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Summer undergraduate research scientists to present findings

August 1, 2005

As part of the 2005 Synchrotron Radiation Center-Research for Undergraduates in Education program, the UW–Madison facility hosted five students this summer from colleges and universities throughout the United States and, in one case, Puerto Rico.

New analysis of pottery stirs Olmec trade controversy

August 1, 2005

Clearing - or perhaps roiling - the murky and often contentious waters of Mesoamerican archeology, a study of 3,000-year-old pottery provides new evidence that the Olmec may not have been the mother culture after all.

Grainger Hall addition delayed to contain costs

July 28, 2005

Plans for an addition to Grainger Hall, which will house graduate programs in the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business, are being redesigned as a cost-saving move after bids for the project came in over budget.

First Business Financial Services elects Bugher to board of directors

July 25, 2005

First Business Financial Services, Inc., located at 401 Charmany Dr. in Madison, announced July 22, 2005 that Mark D. Bugher has been elected to…

Prominent UW–Madison sociologist Stephen Bunker dies at 61

July 21, 2005

Stephen G. Bunker, a professor of sociology and rural sociology at UW–Madison, died Tuesday, July 19, at his home in Hollandale, Wis. A longtime professor who joined the UW–Madison faculty in 1989, Bunker was known as a skilled and dynamic instructor who taught courses that explored the links between economics and ecology.

Statement from chancellor on employee pay plan

July 21, 2005

Tuesday, the Legislature's Joint Committee on Employment Relations approved much needed pay increases for UW System faculty and academic staff. Not only do I greatly appreciate their action, I am also thankful for the many supportive statements members of the committee made about the value of our hard-working employees.

Satellite imagery captured of Watertown tire fire

July 21, 2005

UW-Madison researchers are using satellite imagery to measure the extent of a massive smoke plume rising from a fire at a tire recycling facility in Watertown, Wis. A few hours after the fire began at around 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the region and captured an image of the smoke plume.

Scholars gather in Madison to discuss impact of language

July 19, 2005

For the first time in its 40-year history, the World Congress of Applied Linguistics will be held in the United States, specifically at UW–Madison, on Sunday-Friday, July 24-29 at the Pyle Center and the Monona Terrace.