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Business school names first teaching professors

January 21, 2002

The School of Business is the first academic unit on campus to use the working title of 'teaching professor.'

Advisors go to students

January 11, 2002

Academic advisors from Cross College Advising Service have branched out into Sellery Hall and the Bradley Learning Community.

Team helps build the ultimate surveillance tool

December 30, 2001

Advances in smart, low-cost integrated devices containing many different types of sensors, wireless transceivers and processors with significant computing capabilities could make the above scenario a reality in as few as five years, says Professor Parameswaran Ramanathan.

Winter Commencement Address

December 27, 2001

Charles (Charlie) H. Trotter, Sunday, December 23, 2001, Kohl Center

Chancellor’s Remarks: Winter Commencement

December 27, 2001

Chancellor John D. Wiley, Sunday, December 23, 2001, Kohl Center

African-American Studies professor committed to discourse change

December 18, 2001

American culture is not as simple as black and white, says Craig Werner, professor of humanities and African-American Studies.

New IT plan unveiled

December 14, 2001

The UW–Madison's information technology plan for the 21st century maps out how the university can use IT to achieve its top-level objectives for the new century: promoting research, advancing learning, accelerating internationalization, amplifying the Wisconsin Idea and nurturing human resources.

Students pursue passion for discovery

December 11, 2001

Through a new outreach program, students experience the thrill of discovery as they explore how animal communities in Wisconsin have changed over the last 25,000 years.

Service learning gets notice in Timetable

November 28, 2001

For the first time, service-learning classes have been specially noted in the university Timetable.

Lectures examine Afghan history, culture

November 23, 2001

The last two community lectures on the history and culture of Afghanistan and the surrounding region will be presented by faculty at Dane County public libraries.

New book opens window on early America

November 20, 2001

Letters from colonial America's earliest years, written by one of the most important figures in the colonies have been collected, many for the first time in a new edition edited by a professor of English

Kenoyer to speak on Afghanistan, Pakistan history

November 15, 2001

Mark Kenoyer, professor of anthropology, will give the talk, "Afghanistan and Pakistan: The History of a Family Divided," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, at the Deerfield Public Library, 12 W. Nelson St.

Sikhs promote better cultural understanding

November 8, 2001

A faculty member and staff member are using the tension over the war on terrorism as a chance to improve cultural understanding.

Bioterror conference invites questions

November 5, 2001

Faculty and staff are invited to submit questions in advance of the planned conference on bioterrorism Tuesday, Nov. 13.

Multicultural learning community to open on campus

October 29, 2001

If life is one great learning experience, surely there is no better laboratory than the street where you live. Or the residence hall: A year from now, the UW–Madison College of Letters and Science and School of Education will join University Housing in opening a multicultural learning community in Witte Residence Hall.

Program helps women succeed in science and engineering

October 29, 2001

Women at the UW–Madison who are planning to enter science and engineering fields are more academically successful than ever before.

UW-Madison Connections program to expand statewide

October 19, 2001

UW-Madison and the UW Colleges are expanding a pilot program to meet the growing demand for an undergraduate degree from UW–Madison.

Students, professor discover family history in New Mexico

October 10, 2001

It is a coincidence befitting a Charles Dickens novel: University professor discovers cache of photographs, lost for more than half a century. Depicted are elder family members of an administrator at the same university where the professor works.

Distinguished historian to present Curti lectures

October 9, 2001

The 26th annual Merle Curti Lectures will be presented by distinguished intellectual historian Francis Oakley Oct. 16, 17 and 18.

New center to address diversity in math education

October 4, 2001

A new five-year, $11.5 million consortium based at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research is beginning work on rebuilding the nation's mathematics education infrastructure.