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Geneticist to share grant to study corn genome
The National Science Foundation has awarded $10 million to a team of researchers headed by geneticist John Doebley to study the molecular and functional diversity of the maize (corn) genome.
Musical feast in store for ’04
The School of Music and the Wisconsin Union Theater will ring in the new year and the new semester with distinguished instrumental and vocal performers.
King’s achievements celebrated at Capitol, campus events
UW-Madison's Black Student Union and the Wisconsin Union Directorate's Contemporary Issues and Distinguished Lectures Committees will bring "The Dream Alive Program," a special tribute to King on Wednesday, Feb. 4.
Almanac
UW-Madison among top 10 license-income earners UW–Madison and its patent management organization, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, were among the top 10…
Nominations sought for classified employee recognition awards
The nomination process is under way for the 2004 Classified Employee Recognition Awards, which recognize classified employees who have done outstanding work for the university community.
Author of ‘Prozac Nation’ to speak Feb. 2
Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of the best-selling book on depression and excess, "Prozac Nation," will be the first Distinguished Lecture Series speaker of the spring semester. Wurtzel will speak on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater. Her latest book, "More, Now, Again" describes being neurotic, smart, sexy, rich, self-obsessed and addicted to Ritalin.
Document explains academic staff appeals process
The Personnel Policies and Procedures Committee of the Academic Staff Assembly has drafted a detailed document that describes the process academic staff members experience if they have filed an appeal or grievance that cannot be resolved satisfactorily at the department level. These include appeals of decisions on grievances, non-renewals and other job actions.
Annual report available online
UW-Madison's 2003 Annual Report — titled "Forward. Thinking." — is now available online.
Student groups seek advisers
The Student Organization Office is looking for faculty or staff members to serve as advisers for three student groups.
Nursing dean Prock dies
Valencia Prock, dean of the School of Nursing from 1970 until 1984, died Dec. 18, in Madison.
Former Engineering secretary dies
Longtime UW–Madison employee Mary Jane Krider-Weinstein, 87, died Jan. 9 in Rhode Island, where she had been living for several years. She retired in 1983 as secretary for the School of Engineering.
Arboretum walks can connect people with natural world
The free hike is one of many public walks the Arboretum offers every Sunday afternoon and, occasionally, other days and evenings.
Milestones
APPOINTED Richard D. Pierce, assistant director of the Wisconsin Union, has returned to the International Facility Management Association board of directors for…
Book smart
Shawn Francis Peters, coordinator, Odyssey Project, Integrated Liberal Studies Program; “The Yoder Case: Religious Freedom, Education, and Parental Rights,” University Press of Kansas, 2003.
2004-05 sabbaticals
Alejandro Adem, professor, Mathematics Severino Albuquerque, professor, Spanish and Portuguese Lois Anderson, professor, School of Music John Andrews, professor, Plant Pathology…
Announcements
Call for Artists to Exhibit in Overture Gallery The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters is issuing a call for artists to…
For the Record
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Brittingham Foundation Visiting Scholars Program The Brittingham Foundation has provided generous funding to enable enrichment of small upper-level…
Three Ingraham, Humanities lecture halls get makeovers
One of the largest lecture halls on campus, Ingraham Hall's Room B-10, is one of three renovated classrooms that will open its doors to students and faculty when the spring semester begins Jan. 20.
More construction planned for spring
In the next few months, several campus construction projects will join the array of high-profile building ventures that are under way.
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