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Wisconsin Week streamlines delivery
For most of Wisconsin Week's history, you've seen your name printed on the front page of every issue. No more. We spent our summer devising a more streamlined method of delivering Wisconsin Week to all campus employees. Based on requests from colleagues in mailrooms around campus, we have eliminated individual addressing on each copy of Wisconsin Week.
Wilt Sanders: Raising the profile of academic staff campuswide
In July, Wilt Sanders, a senior scientist in the Physics Department and the Space Science and Engineering Center, took over as chair of the Academic Staff Executive Committee, considered the top staff position at the university. He replaces Barry Robinson of the Theatre and Drama Department.
Administrator revises rules for diversity programs
In a new book, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Robert A. Ibarra says differences in thinking strategies that members of various ethnic groups typically employ may be fueling achievement-score disparities between minority and majority students on all educational levels.
Law school schedules public service day
The Law School will hold its second annual public service day Thursday, Aug. 31.
Students move in Aug. 29-30
About 7,000 students will move into university residence halls Aug. 29-30.
Award to enhance graduate education
A $1.275 million Spencer Foundation award will enhance education research and graduate programs at the School of Education.
Regents endorse Madison Initiative
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.