Conference takes next step in genetic analysis
Now that the human genome has been deciphered, many scientists are turning to study the myriad proteins that are encoded in tens of thousands of genes – a field called proteomics.
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Mobile UW for Android is here
Thousands of iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users have downloaded Mobile UW, the university’s official mobile app. Android users now have their chance — Mobile UW for Android launched last week.
Seeds of collaboration: Illinois Titan Arum traces roots to UW
A Titan Arum grown from a seed produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s record-breaking Big Bucky is about to bloom and release its overpowering smell on the University of Illinois campus. The plant was expected to bloom today or on Friday. “We’ve coddled it for 10 years,” said greenhouse manager Debbie Black in a news …
“Boot camp” prepares students for biology education at UW-Madison
Here’s the situation: Recently, three kids succumbed within a month to a new blood parasite at your hospital, and a fourth child has just been admitted with the same parasite.
Recent sighting: Auf Wiedersehen!
Chancellor Biddy Martin shakes hands with a long line of well-wishers at a cookout on Bascom Hill on Wednesday, July 13. The event, which offered brats and Strawbiddy Swirl ice cream, gave the campus community a chance to say good-bye to Martin, who leaves this week after serving as UW–Madison chancellor since 2008. She has …
Latest Badger Poll results to be released
The results of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Badger Poll will be released this week and will examine the views of Wisconsin residents on state and national government, politics and economics, as well as the differences among urban, rural and suburban areas of Wisconsin.
Climate change reducing ocean’s carbon dioxide uptake
How deep is the ocean’s capacity to buffer against climate change?
Prosecutors, police, defense attorneys join Wisconsin Innocence Project’s new advisory board
The Wisconsin Innocence Project, a legal education and advocacy project at the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Frank J. Remington Center, today announced the formation of a new advisory board.
New human ecology building will have new name
When the School of Human Ecology opens its doors on its new and renovated building on Linden Drive in 2012, it will have a new name.
Financial advice sessions for employees focus on strategies when income drops
The Employee Assistance Office and the Office of Human Resource Development (OHRD) will host “Financial Strategies When Your Income Drops.” This presentations — set for July 13 and 20, and possibly on July 19 — will provide tools and tips for employees to manage their finances when they are confronted with a drop in income. Attendees …
Chancellor Martin’s proposal would shield some students from tuition hikes
Chancellor Biddy Martin, in a move to protect some low- and middle-income UW-Madison students from a proposed tuition hike, is asking to use $2.3 million from the increases for need-based financial aid.
Study shows fewer injuries among athletes with ankle braces
$2 million donation expands access to business classes
Rural Wisconsin high school students learn with stem cells, top UW–Madison researchers
Twenty top science students from rural Wisconsin high schools have earned the opportunity to hone their laboratory skills and work alongside top researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison at a summer science camp focused on stem cells. Hosted by the Morgridge Institute for Research, a nonprofit biomedical research institute affiliated with UW–Madison, the four-day summer science …
Landscape change leads to increased insecticide use in the Midwest
The continued growth of cropland and loss of natural habitat have increasingly simplified agricultural landscapes in the Midwest.
Expert available to media on NFL lockout
The lockout in the National Football League continues, as the teams’ owners continue talks with players over salaries and health care, putting the 2011 season in jeopardy. University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor Brad Snyder can discuss the lockout from antitrust and labor law perspective. Snyder is author of “A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood’s Fight for …
UW-Madison scientists played role in potato genome project
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists are part of an international consortium that has successfully sequenced and analyzed the potato genome.
Police seek information on University Avenue attacks
Police are investigating a pair of recent violent incidents against women walking on University Avenue near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. MPD has supplied a sketch in connection to a July 2 attack in the 1700 block of University Avenue. The cases may be connected and the UW Police Department and the Madison Police Department …
UW-Madison’s Gutierrez, dictionary project win regent excellence awards
Ortalo-Magné named dean of the Wisconsin School of Business
François Ortalo-Magné, Robert E. Wangard Professor and chair of the Real Estate and Urban Land Economics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named the Albert O. Nicholas Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business.