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Drum corps event to restrict street access next week

August 2, 2006

The Drum Corps International World Championships will be returning to Camp Randall Stadium Tuesday-Saturday, Aug. 8-12. There will be restricted street access around the stadium during the week. On Monroe Street from Lot 18 to Randall Avenue and Randall north to West Dayton Street, the curbs on the Camp Randall side will designated for DCI use only. Read More

ResearchChannel programs available to Charter Digital Cable subscribers

August 2, 2006

Subscribers to Charter Digital Cable now have access to University of Wisconsin–Madison programming on ResearchChannel as video on demand. Read More

Autonomous lenses may bring microworld into focus

August 2, 2006

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have found a way to make a tiny lens so "smart" that it can adapt its focal length from minus infinity to plus infinity — without external control. Read More

Longtime political scientist, former Letters and Science Dean Leon Epstein dies at 86

August 2, 2006

Leon Epstein, a political science professor for 40 years for the University of Wisconsin–Madison and dean of the College of Letters and Science in the tumultuous late 1960s, died on Aug. 1 in Madison following a recent injury. He was 86. Read More

UW studies challenge national asthma guidelines

August 2, 2006

Antibiotics should not be used routinely when asthma patients have attacks, according to national asthma-treatment guidelines. But two new studies—one in adults and one in children—at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will test these current recommendations by analyzing whether using antibiotics for patients with uncontrolled asthma symptoms improves their condition. Read More

Artists, scientists, educators collaborate on Wisconsin climate change exhibit

August 1, 2006

Artists and scholars have come together to create an art exhibition designed to illustrate the impact climate change will have on Wisconsin's Northwoods. Read More

Undergraduates delve into big science across campus

August 1, 2006

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has become a summertime magnet for undergraduate students looking to gain hands-on research experience. Read More

Study shows hope for ridding lakes of clawed invader

July 31, 2006

A University of Wisconsin–Madison study shows that the rusty crayfish, long seen as a bully in Wisconsin lakes, may be vulnerable to a "double whammy" of intensive trapping and predator fish manipulation to the point where it may be possible to rid lakes of the animal that has vexed scientists, anglers and conservation agencies alike for decades. Read More

Strong rains cause flooding damage in 60-plus campus buildings

July 27, 2006

A powerful noon-hour storm that dropped more than three inches of rain in central Madison caused a rash of flooding problems across the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. No major safety issues were reported involving either humans or animals. The campus is open for the remainder of day and will be open on Friday. Read More

Magazine lauds UW–Madison leaders in hockey, film

July 26, 2006

Madison Magazine has awarded annual Editors' Choice Awards to a pair of hockey coaches and the interim director of the Wisconsin Film Festival at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Students help organize Lebanese relief efforts

July 26, 2006

While completing summer engineering internships at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, six students from the American University of Beirut (AUB) are organizing relief efforts they hope will aid some 750,000 Lebanese civilians displaced as a result of recent bombings. Read More

Marketing faculty earn national attention

July 25, 2006

Marketing professors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business continue to gain national recognition for the strength of their research. Read More

New MRI technique quickly builds 3-D images of knees

July 25, 2006

A faster magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data-acquisition technique, developed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will cut the time many patients spend in a cramped magnetic resonance scanner, yet deliver more precise 3-D images of their bodies. Read More

National roster of science illustrators to meet at UW–Madison

July 25, 2006

The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Conference, hosted in 2006 by the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will be held Sunday, July 30-Saturday, Aug. 5. Read More

Law School sponsors police chief training sessions

July 25, 2006

About 30 police chiefs and sheriffs from around Wisconsin are meeting in Madison this week to examine strategies for dealing with specific problems in community law enforcement. Read More

Status report on Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Clinic

July 25, 2006

The UW–Madison Equity and Diversity Center concluded a thorough investigation earlier this month into charges of harassment and discrimination at the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Clinic (REI). That report was made public on Monday following a media request, along with statements of reaction from both the School of Medicine and Public Health and the university administration. Both statements follow. Read More

PEOPLE summer program puts 994 students on college track

July 24, 2006

While any number of teenagers are riding roller coasters, serving hamburgers or sleeping until noon this summer, 321 middle school and 673 high school students in the University of Wisconsin–Madison PEOPLE Program are focused on getting into college. Read More

Drum corps event to restrict street access next week

ResearchChannel programs available to Charter Digital Cable subscribers

Autonomous lenses may bring microworld into focus

Longtime political scientist, former Letters and Science Dean Leon Epstein dies at 86

UW studies challenge national asthma guidelines

Artists, scientists, educators collaborate on Wisconsin climate change exhibit

Undergraduates delve into big science across campus

Study shows hope for ridding lakes of clawed invader

Strong rains cause flooding damage in 60-plus campus buildings

Magazine lauds UW–Madison leaders in hockey, film

Students help organize Lebanese relief efforts

Marketing faculty earn national attention

New MRI technique quickly builds 3-D images of knees

National roster of science illustrators to meet at UW–Madison

Law School sponsors police chief training sessions

Status report on Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Clinic

PEOPLE summer program puts 994 students on college track

Summer class helps K-12 teachers tap into spoken word

Diversity office to celebrate opening with multicultural extravaganza

Research dishes out flexible computer chips