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Awards round-up
Three named Guggenheim Fellows Three faculty have been awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships: Jill Banfield, professor of geology and geophysics; Robert J. Hamers, professor…
Personnel honored for exemplary student service
Extraordinary service to university students has earned seven staff members and a three-office team awards from the university's Student Personnel Association.
Park Street: The final frontier
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New network fosters start-ups
A new investor network is ready to help campus researchers create the start-up ventures that transfer academic technology to the commercial sector.
Advances
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Almanac
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Calendar briefs
“Day on Campus’ planned The 40th annual “Day on Campus” Friday, May 12, will kick off the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Alumni Weekend. Presentations…
Events Bulletin
Learning TV5 Network Now Available The Department of French and Italian is pleased to announce that TV5, the International French-language television…
For the Record
Policies and Procedures Conflicts of Interest No classified employee may solicit or accept from any person or organization, directly or indirectly,…
Milestones
Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail:…
News In Brief
NOTABLE Hot metal Art Department students in protective gear pour molten metal into sculpture casts during a recent class. The…
Recent Sightings
Art department glass lab alumni John Elliott (foreground) and Rick Schneider carefully clean the 1,284 pieces of hand-blown glass that make up the…
Who Knew?
by Eileen Gilligan Q. Just how big was that iceberg that broke off from the ice shelf in Antarctica…
National Bioethics Panel to meet here
The National Bioethics Advisory Commission, the federal panel appointed by the president and charged with formulating and reviewing policy that relate to issues of modern bioscience, will hold its 40th public meeting in Madison May 4-5.
Ford gives Business School $1 million
The Ford Motor Company is giving the School of Business more than $1 million to enhance several key programs.
New book critiques welfare, poverty policy
'Speaking Out: Women, Poverty, and Public Policy,' a new book by the UW System Women's Studies Consortium, is a platform for scholars, feminists, and low-income women to speak out on welfare reform.
Week-long Holocaust remembrance set
The student group Jewish Coalition has organized campus events for Holocaust Remembrance Week May 1-5.
Students receive Hilldale awards
Grants from the Hilldale Foundation and the Wisconsin Legislature provide for awards of $3,000 each to undergraduate students and $1,000 to the faculty/staff supervisors to work in collaboration on research projects.
Researchers tantalize animal taste buds
GÅ¡ran Hellekant and fellow researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine have perfected a machine that allows them to determine what an animal tastes. Making animal diets more palatable could improve animal health on farms and in zoos, among other places.
Study examines Dane County W-2 families
A new study by the Institute for Research on Poverty chronicles the successes and challenges of 100 Dane County families that have transitioned to Wisconsin's new welfare reform program.