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Office offers student-parents assistance in raising children

November 29, 2006

The University of Wisconsin–Madison's Office of Child Care and Family Resources helps students adjust to parenthood with financial assistance and other support. Read More

Native Nations photo scheduled

November 29, 2006

To commemorate the end of November's Native American Heritage Month, all Native American members of the campus community are invited to the top of Bascom Hill at 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, for a group photo. Read More

Combustible Christmas special coming to public television

November 29, 2006

Chemistry is still a hot ticket in town. As in past years, the popular holiday lectures by University of Wisconsin–Madison chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri, scheduled for Dec. 2-3, are sold out, according to organizers. Read More

UW-Madison launches student-wage review

November 29, 2006

University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley will appoint a committee of students, faculty and staff to review and, if warranted, recommend market-based increases to student hourly wage scales. Read More

Journalist unveils new picture of Wisconsin’s capital city

November 28, 2006

The University of Wisconsin Press will publish "Madison: The Illustrated Sesquicentennial History, Vol. 1, 1856-1921" by Stuart Levitan this month. Read More

Business school offers new entrepreneurship option for undergrads

November 27, 2006

Students aiming to become successful entrepreneurs have a new academic option at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The School of Business now offers students the opportunity to pursue a concentration in entrepreneurship within its undergraduate major in management and human resources. Read More

New approaches to environmental sustainability

November 27, 2006

The annual Engineering Executives Forum this Thursday and Friday, Nov. 30-Dec.1, will feature an extraordinary lineup of speakers focused on helping industry develop sustainable responses to global warming, oil and water constraints, and other global environmental threats. Read More

Five UW–Madison faculty named AAAS fellows

November 24, 2006

Five University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members are among the 449 scientists and engineers to be awarded fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which were announced this week (Nov. 23). Read More

Christmas chemistry lecture: Still explosive at 37

November 21, 2006

What do Bucky Badger, glowing liquids and vibrant chemical explosions have in common? They're all a big part of the 37th annual holiday lecture "Once upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri," to be held on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 2-3, at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Kim Cridler: Divining art from metal

November 21, 2006

To Kim Cridler, an assistant professor of art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the emotional power of objects drives her work as an artist. Through her work in metalsmith arts, Cridler seeks to recreate the feelings that are engendered by those meaningful artifacts or our past. Read More

Good sports: Hamstring findings may help injured athletes stay healthy

November 21, 2006

Athletes who strain a hamstring could avoid re-injuring the muscle by participating in targeted physical therapies and improving their running mechanics, according to University of Wisconsin–Madison research. Read More

Study: Political ad time trumps election coverage on the tube

November 21, 2006

In the month leading up to the 2006 mid-term elections, local television news viewers got considerably more information about campaigns from paid political advertisements than from news coverage, a new University of Wisconsin–Madison study shows. Read More

UW-Madison researchers develop novel method to find new antibiotics

November 20, 2006

A University of Wisconsin–Madison bacteriologist plans to search for new antibiotics that render virulent bacteria harmless without killing them. Read More

Users can customize new online campus map

November 20, 2006

The University of Wisconsin–Madison recently unveiled its most technologically advanced campus map. Read More

Lakeshore Nature Preserve comes to life online

November 20, 2006

A digital trove brimming with cutting-edge maps, evocative photos, ecological information and the rich history of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Lakeshore Nature Preserve has been assembled on a Web site that debuted today. Read More

Energy Institute engages stakeholders in creative solutions

November 16, 2006

The new University of Wisconsin–Madison Energy Institute is leveraging several renowned UW–Madison energy education and research programs in its unique, multidisciplinary approach to understanding and addressing key global energy issues. Read More

Raj Veeramani: Getting down to e-business in Wisconsin

November 16, 2006

When he joined the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1992, industrial and systems engineering Professor Raj Veeramani went on a statewide bus tour for new faculty. His interactions with state residents - from students at inner-city Milwaukee schools to rural dairy farmers and members of the Oneida nation - made a deep impression that continues to guide his activities as a professor. Read More

New maps emphasize the human factor in wildfire management

November 16, 2006

To help fire managers identify the best locations for site treatments in one particularly fire-prone region in Southern California, a University of Wisconsin–Madison team developed a map that incorporates both environmental and human factors to pinpoint where the most devastating wildfires are likely to start in the Santa Monica Mountains, located just north of Los Angeles. Read More

Final days for employee flu shots

November 15, 2006

The Safety Department will hold three final employee flu shot clinics scheduled on campus this week. Read More

Award-winning authors to be featured at literature conference

November 15, 2006

Four award-winning authors will be guests of honor at an all-day conference on international childrenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s and young peopleÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s literature on Saturday, Nov. 18. Read More