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Art department glass lab alumni John Elliott (foreground) and Rick Schneider carefully clean the 1,284 pieces of hand-blown glass that make up the…
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National Bioethics Panel to meet here
The National Bioethics Advisory Commission, the federal panel appointed by the president and charged with formulating and reviewing policy that relate to issues of modern bioscience, will hold its 40th public meeting in Madison May 4-5.
Ford gives Business School $1 million
The Ford Motor Company is giving the School of Business more than $1 million to enhance several key programs.
New book critiques welfare, poverty policy
'Speaking Out: Women, Poverty, and Public Policy,' a new book by the UW System Women's Studies Consortium, is a platform for scholars, feminists, and low-income women to speak out on welfare reform.
Week-long Holocaust remembrance set
The student group Jewish Coalition has organized campus events for Holocaust Remembrance Week May 1-5.
Students receive Hilldale awards
Grants from the Hilldale Foundation and the Wisconsin Legislature provide for awards of $3,000 each to undergraduate students and $1,000 to the faculty/staff supervisors to work in collaboration on research projects.
Researchers tantalize animal taste buds
GÅ¡ran Hellekant and fellow researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine have perfected a machine that allows them to determine what an animal tastes. Making animal diets more palatable could improve animal health on farms and in zoos, among other places.
Study examines Dane County W-2 families
A new study by the Institute for Research on Poverty chronicles the successes and challenges of 100 Dane County families that have transitioned to Wisconsin's new welfare reform program.
Lab brings complex science hardware to life
Staff at Stoughton's Physical Sciences Laboratory provide one-of-a-kind research tools for UW–Madison scientists.
Africa sights and sounds preserved on Web
'Africa Focus,' a new Web site created jointly by African Studies Program and the General Library System, catalogs more than 3,000 slides, 500 photographs and 50 hours of sound from 45 African nations.
Multimedia festival features student work
Lathrop Hall will be overflowing with art during this year's student-organized Festival of Interarts and Technology 6-10 p.m. Friday, May 5, in Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue.
German diplomat to visit May 3
Gerhard Stoltenberg, a distinguished diplomat and Deputy Chairman of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, will visit campus Wednesday, May 3.
Cardinal to honor alumni at dinner
The Daily Cardinal student newspaper's alumni association plans to honor prominent alumni in journalism at its second annual Alumni Awards weekend May 12-13 in Madison.
Students vie for technology enterprise awards
Awards totaling $24,500 and possible future business success await winners of a technology-based business plan competition Wednesday, April 26, on campus.
WAA to exhibit Rockwell painting
Alumni returning to campus for the annual Alumni Weekend will have the opportunity to view the original of Norman Rockwell's painting 'Willie Gillis in College.'
Distinguished Alumni Awards announced
This year's Distinguished Alumni Awards will go to the commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, an international journalist and two influential businesspeople.
Five to receive honorary degrees this spring
An Arab intellectual, a pivotal figure in American drama, the founder of the American art glass movement, a food distribution visionary and a surgeon with multiple areas of expertise will receive honorary degrees at commencement this spring.