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‘Cram the Kohl’ benefits kids

January 11, 2002

The Wisconsin Women's Basketball team is offering special deals on tickets to help 'Cram The Kohl' for the Badgers Big Ten Conference showdown against Minnesota. Read More

Chavez plans return to faculty

January 11, 2002

Dean of Students Alicia Fedelina Chávez will leave her position later this year to devote full-time attention to her faculty position in educational administration. Read More

Sauer to retire from coaching

January 11, 2002

Jeff Sauer, the all-time leader in Western Collegiate Hockey Association victories and the fourth-winningest coach in college hockey history, will retire from his position as head hockey coach at UW–Madison, effective at the conclusion of the 2001-02 season. Read More

Prof speaks on rhetoric during military crisis

January 10, 2002

The free public talk "Word Wars: American Military Crisis Rhetoric" will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the Middleton Public Library, 7425 Hubbard Ave., Middleton. Read More

Willey wins Zolotow award

January 10, 2002

Margaret Willey, author of "Clever Beatrice" is the fifth annual winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book. Read More

Stem cell deal reached

January 9, 2002

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Geron Corporation today announced an agreement for the commercialization of human embryonic stem cell technology. Read More

Survey sheds light on computing

January 9, 2002

Faculty and staff continue to warm to the use of computers and the Internet, a new survey shows. Read More

Search for graduate school dean begins

January 8, 2002

The university has started its search for a new Graduate School dean. Read More

PrimateLit now online

January 4, 2002

PrimateLit, the primary database for searching the literature of primatology, is now available free in Web format. Read More

Looking back at 2001

January 4, 2002

Here's a look back at some of the news made and milestones passed at UW–Madison in 2001. Read More

Banda resigns soccer post

January 4, 2002

Kalekeni M. Banda has resigned as head coach of the Wisconsin men's soccer team after five seasons on the job. Read More

Hospital receives grant to increase organ donation

January 3, 2002

The UW Hospital and Clinics Organ Procurement Organization has received a $300,000 grant to conduct research regarding organ donation. Read More

Sculptor’s installation now on view

January 3, 2002

'Spiral: Installation by Gillian Jagger' is on view at the Elvehjem Museum of Art through Aug. 25. Read More

Forum to examine war on terrorism

January 2, 2002

The International Institute will hold a forum on terrorism entitled "The War on Terrorism: Lessons Learned? Challenges Ahead," Thursday, Jan. 24. Read More

Short-circuiting microbe chat

January 2, 2002

Scientists have learned that bacteria use an integrated communications system to sense, retrieve and process the chemical signals they depend on to find nutrients or flee from danger. Read More

BioStar building approved

January 2, 2002

The State Building Commission has approved the Biotechnology Center addition project at an estimated cost of $27 million, with $9 million paid through gifts… Read More

Team helps build the ultimate surveillance tool

December 30, 2001

Advances in smart, low-cost integrated devices containing many different types of sensors, wireless transceivers and processors with significant computing capabilities could make the above scenario a reality in as few as five years, says Professor Parameswaran Ramanathan. Read More

Don’t discount diversity in the insect world

December 28, 2001

'To call every insect a bug is just wrong,' says the entomology museum curator Read More

Alloy advances announced

December 27, 2001

By adding small quantities of elements such as lead to certain materials, scientists have discovered they can make a more versatile aluminum alloy that's stronger by weight than steel. Read More

Winter Commencement Address

December 27, 2001

Charles (Charlie) H. Trotter, Sunday, December 23, 2001, Kohl Center Read More