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TAs Rally for Tuition Waiver

February 27, 1997

Members of the Teaching Assistants' Association at UW–Madison rallied Thursday for a permanent tuition waiver in their next union contract.

Humanities Conference to Consider ‘Contact and Power’

February 27, 1997

Contact and Power: Transgressions in the Borderlands of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Encounter, March 7-9.

UW System Alumni Satisfied With Their Education

February 26, 1997

Recent University of Wisconsin alumni are highly satisfied with the quality of their UW undergraduate education, according to results of an independent survey.

Electronic Check Deposit Works for All

February 26, 1997

As the one-year anniversary for electronic check deposit nears, university payroll officials are heralding its success and urging more employees and students to take advantage of the program.

Mosse Receives AHA Award

February 25, 1997

Joining the circle of distinguished senior historians honored with an American Historical Association Award for Scholarly Distinction is George Mosse, emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

New Dance Pieces Explore, Celebrate Individual Differences

February 24, 1997

The many and varied ways in which individuals differ will be examined through dance at the University of Wisconsin–Madison March 3.

Jewish Lecture Series Seeks to Understand Present, Clarify Past

February 21, 1997

The 1997 Jewish Heritage Lecture Series will consider Zionism at 100: Retrospect and Prospect.

Weygandt Named to FAF Board of Trustees

February 20, 1997

Accounting professor Jerry J. Weygandt has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation.

Four Approved for Named Professorships

February 20, 1997

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents at its February 1997 meeting approved the appointments of four UW–Madison faculty to named professorships.

Native American Law Students, Lawyers To Gather at UW

February 20, 1997

Two events at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School this week will bring together Native American law students and lawyers, judges and scholars from across the country.

Smaller, Taller Micromachines Show Commercial Promise

February 20, 1997

A University of Wisconsin–Madison engineer follows an unusual parameter in the quest to make functional micro-machines. Rather than just smaller, he makes them taller.

UW Chemist Receives Major Korean Science Prize

February 19, 1997

Hyuk Yu, Eastman Kodak Professor of Chemistry at UW–Madison and an internationally recognized authority on polymer chemistry and physics, has been named the recipient of the 1997 Ho-Am Basic Science Prize by the Samsung Foundation of Seoul, Korea.

Steele Named Dean at Penn State University

February 19, 1997

Robert D. Steele has been named Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State University.

The Why Files Named ‘Best of the Web’

February 18, 1997

The Why Files, a science-behind-the-news web site produced by the National Institute of Science Education (NISE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is listed among the top 100 sites on the World Wide Web by PC Magazine in its Feb 18 edition.

1997 Jewish Heritage Lecture Series

February 18, 1997

The Center for Jewish Studies' 1997 Jewish Heritage Lecture Series will consider Zionism at 100: Retrospect and Prospect.

Center for Jewish Studies Acquires Scholarly Collections

February 18, 1997

Recent gifts to the University of Wisconsin Foundation for the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have supported the acquisition of three important scholarly collections.

Academic Quadrathalon Team Wins at National Beef Bowl

February 17, 1997

The UW–Madison Academic Quadrathlon team celebrated its 20th anniversary with a win at the National Cattleman's Beef Association National Beef Bowl competition in Kansas City, Mo. on Jan. 31.

Scientific Consensus Plays Role in Debate Over Wild Salmon Recovery

February 17, 1997

Science may be pointing a way out of the gridlock over rehabilitating wild Pacific salmon in the Columbia River basin, where once-annual spawning runs of 20 million fish have greatly diminished.

School of Education gets boost from Spencer Foundation

February 14, 1997

The Spencer Foundation has awarded $1.2 million to the School of Education to support graduate students in doctoral-degree programs.

New Program Aims To Improve Written Communication

February 14, 1997

The Writing Fellows Program, to debut this fall, will train excellent undergraduate writers to help peers with the often-daunting task of writing effectively.