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Gene barrier could boost farming, environment
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
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
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
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’
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
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Primate center grant to boost library resources
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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