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Madison tuition hike: 8.4 percent
Annual resident undergraduate tuition rates for the 2001-02 academic year will increase by 8.4 percent. Read More
Hospital programs rank high
UW Hospital and Clinics ranks among the top 3 percent of the nation's major medical centers in 12 medical specialties. Read More
UW-Madison wins digital government award
UW-Madison has received the 2001 Digital Government Award for higher education for its My UW–Madison Web portal. Read More
Internet Scout founder Calcari dies
Susan Calcari, founder and executive director the Internet Scout Project, died July 8 after a long battle with breast cancer. Read More
Hoofer sailing club kickoff July 26
The Hoofer Sailing Club is holding a kickoff for new members is Thursday, July 26, 8 p.m., Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. Read More
Summer with S’s: A exhibition of book illustration
Students completing an illustration course with Peter S’s, internationally known artist in residence at UW–Madison, will display their work in Gallery 734, 734 University Ave., July 19-26. Read More
Staff changes coming to transportation services
The university has chosen Lori Kay, director of Transportation Services, to help complete an overhaul of campus fleet operations. Read More
GLBT council to honor alumni at July 22 brunch
The Wisconsin Alumni Association's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Alumni Council has selected Martha Popp, Gigi (Virginia) Kaeser and Gregory W. Schultz as 2001 GLBT Distinguished Alumni. Read More
Gates scholarship helps UW senior
UW-Madison senior Jamie Stevenson recently received a new scholarship that is part of $1 billion grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Read More
Pension decision explained
The Office of Employee Compensation and Benefits offers help for employees who want to better understand recent changes to the Wisconsin Retirement System. Read More
Parallel Press releases Robin Chapman book
As if it isn't hot enough this summer, UW–Madison poet Robin Chapman takes readers on a journey through the Florida Everglades in "The Only Everglades in the World," the latest chapbook of the Parallel Press. Read More
World land database charts troubling course
Over the past 300 years, in an ever-accelerating process, humans have reshaped the terrestrial surface of the Earth. In doing so, humanity has scripted a scenario of global environmental change with impacts that promise to be at least as severe as global climate change, scientists reported here today, July 11. Read More
Russian folk music festival to convene
A public concert Saturday, Aug. 4, will cap an international festival of Russian folk music at UW–Madison, drawing musicians from around the world. Read More
Backyard ecologist featured at Madison conference
Gardener and natural science writer Sara Stein will give a presentation entitled, "Homeground Ecology 101," at the Ecological Society of America's annual meeting in Madison Sunday, Aug. 5, at 5 p.m. Read More
Expert offers insight on artificial intelligence
The tensions in the new movie "Artificial Intelligence" reflects the duality of real-world research into artificial intelligence, a campus expert suggests. Read More
Wheaton retirement: Campus loss, jazz scene gain
Jan Wheaton, assistant dean of students and director of Campus Information, Assistance and Orientation, as well as part-time jazz vocalist, retired this week after 35 years at the university. Read More
Budget conference under way
Funding for the Madison Initiative will be among items negotiated by legislative leaders now that a conference committee has been convened on the 2001-03 state budget. Read More
Good news for ice cream lovers: Babcock store reopens
The famed Babcock Dairy Store has reopened after undergoing a major renovation over the past five months. Read More
Vet aids in whale rescue attempt
David Brunson, veterinary anesthesiologist at the School of Veterinary Medicine, returned to the Atlantic Ocean July 8 for a second attempt at sedating a 45-ton, 45-foot long northern right whale to free it from its entanglement with a rope that has injured it. Read More
Sturgeon symposium under way
More than 375 leading scientists from 23 countries will converge on Oshkosh this week to share the latest research on the world's sturgeon populations and see firsthand why the numbers of Lake Winnebago's sturgeon have quadrupled in the last 40 years while populations of this ancient fish have collapsed in many other countries. Read More