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Vitamin settlement funds directed to stem cell research
A portion of the funds received by the State of Wisconsin in a price-fixing settlement with vitamin manufacturers has been directed toward stem cell research at UW–Madison.
Town meeting on terrorism to feature U.S. official
The university will hold an electronic "national town meeting" on the war against terrorism Wednesday, Dec. 5, featuring U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman.
Good seats still available for Tudor dinners
Openings are still available at the 68th Annual Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts at Great Hall, Memorial Union.
‘War Letters’ author makes campus stop
Best-selling author Andrew Carroll will offer remarks and sign books during a special presentation at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29 at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Pay plan to take effect
Faculty and academic staff should see a recently approved pay increase on paychecks dated Friday, Nov. 30, followed by a Wednesday, Dec. 12, retroactive paycheck.
Tree sale moved near Dairy Barn
The annual Forestry Club Christmas tree sale has been relocated to an open area north of the old UW Dairy Barn, 1915 Linden Drive, just east of the Veterinary Medicine Building.
Regents set executive salaries
The UW System Board of Regents has approved annual salary levels for chancellor and other top officers in the UW System.
Quality indicators keep nursing care on track
Back in the 1990s, as part of a project for the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis began developing indicators that assess nursing home care quality. Now the nation's 17,000-plus nursing homes and others in about a dozen countries worldwide apply the quality indicators.
Once upon a Christmas cheery in the lab of Shakhashiri
Chemistry professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri will present his annual Holiday Lecture -- an hour of kid-pleasing science experimentation -- Dec. 1-2 at UW–Madison.
The Mayor of SWAP
Did you ever wonder what happens to all the furniture and equipment that your department no longer uses? With a bit of sweat and toil, seldom-seen workers from Surplus With A Purpose, UW–Madison's surplus property disposal program, enter and exit your building in a flash with the mystique of Santa Claus.
Kenoyer to speak on Afghanistan, Pakistan history
Mark Kenoyer, professor of anthropology, will give the talk, "Afghanistan and Pakistan: The History of a Family Divided," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, at the Deerfield Public Library, 12 W. Nelson St.
Survey center has big impact
Since its inception in 1987, the UW Survey Center has served the survey research needs of the campus community, as well as federal, state and local government, and nonprofit agencies, providing high-quality social science data while quietly working its way to the forefront of survey research.
Process may improve semiconductors
Sliced into almost paper-thin discs called wafers, semiconductors hold the circuitry that receives, transmits and processes information.
Space Place sponsors Leonid meteor shower watch
Astronomers predict that early Sunday, Nov. 18, will be the last opportunity in the next 100 years to see the Leonid meteors produce a meteor storm like the ones of 1833, 1866 and 1966.
Old drugs could treat African Sleeping Sickness
By sorting through libraries of existing drugs, scientists have identified a subset of old medicines that may help combat a prevailing problem: the parasitic microbes that cause African Sleeping Sickness, a disease afflicting up to 500,000 people annually in sub-Saharan Africa and leaving more than 60 million at risk.
Corn yields another useful product
An industrial chemical found in antifreeze, de-icing fluids and liquid detergents could soon stand alongside animal feeds, sweeteners and cooking oil as a commercial product made from corn.
Comm Arts professor puts terror talk under rhetorical microscope
Nearly every American has watched President George W. Bush address the nation in the days since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. UW–Madison assistant professor of communication arts Susan Zaeske watches too, but her interest is piqued by more than just updates on the hunt for Osama bin Laden or the war in Afghanistan.
Trade your cigarettes
Thinking about quitting smoking? "Quitters" who come to Library Mall on Thursday, Nov. 15, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. are encouraged to trade in their cigarettes for condoms or pizza
Antibiotic combo deadly to moths
Scientists may have exposed a chink in the armor of an insect that annually defoliates thousands of acres of forests and that, so far, has defied every effort to control it.
Stratton to lead national personnel group
Classified Personnel Office Director Jim Stratton has been elected president of the International Personnel Management Association, a nonprofit membership organization for agencies and individuals in the human resources field.