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UW Experts Connect with New Supercomputing Partnership
UW-Madison faculty and staff have eight partnerships with a National Science Foundation (NSF) project to advance high-performance computing in science and engineering.
UW, Community Join To Celebrate 10th Annual Diaspora
Africa's past, present and future will conjoin in the artistic comment, 'Impulses of the Diaspora: An African Mosaic,' at Cafe Montmarte, 127 E. Mifflin, and Espresso Royale, 208 State St.
UW-Madison To Offer MBA in Agribusiness
Beginning this fall, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will join a handful of schools where students can earn an MBA in agribusiness.
Lanscape Architecture Students to Exhibit Designs
About 20 undergraduate and graduate landscape-architects-in-training at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will display their handiwork April 6-20 at the UW–Madison Gallery of Design.
Chemical Engineering’s Minority Ph.D. Program Recognized
The UW–Madison chemical engineering department's past success in graduating minority Ph.D. students has garnered an invitation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to help increase the numbers.
Future of Campus Natural Areas To Be Discussed
How should the university care for Picnic Point and other beloved campus natural areas? There'll be a public meeting to discuss the future of these important lakeshore lands on April 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Memorial Union.
UW Conference To Explore New Anthology
Six of the nine editors who worked on the Norton Anthology of African American Literature — including general co-editors UW–Madison’s Nellie McKay and…
Advising Services Making Steady Progress Campus-Wide
The hundreds of professionals involved in academic and career advising at UW–Madison have a shared mission and a full agenda for improvement through the three-year-old Council on Academic Advising (CAA).
UW Historian Publishes Book on Nazi Turncoats
What complex and sometimes mysterious motives cause minds to change? In the case of many high-ranking and initially loyal German Nazis, the answer may…
Richard Davis To Conduct 4th Annual Bass Conference
Internationally recognized jazz bassist Richard Davis, professor of music, will conduct the fourth annual bass conference for young people March 28 and 29.
Student Technology Dollar Goes Further at UW–Madison
Each semester, a 1.5 percent surcharge on each student's tuition (currently about $20 for a full-time resident undergraduate) goes into the Student Information Technology Initiative (SITI) fund.
Virologist Richard Marsh Dies at 58
Richard F. Marsh, a veterinary virologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a longtime investigator of infectious agents related to 'mad cow disease,' died March 23, 1997 at his home in Middleton, Wis., after a long bout with cancer. He was 58.
Benefit Concert Planned for Waisman Center
A benefit concert by founders of the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society will be held Sunday, April 6 for the Waisman Center, a national center devoted to disabilities research.
Guide to Midwestern Trees and Shrubs Now on CD-ROM
Landscape Plants of the Upper Midwest, a CD-ROM featuring color photos and information on more than 600 species and varieties of trees, shrubs, vines and ground covers that grow in the region is now available.
Largest-Ever Women’s Health Study Heads Into Final Year of Recruitment
For anyone who has struggled with the lure of a bratwurst in July, that's a tall order. But it's exactly the regimen one group of women is testing as part of the Women's Health Initiative, the largest U.S. clinical study ever conducted on women's health.
Students To Get Prizes for High-Tech Business Plans
Students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will team up to create a business plan for a technology-based business venture as part of a new campus competition.
Study Suggests Purple Grape Juice Is Good for the Heart
There appears to be something special about the fruits of the vine when it comes to preventing heart disease.
Upcoming Lectures in the Library Colloquia
Upcoming lectures in the School of Library and Information Studies colloquium will cover the subject gamut from the virtual library to a history of children and reading.
UW Libraries Help Make Historian’s Job More ‘Pleasant’
Borkowski will lecture March 19 on the intricacies of her job, as well as the integral role university resources play in insuring the historical accuracy on which Pleasant Company prides itself.
New Greenhouses Light Up WALSAA’s 25th
The new D. C. Smith Instructional Greenhouse will be dedicated during WALSAA's 25th anniversary celebration.