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Seniors receive Herfurth-Kubly awards
Two UW–Madison seniors have received the Herfurth-Kubly Award based on their academic achievements, degree of self-support, extracurricular activities, communication skills and contribution to the community. Read More
Regents honor Steinberg of UW Press
Elizabeth Steinberg, assistant director of the University of Wisconsin Press, is one of two recipients of the 1999 Regents Administrative and Professional Academic Staff Excellence Award for Outstanding Service. Read More
4,000 to graduate May 14-16
A weekend of beginnings commences Friday, May 14, for the approximately 4,000 university students eligible to graduate this spring. Read More
Learning to eat, eating to learn
In the midst of midterms, while most professors fed students exams, Jack Kloppenburg simply fed them. Read More
Four faculty elected to AAAS
Four UW–Madison faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an honorary society devoted to scholarly work that addresses social problems and needs. Read More
Carpenter receives national lake research award
Limnology professor Steve Carpenter recently received the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award for excellence in lake research from the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography. Read More
Polygon Engineering Council bestows teaching awards
Polygon Engineering Council, the University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering college council of student organizations, announced its annual teaching excellence award winner. Read More
University Book Store honors 20 undergraduates
A grant from the University Book Store allows for 20 Academic Excellence Awards of $1,000 each to University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate students who best demonstrated excellence by completing a project through independent study. Read More
Hubble Space Telescope image has Wisconsin flavor
Four scientists with Wisconsin ties are part of a team who played a key role in the selection of the latest object to be observed by the Hubble Heritage Project - a public outreach program of the Space Telescope Science Institute. Read More
Madison teacher among education alumni to be honored
A Madison teacher will be among those receiving alumni awards from the School of Education on Saturday, May 8. Read More
Student service workers honored
Service "beyond the call of duty" to students has earned five UW–Madison staffers and a special team awards from the university's Student Personnel Association. Read More
UW Press reorganizes, reflecting publishing trends nationwide
Redirecting the UW Press will transform it into a stronger, more streamlined publisher of scholarly and popular books, officials hope. Read More
A brush with the saola
If there's a common wisdom to field biology, it is to expect the unexpected. And the last thing primatologist Nancy Ruggeri expected to encounter was the saola - a spindle-horned animal that is possibly the last of the world's large mammals to be discovered. Read More
Two faculty receive Shaw Scientist Awards
Two UW–Madison School of Medicine professors have been chosen to receive $200,000 Shaw Scientist Awards by the Milwaukee Foundation. Read More
Lincoln statue to get cleaning
As part of the sesquicentennial, the university has contracted to have the bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln on the top of Bascom Hill restored to its original appearance - a dark brown-green. Read More
Memorial planned for UW grad who touched many lives
Friends, relatives and colleagues on May 23 will celebrate the life of Antoinette "Tony" Derjani-Bayeh, a UW–Madison Ph.D. graduate whose life was tragically cut short in a traffic accident. Read More
Chancellor appoints Dean of Students search committee
Chancellor David Ward announced May 3 the appointment of a search and screen committee to select a new dean of students. Read More
Indonesian political prisoner, writer to speak
Described by many as Indonesia's greatest living writer, Pramoedya Anata Toer is in Madison this week to promote his new memoir, "A Mute's Soliloquy." Read More
Plants found to use genes to recruit microbial cavalry
In the battle against the legions of lethal soil pathogens that beset crops, plants, apparently, have the ability to summon the microbial cavalry. Read More
Researchers plot a strategic plan to reduce state highway headaches
As the season of jackhammers and dust descends on state highways, it might be reassuring to know that a statewide research effort could ultimately reduce road-maintenance headaches. That's just one goal of the new Wisconsin Highway Research Program. Read More