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Engineering’s Lego Model Opens Gallery of Design’s Fall Season
A vision of the UW–Madison engineering campus -- as portrayed through the medium of Lego building blocks -- will go on display in the Gallery of Design Sept. 3. Read More
Maintaining Dayne: Steve Malchow Manages the Media Madness Surrounding the Heisman Candidate
UW-Madison's men's sports information director is charged with helping the polite but quiet Ron Dayne sift through the bevy of media queries that go hand-in-hand with the star running back's run for the Heisman Trophy. Read More
Ferris Wins International Award for Software Program
Michael Ferris, professor of computer sciences and industrial engineering, has received an international award for co-authoring a versatile software program used in everything from traffic-flow analysis to robotics control. Read More
Davidson Wins Top Honor From Psychological Society
Richard Davidson, the Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, this summer received the highest honor given annually by the American Psychological Society, the William James Fellow Award. Read More
Openness Regarding Disciplinary Decisions Educates University Community and the Public
Faculty disciplinary decisions are being communicated more fully to the public and the UW–Madison community to help educate people about the process, a university official says. Read More
Campus Parkers Can Expect More Spaces
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Budget Impasse: State Plan Funds 4 Percent Pay Raises for Faculty and Academic Staff
Faculty and academic staff would receive pay raises of 4 percent and 4.5 percent during the next two years, and classified staff would receive raises of 3 percent and 3.5 percent, under proposed state pay plans. Read More
Grad School Reviews Animal Assignments at Primate Center
The Graduate School and the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center are taking steps to clarify and confirm the center's animal assignment process. Read More
Review Of Primate Center Policies and Procedures: Statement by Graduate School Dean Virginia S. Hinshaw
“On August 11, 1997, I stopped any further assignments of UW monkeys from the Henry Vilas Zoo colony to invasive research projects. Today, I… Read More
Chadbourne Residential College Makes Debut
Chadbourne Residential College, a new learning community debuting this fall at UW–Madison, promises to reinvent residence hall living for hundreds of students. Read More
Denney House Opens Its Doors to Single-Parent Students
Like many undergraduates at UW–Madison, Melanie Ray is already thinking about how she can bond with her new roommates. Read More
Nation’s First Residence Single-Parent Students Opens
Like many undergraduates at UW–Madison, Melanie Ray is already thinking about how she can bond with her new roommates. Read More
San Diego State Ecologist Is Named to Aldo Leopold Chair
Joy Zedler, a biologist from San Diego State University, will join the faculty in spring 1998 as the Aldo Leopold Chair in Restoration Ecology, a new position that will build on the intellectual spirit and example of Leopold. Read More
Latin American and Iberian Studies Receives Education Grant
New initiatives could result from renewal of a U.S. Department of Education grant to the UW–Madison Latin American and Iberian Studies Program. Read More
Neillsville Man’s Estate To Benefit UW–Madison
A $3 million gift from the estate of 1940 UW graduate Archie E. Stockwell, also known as Richard E. Stockwell, will establish a graduate fellowship fund, a research fund and a chair in the Department of Economics. Read More
Broadcast News: Learning Channel to Feature UW-Researchers
The work of several UW–Madison researchers will be featured during the 'Understanding Festival,' a series of one-hour programs to be broadcast on the Learning Channel (cable channel 46 in Madison) this coming Saturday, Aug. 23. Read More
U.S. News Ranks UW–Madison Eighth Among Public Universities
UW-Madison is ranked eighth in the nation among national public universities in the 11th annual 'America's Best Colleges' issue of U.S. News & World Report. Read More
A Big Wisconsin Welcome Awaits New Students
The university will welcome its approximately 5,800 new students with a wide array of get-acquainted activities during the 10th annual Wisconsin Welcome, which begins Sunday, Aug. 24, and continues through Sept. 25. Read More