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Fraternity fire victims to get housing aid

June 18, 1999

The Dean of Students Office is offering its help to the students who were residing at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house, which was heavily damaged by fire early Thursday. Read More

WiscNet names David Lois as executive director

June 18, 1999

David Lois has been appointed executive director of WiscNet, a nonprofit association and statewide data network that promotes collaboration among schools, colleges and other institutions across the state. Read More

Cuban diplomat to visit campus

June 18, 1999

Fernando Remirez de Estenoz, the highest-ranking Cuban diplomat in the United States, will visit campus, June 25. The Madison-Camaguey Sister City Association, headed by former Ald. Ricardo A. Gonzalez, is sponsoring his visit to the area. Read More

Video seeks to heal wounds created by Chippewa Flowage

June 18, 1999

Barbara Borns and Tim Tynan hope a new educational video they have produced about the Chippewa Flowage in northwestern Wisconsin will help heal deep wounds among the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) band of Ojibwe Indians. Read More

Research park association honors Wayne McGown

June 17, 1999

Wayne McGown has received a career achievement award from the Association of University Related Research Parks for “developing one of America’s most innovative research… Read More

New associate dean to coordinate humanities programs

June 17, 1999

A specialist in Renaissance literature has been named associate dean for the humanities in the College of Letters and Science. Read More

Chancellor celebrates community partnerships

June 16, 1999

More than 150 people will receive special thanks for their commitment to university and community partnerships today (June 16) from Chancellor David Ward. Read More

Barrows to oversee student affairs

June 15, 1999

Paul W. Barrows, associate vice chancellor for academic services and campus diversity, has been named the university's chief student affairs officer, Chancellor David Ward announced Monday, June 14. Read More

Historic Bascom elms getting special treatment

June 15, 1999

A towering stand of American elm trees on Bascom Hill that has survived the ravages of development and Dutch Elm Disease are being rewarded with some preventive medicine. Read More

Retirement association membership swells

June 15, 1999

More than 600 current and retired university employees have become charter members of the UW–Madison Retirement Association as of the beginning of June, according to Joe Corry, the group's acting executive director. Read More

Bad service doesn’t deter customers, research finds

June 15, 1999

Customers who get bad service actually may be more likely to return to a business -- if the customer expected poor service in the first place, a UW–Madison researcher has found. Read More

Two faculty named Wisconsin Academy fellows

June 14, 1999

Two UW–Madison professors and a former mayor of Milwaukee have been named fellows of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Read More

Surplus books, journals on way to Mexico

June 14, 1999

Some 800 boxes of surplus books, journals and other scholarly materials are on their way to Mexico thanks to the continuing efforts of botany professor emeritus Hugh Iltis and others on campus. Read More

UW-Madison to host genocide conference

June 13, 1999

Researchers from around the world, members of the Association of Genocide Scholars, will gather at UW–Madison June 13-15 to exchange insights into genocide and develop strategies to combat it at their third annual conference. Read More

UW’s ‘Future Car’ first again in national competition

June 11, 1999

A team of engineering students logged another national victory this summer in the Future Car Challenge. Read More

Pioneer exercise advocate Bruno Balke dies at 92

June 11, 1999

A memorial service is scheduled Sunday, June 20, for Bruno Balke, 92, an emeritus professor of kinesiology and physiology who was considered a founding father of sports medicine. Read More

Cantor to participate at national V-chip news conference

June 10, 1999

Joanne Cantor, an expert on the effects of violent and frightening media images on children, plans to participate June 16 at a national news conference advocating the V-chip blocking device as a way for parents to control what their children watch on television. Read More

New director chosen for L&S career advising program

June 9, 1999

Ann Groves Lloyd, currently the senior director of campus outreach for the Wisconsin Alumni Association, has been hired for Career Advising and Planning Services at UW–Madison, marking the first step in a major expansion of the program. Read More

Construction resumes on pharmacy building, accident investigation continues

June 9, 1999

Part of the support system for the fourth floor of an eventual eight-story new UW–Madison Rennebohm Pharmacy Building collapsed around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday. Ten employees from Kraemer Brothers construction were injured and taken to UW Hospital. Read More

Environmental monitoring degree planned for professionals

June 9, 1999

Advancements in the technologies of remote sensing and geographic information systems will give us powerful new tools to do everything from mapping Wisconsin's wetlands to tracking down abandoned hazardous waste dumps and guiding land use planning. Read More