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A Fat That Reduces Cancer, Heart Disease and Body Fat?
Conjugated linoleic acid, a fatty acid found in dairy products and other animal fats, has many beneficial biological effects. Read More
Engineering Students Select Top Teachers
Polygon Engineering Council, the engineering college council of student organizations, announced their annual teaching excellence award winners at a banquet April 27. Read More
School of Education Honors Alumni, Staff
A Madison school administrator will be among those receiving alumni awards from the School of Education on Saturday, May 10. Read More
Two Earn Named Professorships
The UW System Board of Regents approved the appointment of two faculty to named professorships at its April meeting. Read More
Folster and Lundquist selected Librarians of the Year
Mary Folster and Mitch Lundquist have been named the 1997 Librarians of the Year by their peers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Librarians' Assembly. Read More
Economic Impact Study Demonstrates Value of UW System to State Economy
The first-ever economic impact study of the entire University of Wisconsin System details a dynamic financial and social force affecting every region of the state. Read More
Four Win Distinguished Alumni Awards
The Wisconsin Alumni Association has awarded Distinguished Alumni Awards to Stephen Ambrose '57, Ph.D. '63; David Beckwith '50, LLB '52; Donald Procknow '47; and Linda Wilson Ph.D. '62. Read More
Radano Receives 1997 Guggenheim Fellowship
Ronald M. Radano, professor of music and Afro-American Studies, has received a 1997 Guggenheim Fellowship to study the social formation of black music in America. Read More
Spring Day Features Range of Speakers
TV ratings, gender and communication, and kitty cancer treatments are just a few of the subjects that will come up when the Wisconsin Alumni Association sponsors its 37th annual Spring Day on Campus program May 9 in the Wisconsin Center. Read More
Three Letters and Science Advisors Honored
Expertise and effectiveness have earned two academic staff and a faculty member in the College of Letters and Science 1997 Academic Advising Awards. Read More
Senate To Hear Report on Climate Toward Gays
UW-Madison should establish a gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) studies program and work harder to end discrimination against GLB faculty, staff and students, a new committee report suggests. Read More
Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues Report To Be Discussed
A report from the Committee on Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues at UW–Madison will be presented to the public Monday, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. Read More
Additional Building Funds Will Not Be Sought From Donors
UW-Madison will not get from the state the remaining $5 million needed for a new pharmacy building, but it will not have to raise the money privately. Read More
Grad School Drops Mandatory Residency Rule
The Graduate School will drop a long-standing residence requirement and allow graduate students to complete degrees without a full-time presence on campus. Read More
International Institute Wins $7 Million for Programs
The newly formed International Institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has been awarded grants that will bring almost $7 million to the campus over the next three years. Read More
Antibody Omelets Improve Growth in Poultry and Livestock
Some small farms in Wisconsin may soon become antibody factories, raising laying hens that produce growth-stimulating antibodies in their egg yolks. Read More
Research Points to Defect That May Yield Abnormal Heart Muscle Function
A University of Wisconsin Medical School researcher and his collaborators can now explain a cellular defect that causes enlarged hearts to contract weakly. Read More
De Boor Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Carl de Boor, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of mathematics and computer sciences, is one of 60 U.S. scholars elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences this morning. Read More
Distinguished Teaching Award Winners Honored
This year's Distinguished Teaching Award winners range from assistant professors to veterans, in disciplines ranging from chemistry to theater, history to nursing, English to physics. Read More
Barrows Assumes Role As Point Person on Diversity
In January, Barrows left his position as associate dean of the Graduate School and joined the Provost's Office full time as an associate vice chancellor for academic services and campus diversity. Read More