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Humorist McBride highlights cancer survivors week
Humorist Mary McBride, the top writer for comedian Phyllis Diller for 30 years, will be the featured speaker for the kick-off of Cancer Survivors Week, May 30-June 3 at the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center located at UW Hospital and Clinics. Read More
International Institute receives $6.1 million
The International Institute will receive more than $6.1 million in federal grants over the next three years for five existing programs and two new centers. Read More
Great Lakes ‘seasons’ may reflect a warming trend
Scrutinizing a 139-year record of Great Lakes water levels, a UW–Madison scientist has discovered a dramatic shift in the seasonal changes in water levels on the Great Lakes. Read More
UW leads landmark lung cancer study
Researchers from the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center announced May 22 results from a landmark research trial that shows chemotherapy offers survival benefits for advanced lung cancer patients. Read More
UHS changes hours
University Health Services has changed its hours of service. Read More
Conference to focus on affordable housing issues
A Milwaukee housing conference sponsored by the Business School will focus on the overriding policy issues that affect affordable housing today and will guide the future. Read More
Space station beckons ice cloud project
Sometime in the year 2003, if all goes well, a UW–Madison experiment, designed to probe the nearly invisible ice clouds of Earth, will be hitched by astronauts to the International Space Station. Read More
New round of cluster hires set to begin
The university plans to hire 25 new faculty in its latest round of cluster hiring as part of the Madison Initiative, Provost John Wiley says. Read More
Humanities center schedules Jane Austen festival
The Center for Humanities kicks off its inaugural year with a schedule of public lectures and community-wide events including a lecture series and festival featuring fans and foes of 18th- century author Jane Austen. Read More
Sun Microsystems supercomputer to advance genomics
Sun Microsystems, Inc. and UW–Madison today, May 18, announced the expansion of a decade-long relationship enabling the campus to acquire a $2.5 million supercomputer for genetics research. Read More
Pre-college program expands to Madison, Racine
The university's innovative pre-college program for minority and disadvantaged students is expanding this summer to Madison and Racine. Read More
Chancellor search panel named
A 21-member committee chaired by Bernice Durand, professor of physics, will search for a successor to Chancellor David Ward, who will step down on Dec. 31. Read More
Ambling through Allen Centennial Gardens
Let us amble through the amber sunshine in Allen Centennial Gardens, a horticultural jewel across from Steenbock Library that will brighten even this luminescent spring morning. Read More
Awards briefs
School of Ed honors staff The School of Education presented its annual Distinguished Achievement Awards to six faculty and staff members earlier… Read More
Awards wrap-up
New award recognizes academic collaboration Faculty collaborations to yield new courses Returning-student awards recognize struggle, triumph Scholarships awarded to students by… Read More
50 years later, they’re gone
After a half-century, the 'temporary' buildings on the west end of campus have crumbled under the claw of an excavator, making way for something more permanent - the Engineering Centers Building. Read More
Calendar briefs
Top actress Hagen to lead student drama workshops Tony Award-winning actress Uta Hagen plans to do a workshop for UW–Madison students during her… Read More
Campus retirees gather under watchful presence of former housing worker
Drop by Lums Family Restaurant on the fourth Wednesday of any month at about 8:30 in the morning, and you’ll see a group of… Read More