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Trouble-Shooting Can Be a Chore With Some Exotic Pets
Although Elmo wasn't in the mood for eating, he cooperatively gnawed on a plastic pipe while veterinarians searched for the cause of his…
Increase in Flu Cases Seen on Campus
The nation and Wisconsin are battling with an increase in cases of influenza, and UW–Madison isn’t immune. Despite administering flu shots to more than…
Grant Aims To Curb Tobacco Use Among Managed-Care Patients
A new $6.7-million program based at the UW Medical School supports studies of policies and practices that reduce tobacco use by members of managed-care organizations such as HMOs, PPOs and point-of-service plans.
La Follette Series Explores Land Use Policy
The Robert M. La Follette Institute of Public Affairs is sponsoring a series of sessions on land use planning -- issues that challenge policy makers at all levels of government.
UW Researcher Earns Award To Study Pediatric AIDS
A famous 1969 UW–Madison graduate who died from HIV infection acquired through a tainted blood transfusion is touching the life and work of a campus AIDS researcher four years after her death.
Stumptailed Monkeys May Find Home In Thailand
UW-Madison and Thailand officials continue to work together to create a new home for the UW–Madison stumptailed monkey colony housed at the Henry Vilas Zoo.
Shuttle From Camp Randall, Special Lots Are Best Parking Bets
In order to reduce traffic and parking problems as you head to tonight's UW women's basketball game at the Kohl Center, consider taking the Madison Metro Bucky Bus from Camp Randall.
Out-of-this-World Experience for Middle School Students
With the successful launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour Thursday evening (Jan. 22) for its docking and transfer mission, it carries into space a…
UW Doctors Take STD Prevention to Prisons
A team of Wisconsin researchers is one of only four in the nation selected to work on a major national initiative on prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in young male inmates being released back into the community.
Turf Management Takes Professor Around the World of Sports
The phone rang shortly after John Stier arrived at his campus office at 8 a.m. The Green Bay Packers were calling. They needed his help.
Luncheon for Latino Academic Staff Feb. 13
The Latino Academic Staff Association will hold a special luncheon Friday, Feb. 13 for anyone interested in joining the organization.
UW Corn Authority Nelson Cited by Genetics Society
Oliver E. Nelson, an internationally recognized authority on the genetics of corn, is the recipient of the 1997 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal from the Genetics Society of America for his lifetime contribution to genetics.
Sunstad Resigns as Director of University Housing
Norm Sunstad has resigned as director of University Housing effective this month and will soon strap on a new job - and a pair of skis - in Gunnison, Colo.
UW-Owned Zoo Monkeys Headed To Tulane Primate Center
UW-Madison Primate Center officials announced Friday that the Tulane Regional Primate Research Center in Covington, La., will be providing a new home for 100 UW-owned rhesus monkeys at the Henry Vilas Zoo.
Three Events Give Public Initimate View of Kohl Center
Jane Albright-Dieterle, women’s basketball coach, described this as a red-letter week in Wisconsin’s athletic history Monday during her first Kohl Center press conference.
Kohl Center Makes Debut This Weekend
The final bolts are just about in place, the courtside wiring for the media is being hooked up, the cleanup of the lingering construction dust is nearly completed.
University Committee Rejects Duke Grading Study
The University Committee agreed Monday not to participate in a Duke University study of alternative grading.
State, UW Officials Challenge Education Week Study
State Superintendent of Schools John Benson and UW–Madison School of Education Dean Charles Read expressed dismay today (Friday, Jan. 9 ) over a study placing the quality of Wisconsin's teaching force last in the nation.
Spuds Redux
The folks who brought us spuds in space have a new crop to tend this January, when they attempt to grow an amber wave of weightless grain.
Hubble finds one more oddity on an already strange moon
Jupiter's moon Io, whose strange surface is defined by active volcanoes, lakes of molten sulfur and vast fields of sulfur dioxide snow, has revealed another oddity to scientists: caps of glowing hydrogen gas at the moon's poles.