When forming attitudes about embryonic stem cell research, people are influenced by a number of things. But understanding science plays a negligible role for many people, according to a recent UW-Madison study.
How, scientists wonder, do the French get away with a clean bill of heart health despite a diet loaded with saturated fats?
A group of UW-Madison students are working to help restore the Bayou Bienvenue, an urban wetland in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, to ecological health.
With the sixth annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference set for June 9-10 in Milwaukee, there are increasing signs the state is becoming a place where entrepreneurs can survive — and even flourish.
Astronomers have obtained an entirely new perspective of our home galaxy: a complete mosaic portrait of the Milky Way in infrared light, a picture that when printed measures 180 feet long by 4 feet wide.
When University of Wisconsin-Madison civil and environmental engineering students Dan Zignego, Jake Varnes, Bill Schmitz and Nick Bobinski began a design project meant to be the crowning glory of their educational careers, they never thought it would turn into such a disaster.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Academy has announced the induction of 12 new members, including four fellows and eight future faculty partners.
Almost $200 million has been spent on television advertising so far during this presidential election year, with the overwhelming amount of recent spending coming from the race for the Democratic nomination, according to a study by the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
When University of Wisconsin-Madison civil and environmental engineering students Dan Zignego, Jake Varnes, Bill Schmitz and Nick Bobinski began a design project meant to be the crowning glory of their educational careers, they never thought it would turn into such a disaster.
Today, a “blood drive” is a cheerful community event, featuring cookies and chats with the neighbors in the high school gym. But a century ago, the first successful blood donations occurred when two people were sewn together by their blood vessels as blood flowed from the donor to the recipient.
Despite the strong established link between human behavior and environmental degradation, many people continue their daily activities,to pay little attention in daily life to ecological concerns, even when they are aware of how they might live more sustainably. A new, free, newsletter called “Environmental Communication and Social Marketing,” created by faculty from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW Cooperative Extension, provides innovative, psychology-based strategies for promoting behaviors that positively impact the environment.
Biddy (Carolyn A.) Martin sees the challenges facing higher education, but beyond those tests she sees a future rich in opportunity and promise, especially at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering is proposing to phase in a $700-per-semester tuition differential to address the rising cost of engineering education and to remain competitive with other colleges of engineering. The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents will consider the proposal at its June 5-6 meeting.
For those hoping to create a greener world, our country’s millions of miles of asphalt roads may seem like an odd place to seek solutions. Yet, it’s precisely because asphalt is so common that we have much to gain from making it more eco-friendly, says University of Wisconsin-Madison civil engineering professor Hussain Bahia.
With the spring semester coming to a close, the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus prepares for a transition from predominantly undergraduate students to a highly diverse summer population. For University Housing Conference Services Program Director Sharon Seagren, June, July and August are the busiest months of the year.
Mark Renz, Extension weed scientist at UW-Madison’s Department of Agronomy, says that varying environmental conditions ensure that virtually all plants, including dandelions, have some good years and some poor ones. However, dandelions may be a special case, he says, since they seem perfectly suited to conditions in this area. “I’ve only been in Wisconsin for …
Although still recovering from jet lag, a group of 15 undergraduate students from India are getting situated in various labs across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, where they will spend the summer conducting research.
The campus’ pace may be slowing with the coming of summer, but the sounds of jackhammers, heavy equipment and busy construction crews show that University of Wisconsin-Madison improvements are going full-steam ahead.
University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism students Amanda Hoffstrom and Alec Luhn were honored this week as two of the top 100 journalists on U.S. college campuses by UWIRE, an organization that supports college student media.
Friends of the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers (WSBDF) will be pedaling for pledges when they roll out Friday, June 13, in the Fifth Annual Ride to Farm.