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ANNOUNCEMENTS Creative Arts Awards Call for Applications The Arts Institute is accepting applications and nominations due Nov. 1 for the following…
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It’s all a blur Fullback Matt Bernstein (45) hurdles over an attempted Penn State tackle during the Badger’s Big Ten…
Computer model mimics how children read
By developing a computer model that mimics how children learn to read, two researchers from UW–Madison and Stanford University track the development of a skilled reader, ultimately showing that phonics gives readers an edge, especially early on.
Fletcher steps up with gift to Camp Randall renovation
When Terrell Fletcher was coming out of high school, the UW changed his life. Now he'd like to return the favor.
Students help set the stage at Wisconsin Union Theater
Russo oversees a wealth of programming
Book Smart
Susanne Desan, professor of history, “The Family on Trial in Revolutionary France,” University of California-Berkeley Press, 2004. During the French Revolution, divorce…
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Rock the Vote visits campus Oct. 15
The campus will play host to Rock the Vote's "Voter Registration Experience Bus Tour" on Friday, Oct. 15, 2004.
“Bucky for President”
Just when you need a new angle on all the election stories, Bucky Badger has one for you: He's running for president during Homecoming 2004.
NSF grant aids state plastics industry
A project that partners students from across the state with UW–Madison professors and Wisconsin companies could help boost the state's plastics industry in years to come.
New language institute prepares students for the global marketplace
UW-Madison, which has more world languages courses than any other college or university in the United States, has created the Language Institute to help prepare graduates to compete for job opportunities in the global marketplace.
Applied corporate finance center celebrates expanded facilities
The Nicholas Center for Applied Corporate Finance at the School of Business celebrated its new facilities in Grainger Hall on Sept. 30.
Student projects aid area small businesses
A semester-long project through UW–Madison's Small Business Development Center in the School of Business gives small businesses in and around Madison a jump-start on creating business plans while university students receive hands-on training for future jobs.
Meeting to explore a changing natural world
A two-day workshop aimed at documenting and exploring the significance of ecological change in Wisconsin will be held Oct. 7 and 8 at the Pyle Center on the UW–Madison campus.
UW-Madison welcomes talented freshman class
UW-Madison continues to enroll talented and qualified classes of incoming freshman, says Admissions Director Rob Seltzer.
UW to start master’s program in occupational therapy
Beginning next summer, UW–Madison will launch a master's-level program in occupational therapy.
PBS program to feature UW medical historian
Judith Leavitt, a UW Medical School historian, and other national experts on the history of Mary Mallon - also known as Typhoid Mary - will be featured in a program to air on NOVA, the acclaimed television science series on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS).
Tiny arm shuttles electrons in a new transistor
Using a vibrating arm less than one-millionth of an inch long and one-thousand times thinner than a human hair, a new transistor toggles on and off through the movement of a single electron.
New York Times writer to discuss his welfare reform book
Jason DeParle, whose new book "American Dream" tracks the story of welfare reform from the White House to three Milwaukee families living in poverty, will speak Thursday, Sept. 30, at UW–Madison