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KINO filmmakers here for ‘Wis-kino’ anniversary
Wisconsin filmmakers up to the challenge are invited by a group of Montreal filmmakers to make a film in 48 hours.
Father encourages son as he starts NBA career
Excuse Arnold "Clyde" Gaines if he seems a little distracted over the next few weeks. Basketball season just got under way, and his mind has been elsewhere ÷ with his son, on a court 1,300 miles to the southeast, to be exact.
Kulcinski values opportunities campus has given
Professor Gerald Kulcinski, associate dean for research in the College of Engineering, counts five times that UW–Madison has transformed him, and those events compel him to contribute to coming generations.
Event links American Indians to health professions
Connecting Native American college students to health and sciences professions, and informing non-Native American health-science students about issues related to Native American health are the goals of a half-day symposium on Friday, Nov. 7, at the Pyle Center.
Educators ponder teaching biology as a scientific enterprise
Supported by the National Research Council, a pilot for a new and improved model of instruction for the large undergraduate biology classroom, will be taught in Madison in the summer of 2004
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Five years later, stem cells still tantalize
The fifth anniversary of biologist James Thomson's report that stem cells could be isolated, cultured and grown in apparently limitless quantities was marked Oct. 27 with a news conference in Washington, D.C.
Discovery provides reminder of bacteriology prof
A small supply of oligomycin found in Fred Hall serves as a reminder of one of the Bacteriology Department's most esteemed scientists of the past, Elizabeth McCoy.
‘Webinar’ Session looks at campus plan
A national live Web seminar ÷ a webinar ÷ will feature UW–Madison's approach to campus planning on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 1:30-3:10 p.m.
Recent Sightings
Family practice Midwife Ann Rifenberg, service director of the UW Health midwifery program, second from left, helps Alena, 1, and…
Free Tay-Sachs screening offered
A free blood-test screening for Tay-Sachs disease, a fatal degenerative disorder, will be offered from Wednesday, Nov. 19, 11-5 and Thursday, Nov. 20, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. in UW–Madison's Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.
Financial adviser Kilmark to speak at banquet
Financial adviser Constance Kilmark will provide the keynote address at a banquet sponsored by the UW–Madison School of Human Ecology and the Financial Occupations Club for Undergraduate Students on Sunday, Nov. 9, at the Concourse Hotel, 1 W. Dayton St.
Wiley issues statement on Halloween weekend disturbance
Chancellor John Wiley released a statement expressing his disappointment and frustration with the small minority of students — estimated at 500 or so — who ruined the Halloween celebration "for this year, and very likely, for many years to come."
Eleven faculty named AAAS fellows
Eleven members of the UW–Madison faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
History, comparative literature expert to give Hilldale Lecture
Distinguished historian and comparative literature medievalist Brian Stock of the University of Toronto will present UW–Madison's fall 2003 Hilldale Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State St.
Priority for Halloween: Enjoy the festivities safely
The City of Madison is preparing for a safe and enjoyable Halloween celebration this weekend. But the combination of large crowds, fall weather and alcohol make it important for students to be aware of their own safety and the safety of others.
Study to assess nations’ response to enviromental concerns
A $400,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the globalization of environmental policy has been awarded to Clark Miller, an assistant professor at the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW–Madison, and his colleagues at Harvard University.