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Construction to affect campus roads, parking
The university is gearing up for several major construction projects this year that will affect campus roads and parking.
Outreach grants awarded for education and technology projects
More than $300,000 has been awarded by the Office of Outreach Development to enhance education and technology projects.
Snipping inflammation in the bud; new agents may provide relief
Trying a new approach to controlling the process of inflammation, UW–Madison scientists have forged a new class of synthetic molecules that offer a new strategy for treating pain, swelling and the other hallmarks of injury or illness.
Athletic Board narrows choice for new women’s sport
In 1999, UW–Madison women athletes will begin playing either ice hockey, water polo or lacrosse.
Live Internet coverage of Big 10 basketball tournaments
Both the men's and women's Big Ten Conference basketball tournaments will be cybercast to audiences on the Web. Cybercasts will include photos, graphics and real-time statistics for each game of both tournaments.
UW-Madison awarded international business center
UW-Madison has been named one of 25 universities in the nation to have a Center for International Business Education and Research.
Eight faculty receive Mid-Career Awards
Eight faculty who have excelled in the first half of their careers have received a boost for the second half through UW–Madison's 1998 Mid-Career Awards.
Romnes Awards honor 10 rising faculty stars
Ten of UW–Madison's top young faculty have received 1998 Romnes Awards, which help reward new professors who are making an immediate mark on their fields.
JASON Web site brings Great Lakes fish to Madison-area schools
The UW Sea Grant Institute recently unveiled the Madison JASON IX Web site, which features ten fish that live in the Great Lakes.
‘Turbo Mule’ wins student invention competition
Most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about carrying items from one place to another. Three students who did have won $10,000 for their effort.
WPT documentary captures Badger football history
The players, passion and pageantry of UW football are captured in 'U Rah Rah Wisconsin: A History of Badger Football,' a new documentary produced by Wisconsin Public Television.
Cargill helps UW expand international internship offerings
The Minneapolis-based Cargill Corp. is helping UW–Madison students take their first plunge into the global marketplace.
Math professor earns Birkhoff Prize
Paul H. Rabinowitz, a professor of mathematics, has been awarded the 1998 George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics.
‘Ice Storm’ Screenwriter To Visit UW–Madison
Screenwriter and independent producer James Schamus will make a visit to campus in the wake of publicity over his most critically acclaimed work.
DoIT announces student trainee program
A Student Computer Network Trainee Program has been created by the DoIT as a way to meet the shortage of qualified employees in the computing field, give students marketable skills and help fill the need for computing staff on campus.
Oscar-winning computer graphics pioneer reveals tricks in new course
A few dozen select students this spring are learning the ropes from a guy who invented one of Today's Big Things: A software program that helps movie-makers bend the laws of nature.
UW seeks county support for student radio tower
An effort to bring UW–Madison student radio to the airwaves has cleared nearly every hurdle, but a battle over the proposed radio tower site could end the plan.
Proquest brings 2,000 journals to your desktop
The General Library System has added more horsepower to its collection of electronic databases: Proquest Research Library.
Aberle named dean of College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Elton D. Aberle, head of the animal sciences department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was named today as dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences by Chancellor David Ward.
Several graduate programs ranked high by U.S. News
Several academic programs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison ranked high in the 1998 rating of graduate programs released today (Feb. 20) by U.S. News & World Report.