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UW Hospital hits major milestone with 2,000th liver transplant

February 13, 2013

Scott A. Vanderloop of Appleton, Wis. received a second chance at life recently after becoming the 2,000th patient to receive a liver transplant at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison. Read More

UW’s veterinary medical school adopts wildlife health project

February 13, 2013

Outbreaks of disease in wildlife may seem remote and, for most humans, inconsequential. But disease events that arise in wild animal populations can be far-reaching and can even pose a threat to humans and domestic animals far removed from the source of animal affliction. Read More

Students allowed to opt out of student org mass emails

February 13, 2013

Students who wish to block email messages from registered student organizations can now select that option via their Student Center. Read More

IAP scholars to help students ‘discover the world and bring it back to Wisconsin’

February 13, 2013

International Academic Programs (IAP), the largest study abroad office at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has launched a scholarship program that offers individual awards starting at $2,500 to enable more students to study abroad and then share their experiences with the campus community after they return. Read More

Nominate an adult undergraduate for an Outstanding Returning Adult Student Award

February 12, 2013

Each year the Office of Adult Career and Special Student Services recognizes two adult students with the Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student Award. Read More

Bright minds and big ideas to come together at second Big Learning Event

February 12, 2013

In June 2011, some 330 participants attended the first Big Learning Event (BLE), jumping into a mosh pit of minds and ideas for unbridled thinking and questioning. Led by some of the world's brightest minds from disparate disciplines, attendees developed ideas for campus and forged new boundary-busting connections. Read More

Research quest aims to cure hearing loss at its root

February 12, 2013

The ultimate cause of hearing loss is usually found in the tiny hair cells that play the crucial role of converting sound waves into nerve impulses for delivery to the brain. Read More

UW-Madison engineer named to National Academy of Engineering

February 12, 2013

David Gustafson, a University of Wisconsin–Madison industrial and systems engineer, was named Feb. 7 to the 2013 class of new members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Read More

Weiden to serve as interim legal director

February 12, 2013

Michael Weiden, a retired partner with the law firm Quarles & Brady, has been appointed as interim director of Office of Administrative Legal Services, Interim Chancellor David Ward announced. Weiden will begin March 1. Read More

Secretary of Academic Staff Donna Silver retires

February 12, 2013

Donna Silver didn’t plan to retire this soon. “This is my dream job,” Silver says of being secretary of the Academic Staff for the past three years. But last March, she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, cancer of the bones. She was given two years to live. After months of being on medical leave, Silver officially retired Jan. 3. On Feb. 11, she was honored at the Academic Staff Assembly Meeting. Read More

Strike against cancer at Bowlin’ for Colons

February 12, 2013

Bowlers from across Wisconsin plan to “pin” colorectal cancer by participating in the twelfth annual Bowlin’ for Colons fundraiser on Sunday, March 3. Read More

Campuswide diversity forum scheduled for Friday

February 12, 2013

UW–Madison’s first Inclusive Excellence Winter Symposium will take place Friday, Feb. 15. from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Read More

Isotopic Data Show Farming Arrived in Europe with Migrants

February 11, 2013

For decades, archaeologists have debated how farming spread to Stone Age Europe, setting the stage for the rise of Western civilization. Now, new data gleaned from the teeth of prehistoric farmers and the hunter-gatherers with whom they briefly overlapped shows that agriculture was introduced to Central Europe from the Near East by colonizers who brought farming technology with them. Read More

Video tool could help active workers avoid injury

February 11, 2013

Using just video of workers performing tasks such as assembling a manufactured part or packing boxes, a system developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers might soon be able to automatically assess the likelihood that workers will develop common repetitive-motion injuries. Read More

Technique moves practical Alzheimer diagnosis one step closer to reality

February 11, 2013

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health are moving closer to a significant milepost in the battle against Alzheimer's disease: identifying the first signs of decline in the brain. Read More

Fishing rod holder for boat, land or ice is champion of 2013 innovation competition

February 8, 2013

A self-adjusting, boat-mounted holder for fishing rods has won the top prize and $10,000 in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, one of a pair of University of Wisconsin–Madison innovation competitions. Held Feb. 7 and 8, the Innovation Days competitions reward UW–Madison undergraduates for creative and marketable ideas. Read More

UW Hospital hits major milestone with 2,000th liver transplant

UW’s veterinary medical school adopts wildlife health project

Students allowed to opt out of student org mass emails

IAP scholars to help students ‘discover the world and bring it back to Wisconsin’

Nominate an adult undergraduate for an Outstanding Returning Adult Student Award

Bright minds and big ideas to come together at second Big Learning Event

Research quest aims to cure hearing loss at its root

UW-Madison engineer named to National Academy of Engineering

Weiden to serve as interim legal director

Secretary of Academic Staff Donna Silver retires

Strike against cancer at Bowlin’ for Colons

Campuswide diversity forum scheduled for Friday

Isotopic Data Show Farming Arrived in Europe with Migrants

Video tool could help active workers avoid injury

Technique moves practical Alzheimer diagnosis one step closer to reality

Fishing rod holder for boat, land or ice is champion of 2013 innovation competition

Journalism students learn ethics through online case study

Stress is underreported in parents of children with cancer

UW-Madison response to Board of Regents PETA protest

Darwin Day celebrates evolutionary diversity of sex and reproduction