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Expert to discuss DNA computing: Real or not?
An internationally known expert on DNA computing will discuss the basic ideas behind DNA computing, as well as key roadblocks to making DNA computing practical, during a campus lecture Wednesday, Nov. 3
Milker skills workshop set at Arlington Ag Research Station
A Milker Skills Workshop for dairy producers and dairy employees will be held Nov. 17-18, at the Arlington Agriculture Research Station.
Grant funds research on disability access
UW-Madison's Trace Research and Development Center has received $3.37 million for a project to make standard telecommunications systems more accessible for people who are older or disabled.
Grant meant to boost math enrollment, training
In an effort to boost the number of Americans pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in mathematics, the National Science Foundation has awarded the UW–Madison mathematics department a three-year, $1.5 million grant to enhance and broaden research and training opportunities for UW–Madison students.
Sledge funeral scheduled Tuesday
A funeral is scheduled Tuesday, Oct. 26, for George W. Sledge, a longtime administrator in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Sledge died Wednesday, Oct. 20, of cancer. He was 71 years old.
Cramer memorial set for Thursday
A memorial for UW–Madison student George Joseph Cramer, Jr., who died Oct. 20, will be held 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, in the Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
Food drive this week at Morgridge Center
With local food pantries running low, the Morgridge Center for Public Service is sponsoring a food drive through Monday, Nov. 1. Students, faculty and staff may drop off non-perishable food donations at the Morgridge Center, Room 154, 716 Langdon St., in the Red Gym, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Chilean legislator, activist to give human rights talk
Chilean legislator and human rights activist Juan Pablo Letelier will deliver the International Institute's Annual Human Rights Lecture Monday, Nov. 1, at 4 p.m., in the Pyle Center's Lakeshore Room.
Athletic plan: Keeping ‘Big Red’ in the black
The Division of Intercollegiate Athletics plans to take significant measures to overcome its financial challenges and maintain its academic and athletic competitiveness. The measures outlined in the department's five-year financial plan have been carefully formulated by department staff over the past nine months and were presented at an Athletic Board meeting Friday, Oct. 22.
Charles Luce receives Law School service award
Charles Luce, retired chief executive officer of Consolidated Edison, has received the UW Law School's 1999 Distinguished Service Award.
Q&A: Ward explains Madison Initiative benefits
The chancellor says the Madison Initiative and overall university budget will provide students with improved educational and research opportunities; strengthen libraries and other services; and renovate buildings, among other things. Following are some questions and answers on the university budget from Chancellor David Ward.
Temte awarded national grant by family physicians group
Jonathan L. Temte, a physician in the Department of Family Medicine, is one of eight doctors nationwide selected to receive an Advanced Research Training Grant from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Study: Bargaining doesn’t inhibit grad education
Collective bargaining with graduate assistants doesn't interfere with the faculty's ability to instruct and advise those students, says the first national empirical study of collective bargaining's effects on faculty-student relationships.
Ada Deer to direct American Indian Studies
Ada Deer, former assistant secretary for Indian Affairs in the federal Department of the Interior, will become director of the American Indian Studies program in January.
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Madison Dynamo Project seeks to recreate Earth’s magnetic field in the laboratory
The finishing touches are being applied to a UW–Madison experiment that will attempt to recreate -- in a 1-meter-wide stainless steel sphere -- the same conditions that give rise to the self-perpetuating magnetic fields that exist in the Earth and virtually all other celestial objects from stars to galaxies.
Calendar briefs
Clarinetist appears Saturday The Faculty Concert Series continues Saturday, Oct. 23, with Linda Bartley, clarinet, and friends, performing in Mills Concert…
Capitol Capsules
Pension bill passes, awaits governor’s signoff The Assembly and Senate have passed a pension bill (AB 495) that would: Increase…
Sketch artist
If a tree falls… Mason Sachs, a junior art major, spends an afternoon sketching the view from Bascom Hill to the Capitol.