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Veterinary collection reveals information about eye disease
Richard Dubielzig has a collection of eyeballs. They're not exactly peering out at him from shelves, though.
For the Record
Grants and fellowships 2002-03 Fulbright-IIE Fellowships for Graduate Study and Research Abroad Fulbright-IIE Fellowships are for pre-doctoral graduate study and research…
Humanities lectures to return
Six prominent speakers will come to the university as part of the Center for the Humanities 2001-02 "Humanities Without Boundaries" free public lecture series.
Geologist puts career’s worth of images on Web
The Geology Department Web site features a new educational tool that results from geology professor Lou Maher's skills in flying and photographing — often at the same time.
Digitized map captures campus with clarity
As a result of work by a team of civil engineers and environmental scientists, the campus now can be seen from a bird's eye view with the accuracy of a conventional map.
Milestones
Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail:…
News in Brief
ISSUES Faculty salaries: Better, but not for all Favorable compensation packages for faculty in the past biennium has allowed UW–Madison…
Phi Beta Kappa inductees
Here are the students inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society for spring 2001.
Recent sightings
Reflecting on her reading Sophomore Marci Martens’s book is reflected in her specs as she studies recently on sunny Bascom…
Sociologist chronicles the streets of Greenwich Village
For seven years, sociologist Mitchell Duneier spent nearly every summer and semester break living and working among the mostly homeless men who sell second-hand goods around Greenwich Village. His quest: to understand the dynamics of class, race and economics in America's inner cities.
UW Symphony to tour Spain later this month
The Symphony Orchestra is preparing for a 13-day tour of Spain, departing Monday, May 21, and returning Saturday, June 2. The orchestra, under the direction of professor David E. Becker, will perform in Madrid, Guadalajara, Cuenca, Valencia/Liria, Barcelona and San Feliu de Guixols.
Faculty salaries: Better, but not for all
Favorable compensation packages for faculty in the past biennium has allowed UW–Madison to improve its relative position among peer institutions at the assistant and associate professor levels.
Study suggests new options for treating breast cancer
Close to half the women in the world diagnosed with breast cancer each year stand to gain from a combined additional treatment begun at the time of breast cancer surgery. Oophorectomy (removal of both ovaries) plus tamoxifen tablets taken for five years reduce the chance of cancer recurrence by almost 20 percent and increases the likelihood of survival by 11 percent in premenopausal Vietnamese and Chinese women.
Students re-imagine UW, city landmarks
Possible ways to enhance our interactions with our physical surroundings will be put forward by three students, via a exhibition opening May 16 in the Gallery of Design.
Light-sensitive sculpture set for pharmacy building
A light-sensitive sculpture will be a highlight of the new pharmacy building's dedication this August. Commissioned for the building through Wisconsin's Percent for Art program, which since 1980 has set aside two-tenths of one percent of the cost of selected new state buildings for works of arts created expressly for them.
Veterinary cancer specialist dies suddenly
E. Gregory MacEwen, an internationally known veterinary oncologist, died of a heart attack May 12. He was 57.
Renowned wildlife specialist Schaller to speak May 18
George Schaller, the acclaimed wildlife biologist whose studies and writings about mountain gorillas, pandas, tigers, lions and leopards, has placed him in the pantheon of 20th century naturalists, will give a free public lecture at the university.
Graduating students pledge social responsibility
Graduating students will be able to pledge their commitment to social and environmental responsibility Wednesday, May 16, through the Graduation Pledge Initiative
Conference to focus on low-income tax credit program
The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program will be the focus of this year's Wisconsin Housing Conference May 23-24 at the university.
Prof’s solar home feeds into local power grid
When it comes to living lightly on the planet, Jean Bahr practices what she preaches. Bahr, a professor of geology and environmental studies and an international authority on ground water, has become the first Madison home owner to generate electricity from the sun and feed it directly into a local electrical grid.