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UW System graduates 28,000 students

May 17, 2002

By this summer, the UW System will have graduated about 28,000 students during the 2001-02 academic year, and most will stay in Wisconsin, officials say.

Grad gets degree — after 65 years

May 17, 2002

Sixty-five years after she completed the required course work, 88-year-old Jane Louisa Ayers McAleavey, of Fort Worth, Texas, will be awarded a master's degree in botany.

CIBER gets major grant

May 16, 2002

The School of Business will receive $1.4 million to enhance international business education.

ASEC appointment requirement approved

May 16, 2002

Academic Staff Executive Committee members will be required to have at least 50 percent appointments under a resolution passed by the Academic Staff Assembly May 13.

Rare rhino unearthed on campus

May 15, 2002

A 3,200-pound rare white rhinoceros has been buried near Picnic Point on campus for nearly two decades. Starting today, May 15, staff members from the departments of zoology, geology and wildlife ecology plan to excavate the skeletal remains.

UW postdocs are satisfied

May 15, 2002

While most postdoctoral scholars say they are satisfied with their overall experience at this institution, many cite concerns about employment and training, says a Graduate School report.

UW-Madison to bestow degrees May 17-19

May 14, 2002

More than 5,000 UW–Madison students will step up to the stage to receive their degrees during commencement weekend May 17-19.

Another huge iceberg departs Antarctica

May 14, 2002

A new, massive iceberg has broken off from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, according to polar-orbiting satellite imagery taken Friday, May 10, at the Antarctica Meteorological Research Center .

Almanac

May 14, 2002

Memorial Union closed June 16 Due to meetings associated with the U.S. Conference of Mayors 2002 being held in Madison, Memorial Union will…

Advances

May 14, 2002

Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries. E-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu. Study:…

Employee Matters

May 14, 2002

This column by Employee Compensation and Benefits Services addresses campuswide employment issues. Send your questions to: wisweek@news.wisc.edu. Are you leaving employment?…

Recent Sightings

May 14, 2002

  A student test drives the FutureTruck, a re-engineered Ford Explorer, in tough academic terrain before letting Chancellor John Wiley…

Who Knew?

May 14, 2002

Wisconsin Week’s Josh Orton finds answers to questions of campus interest posed by faculty and staff. We can’t promise to answer all questions submitted,…

Kutler: Restore access to presidential papers

May 14, 2002

"Really makes you wonder what's in those papers," muses Stanley Kutler, UW–Madison's E. Gordon Fox Professor of American Institutions. Kutler's wonderment is rooted in President Bush's recent executive order barring, in the interest of national security, access to presidential records.

Wiley wheels into the future

May 13, 2002

Chancellor John Wiley plans to drive the FutureTruck, a Ford Explorer re-engineered by students, today, May 13, at 11:30 a.m. at Bascom Hall.

Letters and Science honors five

May 13, 2002

Five members of the College of Letters and Science academic staff received career achievement awards at an April 24 reception and ceremony. Dean Phillip R. Certain presented the awards, which are the first to be made under a new Letters and Science annual program.

Events bulletin

May 13, 2002

LEARNING Summer Continuing Education Catalog Available The Summer Continuing Education Catalog is now available by calling 262-1156. The catalog offers opportunities…

For the record

May 13, 2002

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Center for the Humanities Call for Proposals The Center for the Humanities of the College of Letters and…