellite office ö a first for a university technology transfer organization.
Summer India study program suspended
In response to a U.S. State Department travel warning to Americans in India, the university will not proceed with a 10-week summer study abroad program in the state of Kerala.
Partnerships to be recognized
The university will honor a dozen partnerships with local communities for innovative approaches to education and community service over the last year.
New budget plan offered
Assembly Republican shave offered "a streamlined solution" to the state's current fiscal crisis that is expected to be discussed by a committee trying to reach a legislative compromise on state budget cuts.
Atlas guides readers to food
The new "Farm Fresh Atlas" includes descriptions and locations of 50 farms and food-related businesses that sell their products directly to customers in southern Wisconsin.
Fulbright visiting scholars announced
Six visiting international scholars will be in residence during the 2002-03 academic year under the Fulbright Visiting Scholars program.
Students to work on voting rights museum, institute
On May 31, UW–Madison students and staff will embark on a journey to Selma to renovate and develop educational projects for the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute.
Humanities center plans a busy year
The Center for the Humanities will feature six prominent speakers in its 2002-03 Humanities Without Boundaries Lecture Series. The center also will present panels on 'Women and Science' and 'Rembrandt and the Jews.' From April 7-13, the center will sponsor lectures, performances and events commemorating the centennial of 'The Souls of Black Folk' by W.E.B. Du Bois.
New office ready to answer questions about UW–Madison
The recently created Campus Information and Visitor Center's primary goal is to answer questions about the UW–Madison campus from members of the campus community, prospective students and their families, and the general public.
Campus ’empire builder’ retires
One of Bruce Braun's first projects after he retires June 30 will be to help his son-in-law build a shed in his back yard. It hardly seems like a major task for the retiring assistant vice chancellor for facilities, planning and management, who oversees what Braun calls a 'vast empire' of buildings and equipment, likely valued at more than $5 billion.
Agency’s aggressive patent management protects public, professors
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has been patenting and licensing UW research for more than 75 years. Today, WARF has one of the most envied file cabinets in science, with about 1,700 active patents ÷ including not one but two patents resulting from James Thomson's stem-cell work.
Program seeks to assist women business owners
The School of Business is recruiting a third class of established women business owners to participate in a groundbreaking program that creates volunteer advisory panels to help them grow their businesses.
Budget talks find some agreement
The Assembly and Senate appear to have reached agreement on nearly two-thirds of their differences over the state budget adjustment bill.
Public forum on breast cancer
A free public forum discussing key issues in the fight against breast cancer is planned 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, June 5.
After the punch line: What jokes tell us
As director of UW–Madison's folklore program, Jim Leary is possibly Wisconsin's best repository of the state's ethnic history and heritage. And he can tell a mean farmer joke. He knows hundreds, gathered from his many travels around the state. Most of them are rare artifacts, plucked from the brains of elderly farmers, tavern owners and townsfolk whom Leary has met over the years. To him, those jokes are to be cherished as much as any fine work of art.
SSEC aids severe storms study
Two university research centers will support a massive field experiment to better measure humidity, rainfall and overall moisture in the air and how it all changes.