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Fall visiting artists announced
Visitors bearing artistic and critical insights will participate in a UW–Madison Department of Art lecture series beginning this week.
New findings from Harvard binge-drinking study
The findings of the nationwide 1997 College Alcohol Study, conducted by Henry Wechsler and colleagues at the Harvard School of Public Health, closely match the changes seen at UW–Madison since Wechsler did his first national study in 1993.
Emeritus faculty share expertise
Representing disciplines as varied as genetics, presidential politics, music, mathematics and more, six retired UW–Madison faculty will present the sixth annual "Eloquence and Eminence" lecture series beginning Sunday.
Students offer advice to peers in book overseen by L&S professor
Undergraduate students guided by UW–Madison professor William Cronon have written a book outlining critical, but sometimes subtle, aspects of student life.
Grads: Bonus nice perk, didn’t seal the deal
Money was not the ultimate bottom line in the job choices of some recent UW–Madison engineering graduates.
UW art students honor university’s contributions with exhibit
Two classes of UW–Madison design students have put together the Wisconsin Idea Sesquicentennial Exhibit, a celebration in photos and captions of the university's contributions to the people of Wisconsin and the world.
Study: Sex life doesn’t suffer for dual-earner couples
A new study finds that the daily employment grind for two-income couples actually has little effect on the frequency or quality of their sex life.
Bascom Hill sesquicentennial banners unveiled
New computer printing technology will afford travelers up and down Bascom Hill different visual experiences each trip.
Temin’s path: A serene trail is dedicated to one of its remarkable users
To take the aesthetic measure of UW–Madison, one needs to know the Lakeshore Path. Perhaps no one knew this better than Howard Temin.
Presentation to show how ‘Sesame Street’ is produced
"Sesame Street Unpaved," a multimedia behind-the-scenes presentation, will offer the campus community a comprehensive picture of what goes into production of the 30-year-old program.
UW-Madison will commemorate its 150th anniversary and 15 decades of service to Wisconsin and its citizens starting next month.
UW seminars look for order in chaotic worlds
Most people try to rid their lives of chaos, whether it be in their work schedules or their sock drawers. But a growing group of UW–Madison researchers actually embrace chaos as they look for fundamental new ways to understand the natural world.
Gene therapy shows promise in fighting melanoma
In treating dogs for a highly aggressive form of melanoma, a UW–Madison research team is having success with a new cancer vaccine that could benefit human cancer-fighting efforts.
George Will to speak Sept. 24
George F. Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and television news analyst, will speak at UW–Madison on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 5 p.m. at the Memorial Union Theater.
A pioneer of interdisciplinary scholarship
A pioneer in interdisciplinary scholarship, Yi-Fu Tuan's work enters and often transforms seemingly unrelated academic realms of philosophy, psychology, urban planning, landscape architecture and anthropology.
Incoming freshman class: smarter, more diverse
The 1998 freshman class appears to be the most talented ever at UW–Madison, and it includes an increase in the number of minority students, preliminary figures show.
Professor of medicine honored for aging research
The Gerontological Society of America has awarded UW Medical School's professor of medicine Richard Weindruch its 1998 Kleemeier Award for outstanding research in aging.
How a common protein becomes a cancer killer
In one of nature's remarkable flukes, scientists in 1991 discovered a protein in frog eggs that proved to be a potent killer of cancer cells. Now a new study by a UW–Madison biochemist finds that a "cousin" of that frog protein found in mammals has the same cancer-fighting potential.
UW facility helps scientists explore hidden life of molecules
The new biochemistry building includes a laboratory large enough for the department's nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer facility to bring all its machines under one roof.
Moving crews still busy at new biochemistry building
Staff in biochemistry are looking squarely forward these days, as they enter a new century in a stately new home.