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Elvehjem highlights donated works

July 4, 2002

A selection of artwork donated to the Elvehjem Museum of Art will be displayed July 6-Aug. 25. Read More

Image scanner to enhance cancer treatment

July 3, 2002

A new device at the Comprehensive Cancer Center will help radiation oncologists better diagnose and more precisely treat certain cancers. Read More

Budget agreement near

July 3, 2002

A conference committee deal to address Wisconsin's $1 billion budget deficit includes some cuts to the UW System budget. Read More

Cancer surgeon Mohs dies at 93

July 2, 2002

Frederic E. Mohs, a researcher who developed a surgical technique for skin cancer that bears his name, died July 1 at age 93. Read More

Poll: Spirits are high

July 2, 2002

How are things going in the views of Wisconsin residents? Pretty well, and economic and personal fortunes are expected to improve, according to the most recent Badger Poll. Read More

FDA approves bone graft

July 2, 2002

The newly approved INFUSE Bone Graft promises to reduce pain and recovery time for the more than 190,000 Americans who undergo lumbar spinal fusion surgery each year. Read More

Early music concerts planned

July 1, 2002

The Madison Early Music Festival adopts a French accent for its third season, devoting a significant portion of its offerings to Medieval and Renaissance France. Read More

Engineer to chair nuclear board

July 1, 2002

President George W. Bush has asked Engineering Physics Professor Michael L. Corradini to chair the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. Read More

Health fee faces review

July 1, 2002

Continuing students who are not enrolled in Summer Session remain eligible for care at University Health Services at no cost. Read More

Regents approve power plant

June 27, 2002

UW-Madison will soon finalize negotiations for a natural gas-fired co-generation plant on campus. Read More

Fire seen from on high

June 27, 2002

Even from space, wildfires raging near Show Low, Ariz., are standout features of the landscape, as satellite images show. Read More

Poll: Residents back school pledge

June 27, 2002

Wisconsin residents surveyed in a recent Badger Poll back the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. Read More

Employees to get free bus pass

June 26, 2002

The city has approved a plan to provide free city bus passes to university and hospital employees. Read More

Sapiro named associate vice chancellor

June 26, 2002

Provost Peter Spear has chosen Virginia Sapiro, an award-winning scholar with broad administrative experience, to become the new associate vice chancellor for teaching and learning. Read More

Poll: Wisconsin likes Bush

June 26, 2002

President George W. Bush enjoys wide backing in the Badger state, says a new poll conducted by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center. Read More

Eat your vegetables, take your medicine

June 24, 2002

As a plant geneticist and breeder who has long been interested in the link between human health and agriculture, Irwin Goldman is working to understand and apply such links in the modern diet. Read More

Alumna to blast off

June 24, 2002

University alumna Laurel B. Clark ('83, M.D. '87) is scheduled to launch aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on Friday, July 19, as payload specialist on a 16-day research mission. Read More

Music Hall clock to be fixed

June 24, 2002

Weather permitting, Physical Plant workers will replace storm-damaged Music Hall clock faces Tuesday, June 25. Read More

Grad school dean finalists named

June 24, 2002

The university has narrowed the field of candidates for Graduate School dean to three finalists. Read More

UW students win FutureTruck competition

June 24, 2002

A sport-utility vehicle modified by engineering students has won this year's FutureTruck challenge. Read More