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UW-Madison’s TTY Service Earns State Award

August 7, 1997

UW-Madison is easing the telecommunications challenge for people who cannot use a standard telephone - and its efforts have earned it a state award. Read More

Workshops To Assist High-Growth Companies With Financing

August 4, 1997

High-growth companies that expect they will need financing in the near future can receive expert assistance at one-day workshops being presented throughout the state… Read More

Jacobsen Wins Top National Service Award

August 1, 1997

The head of library services at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, Larry Jacobsen, has won the 1997 American Society of Primatologists Distinguished Service Award. Read More

Still with no new budget, regents set fall tuition

August 1, 1997

After saying it delayed the decision as long as it could, the UW System Board of Regents approved fall semester tuition rates at its July 25 meeting. Read More

Luker Leaving DoIT To Join Educom

August 1, 1997

Mark Luker, director of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) and chief information officer at UW–Madison, has accepted a position as vice president of Educom, a nonprofit consortium of 600 colleges and universities. Read More

Campus Parking Meter Rates Increase

July 31, 1997

Starting Aug. 1, parking meter rates on campus will increase to 75 cents per hour, the same as downtown rates in the City of Madison. Read More

Conference to Focus on Distance Education

July 31, 1997

The 13th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning will be held Aug. 6-8 at the Holiday Inn West in Madison, drawing 1,000 people from around the country. Read More

A+ Program Reaches Out to Low-Income Minority Children

July 31, 1997

More than 50 low-income and minority kids from Madison received a fun, fast-paced introduction to UW–Madison last week, through a new program that mixes academics with athletics. Read More

‘Virtual Design’ Has Real Potential for New Products

July 29, 1997

Rajit Gadh wants to unshackle design engineers from the mouse and the keyboard, giving them an approach to computer design as natural as chatting with a colleague. Read More

Dahlberg Elected Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology

July 24, 1997

James E. Dahlberg, the UW–Madison Hilldale professor of biomolecular chemistry, has been elected to fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. Read More

Eisinger to Take Position at Wayne State

July 22, 1997

Peter Eisinger, Hawkins Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and former director of the Robert M. La Follette Institute of Public Affairs at UW–Madison, has accepted a teaching position at Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich. Read More

UW-Madison Ranked Among Top ‘Techno MBA’ Programs

July 21, 1997

The School of Business has one of the nation's top 25 'Techno MBA programs' according to an assessment of graduate business school Information Systems programs in Computerworld. Read More

UW-Madison Ranked Among Top ‘Techno MBA’ Programs

July 18, 1997

The School of Business has one of the nation's top 25 'Techno MBA programs' according to an assessment of graduate business school Information Systems programs in Computerworld. Read More

Law School Interim Dean Announced

July 17, 1997

Kenneth B. Davis Jr., James E. and Ruth B. Doyle-Bascom Professor of Law, has been named interim dean of the Law School. Read More

Robinson Wins Prize in Math Programming

July 16, 1997

Stephen Robinson, professor of industrial engineering and computer sciences, has won a top international award for mathematical programmers. Read More

Bascom Hill Loses Two of Its Elms

July 16, 1997

Two of Bascom Hill's aged elm trees are being taken down this week, not because of the Dutch elm disease that has killed many of their kind, but because of safety concerns. Read More

UW-Madison Scientists Bridge Gap In Cell Communication

July 16, 1997

A critical step in communication between cells that promotes such things as bone formation, limb growth, and the development of other critical tissues, has been found by a team of researchers from UW–Madison. Read More

New Campus Information Technology Guidelines Approved

July 15, 1997

UW-Madison's Information Technology Committee and the Provost's Office have approved guidelines for appropriate use of campus information technology resources. Read More

Summer Forum Explores ‘American Politics at the Millennium’

July 15, 1997

Experts on the U.S. government, the global economy, American ethnicity, and technology and politics will be among the featured lecturers participating in a University… Read More

MEMORANDUM

July 14, 1997

A significant electric power interruption may occur this summer. Loss of power to the University facilities could be devastating unless we carefully manage our power usage. Read More