The Wisconsin Week Wire — Dec. 19, 2007
Top News
E-lectorate: Can new media get out the vote?
The campaign for president is setting precedents left and right — and it started earlier than ever, it has more hopefuls than ever, and it is relying on more technology than ever. But will the Web sites, video debates, blogs, twittering or any other new media tools get the vote out?
Statements on Morgridge scholarship gift
UW–Madison leaders have high praise for the $175 million gift from John and Tashia Morgridge, which will support need-based financial aid for thousands of talented prospective students in Wisconsin.
Research
Foreign ozone emissions lower U.S. air quality
A recent study from the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies has found that up to 15 percent of U.S. air pollution comes from Asian and European sources.
On Campus
Events calendar
Finalists named for environmental institute post
Two finalists have been named for the position of director of the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
A year in photographs
In and out of the classroom, from the research lab to the athletic field, through all four seasons — the staff photographers in University Communications have captured the scenes that defined UW–Madison during 2007.
Milestones
Engineer named to ‘Scientific American 50’
James Dumesic, Chemical and Biological Engineering Steenbock Professor, has received a 2007 Scientific American “SciAm 50” award for his innovative alternative fuels research.
Gifts establish ‘best ever’ music scholarships
A couple from San Antonio, Texas, has made gifts to establish what are being called the two best undergraduate scholarships in the history of the School of Music.