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UW-Madison archaeologists to mount new expedition to Troy

October 15, 2012

Troy, the palatial city of prehistory, sacked by the Greeks through trickery and a fabled wooden horse, will be excavated anew beginning in 2013 by a cross-disciplinary team of archaeologists and other scientists, it was announced today (Monday, Oct. 15). Read More

UW-led project will help growers and processors show sustainable production

October 12, 2012

UW-Madison researchers are leading a new $2.1 million, USDA-funded project designed to help vegetable producers and processors get rewarded in the marketplace for producing their products in a sustainable manner. Read More

Recent Sightings: On the run

October 12, 2012

UW-Madison alumnae Gretchen Dodgion, left, and Dierdre Varness run along Arboretum Drive past a backdrop of golden tree foliage near Gallistel Woods at… Read More

New monument pays tribute to the Wisconsin Idea

October 12, 2012

A granite boulder with a bronze plaque honoring the Wisconsin Idea is the newest addition to Bascom Hill, courtesy of the Class of 2012. Read More

Rock the Vote returns to the campus area on Oct. 16

October 12, 2012

Rock the Vote, its colorfully wrapped bus and its message of voter involvement are heading to the campus area for an outdoor event on Tuesday, Oct. 16. Read More

Tailored breast cancer screening model developed

October 11, 2012

How early and how often should women have mammograms? In theory, it's, "Annually, beginning at age 40." As of late, however, that answer has been up for debate - in part because of the risk of false positives, unnecessary biopsies, and the fear and anxiety that go along with such a diagnosis - and the answer has shifted to a more ambiguous, "It depends." Read More

Unusual genetic structure confers major disease resistance trait in soybean

October 11, 2012

Scientists have identified three neighboring genes that make soybeans resistant to the most damaging disease of soybean. The genes exist side-by-side on a stretch of chromosome, but only give resistance when that stretch is duplicated several times in the plant. Read More

Go Big Read author to visit UW campus

October 11, 2012

“Radioactive” is inspiring discussions about the life and work of Marie Curie, but also the form and genre of the innovative book itself. Read More

Chancellor search forums scheduled

October 11, 2012

Public forums, social media and other tools will be used to gather campus and community perspectives into the abilities and characteristics the next UW–Madison chancellor should embody. Read More

Stories of ‘Forward Motion’ debut on Big Ten Network

October 11, 2012

"Forward Motion," a 30-minute news magazine spotlighting the inspiration behind some of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s most innovative research and teaching, will debut on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. Central time on the Big Ten Network. Read More

Veteran UW–Madison leader wins NAACP Award

October 10, 2012

Mary Rouse, former director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service, assistant chancellor for academic affairs and a longtime dean of students, received the 2012 Freedom Fund Award as an Unsung Heroine at the annual NAACP local branch dinner. Read More

NSF deputy director receives WAA’s Distinguished Alumni Award

October 10, 2012

The University of Wisconsin–Madison welcomed Cora Marrett, deputy director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), back to campus Oct. 5-6 as the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) presented her with the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award. Read More

Dayton Duncan to deliver first Jordahl Public Lands Lecture Oct. 17

October 10, 2012

Award-winning author and documentary film producer Dayton Duncan, who wrote and produced "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," a six-part documentary directed by filmmaker Ken Burns, will deliver the first annual Jordahl Public Lands Lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

UW study proposes “swimways” to help save migratory fish

October 10, 2012

A University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher says states should be looking to the skies in order to save fish. Read More

Ossorio named to federal human research panel

October 10, 2012

Pilar Ossorio, associate professor of bioethics and law at the UW Law School, was appointed this month to a federal advisory committee aimed at protecting the rights of human participants in research. Read More

Physicist to chair European scientific board

October 10, 2012

Baha Balantekin, Eugene P. Wigner Professor of Physics, has been elected chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for the European Centre for Theoretical Nuclear Physics and Related Areas at Trento, Italy. Read More

Harvard scholar Lani Guinier to headline UW–Madison Diversity Forum

October 9, 2012

Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier, the university's first tenured Jewish African-American law professor who is among the nation's top scholars in the areas of access to higher education, race conscious policy and civil rights law, will give the keynote address at this Friday's (Oct. 12) daylong annual UW–Madison Diversity Forum. Read More

Perkins Coie offers $10,000 prize to UW student innovators

October 9, 2012

Perkins Coie LLP has announced a new Innovative Minds competition, offering a $10,000 prize to a University of Wisconsin–Madison student team that produces the year's most market-ready innovation. Read More

Energy from Wisconsin cow manure could replace a coal plant

October 9, 2012

According to a recent Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative (WBI) study, Wisconsin can be a national leader in bioenergy production using waste from the state's prosperous agriculture and food processing sectors. Read More

Innovation U formally launches the Year of Innovation

October 9, 2012

Exhibits and demonstrations by dozens of campus and community innovators, special breakout sessions covering topics ranging from sparking innovative thinking to how to take innovation to the next level, and flash talks and presentations focusing on innovations with roots at the UW and what made them successful, will highlight a special event today kicking off the Year of Innovation as declared by Interim Chancellor David Ward. Read More