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Innovative engineering students to compete
UW-Madison undergraduate student inventors will bring medical devices, bicycles, a ballista, a tattoo machine, time-sensitive paper, computer furniture and more bright ideas to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus for this year's Innovation Days competition.
Research helps elderly continue living at home
No matter where you live or work — apartment complex, suburban neighborhood, school, shopping mall, hospital, nursing home — you should have access to a "Main Street." Michael Hunt and his students aim to see that you do, no matter your circumstances.
New voice coach takes holistic approach to stage craft
According to Susan R. Sweeney, the new-since-fall voice coach in the Department of Theatre and Drama, you can improve your listening skills
21st season of ‘Wonders of Physics’ program scheduled
Sudden explosions and shocking stunts turn the typical lecture on physics into the "Wonders of Physics" - an annual program that excites audience members of all ages with the physical phenomena that surround their daily lives. This year's program, free and open to the public, will be held Feb. 8, 14 and 15.
Veterinary program mentors potential researchers
Instead of committing to traditional cat and dog medicine, veterinary students can "try on" the role of researcher when they enroll in a new 12-month research mentorship program, one of seven the National Institutes of Health sponsors.
Journalism class rolls out annual magazine
With a broader circulation aimed at state opinion leaders and an eye on Wisconsin, a magazine crafted by a team of journalism students, called "Curb", makes its debut Thursday, Dec. 11.
Continuing studies catalog out
The 2004 winter-spring Continuing Education Catalog is now available.
Conference bolsters Wisconsin civics education
Strengthening the teaching of civics in Wisconsin's classrooms and engaging students in democracy are the aims of a Dec. 10 conference being co-sponsored by the UW–Madison School of Education.
Unit to integrate cross-college biology
Offering 38 different life sciences majors, undergraduate biology education on campus is an enormous enterprise, especially considering that between 20 and 25 percent of students graduate as majors in one of these areas each year. Some programs that serve these students are cross-college, meaning that they rely on faculty and staff from many schools and colleges to serve as teachers and advisers. To enhance the learning experience, UW–Madison will soon launch an institute that will integrate and coordinate cross-college undergraduate biology education.
Scholarship opens door to a larger world
Erin Buros is a recipient of the Walter, Helen and Loretta Feldt Memorial Scholarship. John Feldt, Foundation senior vice president for finance and administration, established the scholarship to honor his late father, mother and wife. Student employees of the foundation are eligible.
Educators ponder teaching biology as a scientific enterprise
Supported by the National Research Council, a pilot for a new and improved model of instruction for the large undergraduate biology classroom, will be taught in Madison in the summer of 2004
Council connects classified staff, mentors
One vehicle for learning is by serving as a mentor through a Council for Non-Represented Classified Staff program.
Scholars blend approaches through center for history of print culture
Like printed material itself, print culture scholars can be found all over campus, with representatives from disciplines such as history, journalism and mass communication, library science, human ecology and health sciences, says James P. Danky, director of the campus Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America.
Lecture series follows Jewish experience
The 2003 Jewish Heritage Lecture series will focus on the Jewish experience around the world and across the centuries.
Talented freshman class enrolls
This fall's incoming freshman class has the best academic credentials of any class in the history of UW–Madison, says Admissions Director Rob Seltzer.
Expert on Alzheimer’s Disease to speak in Racine Oct. 8
Mark A. Sager, director of the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will address the compelling topic of "Alzheimer's Disease: New Treatment and Renewed Hope," on Wednesday evening, Oct. 8, in Racine.
OCR announces free seminars on high-tech entrepreneurship
The Office of Corporate Relations announces four seminars on high-tech entrepreneurship for faculty and staff.
Science Saturdays offer hands-on learning for kids, parents
Whether it's exploring the physics of a wind instrument like a clarinet, creating a terrarium of recyclable materials and then observing the living residents, making your own polymer, or developing models of genes and how they work, Science Saturdays offer a variety of activities for middle school children and their parents.
Wisconsin Idea project links weather, culture and storytelling
A collaboration of researchers and educators from UW–Madison's department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, the UW–Madison Folklore Program and the Wisconsin Arts Board is bringing together UW–Madison students and Wisconsin K-12 teachers and students to explore weather lore and sayings, and to connect them to scientific explanations of the weather.