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Business school names first teaching professors
The School of Business is the first academic unit on campus to use the working title of 'teaching professor.'
Advisors go to students
Academic advisors from Cross College Advising Service have branched out into Sellery Hall and the Bradley Learning Community.
Team helps build the ultimate surveillance tool
Advances in smart, low-cost integrated devices containing many different types of sensors, wireless transceivers and processors with significant computing capabilities could make the above scenario a reality in as few as five years, says Professor Parameswaran Ramanathan.
Winter Commencement Address
Charles (Charlie) H. Trotter, Sunday, December 23, 2001, Kohl Center
Chancellor’s Remarks: Winter Commencement
Chancellor John D. Wiley, Sunday, December 23, 2001, Kohl Center
African-American Studies professor committed to discourse change
American culture is not as simple as black and white, says Craig Werner, professor of humanities and African-American Studies.
New IT plan unveiled
The UW–Madison's information technology plan for the 21st century maps out how the university can use IT to achieve its top-level objectives for the new century: promoting research, advancing learning, accelerating internationalization, amplifying the Wisconsin Idea and nurturing human resources.
Students pursue passion for discovery
Through a new outreach program, students experience the thrill of discovery as they explore how animal communities in Wisconsin have changed over the last 25,000 years.
Service learning gets notice in Timetable
For the first time, service-learning classes have been specially noted in the university Timetable.
Lectures examine Afghan history, culture
The last two community lectures on the history and culture of Afghanistan and the surrounding region will be presented by faculty at Dane County public libraries.
New book opens window on early America
Letters from colonial America's earliest years, written by one of the most important figures in the colonies have been collected, many for the first time in a new edition edited by a professor of English
Kenoyer to speak on Afghanistan, Pakistan history
Mark Kenoyer, professor of anthropology, will give the talk, "Afghanistan and Pakistan: The History of a Family Divided," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20, at the Deerfield Public Library, 12 W. Nelson St.
Sikhs promote better cultural understanding
A faculty member and staff member are using the tension over the war on terrorism as a chance to improve cultural understanding.
Bioterror conference invites questions
Faculty and staff are invited to submit questions in advance of the planned conference on bioterrorism Tuesday, Nov. 13.
Multicultural learning community to open on campus
If life is one great learning experience, surely there is no better laboratory than the street where you live. Or the residence hall: A year from now, the UW–Madison College of Letters and Science and School of Education will join University Housing in opening a multicultural learning community in Witte Residence Hall.
Program helps women succeed in science and engineering
Women at the UW–Madison who are planning to enter science and engineering fields are more academically successful than ever before.
UW-Madison Connections program to expand statewide
UW-Madison and the UW Colleges are expanding a pilot program to meet the growing demand for an undergraduate degree from UW–Madison.
Students, professor discover family history in New Mexico
It is a coincidence befitting a Charles Dickens novel: University professor discovers cache of photographs, lost for more than half a century. Depicted are elder family members of an administrator at the same university where the professor works.
Distinguished historian to present Curti lectures
The 26th annual Merle Curti Lectures will be presented by distinguished intellectual historian Francis Oakley Oct. 16, 17 and 18.
New center to address diversity in math education
A new five-year, $11.5 million consortium based at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research is beginning work on rebuilding the nation's mathematics education infrastructure.