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New network increases computing speed on campus
The campus computer network was recently upgraded to improve speed and capacity and now features the latest Asynchronous Transfer Mode technology.
Space Place inaugurates amateur radio center
Space Place, UW–Madison's hub for astronomy and space science outreach, is embarking on a new educational project with the help of the Four Lakes Amateur Radio Club and area schools.
UW Technology Enterprise Competition winners announced
Engineering student Eric Iverson and business student Brian Weiss are the first-place $10,000 winners for best technology based business plan in the 1998 UW–Madison Technology Enterprise Competition.
Colloquium explores new frontiers of aging and health
The Institute on Aging, celebrating its 25th year on campus, will hold a symposium and two public lectures April 23-24 exploring new research insights into successful aging.
Star Tribune reporter named science writer in residence
Jim Dawson, a science journalist with the Minneapolis Star Tribune, has been named a 1998 Science Writer in Residence by the UW–Madison.
Consumer credit seminar this evening
A public seminar on consumer credit will be held this evening in Morgridge Auditorium on the first floor of Grainger Hall. The session, free and open to the public, will run from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Adopt an expert
UW-Madison students enrolled in a graduate-level psychology seminar on the neuroscience of emotion will be coming face-to-face with seven giants in the field, who will be gathering in town for an international symposium.
Conference examines value of parenting
'Parenthood in America,' a conference to be held April 19-21 in Madison, will provide an energizing forum for leading scholars and practitioners to share perspectives on the importance of parenthood.
Public utility forum set April 22
Dramatic shifts in policies and attitudes toward competition in the public utility industries will be explored at a public utility forum on April 22 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison.
Survey: Undergraduates satisfied with UW–Madison experience
Eighty-eight percent of undergraduates at UW–Madison say they are satisfied (42 percent) or extremely satisfied (46 percent) with their overall university experience to date.
Jewish lecture series promises eclectic fare
Around the world and through time, the 1998 Jewish Heritage Lecture Series will explore the Jewish experience from a variety of perspectives.
Business Week senior news editor to visit
Owen Ullmann, senior news editor for the Washington bureau of Business Week and a UW–Madison alumnus, will serve as this semester's business writer in residence March 30-April 3.
Student-organized conference looks at sexual violence
A student-organized conference at UW–Madison March 27-29 will help participants take 'The First Step to Ending Sexual Violence.'
Students hone tutoring skills in Madison classrooms
Twenty-five students enrolled in the School of Education course Curriculum and Instruction 375: Tutoring in the Schools mix lessons on how to tutor with experience tutoring minority students in Lincoln and Midvale elementary schools.
Ghosts in the machine
At age 60, George Cramer, professor in UW–Madison's art department, is working to create a new academic tradition on campus with a marriage of art and technology.
Minority program reaches milestone
From its meek beginning as a pilot project with just six students enrolled in 1984, the Chancellor's Scholarship Program, a privately funded scholarship to attract and support talented minority and disadvantaged undergraduates, is now prospering.
Midwest educators gather to discuss AIDS prevention
UW-Madison will host the third in a series of regional conferences on HIV/AIDS and college learning April 2-4 at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center.
UW students earn ride on NASA’s zero-gravity plane
Four UW–Madison students have earned a research trip to NASA this spring to experience life in the queasy world of zero gravity.
Conference examines welfare’s new deals, new hopes
Keith Bradley, a leader of Britain's Labour Party and its spokesperson on welfare reform, will be the featured speaker at a UW–Madison conference March 19-20.
Business leaders take look ahead at economic conference
With reports from the Federal Reserve that the impact of Asia's turmoil on the U.S. economy should be measurable but not overwhelming, Wisconsin business leaders may be slightly relieved, but still wondering what's ahead.