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Primate center grant to boost library resources
The Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center Library will receive a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Center for Research Resources to boost the library's staff and resources so that it can more effectively work with the greater primatological research community. Read More
Calendar highlights
WAA’s Cabinet 99 events to showcase technology Women from around the country will have a chance Friday, Nov. 3, to participate in hands-on… Read More
Council ring history comes full circle
The curve seems to come from the heart of the hillside, a line in the landscape that is a both a balm to the eye and a grace note to the hill. Read More
Events Bulletin
Learning History of Medicine – Jubilee Celebration: 1950-2000 Friday, Oct. 27 3-4:30 p.m. University Lecture: 227 Service Memorial Institute, 470… Read More
For the Record
Policies and Procedures International Opportunities Awareness Month Many students on campus, both U.S. and international, are interested in working in an… Read More
Political scientist tracks funding sources
Ken Goldstein, a new political scientist at UW–Madison, is to journalists right now as an epicenter is to seismologists. The media are… Read More
Milestones
Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail:… Read More
News in Brief
COMMUNITY Alum receives Nobel Jack St. Clair Kilby, a 1950 master’s degree graduate in electrical engineering, has been named a… Read More
Recent sightings
Reflecting on e-commerce A glass door captures real and reflected business professionals perhaps pondering the realities and illusions of electronic… Read More
Charity campaign seeks new “partners in giving’
This fall, the State, University and University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Combined Campaign of Dane County is making a special appeal to new employees and others who have not contributed before, asking them to join the cause. Read More
Library sale offers 15,000 books
More than 15,000 books and a collection of long-playing records will be put on sale in a fund-raiser for the Friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries Oct. 25-28. Read More
Final fall enrollment tops 41,000
There are 41,050 students attending the university this fall, the first time since 1992 that the campus has topped 41,000 students. Read More
Time Magazine’s Lemonick to be writer in residence
Michael Lemonick, an award-winning author and a science writer for Time magazine, will be the university science writer in residence for fall 2000. Read More
Thai Pavilion to be located at Olbrich
A tentative agreement involving the university would locate a Thai Pavilion at Olbrich Botanical Gardens on Madison's East Side. Read More
Employee bicycles to remember friend, fight AIDS
To remember an old friend and fight against AIDS, Carol will take part in all five national long-distance AIDS Rides this year. Read More
Public forum looks at genetically modified food
Players from all sides of the genetically modified food debate plan to attend a forum Nov. 3 at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. Read More
WAA’s Cabinet 99 symposium showcases technology
Cabinet 99, the Wisconsin Alumni Association women's initiative, will host a national symposium on women in technology. Read More
Washington Post writer to visit
John Berry, who has covered the economy and the Federal Reserve for the Post since 1978, will serve as this semester's business writer-in-residence at the university. Read More
3 student athletes suspended
Three university basketball players will be suspended for eight games and 37 other student athletes face penalties for receiving extra benefits at a discount shoe store. Read More