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Tickets top 10,000 for Badgers vs. Tennessee
Ticket sales for the Wisconsin women's basketball match up against Tennessee Sunday, Dec. 5, have been brisk with 10,032 sold as of Nov. 30, according to athletic officials.
Project aims to share health information across state
With the help of a strategic planning grant, the UW Health Sciences IAIMS Initiative is laying the groundwork for a well-coordinated and faculty-driven approach to more effective sharing of health information resources in the 21st century.
New DoIT director named
Ann Stunden of Cornell University will be the new director of the Division of Information Technology and campus chief information officer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Provost John Wiley announced Monday, Nov. 29.
Letters and Science reorganizes student services
A new structure for student academic services should make it easier for undergraduates in the College of Letters and Science to get the services they need.
UW librarian publishes trivia book
Ray Hamel, a librarian in the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center Library, is the author of the newly released New York Times Trivia Quiz Book.
Joseph Robinson receives prestigious pharmacy award
The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists has conferred its 1999 Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award - the highest honor from the pharmaceutical world's most respected scientific association - on Joseph R. Robinson, professor of pharmacy and ophthalmology at the School of Pharmacy.
Popular science holiday program ‘sold out’
The ever-popular holiday lectures of Bassam Shakhashiri, scientific spectacles intended to amaze audiences through the power and fun of science, are "sold out," its organizer said Monday, Nov. 29.
Study of potential cancer treatment begins at UW
The UW Comprehensive Cancer Center Tuesday, Nov. 23 received official approval to begin a clinical trial of the first human test of endostatin, a naturally occurring protein and potentially promising cancer treatment that has been shown to cut off the blood supply to tumors in mice.
Traditional Wisconsin pathway into dairying takes a detour
Compared with established dairy farmers, new dairy farmers in Wisconsin are much less likely to be taking over the farm from their parents, and they're more likely to use off-farm income to supplement their farm income, according to researchers with the Program on Agricultural Technology Studies at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Puzzle of galactic evolution solved
Massive clouds of gas, discovered long ago but only recently identified as being within the margins of the Milky Way, play a key role in the ability of the galaxy to churn out new stars by raining gas onto the plane of the galaxy, a new report suggests.
Campus streets, parking closed during antenna installation
The Office of Transportation Services is advising students and others who park in university lots on weekends that Lot 51 between Charter and Mills streets and Lot 91 east of the Kohl Center will be closed Saturday, Nov. 27, and possibly Sunday, Nov. 28.
Business course links students worldwide
A new Web-based international business course links teams of students from UW–Madison with teams of students from universities in Italy, Chile and Hong Kong.
UW offers new dairy management program
The Department of Dairy Science in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is expanding its curriculum options for 1999 with the addition of a Dairy Enterprise Management specialization program.
International pain experts gather here Nov. 22-24
To encourage governments to remove barriers to the availability of pain medication, the Pain and Policy Studies Group of the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center is hosting a work group of international experts in cancer pain relief and narcotic regulation.
World AIDS day kicks off with red ribbon rally
UW-Madison kicks off World AIDS Day Monday, Nov. 29, with a 'Red Ribbon Rally.'
Russian Folk Orchestra to perform Dec. 4
The UW–Madison Russian Folk Orchestra will present its first solo concert Saturday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. in Music Hall on campus.
Holiday music concert offered by library friends
Victorian holiday music will be featured in a concert sponsored by the Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 1, Mills Hall, Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St.
Researchers find clues to AIDS virus mystery
Scientists working with monkeys at UW–Madison have discovered new evidence explaining why retroviruses such as HIV in people and SIV in rhesus monkeys are so variable and difficult for the body's immune system to target and kill.
UW Hospital rated among best in cardiology
The cardiology department of the UW Hospital and Clinics has received a Consumer's Choice Heart Care Service Award from the Lincoln, Nebraska-based National Research Corporation, which placed the UW among the nation's top consumer-preferred hospitals.
UW geologist nets prestigious Packard Fellowship
Basil Tikoff, an assistant professor of geology and geophysics, is one of 24 U.S. scholars awarded a 1999 Packard Fellowship.