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Lecture focuses on racial disparity in wealth
Melvin Oliver, vice president of the Asset Building and Community Development Program for The Ford Foundation, will lecture on wealth disparity between the races Wednesday, Feb 17 as part of UW–Madison's University Lecture Series.
UW staff honored for disabled access technology
The National Partnership for Reinventing Government recently presented the coveted Hammer Award to a team led by the Department of Education, including three people from UW–Madison.
Improved solar energy system wins top honor in annual student contest
A proposal for an improved solar energy system made a UW–Madison freshman $10,000 richer last Thursday at the Schoofs Prize for Creativity competition.
Up-and-coming faculty receive 1999 Romnes Fellowships
Eight UW–Madison faculty have been awarded 1999 Romnes Fellowships for extraordinary achievement at an early stage in their careers.
Clarke Square is national model for health care
Clarke Square Family Health Center - the nation's only comprehensive health care clinic in a grocery -- represents the future of family medicine, according to UW–Madison leaders involved in the project.
Metamorphosis on ice
At the Kohl Center on a recent Saturday afternoon, the pressure was building not only on the men's basketball team playing right then, but also on eight crews of workers quietly assembling in the bowels of the arena.
Nobel Prize winner to present neuroscience 25th anniversary lecture
A Nobel Prize winner whose work dramatically changed our understanding of how the brain creates our visual world will present a free public lecture Feb. 15 as the first in a series of events celebrating 25 years of neuroscience training on campus.
Scientists discover key cog in receptor that governs ripening
Digging deep into the protein molecules that govern ripening and aging in plants, scientists have found an ion of copper -- and a genetic link to some of the oldest life forms on the planet.
AIDS activist and playwright to speak
The possibility of a lesbian or gay president of the United States: remote, likely, irrelevant? Playwright and novelist Larry Kramer will discuss that prospect and other topics in a lecture Monday, Feb. 22 at UW–Madison.
Infant care center to expand on-campus child care options
New infant care centers scheduled to open on campus in the coming year will offer up to 20 new openings for children ages six weeks to 30 months.
Gypsy moth seminar on campus
The current status of the gypsy moth in Wisconsin and the Madison area will be discussed at a forum to be hosted by the Department of Entomology.
Decorated metro buses debut
A trio of Madison Metro buses brightly decorated in honor of the sesquicentennial will begin transporting passengers around campus early next month.
Witte named director of La Follette Institute
A professor whose family has been linked to UW–Madison for four generations has been named director of the Robert M. La Follette Institute of Public Affairs.
Fauna versus flora
Like Aldo Leopold before him, UW–Madison botanist Don Waller is about to take an unpopular stand on Wisconsin's booming deer herd.
For Leopold, radical measures of control took a toll
Some 50 years ago, Aldo Leopold, UW–Madison professor of wildlife ecology and environmental icon, sounded the first alarm about Wisconsin's looming overabundance of deer.
Major gifts to Arboretum support capital projects
A vastly improved experience for visitors is in store at the UW Arboretum, where two major gifts totaling more than $1 million will enable construction of a new auditorium and other enhancements to facilities and programs.
Community hearings on diversity plan set for Feb. 9, 10
UW-Madison is seeking community input on its plan to increase campus diversity by holding two public hearings next week.
Honor society event features living legend of civil rights
The UW–Madison chapter of the nation's leading honorary society, Phi Beta Kappa, will celebrate its 100th anniversary on campus with a discussion Sunday (Feb. 7) featuring a revered civil rights and community leader, Velma Hamilton.
Rose Bowl celebration set for Feb. 6
The UW–Madison Athletic Department will be hosting "Wisconsin's Rose Bowl Celebration -- A Salute To Our Team and Its Fans" on Saturday, February 6, at the Kohl Center. The festivities begin at noon.
Textile exhibit features UW faculty
Textile arts faculty from UW–Madison, UW-Milwaukee and UW-River Falls will present new works in State of the Art, on exhibit at the UW–Madison Gallery of Design through Friday, Feb. 26.