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• Caterpillars deliver biology's old lessons in new ways Aug. 19, 1999 In Walter Goodman's laboratory, Manduca sexta, a.k.a. the tobacco hornworm caterpillar, lives in the limelight. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the caterpillar grows ever larger -- and ever more interesting -- under the steady, unblinking eye of a video camera.
• Wisconsin's native plants now just a mouse click away Aug. 18, 1999 A new web database maintained by the Wisconsin State Herbarium catalogs more than 2,300 native and naturalized Wisconsin plant species.
• Applied real estate program is first in the nation Aug. 10, 1999 University business students will manage their own real estate investment portfolio as part of the nationâs first graduate program specializing in the analysis of real estate securities.
• Support offered for campus lectures Aug. 4, 1999 The University Lectures Committee is seeking applications from campus groups that need financing for public lectures to be held during the 1999-2000 academic year.
• Twilight tour of Hancock ag station gardens Aug. 2 July 27, 1999 A twilight tour for plant lovers will be held at the Hancock Agricultural Research Station Monday, Aug. 2.
• Students' smoothie pies earn spot in 'food fight' July 19, 1999 Food science students have earned a finalist spot in a national competition by inventing a healthy taste treat, "smoothie pies."
• UW-Madmail delivers new e-mail option for campus July 6, 1999 The Division of Information Technology announces the release of UW-MadMail to campus on July 1. UW-MadMail is a new server-based e-mail system, unique because it provides e-mail storage on a dedicated server and backup of e-mail.
• Declaration of Independence documentary to feature UW prof July 1, 1999 'The Declaration of Independence,' to debut Saturday, July 3, at 7 p.m. on the History Channel, will feature Professor of Communication Arts Stephen Lucas.
• Grant establishes African language instruction center June 25, 1999 A new, first-of-its-kind national resource center devoted to the teaching of African languages will open this fall on campus.
• Online engineering degree program gets under way June 22, 1999 Two dozen engineers began a new degree program last week, and their classrooms could be an office cafeteria, a basement den or even an airport lobby.
• Cargill scholarship to enhance engineering diversity June 21, 1999 Thomas Dinkins, a spring 1999 graduate of Rufus King High School in Milwaukee, has been selected as the first recipient of a new scholarship established by Cargill, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.
• New students get first taste of campus life this week June 21, 1999 More than 5,800 students and their parents plan to visit UW-Madison between now and Friday, Aug. 13, during continuous two-day sessions of a summer orientation program for new and transferring students.
• Getting oriented with SOAR June 21, 1999 Facts about SOAR.
• Video seeks to heal wounds created by Chippewa Flowage June 18, 1999 Barbara Borns and Tim Tynan hope a new educational video they have produced about the Chippewa Flowage in northwestern Wisconsin will help heal deep wounds among the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) band of Ojibwe Indians.
• Surplus books, journals on way to Mexico June 14, 1999 Some 800 boxes of surplus books, journals and other scholarly materials are on their way to Mexico thanks to the continuing efforts of botany professor emeritus Hugh Iltis and others on campus.
• UW's 'Future Car' first again in national competition June 11, 1999 A team of engineering students logged another national victory this summer in the Future Car Challenge.
• Environmental monitoring degree planned for professionals June 9, 1999 Advancements in the technologies of remote sensing and geographic information systems will give us powerful new tools to do everything from mapping Wisconsin's wetlands to tracking down abandoned hazardous waste dumps and guiding land use planning.
• Public to get update on yellow perch decline June 8, 1999 The public will get a chance to quiz scientists about the 10-year-old decline of yellow perch in Lake Michigan at a special daylong conference to be held Saturday, June 12, in Racine.
• Wisconsin historical atlas now in second printing June 1, 1999 The Wisconsin Cartographers' Guild's "Wisconsin's Past and Present: A Historical Atlas," is now available in its second printing. The 9" x 12" atlas contains more than 120 pages of maps, text, and visual aids on state history.
• Program helps credential state child care administrators May 24, 1999 This summer UW-Madison will offer the first in a series of six courses designed to prepare participants to receive a credential as a child care administrator.