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Undergrads learn human relations from the ancients
The undergraduate students in Nick Cahill's seminar on ancient Greece and his freshman survey of ancient and medieval art have received a rare glimpse into day-to-day life in the ancient and medieval world. They also are getting a primer on human relations.
Nichols to deliver Carlson lecture May 11
An award-winning writer for The Capital Times will deliver the annual Laurie Carlson lecture at 4 p.m. Friday, May 11, in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin auditorium, 816 State St.
Study: Early intervention cuts crime, dropout rates
One of the nation's largest studies of public early-childhood education is tracking a "snowball effect" of positive outcomes, including new data showing significant declines in juvenile crime and dropout rates.
Study finds therapist is key to mental health
The drive by HMOs to "medicalize" psychotherapy - insisting that practitioners look for a medical disorder such as clinical depression and then dispense a prescribed treatment - will ultimately suffocate psychotherapy through ignorance of how it works.
Saffman receives Sloan Research Fellowship
Mark Saffman, a physics professor, has been selected to receive a Sloan Research Fellowship, a highly competitive award for young scholars.
WAA celebrates 140 years
The Wisconsin Alumni Association plans to celebrate 140 years of "connecting, enriching and serving" UW–Madison graduates with a full weekend of events May 11-12.
Climate shift linked to rise of Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau
By probing ancient dust deposits in China and deep ocean sediments from the North Pacific and Indian Oceans, scientists have constructed the most detailed portrait to date of the effects on climate of the Himalaya Mountains and the great Tibetan Plateau.
WAA hosts graduating international students
The Wisconsin Alumni Association will host a reception for international and exchange students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Business and the School of Engineering Wednesday, May 9, at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
Character-education expert to speak May 12
One of the nation's leading experts in the field of character education will speak Saturday, May 12, as part of the School of Education's Alumni Weekend program.
Student-services personnel honored
Seven student service employees were honored April 25 by the Student Personnel Association for exceptional service to students.
Hinshaw named provost at UC Davis
Virginia S. Hinshaw, the Graduate School dean and the leader of its half-a-billion-dollar program of research, has been named provost and executive vice chancellor of the University of California, Davis. She assumes her new position July 1, pending approval by the UC Board of Regents.
Cadwallader named interim dean of grad school
Martin Cadwallader, an 11-year veteran of the Graduate School, has been named the school's interim dean and vice chancellor for research while the search for a successor is under way, Chancellor John Wiley announced today.
HIV testing offered May 4
University Health Services is conducting HIV testing noon-3 p.m. Friday, May 4, in the On Wisconsin room of the Red Gym, 716 Langdon St.
Students present festival of interarts and technology
The annual Festival of Interarts and Technology will showcase a wide range of visual and performing works by emerging student artists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Saturday, May 5, 6-10 p.m. in Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.
100 faculty added under hiring program
Ten new interdisciplinary proposals have been selected for the latest round of the university's strategic hiring program, which is helping chart new territory in teaching and research.
Three faculty named arts and sciences fellows
Joining the ranks of filmmaker Woody Allen and photographer Richard Avedon as American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellows for 2001 are three UW–Madison faculty members.
Faculty collaborations to yield new courses
New collaborative classes dealing with comparative languages, Latino politics and history, international studies and emerging relationships between the biological sciences and new technology have received the 2001 Chancellor's Grants for Collaboration in Teaching.
National academy elects three from UW–Madison
Three faculty - Larry L. Bumpass, Stephen R. Carpenter and F. Fleming Crim - were elected this morning, May 1, to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
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