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Student debt levels off at UW–Madison

October 18, 2000

Undergraduate student loan debt at the university is leveling off, according to the Office of Student Financial Services. Read More

Internet2 research labs planned

October 17, 2000

UW-Madison and Dartmouth College will be sites for Internet2 Public Key Infrastructure Labs meant to help develop and deploy technology to make the Internet more secure, more reliable and easier to use. Read More

WAA to host international conference in Bangkok

October 17, 2000

The Wisconsin Alumni Association will host an international conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 16-19. Read More

Best-selling European authors to speak

October 16, 2000

Four prominent European writers will appear together Wednesday, Nov. 15, to discuss their work and new trends in contemporary European literature. Ib Michael of Denmark, Sandra Petrignani of Italy, Alissa Walser of Germany and Martin Winckler of France will present "New Voices from the New Europe: An Evening of Literature, Readings and Dialogue with European Authors" at 7 p.m., Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. Read More

Elvehjem Museum offers online taste of collections

October 16, 2000

Selections from the Elvehjem Museum of Art's permanent collection and temporary exhibitions now are available on the Web. Virtual visitors can access http://www.lvm.wisc.edu to see about 150 examples drawn from the museum's 16,000-piece collection. Read More

Long-time campus leader dies in Arizona

October 16, 2000

Ineva Reilly Baldwin, a longtime resident and civic leader of Madison and a former assistant dean of women at the university, died Monday, Oct. 2, in Tucson, Ariz., at age 96. Read More

Distinguished historian to present Curti lectures

October 16, 2000

The 25th annual Merle Curti Lectures will be presented by distinguished historian John Lukacs in the auditorium of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Oct. 23-25 at 4 p.m. each day. Read More

Carpenter named ecological society president

October 16, 2000

Stephen Carpenter, Halverson Professor of limnology and professor of zoology, has been elected the new president of the Ecological Society of America. Read More

Homecoming adopts Mardi Gras theme

October 13, 2000

Red Badger beads, New Orleans brass bands, confetti and Mardi Gras-style masks will be just some of the festive elements of Badger Homecoming 2000 Oct. 15-21. Read More

Social critic Williams to speak Oct. 16

October 13, 2000

Prominent social critic and Columbia University law professor Patricia Williams will discuss racial profiling in the kick-off lecture of the Center for the Humanities "Humanities Without Boundaries" Distinguished Lecture Series. Read More

FAST program to serve Hmong, Muscovites

October 13, 2000

Wisconsin Center for Education Research researcher Lynn McDonald and colleagues have been awarded grants to adapt their program Families and Schools Together to serve Russian students in Moscow and Hmong immigrant families in Wausau. Read More

Textiles’ myriad meanings to be explored

October 13, 2000

Human ecology professor Beverly Gordon will examines the myriad meanings of textiles in an upcoming presentation at the university. Read More

Two get Underkofler Awards

October 13, 2000

Two UW–Madison professors are among the four outstanding UW System teachers who have received Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Awards. Read More

Gene barrier could boost farming, environment

October 12, 2000

Working with teosinte, a wild cousin of maize, a university scientist has found a molecular barrier that, bred into modern hybrid corn, is capable of completely locking out foreign genes, including those from genetically modified corn. Read More

Proposal aims to enhance lakeshore path

October 12, 2000

Retaining the unpaved portion of the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path and preventing further erosion are two key recommendations to enhance bicycle and pedestrian safety along the popular campus transportation route. Read More

Chemistry alum awarded Nobel Prize

October 11, 2000

Alan Graham MacDiarmid, a chemistry masters and Ph.D graduate of UW–Madison, is co-winner of a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discoveries of polymers that conduct electricity. Read More

Alum receives Nobel Prize in physics

October 10, 2000

Jack St. Clair Kilby, a 1950 masters degree graduate in electrical engineering, has been named a co-winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in physics. Read More

Community invited to ‘lite up the town’

October 10, 2000

Madison-area residents are being invited to decorate the exterior of their residences to express Badger pride and the 'Madtown Mardi Gras' Homecoming theme. Read More

Acting out

October 10, 2000

Photo essay. Read More

Advances

October 10, 2000

(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)… Read More