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Gene barrier could boost farming, environment

October 12, 2000

Working with teosinte, a wild cousin of maize, a university scientist has found a molecular barrier that, bred into modern hybrid corn, is capable of completely locking out foreign genes, including those from genetically modified corn. Read More

Proposal aims to enhance lakeshore path

October 12, 2000

Retaining the unpaved portion of the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path and preventing further erosion are two key recommendations to enhance bicycle and pedestrian safety along the popular campus transportation route. Read More

Chemistry alum awarded Nobel Prize

October 11, 2000

Alan Graham MacDiarmid, a chemistry masters and Ph.D graduate of UW–Madison, is co-winner of a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discoveries of polymers that conduct electricity. Read More

Alum receives Nobel Prize in physics

October 10, 2000

Jack St. Clair Kilby, a 1950 masters degree graduate in electrical engineering, has been named a co-winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in physics. Read More

Community invited to ‘lite up the town’

October 10, 2000

Madison-area residents are being invited to decorate the exterior of their residences to express Badger pride and the 'Madtown Mardi Gras' Homecoming theme. Read More

Acting out

October 10, 2000

Photo essay. Read More

Advances

October 10, 2000

(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)… Read More

Almanac

October 10, 2000

(Almanac lists facts, figures and miscellany of campus interest. Know something, or want to know? Call us: 262-3846, or e-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)… Read More

Primate center grant to boost library resources

October 10, 2000

The Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center Library will receive a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Center for Research Resources to boost the library's staff and resources so that it can more effectively work with the greater primatological research community. Read More

Calendar highlights

October 10, 2000

WAA’s Cabinet 99 events to showcase technology Women from around the country will have a chance Friday, Nov. 3, to participate in hands-on… Read More

Council ring history comes full circle

October 10, 2000

The curve seems to come from the heart of the hillside, a line in the landscape that is a both a balm to the eye and a grace note to the hill. Read More

Events Bulletin

October 10, 2000

Learning History of Medicine – Jubilee Celebration: 1950-2000 Friday, Oct. 27 3-4:30 p.m. University Lecture: 227 Service Memorial Institute, 470… Read More

For the Record

October 10, 2000

Policies and Procedures International Opportunities Awareness Month Many students on campus, both U.S. and international, are interested in working in an… Read More

Political scientist tracks funding sources

October 10, 2000

Ken Goldstein, a new political scientist at UW–Madison, is to journalists right now as an epicenter is to seismologists. The media are… Read More

Milestones

October 10, 2000

Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail:… Read More

News in Brief

October 10, 2000

COMMUNITY Alum receives Nobel Jack St. Clair Kilby, a 1950 master’s degree graduate in electrical engineering, has been named a… Read More

Recent sightings

October 10, 2000

Reflecting on e-commerce A glass door captures real and reflected business professionals perhaps pondering the realities and illusions of electronic… Read More

Charity campaign seeks new “partners in giving’

October 10, 2000

This fall, the State, University and University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Combined Campaign of Dane County is making a special appeal to new employees and others who have not contributed before, asking them to join the cause. Read More

Library sale offers 15,000 books

October 9, 2000

More than 15,000 books and a collection of long-playing records will be put on sale in a fund-raiser for the Friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries Oct. 25-28. Read More

Final fall enrollment tops 41,000

October 9, 2000

There are 41,050 students attending the university this fall, the first time since 1992 that the campus has topped 41,000 students. Read More