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Health services finalists to speak
The three finalists for director of University Health Services will appear at campus forums that are open to the public. Read More
Forest Service, not industry, owns top forestland
In nearly all of the United States, forest industries own the best land for growing trees while National Forests occupy some of the least productive land. But the reverse is true in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, according to a recent UW–Madison study. Read More
How “the lands nobody wanted” became public forests
So how did national, state and county governments come to own the region's most productive forestlands? Stier says the reasons hinge on historical events involving logging shifts, farm problems, and government decisions. Read More
U.S. Forest Service chief to keynote forum
Chief Michael Dombeck of the U.S. Forest Service will be in Madison July 19 to deliver the keynote address at the Intelligent Consumption Forum on forest use, a forum and project run by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Read More
Initiative raises profile of ‘Wisconsin Idea’
A new university initiative will provide a forward-looking boost to one of the university's most cherished principles, the century-old Wisconsin Idea. Read More
‘A Raisin in the Sun’ audition workshop set
Community members and UW–Madison students are invited to a free workshop to prepare for auditions for University Theatre's fall production of "A Raisin in the Sun." Read More
New tech program targets students of color
Teaching computer and information technology skills to high school students of color is the focus of a new pre-college program at the university. Read More
Library grad student wins national scholarship
Library science graduate student Megan Phillips has won the 2000 Special Libraries Association Affirmative Action Scholarship for graduate studies. Read More
UW Hospital ranks high in U.S. News survey
UW Hospital and Clinics ranks among the top three percent of the nation's major medical centers in eleven medical specialties, according to this year's edition of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" guide. Read More
UW System asks Circuit Court to reconsider June 23 Southworth ruling
The Wisconsin Department of Justice, representing the University of Wisconsin System, filed a petition July 7 in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, questioning the Court's June 23 ruling in the Southworth case on the use of student fees to fund student organizations. Read More
Reproductive biologists to meet here
Nearly 1,200 scientists from around the world will convene at the university July 15-18 to present the latest research in reproductive biology at the Society for the Study of Reproduction's 33rd annual meeting. Read More
Society for the Study of Reproduction program highlights
2000 ANNUAL MEETING – July 15-18, 2000 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (sponsored by the Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology Program, the Department of Animal… Read More
New round of strategic hiring begins
The university plans to hire 25 new faculty in its latest round of strategic hiring as part of the Madison Initiative, Provost John Wiley says. Read More
UW technology enhances Smithsonian exhibit
Technology pioneered at UW–Madison will play a major role in a national exhibit on the American disability rights movement that opens today, July 6, in Washington, D.C. Read More
African languages institute to open
The country's first institute dedicated to preparing teachers of African languages will culminate Friday, July 7, at the university with a celebration at 5 p.m. in 260 Bascom Hall. Read More
Scientists report how a gene can ‘jump’
Nearly fifty years after a landmark paper proposed the existence of what later came to be called jumping genes, scientists are getting their first clear snapshot of one caught in midair. Read More
Schematic depicting the mechanism of transposition catalyzed by the Tn5 transposase
This schematic diagram illustrates the mechanism of transposition catalyzed by the Tn5 transposase. In the first step, individual molecules of transposase (blue… Read More
Arboretum effigy mounds project to begin
The university is working with the Ho-Chunk Nation and the State Historical Society to protect an important grouping of effigy mounds in the UW Arboretum. Read More
Health service director finalists announced
Three finalists have been named for executive director of University Health Services at the university. Read More
Milwaukee, Racine students come to campus
Minority students from southeastern Wisconsin will travel to the university this weekend for a three-week stay as part of the Milwaukee PEOPLE program. Read More