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PEOPLE completes summer programs with public events
Two events will mark the final week of the summer 2005 Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) Program on the UW–Madison campus. More than 800 PEOPLE students have participated on campus over the past three months.
Students’ granola-yogurt fruit cup may scoop up national honors
A group of UW–Madison food science students have spent the past year developing what may be the next big thing to hit grocery shelves.
New grant allows more students to study abroad in Germany
Undergraduate students studying the life sciences at UW–Madison will have a new opportunity to pursue their work overseas through a grant from the German American Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Graduate School plans summer research opportunities conference
The Graduate School is hosting the Summer Research Opportunities Program Conference Friday-Sunday, July 15-17, in collaboration with the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.
Center sponsors India trip for K-12 educators
UW-Madison's Center for South Asia, with support from the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, will take 13 Wisconsin K-12 educators to India this summer on a curriculum development mission.
Engineers recognized for Rwanda aid efforts
A UW–Madison engineering student group has garnered international recognition for its work in helping to build basic infrastructure systems in the poor, war-torn African country of Rwanda.
Competition unleashes student creativity on silk tie designs
Silk ties, especially upscale ones that cost up to $120, are unlikely to make their way into many undergraduate student fashion statements. But as far as classroom projects go, ties proved to be a perfect fit. A Department of Environment, Textiles and Design course at UW–Madison, led by professor Jennifer Angus, spent the spring 2005 semester designing a new line of retro-conversational ties for the Chippewa Falls fashion company XMI.
Unique class to chart quest through the multiracial American West
An unusual "traveling classroom" hitting the road this summer will have 36 University of Wisconsin–Madison students logging nearly 3,000 miles by bus, piecing together a cultural history tour of the sprawling American West.
American Indian housing project will link tribal, academic communities
Over three weeks this summer, a building made of straw bales and stucco will rise from the wind-swept Montana plains-an undertaking that is equally an exercise in green construction, an opportunity to assist with a much-needed early childhood learning center on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, and cultural partnership and immersion experience for undergraduate students.
Thai Educators to visit campus for science-education ideas
A delegation of ten educators from Thailand will visit Wisconsin from May 23 to June 3 to lay the groundwork for a long-term partnership with UW–Madison to improve Thai science education.
Mini Courses range from practical to unconventional
Registration is open for this summer's Wisconsin Union Mini Courses. Most of the courses begin the week of June 20.
Extraordinary alumni gift to fund museum expansion
UW-Madison and Elvehjem Museum of Art today announced a $20 million gift from alumni Simona and Jerome A. Chazen to fund a major expansion of the museum.
Simona and Jerome A. Chazen: A lifelong love for the arts creates a powerful legacy
Simona and Jerome Chazen have always been interested in the arts.
UW Space Place: More space, new place
Fifteen years ago in a run-down former steak house, a small but determined cadre of astronomers at UW–Madison gave Madison access to the stars.
Classroom ‘clickers’ catching on as instant assessment tool
College professors teaching lecture hall classes may occasionally look out at the sea of faces and wonder … “Is this stuff sinking in?”A new technology gaining popularity at UW–Madison and nationally helps answer that question before final exams settle the matter for good.
Students win Burrill competition with drug delivery device
Students in business and biomedical engineering created a drug delivery device and a company called Ratio that won them a $10,000 first prize in the G. Steven Burrill Technology Business Plan Competition at UW–Madison.
Scientific American’s editor named writer in residence
Mariette DiChristina, the executive editor of Scientific American, will visit the university as the spring 2005 Science Writer in Residence.
Student entrepreneurs preparing for competition
A competition showcasing student entrepreneurs' innovative business ideas - ranging from devices that can save firefighters' lives in blazing buildings to making online transactions more secure - will kick off on Friday, April 15.
Students power new humanities journal
Nearly 400 article submissions later, "Illumination" is set for its debut. The premier issue of UW–Madison's undergraduate-produced journal of the humanities will be out late this month, with an accompanying Web site.
High schools students flock to World Languages Day April 14
High school students and teachers from across the state will sample the 60 languages taught at UW–Madison on Thursday, April 14, during the fourth annual World Languages Day (WLD).