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Monograph explores the role of scholarship and teaching

December 9, 1998

The Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences (CELS), a UW–Madison-based national alliance of professional biology societies, is taking aim at undergraduate biology education.

ROSATED GUINEA HEN

December 9, 1998

Roasted Guinea Hen recipe

The wisdom behind WISE

December 9, 1998

A program at Elizabeth Waters Hall is countering a national trend that has seen more than half of all young women who begin pursuing a career in science or engineering change majors in the first two years.

Like greenhouse gases, landscape changes may alter climate

December 8, 1998

Greenhouse gases, the long-standing villains of climate change, may have a significant new partner in crime: wholesale changes to the world's landscapes by humans.

Celebrate UW sesquicentennial with music

December 8, 1998

Tickets to the 150th Anniversary Concert commemorating UW's first classes in 1849 will go on sale Wednesday, Dec. 9 at the Kohl Center and all Ticketmaster outlets.

Local poet to be published by UW–Madison library

December 8, 1998

The first publication of the newly created Parallel Press, an imprint of the UW–Madison General Library System, is a collection of poems by award-winning local poet Andrea Potos titled "The Perfect Day."

New campus gallery showcases undergraduate artists

December 8, 1998

The Class of 1973 Gallery on the newly remodeled Red Gym's second floor will show the work of primarily undergraduates. Opened in November, the new space is a welcome addition to campus exhibition space available to students.

Research Highlights

December 7, 1998

With 110 faculty affiliates across more than 40 departments, UW–Madison’s Institute on Aging is developing a composite picture of aging in America. A…

Sesquicentennial breakfast series features Soglin

December 7, 1998

The next UW–Madison sesquicentennial breakfast features Paul Soglin, former mayor of Madison and UW alum, who will discuss town-gown relations.

Art, technology join forces in UW student festival

December 6, 1998

Students in UW–Madison's Interarts and Technology (IATECH) program will take over Lathrop Hall Monday, Dec. 7 for a festival of their original works.

Researchers to test methods for helping smokers quit

December 4, 1998

The UW Medical School is launching two large new studies aimed particularly at those cigaratte smokers who have tried -- and perhaps tried again -- to quit.

Two named to National Academy of Education

December 4, 1998

Two members of the UW–Madison faculty, Thomas Romberg in curriculum and instruction and Robert Hauser in sociology, have been elected to the National Academy of Education.

Public forum on reaccreditation

December 4, 1998

Interested citizens and members of the UW–Madison campus community are invited to comment on the university's reaccreditation process during a public forum Tuesday (Dec. 8).

Volleyball hosts NCAA first-round tonight

December 4, 1998

The Badger volleyball team will play host to first and second-round matches of the NCAA tournament on Friday and Saturday in the UW Field House.

UW students laud teacher education reform

December 4, 1998

As a new curriculum in the School of Education's secondary teacher education nears its two-year anniversary, payoffs are proceeding from a decision made long ago by UW–Madison planners: To transform, instead of tinker.

UW researcher reports kidney transplant finding

December 3, 1998

Kidney transplants between siblings with slightly different tissue types are as much as 28 percent more likely to survive long-term when maternal tissue types are used to determine the donor, a new study from the UW Medical School suggests.

Arboretum announces plans for council ring

December 3, 1998

Thanks to a generous gift, a beautiful stone council ring will offer a restful place for reflection and a centralized site for groups to gather at the edge of the Arboretum's Curtis Prairie.

Black Inventions Museum visits campus

December 3, 1998

The contributions of two centuries of African-American inventors, whose ideas range from labor-saving to life-saving innovations, are on display today and Friday, Dec. 4 at the College of Engineering.

Student-led fusion project wows scientific community

December 3, 1998

A unique student-staffed fusion project in UW–Madison's College of Engineering is generating excitement in the physics community.

Senate panel seeks word on human embryonic stem cells

December 2, 1998

Developmental biologist James A. Thomson, whose successful isolation and culturing of human embryonic stem cells made headlines around the world last month, testified today (Dec. 2) before the Senate appropriations committee in Washington.