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Program introduces kids to higher education
Students from Madison middle and elementary schools are making their first visits to campus this month as part of a program run by UW–Madison students. Read More
Pediatrics professor receives Shaw award
Anna Huttenlocher, a university scientist who is breaking new ground in understanding cancer, has been selected for the Milwaukee Foundation's 2000 Shaw Scientist Award. Read More
Ward to speak on Madison Initiative
Chancellor David Ward will speak about 'The Madison Initiative: Sustaining Success' at the Roundtable luncheon for faculty and staff Tuesday, May 2. Read More
Best-selling author Gladwell to talk
Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer for The New Yorker, will visit campus Wednesday, April 19, to deliver a lecture titled 'The Tipping Point: How Little Things can Make a Big Difference.' Read More
Faculty shows range of modern dance
Inspired by several 20th century modern dance pioneers, the UW Dance Program presents its spring faculty concert, 'Retro/Perspective,' featuring New York guest artist Janis Brenner. Read More
Observatory Drive traffic to be limited
Observatory Drive will be limited to one-way westbound traffic for parts of the day April 14 and 15 to accommodate the annual Wisconsin High School Forensic Association State Speech Festival. Read More
UW to bestow journalism awards April 28
Fourth-estate achievement, leadership and innovation will be honored Friday, April 28, at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication annual awards banquet. Read More
Historian Zinn plans campus lecture
Howard Zinn, professor, author and historian, will speak at the Memorial Union Theater on 'The Uses of History,' Tuesday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. Read More
Lecture examines Declaration of Independence
Does the Declaration of Independence have a history? That's a question historians are asking more frequently, particularly Pauline Maier, a former UW–Madison professor now at MIT, who will address the question in a Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries lecture at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18. Read More
Hinshaw makes case for research, student aid
Making the case for university-based research, the federal granting agencies that support it, and student aid, Graduate School Dean Virginia Hinshaw testified before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee April 4. Read More
Pell Grant boost passes Senate
A $400 increase in individual Pell Grant awards, intended to raise the maximum individual grant to $3,700, cleared the Senate last week. Read More
UW physicist receives presidential citation
A new member of the physics faculty is the recipient of the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on young scientists. Read More
Loftus to discuss U.S.-Europe relations
Tom Loftus, special advisor to the director-general of the World Health Organization, will visit campus April 17-18. Read More
Noted cancer genetics researcher to speak
Sir Walter Bodmer, an internationally recognized researcher in cancer genetics and the genetics of human populations, will be featured speaker at the James F. Crow lecture Tuesday, April 18. Read More
Emotion symposium set for April 13-14
Seven of the world's leading emotion researchers will convene in Madison April 13-14. Read More
Space Place leaders honored
The Madison Astronomical Society has named James Lattis and Kay Kriewald of UW–Madison's Space Place as recipients of its Astronomy Education and Outreach Award for the year 2000. Read More
Grant boosts study of human security issues
A recent grant renewal will help the Global Studies Program continue its inquiry into human security issues. Read More
Dean of students finalists schedule visits
The third of four finalists for the dean of students position will visit with students and others on campus this week, UW–Madison officials say. Read More
Students organize hip hop culture conference
The university will host 'Hip Hop Generation - Hip Hop as a Movement', a conference dedicated solely to youth empowerment and social change through hip hop culture, April 14-16. Read More
Restoration ecologist battles invading plants
In the face of a pernicious invading foe, what's a restoration biologist to do? If you're the director of research at one of the world's leading centers of restoration ecology - the art and science of rebuilding lost or threatened landscapes - you experiment. Read More