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Elvehjem highlights donated works
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
UW-Madison will soon finalize negotiations for a natural gas-fired co-generation plant on campus. Read More
Fire seen from on high
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
Wisconsin residents surveyed in a recent Badger Poll back the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. Read More
Employees to get free bus pass
The city has approved a plan to provide free city bus passes to university and hospital employees. Read More
Sapiro named associate vice chancellor
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
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
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
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
Weather permitting, Physical Plant workers will replace storm-damaged Music Hall clock faces Tuesday, June 25. Read More
Grad school dean finalists named
The university has narrowed the field of candidates for Graduate School dean to three finalists. Read More
UW students win FutureTruck competition
A sport-utility vehicle modified by engineering students has won this year's FutureTruck challenge. Read More