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Nursing plans to expand partnerships
Linda Baumann is leading the School of Nursing's effort to coordinate and expand clinical practices by the school's faculty.
New continuing education program announced
The university will heighten its commitment to continuing education for alumni and friends as the Wisconsin Alumni Association and the Division of Continuing Studies launch a joint Alumni Learning Program.
Forum address difficulties of teaching diversity
No argument here: Teach diversity. But how, exactly, do students learn best to think about their own and other cultures critically? Faculty members shared thoughts on teaching cultural difference at a recent workshop.
Students compete for business plan awards
Prizes from $1,000 to $10,000 and potential business success await the winners in the G. Steven Burrill Technology Business Plan Competition to be held Friday, April 27, at the university.
Oliver: Imprisonment patterns show racial tilt
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, but this fact hides a potentially more serious problem, says Pamela Oliver, professor of sociology.
Distance learning puts degree work on desktop
Most observers foresee growing on- and off-campus use of electronic delivery of degree programs. Yet the idea of learning long-distance has been a staple of UW–Madison's educational repertoire for close to a century.
Undergraduate education drives distance learning
Technical applications and innovations that advance distance learning frequently come from grassroots undergraduate initiatives ... often with help from undergraduates themselves.
Miami-Dade, UW–Madison to sign transfer agreement
UW-Madison is joining with Miami-Dade Community College to recruit high-achieving transfer students.
EAGLE study program soars around the world
When a UW–Madison student can see how the Costa Rican rainforest can be harvested in a sustainable way, and when another UW–Madison student can learn how Cuban nurses contribute to public health, well, the EAGLE has landed.
TALS prepares graduate students for faculty role
Teaching and Learning Scholarship, a new certificate program at UW–Madison, is a campuswide interdisciplinary program that's on a mission: to strengthen the preparation of graduate students for the dramatically changing academic workplace of the 21st century. And it does that by enriching their capacity to be effective teachers and faculty members.
Blues performer reschedules class appearance
The "Schwall" half of the Siegel-Schwall Blues Band will demonstrate blues styles to a university class on Thursday, March 22, rescheduled from March 29. Students in the Blues Legacies course - and anyone interested - can listen to Schwall during the class, which meets at 1:20 p.m. at Luther's Blues Club, 1401 University Ave.
‘Undesirable Elements’ combines varied backgrounds
Ping Chong, internationally renowned artist-in-residence at the university, plans to deconstruct cultural assumptions thourh "Undesirable Elements," a performance piece to be presented at UW–Madison March 22-23.
Students offer neighborhood design suggestions
Inside every rubble-infested, garbage-strewn, rodent-molested urban backlot is an inviting city square waiting to break free. Perhaps it is waiting for Sarah Schultz, one of 20 students in Martin Bailkey's landscape architecture classes. The courses require students to design ways to improve spaces in inner-city Milwaukee.
Class to discover ‘Blues Legacies’
A new class this semester takes 25 students where the blues actually happens. On selected Thursday afternoons through April 26, Ronald Radano's Blues Legacies course will meet in Luther's Blues Club. And any UW–Madison student or member of the larger community is invited to join them.
Course evaluations sought by ASM
Academic departments have until Friday, March 9, to submit course and instructor evaluations for fall 2000 to Associated Students of Madison, according to the Provost's Office.
Alchemists’ greatest hits now on disk
Turning base metals such as lead or copper into silver or gold, the dream of alchemists in the Middle Ages, never came to be. But the conversion of a 400-year-old alchemical classic into a virtual resource available worldwide certainly appears golden.
Professor donates collection of Italian history �
Jack Fry, Hilldale Professor of Physics emeritus at UW–Madison, is donating to the university more than 26,000 documents he has collected during his lifelong interest in Italian history.
Water gun, infrared control are top student inventions
The Automatically Pressurizing Water Gun, a new twist on such popular water guns as the Super Soaker, received first prize and $10,000 in the annual College of Engineering's "Brainstorm: The Schoofs Prize for Creativity" competition.
Summer classes offered to high school teachers
New and experienced high school teachers of Advanced Placement and upper-level courses are invited to the ninth Summer Advanced Placement Institute June 25-29.
Single-parent scholarships deadline is March 1
Thursday, March 1 is the deadline for the Single-Parent Undergraduate Student Scholarships.