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Letters and Science reorganizes student services
A new structure for student academic services should make it easier for undergraduates in the College of Letters and Science to get the services they need.
Business course links students worldwide
A new Web-based international business course links teams of students from UW–Madison with teams of students from universities in Italy, Chile and Hong Kong.
UW offers new dairy management program
The Department of Dairy Science in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is expanding its curriculum options for 1999 with the addition of a Dairy Enterprise Management specialization program.
Online science course based on The Why Files announced
A new online science course in geology based on the content of the popular Why Files Web site promises to draw sciencephobes like claim jumpers to a gold strike.
Living wage symposium scheduled Nov. 18-21
The university, as part of a task force of several large universities, is hosting an educational symposium to study the living wage and international labor standards issues, especially as they concern the university apparel industry.
Rapier skill enhances UW student actors’ job appeal
Paul Dennhardt, a faculty member in the Department of Theatre and Drama and a master of theatrical sword fighting, improves the market value of the students who pick up a sword under his tutelage.
Students make heavy use of online software catalog
Students from throughout UW System and the Wisconsin Technical College System schools ordered more than 2,000 software products in the opening days of the Wisconsin Integrated Software Catalog.
Seminar on careers for women in finance Nov. 19
A panel of six successful business women will discuss their careers in finance at a
Mobile doppler radar visits campus
“Doppler on Wheels,” a state-of-the-art radar platform used primarily to study severe weather, is at the university this week in support of…
Milker skills workshop set at Arlington Ag Research Station
A Milker Skills Workshop for dairy producers and dairy employees will be held Nov. 17-18, at the Arlington Agriculture Research Station.
Grant meant to boost math enrollment, training
In an effort to boost the number of Americans pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in mathematics, the National Science Foundation has awarded the UW–Madison mathematics department a three-year, $1.5 million grant to enhance and broaden research and training opportunities for UW–Madison students.
Final fall enrollment exceeds 40,600
The university has enrolled 40,610 students this fall, a 1.2 percent increase from the 40,109 students enrolled in fall 1998.
Conference to draw legion of retiree learners
Some university retirees still in the teaching business will be among those comparing notes at the first-ever statewide meeting of retiree learning groups sponsored by UW–Madison.
Prolific author, science writer to be in residence
Robin Marantz Henig, a prolific author, columnist, essayist and writer of articles about science and medicine, has been named a 1999 Science Writer in Residence.
UW alumnus donates $3.5 million to entrepreneurship
UW-Madison business students will receive first-hand experience in being entrepreneurs thanks to a gift of nearly $3.5 million from business school alumnus James Weinert.
Students, staff polish conversational skills at language tables
More than 20 "language tables" around campus offer the opportunity to stop by, sit down and chat a bit in the language of the table.
Emeritus status gives professor a portal to new worlds
If the word "emeritus" evokes images of professional fade-out in your mind, then you need a bracing dose of Herbert Lewis, who's showing how magnificently manifold are the possibilities in the Land of Emeritus Living.
Lake Mendota teems with teaching and research efforts – and algae
During any given semester, Lake Mendota lives up to its billing as the most studied lake in North America, with a popular undergraduate course taught on its waters and numerous research projects analyzing it inside-out. No university in the world is more versed in limnology, or the science of what makes a lake tick.
Student fee case project links journalism, law students
Journalism and law students at the university have joined forces to generate in-depth coverage and analysis of the university's student fee lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court.
New engineering degree responds to computer boom
The College of Engineering is booting up a new degree program that will help graduates take advantage of an incredible demand for computer expertise. In spring 2000, a new degree in computer engineering will begin modestly with an enrollment of about 80 students, but over several years will grow to more than 200 students.