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Chancellor Wiley warns of budget perils

October 5, 2004

State budget difficulties and calls for a so-called Taxpayer Bill of Rights threaten the quality of higher education in Wisconsin, UW–Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley said Monday.

Fletcher steps up with gift to Camp Randall renovation

October 5, 2004

When Terrell Fletcher was coming out of high school, the UW changed his life. Now he'd like to return the favor.

Students help set the stage at Wisconsin Union Theater

October 5, 2004

Russo oversees a wealth of programming

Book Smart

October 5, 2004

Susanne Desan, professor of history, “The Family on Trial in Revolutionary France,” University of California-Berkeley Press, 2004. During the French Revolution, divorce…

Employee Matters

October 5, 2004

Fall Benefit Plan Enrollment Opportunities

Rock the Vote visits campus Oct. 15

October 5, 2004

The campus will play host to Rock the Vote's "Voter Registration Experience Bus Tour" on Friday, Oct. 15, 2004.

“Bucky for President”

October 5, 2004

Just when you need a new angle on all the election stories, Bucky Badger has one for you: He's running for president during Homecoming 2004.

NSF grant aids state plastics industry

October 4, 2004

A project that partners students from across the state with UW–Madison professors and Wisconsin companies could help boost the state's plastics industry in years to come.

New language institute prepares students for the global marketplace

October 4, 2004

UW-Madison, which has more world languages courses than any other college or university in the United States, has created the Language Institute to help prepare graduates to compete for job opportunities in the global marketplace.

Applied corporate finance center celebrates expanded facilities

October 4, 2004

The Nicholas Center for Applied Corporate Finance at the School of Business celebrated its new facilities in Grainger Hall on Sept. 30.

Student projects aid area small businesses

October 4, 2004

A semester-long project through UW–Madison's Small Business Development Center in the School of Business gives small businesses in and around Madison a jump-start on creating business plans while university students receive hands-on training for future jobs.

Meeting to explore a changing natural world

October 4, 2004

A two-day workshop aimed at documenting and exploring the significance of ecological change in Wisconsin will be held Oct. 7 and 8 at the Pyle Center on the UW–Madison campus.

UW-Madison welcomes talented freshman class

September 30, 2004

UW-Madison continues to enroll talented and qualified classes of incoming freshman, says Admissions Director Rob Seltzer.

UW to start master’s program in occupational therapy

September 29, 2004

Beginning next summer, UW–Madison will launch a master's-level program in occupational therapy.

PBS program to feature UW medical historian

September 29, 2004

Judith Leavitt, a UW Medical School historian, and other national experts on the history of Mary Mallon - also known as Typhoid Mary - will be featured in a program to air on NOVA, the acclaimed television science series on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).

Tiny arm shuttles electrons in a new transistor

September 29, 2004

Using a vibrating arm less than one-millionth of an inch long and one-thousand times thinner than a human hair, a new transistor toggles on and off through the movement of a single electron.

New York Times writer to discuss his welfare reform book

September 29, 2004

Jason DeParle, whose new book "American Dream" tracks the story of welfare reform from the White House to three Milwaukee families living in poverty, will speak Thursday, Sept. 30, at UW–Madison

Wisconsin scientists develop quick botox test

September 28, 2004

Scientists at UW–Madison have developed a pair of rapid-fire tests for botulinum toxin, a feat that could underpin new technologies to thwart bioterrorism and spur the development of agents to blunt the toxic action of the world's most poisonous substance.

Master plan to create a vision of UW–Madison’s future

September 28, 2004

An uncommon opportunity to define UW–Madison for years to come arrived this week, with the announcement of a yearlong process to create a master plan to guide campus renewal well into the next decade.

Original music honors memorial library’s 50th anniversary

September 24, 2004

The Memorial Library will premiere five original musical compositions with a theme of libraries and librarians this Monday, Sept. 27, at 4:30 p.m. in the Petrovich Reading Room, 212 Memorial Library. This original music has been commissioned by the Mills Music Library to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Memorial Library.