Addressing a persistent debate in the field of dyslexia research, scientists at UW-Madison and the University of Southern California have disproved the popular theory that deficits in certain visual processes cause the spelling and reading woes commonly suffered by dyslexics.
As the UW Space Place prepares for a late-June move to Villager Mall, it faces the daunting task this week of relocating its star attraction: an enormous space observatory weighing several thousand pounds.
Every May, about the time the lilacs bloom, a group of 40 faculty and staff from the University of Wisconsin-Madison turn in their last grades, check their email one more time and embark on a five-day experience called the Wisconsin Idea Seminar.
Julie K. Underwood, associate executive director and general counsel for the National School Boards Association, has been named the new dean of UW-Madison’s School of Education, Chancellor John D. Wiley announced today.
The university’s annual Employee Recognition Day celebration will be held from 2:30-4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15, on Bascom Hill.
UW-Madison received the 2005 Augie Faulkner Spirit of Tourism Award from the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) at the organization’s annual business briefing on May 12.
The specific guidelines for three 2006-07 UW-Madison faculty grants and programs are now available.
The Why Files, which covers issues of science, math and technology behind the headlines of the day and current events, was listed among the top sites in the magazine’s Education, Information and Reference category.
A study by John DeLamater of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Morgan Sill of the University of Michigan, published in the May 2005 issue of The Journal of Sex Research, found that the sexual desire of older people is influenced more by attitudes toward sex than by biological factors such as medication.
MADISON-Cultural considerations are increasingly vital in multidisciplinary research as more scientists stray from narrowly focused studies to expansive, boundary-blurring questions, a University of Wisconsin-Madison psychologist will announce to attendees (May 27) at the 17th Annual Convention of the American Psychology Society in Los Angeles.
When the long-awaited Highway 151 bypass around Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, opens later this year, vehicles traveling northbound will cross DeNeveu Creek on a bridge like no other in the country.
With the twin forces of summer travel and road construction poised for their annual collision, reporters may be interested in projects at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that focus on the safety and reliability of America’s highways. UW-Madison is a national leader in transportation research and is home to an interdisciplinary program on transportation engineering and urban planning.
The scene: a university classroom. The characters: the teacher, assorted students. The action: A well-thought-out, well-intentioned discussion section meant to introduce a statistical correlation turns into a shouting match between a few of the students.
Majid Sarmadi has uncovered new technologies to make cloth less static, more absorbent, more repellent, better able to take prints and dyes, deflect or absorb light, shield electromagnetic radiation and more. He also has found methods of reducing waste and environmental pollution relating to textile manufacturing.
The Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line has saved Wisconsin citizens $26 million in health care costs since its inception in May of 2001.
What if the speed of light is a constant only most of the time? What if gravity sometimes pushed instead of pulled? Scientists are increasingly asking what would seem like far-out questions regarding the laws and rules of physics after discovering conditions and materials where the rules don’t quite apply.
Silk ties, especially upscale ones that cost up to $120, are unlikely to make their way into many undergraduate student fashion statements. But as far as classroom projects go, ties proved to be a perfect fit. A Department of Environment, Textiles and Design course at UW-Madison, led by professor Jennifer Angus, spent the spring 2005 semester designing a new line of retro-conversational ties for the Chippewa Falls fashion company XMI.
Given Representative Nass’ recent comments regarding ROTC programs on UW campuses, I thought it would be important to remind you of my unwavering support for these programs on the UW-Madison campus. Wiley, Students Air Views About Military On Campus Wisconsin State Journal, April 21, 2005 Wiley confronted on ROTC: Says he won’t order military off …
This summer’s demolition of a former bank building will clear the way for construction of a five-story addition to Grainger Hall that will be home to graduate programs in the School of Business.
For a young child whose mother is imprisoned, life’s prospects are predictably grim. But a new study, the first empirical examination of the attachment relationships of young children whose mothers are in prison, suggests that simple interventions may prevent a downward social spiral for a rapidly growing and vulnerable population.