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Four Receive Hilldale Faculty Awards
Four University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members have been chosen to receive this year's Hilldale Awards for major achievements in teaching, research and service.
UW Historian Targets Technology’s Fallout
An expert on the history and social impact of technology, Colleen Dunlavy is guiding 15 undergraduate students through a survey course on the subject this semester.
New Pesticide Use Policy Approved for Campus
The Chemical Safety Committee has approved a new policy that will help keep the university community better informed about scheduled pesticide use.
Politcal Science Bids Farewell to Two Veteran Faculty
Two members of the political science faculty will retire at the end of this academic year: Charles O. Jones and Leon N. Lindberg.
Help Needed in Making International Alumni Connections
The UW–Madison International Convocation is slated for May 2-7, 1999, and will be an important part of UW–Madison's 150th anniversary celebrations.
E. Coli Talk Brings All-Stars of Genetics to Campus
A conference celebrating the complete decoding of E. coli by a team led by UW–Madison geneticist Frederick Blattner will draw the field's top researchers to campus April 10-12.
Rebuilding Persistence in Alfalfa
When it comes to improving alfalfa, plant geneticist Edwin Bingham believes the job takes persistence. Bingham has become single-minded -- you might even say persistent -- in advocating for greater persistence as an agronomic virtue in alfalfa.
Tackling Nitrogen Deficiency in No-Till Corn Production
Nitrogen deficiency is one of the biggest hurdles when adopting no-till corn production in Wisconsin.
Tired of Heat Detection? Ovsynch and Save
A new technique can help farmers artificially inseminate dairy cows at the proper stage in their reproductive cycle without continuous heat detection, say researchers at UW–Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Virus May Be Linked to Obesity
A virus that can cause obesity in animals may be linked to some cases of obesity in humans, researchers at the University of Wisconsin Medical School have found.
Chancellor Ward Calls for Change in Higher Education
In an unprecedented open letter to the chief executives of the nation’s state and land-grant colleges and universities, Chancellor David Ward and 24 other…
Women-in-Science Group Celebrates 75 Years
Sigma Delta Epsilon (SDE), a group that has been uniting graduate school women in the sciences for 75 years, will celebrate its anniversary during a ceremony Friday, April 18.
CD-ROM Broadens Student Experience in Yoruba Class
Students in Antonia Schleicher's Yoruba class say her instructional CD-ROM allows them to learn a complicated language at their own pace.
Faculty Senate To Meet in April
With a burgeoning workload ahead, the Faculty Senate will meet twice this month: next Monday and on April 14.
Senator Feingold To Visit UW–Madison
U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison Monday morning, April 7, to share his experience in foreign policy with students and faculty.
Vilas Associates Announced
The Graduate School has announced the latest tenured faculty to be named Vilas Associates in the Biological, Physical and Social Sciences, and in the Humanities.
Budget Hearings Set
Five public hearings will be held this month on the 1997-99 state budget as the spending plan works its way through the Legislature.
Book To Show How Dance Creates, Challenges Gender Identity
Sally Banes, Marian Hannah Winter Professor of Theatre History and Dance Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has found evidence from the dance stage that leads to alternative interpretations.
Life on Mars? Hear One Geochemist’s View
Jeffrey L. Bada, a geochemist from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a leading skeptic of claims that evidence of life has been revealed in features of a meteorite from Mars, will give a lecture entitled 'Life On Mars?'
Plant Science Teaching Goes High-Tech in New UW Greenhouse
With a gallery of computerized temperature, humidity and light controls, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's new instructional greenhouse will have plant science students cultivating in high-tech style.