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Professor’s book wins biennial prize
A book by Brenda Gayle Plummer, professor of history and Afro-American studies at the UW–Madison, has won the Myrna F. Bernath Prize from the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations.
Free shuttle transportation for commencement ceremonies
Students, family members and friends attending any of the five commencement ceremonies this weekend are being encouraged to park in lots 17, 18 or 19 at Camp Randall and ride the convenient Madison Metro shuttle to and from the Kohl Center free of charge.
Commencement ceremonies break in new home
Spring graduates will inaugurate UW–Madison's new Kohl Center as the university's commencement venue. Approximately 4,000 will be eligible for degrees at five ceremonies May 15-17.
Arts Consortium Awards
Their artistic accomplishments span music, outreach, computer art, film, creative writing and dance. The awards they will receive illustrate the power of partnership between…
Sloan fellowships awarded to two faculty
Two UW–Madison faculty members, a physicist and an economist, have been named fellows by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Researchers clarify proteins’ importance for cancer
In back-to-back reports in Science and Cell, researchers at the UW Medical School describe important new data on proteins that detect and repair gene damage.
Pope, Konrad selected Librarians of the Year
Nolan Pope and Lee Konrad have been named the 1998 Librarians of the Year by their peers in the UW–Madison Librarians' Assembly.
Student agricultural marketing team wins national award
UW-Madison's National Agricultural Marketing Association (NAMA) club won the Outstanding Student Chapter Award for the second year in a row at the NAMA annual conference April 16 in Dallas.
Student radio a step closer to air
UW-Madison student radio station WSUM hopes to make the leap from the Internet to the airwaves by early 1999, pending construction of its radio tower in southern Dane County.
Distinguished Alumni Awards
Four UW alumni, including one of the key individuals behind the renowned Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., have been honored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association as Distinguished Alumni.
Real estate alums give building to UW–Madison
A unique gift from TOLD Development Co., Minneapolis, has created the Robert E. Wangard Chair in Real Estate at the UW–Madison School of Business.
Stumptailed monkeys headed to Texas sanctuary
UW-Madison's colony of 54 stumptailed macaques housed at the Henry Vilas Zoo is headed to a wildlife sanctuary in San Antonio, Texas, UW–Madison officials announced today (May 6).
Distinguished Teaching Awards
UW-Madison celebrated a deep bench of teaching excellence April 28 as it presented its 1998 Distinguished Teaching Awards.
Engineering undergraduate writing winners announced
Winners of the College of Engineering's 1998 Steuber Writing Prize have been announced.
Constitution center takes its research on the road
UW-Madison's Center for the Study of the American Constitution will help 25 judges from across Wisconsin fortify their understanding of the relationship between ...
Herbicide applications to begin
To control garlic mustard and invasive woody plants in the campus natural areas, chemical herbicides Roundup and Garlon 4 will be applied to areas in the western end of campus starting May 6.
Interarts and technology sponsors interactive computer dance performance
Guest artists Mark Coniglio and Dawn Stoppiello will demonstrate their use of interactive computer technology in dance and perform three works from their repertoire on Monday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall.
New network increases computing speed on campus
The campus computer network was recently upgraded to improve speed and capacity and now features the latest Asynchronous Transfer Mode technology.
Space Place inaugurates amateur radio center
Space Place, UW–Madison's hub for astronomy and space science outreach, is embarking on a new educational project with the help of the Four Lakes Amateur Radio Club and area schools.
Prof’s work marries two intellectual passions
Mark Suchman's research and teaching has positioned him as an emerging figure in the growing academic field of law and society.