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Neuroscience integrates research, outreach
The Neuroscience Training Program, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, has built a solid national reputation on its integrated academic approach and strong emphasis on undergraduate education and community outreach.
Lyall urges effort to help pass budget
With the Legislature's budget committee about to take up the UW System budget for 1999-2001, UW System President Katharine Lyall says faculty and staff should call or write their legislators and urge them to support the proposed spending plan.
Library friends to hold recordings sale May 19-20
The Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries will sponsor a sale of recorded material in 124 Memorial Library May 19-20 from noon to 7 p.m. each day.
New supercomputer will advance engine research
A unique partnership helped the university's Engine Research Center buy a new supercomputer that will invigorate its engine simulation work.
Two L&S advisers honored
The consistent delivery of good academic advice to students at the university has earned William D. Miller and Edgar P. Spalding awards from the 138-major College of Letters and Science.
Three students receive lunar research awards
Three UW–Madison students have received the first fellowship awards given by the National Space Society's Center for Lunar Research.
The sky’s no limit
Biomolecular chemistry staffer Joe Oliva trades on his photography skills to fly high with military jet jockeys.
Faculty salaries still lag
In the past year, salaries for full and associate professors rose slightly compared to UW–Madison's peer institutions, while the pay level for assistant professors maintained its same position among the 11 peer universities, according to the Faculty Senate's Commission on Faculty Compensation and Economic Benefits.
Sheppard named assistant dean of students
Janice Sheppard, who has served as interim assistant dean of students since 1997, has been named permanently to the post, Dean of Students Mary Rouse announced Thursday, May 13.
Senate resets tenure clock
Campus departments will have more flexibility to determine how long the tenure clock ticks under a proposal approved by the Faculty Senate.
Type of celebration
Silver Buckle Press, the working museum of printing history, caps its silver anniversary year with wood in the form of a new book. "Specimen Book of Wood Type" thoroughly catalogs the museum's more than 80 wood-type holdings.
Morgan picked for Olympic Academy of Sciences
William P. Morgan, professor of kinesiology and an international authority on sport psychology, has been selected to be a founding member of the International Olympic Committee's Olympic Academy of Science.
Software deals in making
There's been a lot of buzz on campus about the UW System's negotiation with Microsoft Corp. over a new software buying agreement, buzz set off by the market domination of Bill Gates' behemoth.
New Terrace T-shirts available
Two new Wisconsin Union T-shirts are now on sale. One is a Picasso-esque design depicting summer fun at the Memorial Union Terrace. The other, a turtle with the Terrace chair-back for a shell, is the first Wisconsin Union T-shirt designed for kids.
Six faculty get Lilly teaching fellowships
New or revised courses in speech, religious studies and physical science will be options for UW–Madison students in the coming academic year through the Lilly Teaching Fellows program.
Adults overcome challenges of returning to school
For both of this year's winners of UW–Madison's Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student Awards, the path to graduation has included an extra twist: commuting from a long distance to campus.
International Studies refines procedures for emergencies
The Office of International Studies and Programs has issued new guidelines for managing emergencies involving students in study-abroad programs, if and when they occur.
Campus libraries plan electronic catalog upgrade
A new electronic catalog is coming soon to libraries here and on other UW System campuses - overdue and just in the nick of time.
Workplace learning conference scheduled in Milwaukee
The Fourth Annual Workplace Learning Conference, sponsored by the Center on Education and Work at UW–Madison, will draw more than 1,000 people from 42 states and six nations May 16-18 in Milwaukee.
Honorary degree recipients announced
Distinguished achievers with Wisconsin and global ties will be awarded honorary degrees during commencement ceremonies in May.