University of Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin.
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OL1901769A0
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1380198870
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Official Website
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(877) 895-3276
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+18778953276
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+1 608-263-2400
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+16082632400
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flex@uwex.wisconsin.edu
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(877) 895-3276
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Public
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Active
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1990
UW–Madison horticulturists announce the development of the world’s first genetically altered trees designed to withstand herbicides, holding great promise for the paper and lumber industries.
1989
The UW Foundation launches a $350 million Campaign for Wisconsin, and increases the goal to $400 million in 1991.
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1989
Students begin registering for classes by touchtone telephone.
1988
The National Geographic Society introduces its improved world map projection, developed by Arthur H. Robinson, a UW geography professor.
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1988
Initiatives designed to increase racial and ethnic diversity on campus are introduced. Wisconsin Welcome activities are inaugurated to ease the transition to college for new students.
1987
The Academic Staff Assembly holds its first meeting.
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1987
Folkert Belzer, professor of surgery, preserves dog livers up to 36 hours and dog pancreases up to 72 hours using cold-storage preservation solutions.
1986
Waclaw Szybalski, professor of oncology, in conjunction with a Polish associate, develops the first pair of “chemical scissors” capable of cutting DNA molecules.
1986
The Center for Dairy Research is established.
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1986
Richard Love, associate professor of human oncology, medicine, and family medicine and practice, studies the long-term effects of the drug tamoxifen on postmenopausal women who have had cancer.
1985
The university integrates Extension departments separated from campus since 1965.
1985
The atomic structure of a common cold virus is described for the first time by UW–Madison researchers working with a Purdue University team.
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1946
The Beta Omicron Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated was the first Black Greek-letter organization (B.G.L.O.) at the University.
1945
The UW Foundation is organized to assist in fundraising and development.
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1941
Harold Rusch, a UW oncology professor, is the first to show which wavelength of ultraviolet light produces skin cancer. Rusch also founds the McArdle Cancer Research Laboratory.
1939
Wisconsin Union Theater opens with the premiere performance of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in “The Taming of the Shrew.”
1939
The College of Agriculture establishes the first Wisconsin artificial-breeding program.
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1939
Aldo Leopold develops a UW department of wildlife management, the nation’s first.
1937
Conrad Elvehjem leads UW researchers who find that niacin supplementation prevents pellagra, a disease that killed 5,000 people a year at the time.
1936
John Steuart Curry paints murals for the artist-in-residence program, the first of its kind at an American university.
1936
John Steuart Curry paints murals for the artist-in-residence program, the first of its kind at an American university.
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