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Food Research Institute to receive food safety award

June 10, 1998

The Food Research Institute at UW–Madison will receive the first Food Safety Award from the National Food Processors Association, the group announced May 27. Read More

Study links smoking to higher risk of hearing loss

June 9, 1998

Smoking, a well-known risk factor for cancer and heart disease, also may play a role in hearing loss. Read More

New awards reflect growing scope of student personnel work

June 5, 1998

Student Personnel Association President Tori Svoboda-Smith says this year's SPA awards included two new categories -- campus impact and team awards -- to better reflect the scope of student services work at the university. Read More

UW engineer a catalyst for new business Forward Award

June 5, 1998

UW-Madison Engineering Professor Donald Ermer is helping nurture a new state awards program designed to help Wisconsin companies make tangible gains in quality and performance. Read More

Engineering dedicates revamped materials-science building

June 3, 1998

The recently remodeled Materials Science and Engineering Building -- which brings classrooms, research labs, the Materials Science Center, and many faculty and graduate student offices together under one roof -- was dedicated May 9. Read More

Sea Grant Web site earns 3rd consecutive gold award

June 2, 1998

For the third year in a row, the Madison Jason Web site has been awarded a gold medal in the annual nationwide university communications competition of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Read More

Adopt-a-block program seeks volunteers

June 2, 1998

Adopt-A-Block, a relatively new program coordinated by the Physical Plant Department, is modeled after the state's Adopt-A-Highway program. Its purpose is to involve volunteers in helping to improve the physical appearance of the campus. Read More

‘Crunchy critter clusters’ land food science students in national competition

June 1, 1998

A concoction of beneficial bacteria in crunchy clusters of cookie bits has earned a team of UW–Madison food science students an invitation to a national product-development competition. Read More

Taming the call of the wild

May 29, 1998

The importance of the Campus Natural Areas -- and the need for a more focused approach to their preservation -- is recognized by many university leaders. Read More

Majority of Dane County’s best, brightest choose UW–Madison

May 29, 1998

A special section highlighting Dane County high school graduates, published with the May 20 editions of the Wisconsin State Journal and Capital Times, indicates that the majority of those top students intend to study at the UW–Madison. Read More

Three faculty elected to Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 28, 1998

Three members of the UW–Madison faculty — a chemist, a historian and a political scientist — are among 146 people elected to membership in… Read More

La Follette director Kettl receives national award

May 28, 1998

Donald F. Kettl, director of the Robert M. La Follette Institute of Public Affairs at UW–Madison, has received a national award for his work in public administration. Read More

Adopt-a-block program seeks volunteers

May 28, 1998

Adopt-A-Block, a relatively new program coordinated by the Physical Plant Department, is modeled after the state's Adopt-A-Highway program. Its purpose is to involve volunteers in helping to improve the physical appearance of the campus. Read More

Legislature approves biological science funding

May 28, 1998

The state Legislature on May 7 approved a $1.5 million plan to fund new faculty in UW–Madison's biological sciences. Read More

Camp Randall Park to host Civil War re-enactment

May 28, 1998

In recognotion of the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Statehood Day celebration, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum is presenting a two-day Civil War re-enactment at Camp Randall Park May 29-30. Read More

Summer program for teachers to cover lessons of Chernobyl

May 28, 1998

A UW–Madison summer course will examine the impact of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear meltdown, a medical and environmental catastrophe that still smolders in Eastern Europe. Read More

Does mountain living slow rate of molecular evolution?

May 27, 1998

A study of hummingbirds living high in the Andes Mountains suggests that life at the top slows the pace of genetic evolution. Read More

Letters & Science Academic Advising Awards

May 26, 1998

Students studying chemistry and psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison reap the good advice of Gery J. Essenmacher and Keith Kluender, and to recognize… Read More

Studies find no job losses from higher minimum wages

May 22, 1998

Recent increases in the federal minimum wage have raised earnings for low-wage workers in Wisconsin without causing job loss, according to a new report from the Center on Wisconsin Strategy. Read More

Former UW Pharmacy School Dean
Donald T. Witiak Dies

May 22, 1998

Professor of pharmacy Donald T. Witiak, 62, former dean of the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy, died May 22 at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Read More