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UW-Madison students enrolled in a graduate-level psychology seminar on the neuroscience of emotion will be coming face-to-face with seven giants in the field, who will be gathering in town for an international symposium.
Conference examines value of parenting
'Parenthood in America,' a conference to be held April 19-21 in Madison, will provide an energizing forum for leading scholars and practitioners to share perspectives on the importance of parenthood.
Public utility forum set April 22
Dramatic shifts in policies and attitudes toward competition in the public utility industries will be explored at a public utility forum on April 22 at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison.
Survey: Undergraduates satisfied with UW–Madison experience
Eighty-eight percent of undergraduates at UW–Madison say they are satisfied (42 percent) or extremely satisfied (46 percent) with their overall university experience to date.
Jewish lecture series promises eclectic fare
Around the world and through time, the 1998 Jewish Heritage Lecture Series will explore the Jewish experience from a variety of perspectives.
Business Week senior news editor to visit
Owen Ullmann, senior news editor for the Washington bureau of Business Week and a UW–Madison alumnus, will serve as this semester's business writer in residence March 30-April 3.
Student-organized conference looks at sexual violence
A student-organized conference at UW–Madison March 27-29 will help participants take 'The First Step to Ending Sexual Violence.'
Students hone tutoring skills in Madison classrooms
Twenty-five students enrolled in the School of Education course Curriculum and Instruction 375: Tutoring in the Schools mix lessons on how to tutor with experience tutoring minority students in Lincoln and Midvale elementary schools.
Ghosts in the machine
At age 60, George Cramer, professor in UW–Madison's art department, is working to create a new academic tradition on campus with a marriage of art and technology.
Minority program reaches milestone
From its meek beginning as a pilot project with just six students enrolled in 1984, the Chancellor's Scholarship Program, a privately funded scholarship to attract and support talented minority and disadvantaged undergraduates, is now prospering.
Midwest educators gather to discuss AIDS prevention
UW-Madison will host the third in a series of regional conferences on HIV/AIDS and college learning April 2-4 at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center.
UW students earn ride on NASA’s zero-gravity plane
Four UW–Madison students have earned a research trip to NASA this spring to experience life in the queasy world of zero gravity.
Conference examines welfare’s new deals, new hopes
Keith Bradley, a leader of Britain's Labour Party and its spokesperson on welfare reform, will be the featured speaker at a UW–Madison conference March 19-20.
Business leaders take look ahead at economic conference
With reports from the Federal Reserve that the impact of Asia's turmoil on the U.S. economy should be measurable but not overwhelming, Wisconsin business leaders may be slightly relieved, but still wondering what's ahead.
Science House to open its doors
Science House, a new center for faculty-based science outreach, will open its doors for the first time to the campus community and the public with an open house Wednesday, March 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Library resources help students find careers
A passel of powerful information lies waiting for you to retrieve it in College Library - a force field focused on something nearly everyone needs: a career.
Outreach grants awarded for education and technology projects
More than $300,000 has been awarded by the Office of Outreach Development to enhance education and technology projects.
UW-Madison awarded international business center
UW-Madison has been named one of 25 universities in the nation to have a Center for International Business Education and Research.
JASON Web site brings Great Lakes fish to Madison-area schools
The UW Sea Grant Institute recently unveiled the Madison JASON IX Web site, which features ten fish that live in the Great Lakes.
‘Turbo Mule’ wins student invention competition
Most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about carrying items from one place to another. Three students who did have won $10,000 for their effort.