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Fulbright visiting scholars announced
Six visiting international scholars will be in residence during the 2002-03 academic year under the Fulbright Visiting Scholars program.
Students to work on voting rights museum, institute
On May 31, UW–Madison students and staff will embark on a journey to Selma to renovate and develop educational projects for the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute.
Humanities center plans a busy year
The Center for the Humanities will feature six prominent speakers in its 2002-03 Humanities Without Boundaries Lecture Series. The center also will present panels on 'Women and Science' and 'Rembrandt and the Jews.' From April 7-13, the center will sponsor lectures, performances and events commemorating the centennial of 'The Souls of Black Folk' by W.E.B. Du Bois.
New office ready to answer questions about UW–Madison
The recently created Campus Information and Visitor Center's primary goal is to answer questions about the UW–Madison campus from members of the campus community, prospective students and their families, and the general public.
Campus ’empire builder’ retires
One of Bruce Braun's first projects after he retires June 30 will be to help his son-in-law build a shed in his back yard. It hardly seems like a major task for the retiring assistant vice chancellor for facilities, planning and management, who oversees what Braun calls a 'vast empire' of buildings and equipment, likely valued at more than $5 billion.
Agency’s aggressive patent management protects public, professors
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has been patenting and licensing UW research for more than 75 years. Today, WARF has one of the most envied file cabinets in science, with about 1,700 active patents ÷ including not one but two patents resulting from James Thomson's stem-cell work.
Program seeks to assist women business owners
The School of Business is recruiting a third class of established women business owners to participate in a groundbreaking program that creates volunteer advisory panels to help them grow their businesses.
Budget talks find some agreement
The Assembly and Senate appear to have reached agreement on nearly two-thirds of their differences over the state budget adjustment bill.
Public forum on breast cancer
A free public forum discussing key issues in the fight against breast cancer is planned 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, June 5.
After the punch line: What jokes tell us
As director of UW–Madison's folklore program, Jim Leary is possibly Wisconsin's best repository of the state's ethnic history and heritage. And he can tell a mean farmer joke. He knows hundreds, gathered from his many travels around the state. Most of them are rare artifacts, plucked from the brains of elderly farmers, tavern owners and townsfolk whom Leary has met over the years. To him, those jokes are to be cherished as much as any fine work of art.
SSEC aids severe storms study
Two university research centers will support a massive field experiment to better measure humidity, rainfall and overall moisture in the air and how it all changes.
Online program honored
UW-Madison programs recently were recognized by the University Continuing Education Association for excellence in university outreach.
Polygon honors teachers
Polygon Engineering Council, the School of Engineering's council of student organizations, announced its annual teaching excellence awards April 28.
Iwanter Prize announced
Jyoti Raghu is the winner of the second annual Center for the Humanities Iwanter Prize for excellence in interdisciplinary humanities scholarship for her senior thesis, 'Piers Plowman and Fourteenth Century England.'
Professor is an advocate for improving end-of-life care
To social work professor Betty Kramer, pondering how you'll leave this world isn't especially morbid or ghoulish. As an expert in the field of end-of-life issues, including grieving and palliative care, she's spent much of her career thinking about how people can prepare for death.
Study reveals anticancer activity
A potential new treatment for patients with metastatic prostate cancer has demonstrated anticancer activity in some patients in a clinical trial.
Berquam named assistant dean of students
Lori Berquam, assistant residence life director, will move to the Dean of Students office this summer to take the post of assistant dean and chief judicial officer.
Photo special: Campus from on high
Photos by Jeff Miller They are beautiful to behold — bird’s-eye views of campus lands captured on a fine spring day:…
WAA hosts UW marathoners
The Wisconsin Alumni Lifelong Learning online marathon training program will culminate May 25-26 in the running of the Mad City Marathon.
Engineer among world’s top researchers
Engineering assistant professor Susan Hagness is one of the world's 100 Top Young Innovators, says Technology Review magazine.