Stories indexed under: College of Letters & Science

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  • La Follette School hosts 900 public policy experts Nov. 1, 2006 The Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will welcome more than 900 public policy experts to a national conference this week at the Monona Terrace Convention Center.
  • Professor receives YWCA award Oct. 26, 2006 Michael Thornton, faculty director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Morgridge Center for Public Service and professor of Afro-American and Asian American Studies, received the individual Racial Justice Award from the Madison YWCA at its fifth annual Racial Justice Conference on Oct. 19.
  • Journalism students map coverage of Halloween on State Street Oct. 26, 2006 As the celebration of Halloween on State Street unfolds this weekend, a corps of University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism students will cover the event live under the guidance of professional reporters.
  • Institute for Research on Poverty marks 40 years of innovative work Oct. 24, 2006 The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty — the nation's first poverty research center — next month marks 40 years of studying why Americans live in poverty and what can be done to end it.
  • Professor receives prestigious award for contributions to chemistry Oct. 23, 2006 A University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist has won the 2005 Harrison Howe Award, a prize that annually honors outstanding contributions to the field of chemistry.
  • Initiative fosters teacher training in less commonly taught languages Oct. 6, 2006 The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Institute and the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages a three-year, $345,000 grant to launch the National Online Less Commonly Taught Languages Teacher Training Initiative.
  • Computer scientist spearheads $30 million ‘Open Science Grid’ Sept. 25, 2006 University of Wisconsin-Madison computer scientists will play a central role in the expansion of a national "Open Science Grid" (OSG), an interconnected computing infrastructure that provides scientists with a massive infusion of computing power and storage capacity to solve large, data-intensive challenges in science.
  • Webcasts bring together language educators, K-12 teachers Sept. 19, 2006 In a unique partnership, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Language Institute and the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers will sponsor several live webcasts of the Language Institute's 2006-07 lecture series, "National Standards and Instructional Strategies for Language Teaching."
  • Economist warns of dangers of federal budget deficits Aug. 25, 2006 A "painful period of world economic adjustment appears inevitable" unless the White House and Congress can develop a workable plan to ease federal budget deficits, according to an article co-authored by a University of Wisconsin-Madison economist in the current edition of The International Economy.
  • Young chemist wins hefty corporate award Aug. 23, 2006 A scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been awarded a prestigious "Focused Giving Grant" by Johnson & Johnson, the internationally recognized manufacturer of pharmaceutical and heath care products.
  • Program works to build diverse new generation of computer scientists Aug. 16, 2006 A novel freshman-level program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison called Wisconsin Emerging Scholars in Computer Science is working to counter a remarkable absence of women and underrepresented groups in the field.