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Cookbook advice: Eat walnuts, live longer!

December 18, 1998

America's favorite nut can settle into our tummies in many different forms thanks to UW–Madison English professors and administrators Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden. Read More

Stress reduction course draws harried students

December 11, 1998

For the past 20 years, Physical Education 134 - Relaxation Technique and Exercise has been a top draw in the physical education department, filling so quickly that freshmen and sophomores have difficulty getting in. Read More

Back in the classroom

December 10, 1998

Scholars bridge the divide between campus and the world in many ways, and economist John Karl Scholz made the leap through a leave, spending nearly two years in the capital of the nation - and the capital of his specialty. Read More

Community service fellowships available to undergraduates

December 10, 1998

Undergraduate students, faculty and staff have a new opportunity to forge community service partnerships with area nonprofit and government agencies through the university's Morgridge Center for Public Service. Read More

Monograph explores the role of scholarship and teaching

December 9, 1998

The Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences (CELS), a UW–Madison-based national alliance of professional biology societies, is taking aim at undergraduate biology education. Read More

ROSATED GUINEA HEN

December 9, 1998

Roasted Guinea Hen recipe Read More

The wisdom behind WISE

December 9, 1998

A program at Elizabeth Waters Hall is countering a national trend that has seen more than half of all young women who begin pursuing a career in science or engineering change majors in the first two years. Read More

UW students laud teacher education reform

December 4, 1998

As a new curriculum in the School of Education's secondary teacher education nears its two-year anniversary, payoffs are proceeding from a decision made long ago by UW–Madison planners: To transform, instead of tinker. Read More

Student-led fusion project wows scientific community

December 3, 1998

A unique student-staffed fusion project in UW–Madison's College of Engineering is generating excitement in the physics community. Read More

Religious studies offers undergrad certificate

December 2, 1998

A new certificate for undergraduate students interested in the Religious Studies Program at the UW–Madison caps a complete renovation of the program started three years ago. Read More

Cloak and dagger stuff

November 18, 1998

Students learn staged swashbuckling from a master of fake fighting We might be on the deck of a pirate galleon as the… Read More

Engineering creates professional masters program

November 17, 1998

A new World Wide Web-based master's degree created by College of Engineering is designed to help professionals advance their careers without interrupting them. Read More

First business course offered on Internet

November 13, 1998

The School of Business is launching its first Internet course, a class on management fundamentals. Read More

‘The Wisconsin boys’

November 13, 1998

They are some of Peru's most important government and legal officials. And they call themselves the Wisconsin Boys. Read More

New web site focuses on parenthood

November 12, 1998

A new UW–Madison Web site examines the fundamental nature of the parent-child relationship in society. Read More

Program to boost undergrad research

November 11, 1998

A new trend is emerging: providing research opportunities for beginning students. UW–Madison will move in this direction starting this spring, with its new Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. Read More

Africana project awarded $173,000

November 10, 1998

The General Library System will help the African Studies Program preserve its slide, photograph and video collections through a National Leadership Grant from the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. Read More

Poetry collection given to UW–Madison

November 4, 1998

An extensive collection of poetry has been donated to UW–Madison libraries. Read More

Interdisciplinary conference honors visionary LeMoine

October 29, 1998

UW-Madison will host a conference in Fanny LeMoine's memory, 'Living with Divinity: The Place of the Spiritual in Academic Discourse' Oct. 30-31. Read More

From cows to wows

October 16, 1998

A group of UW–Madison staff is working to generate excitement for transforming the aging UW–Madison Dairy Barn into a hands-on Museum of Living Sciences, giving the public a place to explore biology research in progress. Read More