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Announcements Subjects sought for twin study Opposite-sex twin pairs are needed for a research study involving sensory testing consisting of exposure to…
Milestones
Honored Abbie Loomis, Library Information and Literacy Instruction coordinator, received the 2005 Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Information Literacy Award. Loomis was a…
Employee Matters
This column is prepared by staff of the Employee Compensation and Benefits Services office. You may e-mail us at Employee@bussvc.wisc.edu, or call Employee…
Scientific American’s editor named writer in residence
Mariette DiChristina, the executive editor of Scientific American, will visit the university as the spring 2005 Science Writer in Residence.
High schools students flock to World Languages Day April 14
High school students and teachers from across the state will sample the 60 languages taught at UW–Madison on Thursday, April 14, during the fourth annual World Languages Day (WLD).
Grad students organize Mesoamerican exhibit
About 10 years ago, a Mexican elder passed along a section of an 1847 map of what is today New Mexico to Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales, now graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Three faculty receive Guggenheim Fellowships
Three professors at UW–Madison have received 2005 fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, a New York organization devoted to furthering the development of scholars and artists.
WiCell Research Institute hires international PR firm
In the upper Midwest, modesty is considered a virtue. But in the competitive world of stem cell research, not tooting your own horn enough can be counterproductive. That, in a nutshell, is why the five-year-old WiCell Research Institute on the UW–Madison campus has hired an international public relations firm and its Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech arm to tell the world about WiCell's stem cell work.
Student wins prestigious city management internship
Bryan Gadow, a student in the La Follette School of Public Affairs, is off to Kansas City as an intern with the L.P. Cookingham Management Internship Program with the city manager's office."This is one of the oldest, most competitive city government internships," says La Follette Professor Dennis Dresang. "Bryan competed with a diverse group of finalists from some of the largest public affairs schools in the country."
Burrill business plan competition set for April 15
The G. Steven Burrill Technology Business Plan Competition, now in its eighth year, continues to attract visionary students with an interest in entrepreneurship from across the UW–Madison campus.