Designed by University of Wisconsin-Madison biomedical engineering students, a device that improves the diagnostic yield of fine-needle aspiration, a sensory-substitution device for hearing impairment, and a magnetic-resonance-compatible device for imaging lower extremities during movement received top honors in the first annual Tong Biomedical Engineering Design Award competition.
Seventeen managers from Wisconsin state and local government will become Wisconsin Certified Public Managers at a ceremony at the State Capitol on May 11. The nationally accredited certification is achieved through completion of 300 instructional hours in the Wisconsin Certified Public Manager Program administered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley will honor nearly 100 undergraduate recipients of the university’s most prestigious scholarships, fellowships and awards.
Built for crunching and chewing, teeth mostly consist of hard, inorganic minerals like calcium. But they also contain nerves, blood vessels and specialized cells that manufacture the tooth’s different parts, says Bill Gengler, a veterinary dentist and oral surgeon with the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. The tooth’s outermost layer – the part we brush …
Whether their goal is to create therapies or simply investigate how organisms develop, stem cell researchers face what is perhaps one of biological science’s toughest assignments: keeping their tiny research subjects under control.
Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, left, greets an audience of nearly 12,000, as he is escorted on stage by Chancellor John Wiley, May 4 at the Kohl Center. This was the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner’s fifth visit to the Madison campus. His Holiness, who in 1998 received an honorary …
It’s a Milwaukee Brewers fan’s dream: Spend the summer at Miller Park, get paid to do it, and get some resume-building professional experience to boot. This month, UW-Madison seniors Maureen Riley and Hannah Buchen begin summer internships with Milwaukee Sportservice, the company that provides food, beverage and retail services to Milwaukee’s Miller Park.
André De Shields will address new graduates at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, during commencement weekend, Friday-Sunday, May 18-20.
One of the first African Americans to earn a Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience and a Nobel laureate who introduced the world to electricity-conducting plastics will receive honorary degrees during spring commencement ceremonies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
James W. Cleary, the former vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the tumultuous late 1960s, died on Saturday, April 28, at the age of 80.
A settlement has been reached in the Roman Catholic Foundation’s federal lawsuit against the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents and University of Wisconsin-Madison officials.
Jennifer Eddy, a physician at UW Health’s Eau Claire Family Medicine Clinic and an assistant professor of family medicine at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, is conducting the first randomized, double-blind controlled trial of honey for diabetic ulcers.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Greek community is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Greek organizations possess a long and storied history on the UW-Madison campus and have nurtured some major success stories, including seven of the top 10 donors to the university.
The City of Madison is preparing for a safe and enjoyable Mifflin Street Block Party this Saturday. However, the combination of large crowds, balconies and alcohol make it important for revelers to keep safety in mind. Susan Crowley of the PACE Project (Policies, Alternatives and Community Education) and Jennifer Duncan, campus safety coordinator for the …
UW-Madison engineer Katherine McMahon is integrating her expertise in wastewater engineering and in biological systems to study the bacterial community in different eutrophied lakes — two in Madison and one in China — to learn more about how those bacteria affect phosphorus cycling in the lakes.
People planning to attend the Dalai Lama’s Kohl Center appearance on Friday, May 4, are urged to follow these suggestions concerning carry-ins, parking and other details related to the event.
When it comes to forming opinions on controversial scientific issues, Americans show a strong deference to the views of the scientific community, according to a study co-authored by a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher.
The Wisconsin Alumni Association announced the 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients to be recognized at a program in their honor on Thursday, May 10, at 5 p.m. at the Wisconsin Union Theater in Madison.
What do a discarded industrial fan, a recycled wastebasket, a surplus fishing reel, and a set of drawers from an old lab desk have to do with entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus?
A traveling art and science exhibition focusing on climate change in the Lake Superior region will open Saturday, May 5, at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland. An opening reception will be held at the center at 4 p.m. that day.