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Lilly awards to yield new, remodeled courses
New or revised courses in literature, women's studies, popular culture, language acquisition and theater education will be options for students soon thanks to the Lilly Teaching Fellows program.
Program offers internships for academic staff
Following on the heels of the successful Academic Staff Mentoring Program is a pilot project offering internships for staff to build new skills and learn more about the university.
South African visitor to address students
The director of the National Research Foundation of South Africa will be a featured speaker at the closing banquet of the Summer Collegiate Experience Thursday, Aug. 3.
Distance education conference set
An international conference Aug. 2-4 organized by the university will examine innovations in distance learning, one of the hottest current topics in education.
Economic outlook briefing scheduled
Continued boom, steady as it goes, or bust? Learn the prospects for the economy in Wisconsin, the Midwest, the nation and the world at 'Economic Outlook: 2001,' a daylong executive briefing sponsored by the School of Business.
U.S. Forest Service chief to keynote forum
Chief Michael Dombeck of the U.S. Forest Service will be in Madison July 19 to deliver the keynote address at the Intelligent Consumption Forum on forest use, a forum and project run by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.
New tech program targets students of color
Teaching computer and information technology skills to high school students of color is the focus of a new pre-college program at the university.
New round of strategic hiring begins
The university plans to hire 25 new faculty in its latest round of strategic hiring as part of the Madison Initiative, Provost John Wiley says.
African languages institute to open
The country's first institute dedicated to preparing teachers of African languages will culminate Friday, July 7, at the university with a celebration at 5 p.m. in 260 Bascom Hall.
Milwaukee, Racine students come to campus
Minority students from southeastern Wisconsin will travel to the university this weekend for a three-week stay as part of the Milwaukee PEOPLE program.
‘Food as culture’ conference planned
Internationally known chefs, food producers, writers and scientists will gather this September at the university for an all-day conference Friday, Sept. 8, that will focus on the cultural importance of food and about questions concerning genetically modified organisms.
Students pleased with computing
A survey conducted by the university finds that nearly 90 percent of students are satisfied or very satisfied with university computing resources.
Gardening program open to K-2 children
'People to Plants: Living Communities,' a kids gardening program at Lapham Elementary School in Madison, is open this summer to area children who have finished kindergarten through 2nd grades.
Summer Collegiate Experience 2000 kicks off
Several new elements will highlight the university's Summer Collegiate Experience this year.
Hoofer classes promote education, prevention
Hoofers Outdoor Recreation, one of 10 student-run committees of the Wisconsin Union Directorate, is the largest and oldest campus outdoor recreation organization in the nation.
Ancient kiln technology yields modern art
The proof is in the pottery. Proof, that is, of why a wood-fired kiln is worth all the smoke and ashes and interminable stoking. Student and faculty artists anxiously awaited that verdict last week as they unloaded their work from a new Japanese-style kiln constructed on Picnic Point.
Hagen to lead student drama workshops
Tony Award-winning actress Uta Hagen plans to do a workshop forstudents during her visit next week to accept an honorary degree.
Faculty collaborations to yield new courses
A proposed class dealing with implications of human population growth and another on aspects of material culture have received $15,000 grants as part of a new teaching initiative at the university.
Alumni University program announced
The 11th annual Alumni University, June 19-23, combines fun and education in one event sponsored by the Division of Continuing Studies and the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
Bringing the ‘nanoworld’ within everyone’s reach
Scientists from the National Science Foundation-supported Materials Research Science and Engineering Center have developed a small kit containing a few simple hands-on demonstrations and a boiled-down knowledge of nanoscience encoded in an easy-to-understand picture book.