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• Students hone tutoring skills in Madison classrooms March 24, 1998 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 March 20, 1998 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 March 20, 1998 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 March 17, 1998 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 March 16, 1998 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 March 13, 1998 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 March 9, 1998 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 March 9, 1998 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 March 4, 1998 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 March 2, 1998 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 Feb. 27, 1998 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 Feb. 26, 1998 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 Feb. 26, 1998 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.
• Cargill helps UW expand international internship offerings Feb. 25, 1998 The Minneapolis-based Cargill Corp. is helping UW-Madison students take their first plunge into the global marketplace.
• DoIT announces student trainee program Feb. 24, 1998 A Student Computer Network Trainee Program has been created by the DoIT as a way to meet the shortage of qualified employees in the computing field, give students marketable skills and help fill the need for computing staff on campus.
• Oscar-winning computer graphics pioneer reveals tricks in new course Feb. 24, 1998 A few dozen select students this spring are learning the ropes from a guy who invented one of Today's Big Things: A software program that helps movie-makers bend the laws of nature.
• Proquest brings 2,000 journals to your desktop Feb. 23, 1998 The General Library System has added more horsepower to its collection of electronic databases: Proquest Research Library.
• UHS Presents Series On Student Health Issues Feb. 17, 1998 University Health Services will present 'Connecting Health and Culture,' a series of colloquia on health issues relevant to students.
• Forum to Explore Media, Race Feb. 10, 1998 Discussion, dance and music will help participants in a special forum investigate how media represent race and the implications of that portrayal.
• CEOs To Participate in Retailing Lecture Series Feb. 9, 1998 Three CEOs of major American corporations will appear together as part of the Lands' End Lecture Series in Retailing Feb. 10.