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UW-Madison’s TTY Service Earns State Award
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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