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Milestones

August 29, 2000

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

Newsmakers

August 29, 2000

(Every week faculty and staff from across campus are featured or cited in newspapers, magazines, broadcasts and other media from around the… Read More

News in Brief

August 29, 2000

COMMUNITY Human subjects research passes federal scrutiny After slamming the lid on human subjects research at eight other universities for… Read More

Recent Sightings

August 29, 2000

All aboard A Wisconsin & Southern Railroad train idles on the rails next to Engineering Mall. The railway operated the… Read More

Tom Sharkey: Responsibility and loyalty to the university

August 29, 2000

As a top-flight scientist, botany professor Tom Sharkey knows how to conduct precise and detailed research. But he's also skilled at looking at the big picture, which will serve him well as the new chair of the University Committee, the top faculty governance position. He began his role June 1, taking over for physics professor Bernice Durand. Read More

Photo essay: E-mail from the deep

August 29, 2000

Bobbing over the 100-foot depths of northern Wisconsin’s Trout Lake, a technology-stocked buoy is helping scientists track the vital signs of major ecological… Read More

While you were away

August 29, 2000

Summer 2000 review. Read More

Wisconsin Week streamlines delivery

August 29, 2000

For most of Wisconsin Week's history, you've seen your name printed on the front page of every issue. No more. We spent our summer devising a more streamlined method of delivering Wisconsin Week to all campus employees. Based on requests from colleagues in mailrooms around campus, we have eliminated individual addressing on each copy of Wisconsin Week. Read More

Wilt Sanders: Raising the profile of academic staff campuswide

August 29, 2000

In July, Wilt Sanders, a senior scientist in the Physics Department and the Space Science and Engineering Center, took over as chair of the Academic Staff Executive Committee, considered the top staff position at the university. He replaces Barry Robinson of the Theatre and Drama Department. Read More

Administrator revises rules for diversity programs

August 28, 2000

In a new book, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Robert A. Ibarra says differences in thinking strategies that members of various ethnic groups typically employ may be fueling achievement-score disparities between minority and majority students on all educational levels. Read More

Law school schedules public service day

August 28, 2000

The Law School will hold its second annual public service day Thursday, Aug. 31. Read More

Students move in Aug. 29-30

August 25, 2000

About 7,000 students will move into university residence halls Aug. 29-30. Read More

Award to enhance graduate education

August 25, 2000

A $1.275 million Spencer Foundation award will enhance education research and graduate programs at the School of Education. Read More

Regents endorse Madison Initiative

August 25, 2000

The UW System Board of Regents has strongly endorsed the second phase of the Madison Initiative, calling it a cornerstone of the 2001-03 UW System budget request. Read More

Scientist puts cancer under fierce new light

August 23, 2000

Gelsomina De Stasio speaks English and Italian with equal fluency. But when she speaks of a "multi-lingual approach" to curing cancer, it has little to do with either language. De Stasio, a physics professor and one of the university's new strategic hires, talks about multilingual science: a hybrid of physics, chemistry, biology and oncology that is guiding her to new approaches to fighting lethal cancers. Read More

UW gets competitive boost from strategic hiring

August 23, 2000

Amid intense national competition for tenured faculty, the university's two-year-old strategic hiring program is proving to be an attractive drawing card. Read More

Campus gears up to welcome students

August 22, 2000

A special evening with an acclaimed novelist, a campus arts sampler, study skills workshops and late-night sports are among the activities the university has in store to welcome students new and returning to campus in fall 2000. Read More

Easing the transition: Some tips for students

August 22, 2000

New students and those returning to the university for classes beginning Tuesday, Sept. 5, can take advantage of the following tips and general information to make their transition to classes this fall a little easier. Read More

Lilly awards to yield new, remodeled courses

August 22, 2000

New or revised courses in literature, women's studies, popular culture, language acquisition and theater education will be options for students soon thanks to the Lilly Teaching Fellows program. Read More

Either ‘fire’ or ‘ice’ may hurt marriage

August 22, 2000

Turning a cold shoulder can be just as corrosive to marriage as open hostility, according to a new study authored by a university researcher. Read More