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Budget action needed to help UW compete for faculty
The lack of a new state budget is hindering the recruitment and retention of faculty, say the university system's top two officials. Read More
UW-Madison receives biotechnology training grant
A National Institutes of Health grant that promotes graduate training in biotechnology has been renewed for an additional five years, according to bacteriologist Timothy Donohue, who directs the program. Read More
Adviser to Tony Blair to speak on campus
Internationally known macro-economist and industrial relations expert David Soskice will give a series of talks this month at the university on employment and economic change in Europe and the United Kingdom. Read More
CNN features UW fresh-produce technology
CNN's Science and Technology Week will run a report on Saturday (Sept. 12) about a UW–Madison technology that has traveled from outer space to the nation's grocery stores. The half-hour program begins at 12:30 p.m. Read More
Conservator to describe Abe’s cleaning
The well-known statue of Abraham Lincoln at UW–Madison is about to be cleaned for the first time, because Abe's the worse for wear after sitting on Bascom Hill for 90 years. Cameron Wilson, a professional conservator from New York City, will lead an informal on-site discussion of his Abe-cleaning work at noon Thursday, Sept. 23. Read More
Amasino receives Alexander von Humboldt Award
Richard M. Amasino, a plant molecular biologist in the Department of Biochemistry, has been named the recipient of the 1999 Alexander von Humboldt Award. Read More
Lecture series to examine Jewish Holocaust
Aspects of memory, education and community will occupy the 1999 Jewish Heritage Lecture Series, sponsored by the George K. Mosse/Laurence A. Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies at UW–Madison. Read More
WPT’s “30-Second Candidate” wins Emmy
"The 30-Second Candidate," a documentary made for PBS by Wisconsin Public Television, won a national News and Documentary Emmy Award presented by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Sept. 8 in New York City. Read More
One-of-a-kind fusion experiment comes online
A team of university engineers managed an improbable scientific coup this summer, completing a new fusion research device with surplus property, ingenuity and a small army of Wisconsin companies. Read More
UW student handbooks gain national recognition
Two handbooks designed to guide UW–Madison students through the sometimes complicated maze of academic life have been cited as among the best in the nation by the National Academic Advising Association. Read More
UW joins national campaign against binge drinking
A national campaign aimed at raising public awareness of the dangers of high-risk binge drinking by young people is being launched Friday, Sept. 10, with full-page advertisements appearing in dozens of newspapers around the country and a web site providing information about binge drinking on college campuses. Read More
Symposium spotlights ecological disaster, recovery
One of this nation's biggest environmental mishaps will be the subject of the keynote address at the Ecology Group's Fifth Annual Ecology Symposium Sept. 16-17 in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 816 State Read More
Multimedia performer plans dance program visit
Ron Pellegrino, a leading multimedia performance artist and electronic arts pioneer, will be in residence at the Dance Program Sept. 13-18, presenting two public performances and leading other programs for students and faculty. Read More
New book offers view of 1969 conflict between academic freedom and racial justice
A new book by Donald Downs, professor of political science, chronicles the clash of two principles that many universities espouse: academic freedom and racial justice. Read More
Intercollege undergraduate biology major debuts
Tapping into diverse biological landscape of UW–Madison is now far easier for the undergraduate as the first broad-based, intercollege biology major in the history of the university debuts this semester. Read More
University Theatre season to highlight collaborations
Forging new connections -- and taking existing relationships in new directions -- will characterize the 1999-2000 University Theatre season. Read More
UT season opener offers cast member second chance
The police blotter for July 12 no doubt records the nasty motorcycle spill of Wini Froelich, MFA candidate in acting. The mishap broke Froelich's leg in two places. While the prognosis foresees complete recovery, the operative word is "eventually." Read More
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Learning Public Management Workshops Continuing Studies offers one-day workshops this fall on various aspects of management in the public… Read More