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Sweet Sixteen
For the second consecutive year, the Wisconsin volleyball team will advance to a National Collegiate Athletic Association regional tournament round, and for the first time UW will host that event.
Davis Named Law School Dean
Law professor Kenneth B. Davis Jr. was named dean of the Law School today by Chancellor David Ward.
Evening MBA Program Approved by Regents
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved tuition rates Dec. 5 for a new evening MBA program to be offered by the School of Business beginning next fall.
UW Biologist Has Eye on the Prize
Molecular biologist Georg Halder was named this week (Dec. 4) as one of four Pharmacia Biotech & Science Prize winners for 1997. Halder was recognized for an achievement that was as shocking as it was controversial.
Filmmaker Lynch To ‘Talkback’ on Campus
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Volleyball Team Opens Tournament Play, Hosts Opening Rounds
The Badgers open NCAA tournament play this weekend playing host to first and second-round matches in the Field House.
UW Chemist Wins American Physical Society Prize
F. Fleming Crim, chair of the chemistry department, has won an award from the American Physical Society for his studies of chemical reactions at the molecular level.
Fennema Elected To National Academy of Education
UW-Madison Professor Elizabeth Fennema has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Education.
UW-Madison Student Diagnosed With Bacterial Meningitis
A 19-year-old female student at UW–Madison, presumed to have bacterial meningitis, is in critical condition Tuesday at University Hospital and Clinics. Health officials say the isolated case poses no larger public health concern.
Learning From Cultural Elders
Among their other responsibilities, teachers act as keepers -- 'elders' -- of their culture. This is an important concept to Sherone Price, UW–Madison's first Bascom-Henry Visiting Professor of Dance.
Compound Accelerates Fruit Ripening, Slows Softening After Harvest
Nutritional experts are urging Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables. Some of us actually are following the advice. So wouldn’t it be great…
And The Twain Shall Meet
Lecture, library trip reveal connections between two titans of fiction © Jill Krementz Kurt Vonnegut Mark Twain…
A Chemical Christmas
For the 28th year, Chemistry Professor Bassam Shakhashiri will present 'Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri.'
Science Videojournalist To Spend Week on Campus
Jane Ellen Stevens, a science journalist with New York Times Television, has been named a 1997 Science Writer in Residence by UW–Madison.
WebZ Dials up 13 Libraries, No Waiting
The CIC Virtual catalog and its mammoth collection of 55 million volumes from the libraries of 13 research universities is now accessible through UW Libraries' WebZ interface.
Scientists Get the Facts on Folic Acid in Red Beets
Scientists at UW–Madison have found that the amount of folic acid in beets can be increased through breeding, and that beets harvested later in the growing season contain the highest amount of the nutrient.
Compound Accelerates Fruit Ripening, Slows Softening After Harvest
CONTACT: Jiwan Palta, (608) 262-5782, Nutritional experts are urging Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables. Some of us actually…
New Guidelines In Place for Distribution of WARF Royalties
New guidelines for the distribution of royalty and licensing income from inventions held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation have been put in place by the Graduate School.
Vonnegut To Speak on Campus Dec. 2
Best-selling novelist Kurt Vonnegut will give advice to aspiring writers at a public lecture, Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m., in the Wisconsin Union Theater.
UW Professor Uncovers the Life of Everyday Objects
Do you fill your house with telephones? Your cabinets with makeup? Why? Laurie Beth Clark, a professor of art, will explore those and other questions through a new site-specific installation, 'The Everyday Life of Objects.'