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Renowned artist to host symposium on public art

February 24, 2004

Garrison Roots is spending this semester as one of the Arts Institute's interdisciplinary artists in residence. On Friday and Saturday, March 5 and 6, Roots will lead a public colloquium on "The Madison Project: Challenging the Public Art Paradigm" to explore the role of public art in our cultural discourse.

Chancellor appoints panel in search for new dean

February 24, 2004

Chancellor John D. Wiley has appointed a search-and-screen committee to help in identifying a successor to Phillip R. Certain, dean of the College of Letters and Science, who has announced his decision to retire on June 30.

UW Law School underscores importance of legal writing

February 24, 2004

A strong emphasis on legal writing, a change in grading policy and examination of real-world legal problems are all part of a drive to put the UW Law School in the forefront of a movement to improve the communication skills of aspiring lawyers.

UW-Madison symphony orchestra to perform in Brookfield

February 24, 2004

The UW–Madison Symphony Orchestra will take the stage at Brookfield's Sharon Lynne Wilson Center at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 2, in a concert showcasing "Performing Artists of the Future."

Finley named Lake Country Badger of the Year, Richter to speak

February 24, 2004

On March 9, UW–Madison alumnus Daniel M. Finley will receive the new Badger of the Year award at the UW Alumni Club of Lake Country's Founders' Day, which will feature an appearance by UW–Madison Director of Athletics Pat Richter.

Veterinary school seminar helps horse owners handle their steeds

February 24, 2004

The School of Veterinary Medicine seminar offered about 400 horse enthusiasts of varying abilities an opportunity to improve their riding and horse handling skills.

Despite confinement, crop genes can spread fast to wild

February 23, 2004

With the slim chance that farmers will stop planting crops containing genes from other organisms, researchers have started to develop strategies that trap these foreign genes, reducing the risk that they'll spread to wild relatives. But an investigation by scientists from UW–Madison and the University of Minnesota-St. Paul shows that these containment strategies can quickly fail.

Conference to connect quilts, teaching

February 20, 2004

How quilts connect people locally, nationally and globally is the subject of the Arts, Curriculum and Community Conference scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, March 6-7, at the Monona Terrace Convention Center, 1 John Nolen Drive, in Madison.

Hollywood, Broadway alums spark new class

February 20, 2004

An innovative new class is tapping the University of Wisconsin–Madison's pipeline to the entertainment industry, bringing back alumni who have made a splash in Hollywood and on Broadway to share their experiences with students and the public.

$10.7 million grant to help unlock what regulates emotion

February 19, 2004

Even though we all experience similar emotions, we respond to them in different ways. While it might take years for one person to overcome the loss of a family member, it could take another person only a few months.

Bowlers battle colon cancer

February 19, 2004

Dane County-area bowlers will take on the number two cause of cancer death on Sunday, March 7, at the Third Annual Bowlin' for Colons to raise money for colon cancer research at the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Course linking Judaism, ecology open to the public

February 19, 2004

The relationship between religion - Judaism in particular - and ecology struck Jeremy Manela, a senior at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as a topic in need of a course.

Temporary desert ponds yield a new family of water fleas

February 18, 2004

Three ephemeral ponds near Medford, Ore., have yielded a once-in-a-century taxonomic surprise: a new species of water flea that represents an entirely new family - a missing link of sorts - of water fleas.

DHEA boosts growth rate of human neural stem cells

February 18, 2004

Human neural stem cells, exposed in a lab dish to the steroid DHEA, exhibit a remarkable uptick in growth rates, suggesting that the hormone may play a role in helping the brain produce new cells, according to a new study published this week in the online editions of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Community Car coming soon to UW–Madison

February 18, 2004

The UW–Madison Office of Transportation Services, in partnership with the Community Car organization, is bringing a car-sharing program to campus.

Lake restrictions make lakeshore property more valuable

February 16, 2004

People are willing to pay more to live on a lake that's protected from degradation, often related to lakeshore development.

Intelligent design: The new ‘big tent’ for evolution’s critics

February 16, 2004

Since the advent of Darwinism in the mid-19th century, a variety of movements have jousted for the intellectual high ground in the epic evolution versus creationism debate.

Studies offer new insight into HIV vaccine development

February 16, 2004

Discovery may help researchers design vaccines that exploit the notorious mutability of HIV by training the immune system to attack the virus where it's most vulnerable.

Ice-fishing net wins innovation competition

February 13, 2004

A retractable net that enables ice fishermen to easily hoist large fish through relatively small holes in the ice won top honors and $10,000 in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, an annual innovation competition held on the UW–Madison campus.

Regents back business school addition

February 12, 2004

An anonymous $20 million gift, one of the largest single gifts in UW–Madison history, would be the catalyst for construction of a new home for the MBA program of the School of Business in a plan approved Friday by the Board of Regents.