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UW to bestow journalism awards April 28
Fourth-estate achievement, leadership and innovation will be honored Friday, April 28, at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication annual awards banquet. Read More
Historian Zinn plans campus lecture
Howard Zinn, professor, author and historian, will speak at the Memorial Union Theater on 'The Uses of History,' Tuesday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. Read More
Lecture examines Declaration of Independence
Does the Declaration of Independence have a history? That's a question historians are asking more frequently, particularly Pauline Maier, a former UW–Madison professor now at MIT, who will address the question in a Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries lecture at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18. Read More
Hinshaw makes case for research, student aid
Making the case for university-based research, the federal granting agencies that support it, and student aid, Graduate School Dean Virginia Hinshaw testified before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee April 4. Read More
Pell Grant boost passes Senate
A $400 increase in individual Pell Grant awards, intended to raise the maximum individual grant to $3,700, cleared the Senate last week. Read More
UW physicist receives presidential citation
A new member of the physics faculty is the recipient of the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on young scientists. Read More
Loftus to discuss U.S.-Europe relations
Tom Loftus, special advisor to the director-general of the World Health Organization, will visit campus April 17-18. Read More
Noted cancer genetics researcher to speak
Sir Walter Bodmer, an internationally recognized researcher in cancer genetics and the genetics of human populations, will be featured speaker at the James F. Crow lecture Tuesday, April 18. Read More
Emotion symposium set for April 13-14
Seven of the world's leading emotion researchers will convene in Madison April 13-14. Read More
Space Place leaders honored
The Madison Astronomical Society has named James Lattis and Kay Kriewald of UW–Madison's Space Place as recipients of its Astronomy Education and Outreach Award for the year 2000. Read More
Grant boosts study of human security issues
A recent grant renewal will help the Global Studies Program continue its inquiry into human security issues. Read More
Dean of students finalists schedule visits
The third of four finalists for the dean of students position will visit with students and others on campus this week, UW–Madison officials say. Read More
Students organize hip hop culture conference
The university will host 'Hip Hop Generation - Hip Hop as a Movement', a conference dedicated solely to youth empowerment and social change through hip hop culture, April 14-16. Read More
Restoration ecologist battles invading plants
In the face of a pernicious invading foe, what's a restoration biologist to do? If you're the director of research at one of the world's leading centers of restoration ecology - the art and science of rebuilding lost or threatened landscapes - you experiment. Read More
Students win business plan competition
A team of MBA and Ph.D. students took first place and the grand prize of $10,000 April 2 at Venture Challenge 2000, the 11th annual Student Business Plan Competition at San Diego State University. Read More
Regents approve chancellor search
The search for a new UW–Madison chancellor is officially under way. The UW System Board of Regents Friday, April 7, approved the search for a new chief executive to replace David Ward, who is stepping down at the end of the year. Read More
Shuttle experiment set to blast off
University scientists have a chance in April to build evidence that microgravity is fertile ground for crop improvement. Read More
Tickets still available for Ruben Blades
Tickets are still available to hear Ruben Blades, a Panamanian activist, actor and Grammy award-winning musician, who will speak and perform this weekend at the university. Read More
EEOC vice chair to speak
Paul M. Igasaki, vice chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, will give the keynote address at the law school's annual LEO Banquet on Saturday, April 8. Read More
Neon exhibition honors memory of student
A multi-university tribute in neon to the memory of a faculty member's son will be on display April 7-8 on Library Mall. Read More