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Students move in Aug. 29-30

August 25, 2000

About 7,000 students will move into university residence halls Aug. 29-30.

Award to enhance graduate education

August 25, 2000

A $1.275 million Spencer Foundation award will enhance education research and graduate programs at the School of Education.

Regents endorse Madison Initiative

August 25, 2000

The UW System Board of Regents has strongly endorsed the second phase of the Madison Initiative, calling it a cornerstone of the 2001-03 UW System budget request.

Scientist puts cancer under fierce new light

August 23, 2000

Gelsomina De Stasio speaks English and Italian with equal fluency. But when she speaks of a "multi-lingual approach" to curing cancer, it has little to do with either language. De Stasio, a physics professor and one of the university's new strategic hires, talks about multilingual science: a hybrid of physics, chemistry, biology and oncology that is guiding her to new approaches to fighting lethal cancers.

UW gets competitive boost from strategic hiring

August 23, 2000

Amid intense national competition for tenured faculty, the university's two-year-old strategic hiring program is proving to be an attractive drawing card.

Campus gears up to welcome students

August 22, 2000

A special evening with an acclaimed novelist, a campus arts sampler, study skills workshops and late-night sports are among the activities the university has in store to welcome students new and returning to campus in fall 2000.

Easing the transition: Some tips for students

August 22, 2000

New students and those returning to the university for classes beginning Tuesday, Sept. 5, can take advantage of the following tips and general information to make their transition to classes this fall a little easier.

Lilly awards to yield new, remodeled courses

August 22, 2000

New or revised courses in literature, women's studies, popular culture, language acquisition and theater education will be options for students soon thanks to the Lilly Teaching Fellows program.

Either ‘fire’ or ‘ice’ may hurt marriage

August 22, 2000

Turning a cold shoulder can be just as corrosive to marriage as open hostility, according to a new study authored by a university researcher.

Regents support Madison Initiative

August 21, 2000

Chancellor David Ward issued a statement Aug. 21 praising the UW System's budget proposal for its continuing support of Madison Initiative.

UW System to present budget proposal to Regents

August 21, 2000

The UW System 2001-03 biennial operating budget proposal, to be presented this Friday for consideration by the Board of Regents, will focus on building Wisconsin's economy.

Federal audit finds UW ethics intact for human subjects

August 17, 2000

The agency that enforces federal regulations that pertain to volunteer subjects paid a much-anticipated site visit to campus last week and issued a report that was generally positive, including references to "a culture of respect" for the oversight process for human subjects on the Madison campus.

UW-Madison continues to aid Hurricane Mitch recovery

August 17, 2000

The university's Space Science and Engineering Center is working with other agencies in the continuing effort to help Central America recover and rebuild after Hurricane Mitch's devastation in 1998.

New soybean pest reported in Wisconsin

August 16, 2000

A new soybean pest previously unreported in the U.S. has appeared in fields scattered across Wisconsin during the past month, according to university scientists. The soybean aphid also has turned up in northern Illinois and may soon be reported from Michigan.

Open house traffic, parking hints

August 16, 2000

Visitors attending the university's Open House this weekend will be able to take advantage of free parking in university lots from Friday evening, Aug. 18, through Sunday afternoon, Aug. 20.

Guatemala gets land advice from UW experts

August 16, 2000

A group of high-level government officials and policymakers from Guatemala will be among those attending a land access workshop Aug. 21-24 at the university.

Sans organism, scientists harvest a trove of DNA

August 15, 2000

Plant pathologists at UW–Madison are harvesting many new and useful chemicals from, literally, beneath our feet. The DNA of microorganisms extracted from soil samples may yield new antibiotics, insecticides, anticancer drugs or antiparasitic agents.

Lake study shows persistence of acid rain effects

August 11, 2000

Little Rock Lake, the site of a landmark study on the effects of acid rain, has been taken to chemical hell and back, and seemingly recovered from the trip.

Chinese research leaders learn about tech transfer

August 10, 2000

Twenty members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences will be at the university until Friday, Aug. 25, to learn how Wisconsin research moves into the marketplace.

Real-time lake data advances ecology research

August 10, 2000

Bobbing over the 100-foot depths of northern Wisconsin's Trout Lake, a technology-stocked buoy is helping scientists track the vital signs of major ecological change.