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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.
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.
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.
UHS changes hours
University Health Services has changed its hours of service.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Advances
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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.
Almanac
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Awards briefs
School of Ed honors staff The School of Education presented its annual Distinguished Achievement Awards to six faculty and staff members earlier…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Events Bulletin
Learning Piano 300: Then and Now The School of Music presents a celebration of the 300th anniversary of the piano. This…