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State OKs initial funding of BioStar
The state has authorized the university to begin planning a $27 million addition to the Biotechnology Center, the first step in a 10-year plan to modernize the biosciences campus. Read More
Statistician elected to NAS
University statistician Grace Wahba was elected May 2 to the National Academy of Sciences. Read More
Wisconsin Idea Undergraduate Fellowships
A committee of faculty, students, staff and community members selected projects as Wisconsin Idea Undergraduate Fellowships (WIF) for the next academic year. Read More
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… Read More
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. Read More
Park Street: The final frontier
Photo feature. Read More
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. Read More
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… Read More
Events Bulletin
Learning TV5 Network Now Available The Department of French and Italian is pleased to announce that TV5, the International French-language television… Read More
For the Record
Policies and Procedures Conflicts of Interest No classified employee may solicit or accept from any person or organization, directly or indirectly,… 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
NOTABLE Hot metal Art Department students in protective gear pour molten metal into sculpture casts during a recent class. The… Read More
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… Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
Week-long Holocaust remembrance set
The student group Jewish Coalition has organized campus events for Holocaust Remembrance Week May 1-5. Read More