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Ancient crystals to be lecture subject

February 16, 2001

UW-Madison Geochemist John Valley will discuss his recent study of a zircon crystal dated at 4.4 billion years and its implications for altering our picture of a nascent Earth in a talk entitled "Zircons are Forever: Evidence for Liquid Water on Earth 4.4 Billion Years Ago" on Friday, Feb. 23 at 3:30 p.m. in Room AB20 Weeks Hall, 1215 W. Dayton St.

Teaching Enhancement Grants announced

February 16, 2001

Nine teaching and learning projects have been awarded 2001-02 Teaching Enhancement Grants.

Hints for attending this weekend’s BB doubleheader

February 16, 2001

Sunday's Badger basketball doubleheader will bring a larger than usual influx of basketball fans and their vehicles in and around the university.

Cancer center patients to be featured on PBS

February 15, 2001

Two Wisconsin residents who were enrolled in a clinical trial of a new anti-cancer drug at the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center are featured in an upcoming episode of PBS' "NOVA," airing Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m.

Folke Skoog, pioneering plant cell researcher, dies

February 15, 2001

Renowned plant physiologist and National Medal of Science recipient Folke Karl Skoog, professor of botany at the university for 32 years, died Feb. 15 after a long illness. He was 92.

Chemical flame retardant found in salmon

February 14, 2001

University scientists have found high levels of a common chemical flame retardant in Lake Michigan salmon.

Ping Chong to discuss art in the new century

February 14, 2001

Ping Chong will speak Friday, March 2, on "Making Art in the New Century" and show slides and video of his award-winning and innovative work in theater and performance.

Storytelling festival planned this week

February 14, 2001

Storytellers will speak in both English and their native languages at the fourth annual American Indian Storytelling Festival Thursday and Friday, Feb. 15-16.

Conference set on academic freedom

February 13, 2001

A conference on the rights and responsibilities of academic freedom, including the issues of free speech and intellectual property rights, will convene Thursday and Friday, Feb. 22-23.

Roger Howard to retire

February 13, 2001

Roger Howard, a widely known top student services official, will retire in June.

WAA welcomes prospective students

February 13, 2001

The Wisconsin Alumni Association plans to welcome more than 200 students from targeted high schools in the Milwaukee and Chicago areas to the university as part of WAA's Prospective Scholars Days.

Team places sensors on enormous iceberg

February 13, 2001

University researchers have placed Automatic Weather Stations on the massive Antarctic iceberg that broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf last March.

Advances

February 13, 2001

(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)…

Almanac

February 13, 2001

(Almanac lists facts, figures and miscellany of campus interest. Know something, or want to know? Call us: 262-3846, or e-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)…

Alvarez says he will finish career at Wisconsin

February 13, 2001

Wisconsin head football coach Barry Alvarez says he will remain with the Badgers for the rest of his career.

Calendar highlights

February 13, 2001

School of Music hosts contemporary guest artist eighth blackbird, a contemporary music sextet founded at Oberlin Conservatory in 1996 that won the 2000…

Regina Carter Quintet to jazz up Union Theater

February 13, 2001

Regina Carter, touted by The New York Times as "violinist of great control, improvisational flexibility and wide range," will perform in Madison for the first time on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. at the Wisconsin Union Theater.

Elsewhere

February 13, 2001

(Elsewhere summarizes developments on other UW System campuses and in the system administration. For more system news, visit: http://www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/wn.htm.)…

Events bulletin

February 13, 2001

Learning Directory Lists Programs for Youth Nearly 100 classes, camps, workshops and other activities for children and teens are…

Film festival previews spring showings

February 13, 2001

Fresh and original independent film, documentaries, world cinema, new media and the work of Wisconsin filmmakers all will be featured this spring at the Wisconsin Film Festival.