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May 6, 2009

Annual symposium focuses on student learning, new ideas

Faculty and staff dedicate the entire year to teaching eager students, but on May 20–22, they will gather to teach other teachers.

As biology booms, students flock to the lab

Since the mid-1990s, UW-Madison has experienced a surge of interest in biology, a phenomenon that has challenged the folks who run UW-Madison's biggest portal to this hot field: Introductory Biology 151 and 152 in the College of Letters and Science.

Construction: Campus traffic impacts

Campus and city construction projects have forced numerous traffic detours this summer, university officials say.

For biochemist, ‘retirement’ hardly means slowing down

It’s 10 a.m. on a Friday morning, and Henry Lardy is already impatient. “The darn thing runs so slow,” he says, fidgeting over his computer keyboard. He doesn’t have time to wait for e-mail.

Film and theater center digitizes three new collections

Three new collections in the holding of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research have been sifted, winnowed, digitized and posted to the Web.

Buffering Wisconsin’s water quality with science

Spring in Wisconsin heralds a new growing season. But the warming temperatures also bring heavier runoff from farm fields, carrying pollution and contaminants into the state’s lakes and streams.

Eye on Health: Professor studies your immune system on stress

As the semester winds down, the stress may be building up. And though you have no time to get sick, it may seem almost inevitable — a little tickle in the back of your throat, perhaps, or a nagging headache or achy joints warning of an impending illness.

Art Lofts opening celebration continues

The tower of bright red steel girders signals that the former university warehouse at the edge of campus has been transformed. Facing the Kohl Center across Frances Street, the tower marks the main entrance to the Art Lofts, the new state-of-the-art facility for the Art Department.

Fashion design students put on the glitz

Madison will get its own version of “Project Runway” at the School of Human Ecology’s student fashion show to be held Saturday, May 9, at the Monona Terrace Convention Center, 1 John Nolen Drive.

Four alumni will receive honorary degrees on May 15

Four alumni have been selected to receive honorary degrees from UW–Madison.

Fellows program gives undergraduates chance to lead

Even some of the most dedicated students scour the schedule of classes for ways to make their Fridays a quick day. But every Friday afternoon, Jenny Saffran’s Undergraduate Teaching Fellows meet to discuss their progress in that week’s section, and their lesson plans for next week.

University receives another 10-year accreditation

Following two years of preparation and self-study, a visiting team of consultant-evaluators has told campus officials that the university will be reaccredited for the next 10 years.

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