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The Violent Femmes headline All-Campus Party concert
The student-planned All-Campus Party (ACP) will present the Violent Femmes as the headline band for this year's Badger Blowout Concert on Friday, April 29, at the Memorial Union Terrace. Read More
Plant pathway may treat human disease
A newly discovered pathway by which cells protect themselves from a toxic byproduct of photosynthesis may hold important implications for bioenergy sources, human and plant disease, and agricultural yields, a team of UW–Madison bacteriologists announced Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read More
Seven student service professionals honored
The UW–Madison Student Personnel Association honored the efforts of seven individuals with its 2005 Outstanding Achievement Awards. The honors were distributed at a luncheon held on April 20. Read More
Citizen panel to release report April 28 on nanotechnology
University of Wisconsin officials will join state legislators in the Assembly Parlor of the State Capitol building on Thursday, April 28, at 11:30 a.m. to accept a report on the promise and perils of nanotechnology produced by a panel of Madison-area citizens. Read More
Daniel Okoli named university architect
Daniel Okoli, who leads the Office of Architecture and Planning Services at New York's Pace University, has been named university architect for UW–Madison. Read More
Finkelstein, Schofer named librarians of the year
Eliot Finkelstein and Yvonne Schofer have been named the 2005 Librarians of the Year by their peers in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Librarians' Assembly. Finkelstein and Schofer were honored with the award at the Assembly's annual High Tea on April 14. Read More
Students reach out in concert to rural public schools
Rural K-12 students in several western Wisconsin schools will be able to savor a live classical brass performance, courtesy of a student trio from UW–Madison. Read More
Burgess endows ethics chair for journalism school
James Burgess, former publisher of the Wisconsin State Journal and executive vice president of Lee Enterprises, has made a $1 million gift to the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication to establish an endowed professorship in ethics. Read More
Forum to discuss ROTC, military recruiting on campus
Chancellor John D. Wiley will participate in a public forum today (April 20) with a coalition of student groups concerned over the presence of military recruiters and ROTC programs on campus. Read More
Nobel laureate to speak on art, science of ceramics
Roald Hoffmann, a Nobel laureate in chemistry, will on April 25 discuss the deep entwinement of art and science in the field of ceramics during a lecture at UW–Madison. Read More
Journalism alumni awards recognize service, achievement
As part of a celebration marking a century of journalism education at UW–Madison, five graduates of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication will be honored Saturday, April 30 for their leadership, service and accomplishment. Read More
Stem cell scientists make progress toward ALS treatment
Unveiling a delivery method that may one day help surgeons treat the deadly neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), researchers at UW–Madison have inserted engineered human stem cells into the spinal cords of ALS-afflicted rats. Read More
Author explores Armenian genocide through fiction
A fat packet of letters, written by a friend's great-aunt during World War I, inspired Judith Claire Mitchell, assistant professor of English at UW–Madison, to write "The Last Day of the War" (Pantheon Books, 2004), her first novel. To Mitchell, those letters exemplified a key aspect of human nature; fiction, she thought, would be an ideal medium to explore it. Read More
Statement from Dean of Students on proposed reorganization of student services
The listening session scheduled for 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, is being postponed until the Fall 2005 semester in order to facilitate a more thorough discussion of the issues involved in the proposed reorganization. Read More
Registration open for Crazylegs
University employees and students are being encouraged to take part in the Crazylegs Classic 8K run or two-mile fun walk sponsored by the National W Club on Saturday, April 30. The springtime tradition is in its 24th year. Read More
Ideas sought on master plan for utilities
A public session aimed at soliciting ideas for the utility portion of the university's campus master plan will be held Wednesday, April 20 from 7-9 p.m. at the Red Gym, 716 Langdon St. Read More
UW employee will walk the state to promote cancer awareness
Between Friday, April 29, and the middle of July, Ron Reschke will be on leave from his job to log more than 1,000 miles as he walks the state to raise money for cancer awareness and the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center (UWCCC). Read More
Professor aids effort to standardize health care assessments
Industrial and Systems Engineering Professor David Zimmerman is among researchers from 26 countries who today announced a new standardized suite of instruments that health care providers can use to assess patient health regardless of their country or care setting. Read More
New UW–Madison programming available on Research Channel
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has added several new programs to the Research Channel, the 24-hour network for the broadcast of faculty research findings, institutional lectures, interviews, panel discussions and documentaries from the world's leading research universities. Read More
Students win Burrill competition with drug delivery device
Students in business and biomedical engineering created a drug delivery device and a company called Ratio that won them a $10,000 first prize in the G. Steven Burrill Technology Business Plan Competition at UW–Madison. Read More