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Black graduate students hold conference
The 12th Annual National Black Graduate Student Conference, in conjunction with UW–Madison, will be held at Madison's Concourse Hotel March 29-April 2.
Aging forum planned in Fox Valley
The Institute on Aging is holding an afternoon symposium Friday, April 7, in the Fox Valley on new scientific insights into successful aging.
Program uses family to help at-risk children
A nationwide program to keep at-risk children out of trouble - Families and Schools Together - has cut a swath of success through the tangled thicket of poverty, drugs and social isolation.
Critics to discuss race and politics in music
Dave Marsh, editor of Rock & Rap Confidential, music critic and author, will discuss race and politics in popular music in a presentation Wednesday, March 29, at 4 p.m. in 147 Education, 1000 Bascom Mall.
Canadian expert lectures on women and work
Sue Hendler, director of the Institute of Women's Studies and associate professor of urban and regional planning at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, will present a lecture on women and work.
Athletes on a roll
Athletics officials say the new century is off to an unprecedented start with so many university athletes and teams in the national limelight.
Academic staff awards announced
For their outstanding work in leadership, public service, research and teaching, seven university professionals have been honored with the 2000 Academic Staff Excellence Awards.
Film festival will feature more than movies
The Wisconsin Film Festival has more than doubled its offerings from last year. But the event March 30- April 2, a program of the UW–Madison Arts Institute, features more than movies.
Library chapbooks are ‘hot type’
The chapbook - mother of today's paperbacks and a major source of Benjamin Franklin's fortune - has risen, phoenixlike, at the university.
Classified staff awards announced
This year's recipients of Classified Employee Recognition Awards strive to go above and beyond their assigned duties.
Asian American film fest to draw top directors
An Asian-American film festival March 24-26 will bring directors Wonsuk Chin and Emiko Omori to campus for screening of their features, organizers say.
Team to advance out-of-class learning initiatives
A campus work team has been appointed to lead and monitor the advancement of the university's out-of-classroom learning efforts.
UW: High court upholds free speech in fees case
University of Wisconsin leaders said they were pleased with Wednesday's (March 22, 2000) Supreme Court decision that public colleges and universities can use money from student fees to finance the campus groups of their choosing.
‘Tat’ protein advances AIDS vaccine search
Rhesus monkeys immunized with an inactivated HIV protein called Tat toxoid showed markedly lower viral levels following infection with simian HIV, according to a report in this week's on-line issue of the U.S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Babcock Drive closed; Lot 40 restricted
Spring officially arrived on Monday, and along with it came the start of the construction season on campus streets and sidewalks. Work began this week on completion of the installation of a new sanitary sewer interceptor in the Babcock Drive/Stock Pavilion area, a project that was started last year.
Regents, state endorse Thai pavilion
The only Thai pavilion of its kind in the United States will be constructed at UW–Madison this fall, thanks to a gift from Thailand.
Panel approves TAA contract
The Legislature's Joint Committee on Employment Relations on March 20 approved the 1999-2001 contract for the Teaching Assistants Association. It now goes to the full Legislature for approval.
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UW grounds staff quietly ready bedding plants
While many people traded last week's gray days for a spring break getaway, five Environmental Services staff diligently prepared for spring's glorious bloom in Physical Plant greenhouses hidden behind King Hall on Observatory Drive.