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‘Virtual’ symposium brings nanotech, biotech topics to K-12 science teachers
On Monday, May 1, educators from around Wisconsin will join with educators in Indiana and Minnesota to explore the convergence of nanotechnology and biotechnology with a panel of experts drawn from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the National Science Foundation and Wisconsin's biotechnology community. The New Technologies symposium will originate from the Pyle Center at UW–Madison and will be broadcast live via Internet2 beginning at 8 a.m.
UW-Madison launches international internship program
Thanks to a new, first-of-its-kind program at UW–Madison, a core group of undergraduates will soon be able to experience what it's like to work for a major international company or a non-governmental organization (NGO) overseas.
Snowmobiling team designs a cleaner, meaner sled
In a state with 200,000 registered snowmobiles and 25,000 miles of snowmobiling trails, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, snowmobiling is more that just a sport. It is a big part of the Wisconsin winter.
New veterinary medicine program supports Wisconsin aquaculture
Friday night fish fries are just one clue that the fish industry, including fish farming, is big business in Wisconsin. UW–Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine is helping launch a new fish health program to protect Wisconsin's growing aquaculture industry.
Enrichment programs set new standard for undergraduates
Enrollment at UW–Madison hasn’t changed much in recent years, but a transformation of the university’s learning environment over the past decade is building a smaller, more closely knit community for thousands of students.
Weeklong painter’s workshop to be held at Green Lake
Painters from around the state can enroll in UW–Madison’s “Spring Studio Painting at Green Lake,” scheduled for Sunday-Friday, April 23-28. The program…
Physical ‘wonders’ revealed in new book and DVD set
Magicians never reveal their secrets. But physicists, it seems, will jump at the chance. Clint Sprott's 22 years of magical "Wonders of Physics" demonstrations are now available in a how-to guide for teachers.
AIDS course explores ‘perfect ecology’ of a killer
A new course at UW–Madison is exploring the AIDS pandemic from all of these varied points of view. Global AIDS: Interdisciplinary Perspectives has attracted undergraduate students from biology and medicine, political science, foreign language and history who are looking for a bigger-picture understanding of the disease.
Social Work graduate program makes diversity, community its mission
By increasing diversity and equity within its own program, the School of Social Work’s graduate program has been succeeding in the campuswide mission to create community. The key lies within the soul of social work, which is change.
New course explores the ubiquitous vampire legend
About 30 undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will get a ... taste ... of how cultures spread through one of the world's most potent and long-lived icons.
UW-Madison offering French, Norwegian, Italian classes for adults
Adults in the Madison area can learn French, Norwegian and Italian in non-credit classes offered by the UW–Madison Division of Continuing Studies.
New international courses attract wide range of students
Several new international studies courses will be offered at UW–Madison in spring 2006, reflecting new faculty scholarship at the university as well as increased student interest in a wide range of international studies courses.
Program gives quality education in short period of time
Since its inception in 1885, nearly 18,000 students have earned certificates from the university’s Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC).
Gift enables investigative journalism class to probe old murder case
An investigative journalism class, backed by a $5,000 gift from a UW–Madison graduate, deconstructed in painstaking detail an 11-year-old Dane County murder case that is also being examined by the UW Law School's Wisconsin Innocence Project.
UW forges new ties with Indian educators, researchers
The president of India, APJ Abdul Kalam, announced today an unprecedented research and education collaboration between the Indian government, several Indian universities, three international corporations and 15 U.S. universities, including UW–Madison.
UW-Madison course enhances nonprofits
As exam time rolls around, UW–Madison students in the e-Projects in Community Service (ePICS) course won't be studying textbooks or writing take-home finals. They'll be presenting their semester's work to real-world clients, twelve nonprofit organizations for whom students have designed Web sites, built Web-based information systems, created logos, developed marketing materials and produced videos.
Applications available for undergraduate research scholarships
UW-Madison offers undergraduates great opportunities to engage in collaborative research with faculty or instructional/research academic staff.