Study profiles rate of autism in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin autism surveillance project reported today (Feb. 8) that approximately five out of every 1,000 Wisconsin children born in 1994 display symptoms indicative of autism.
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Nobelist MacDiarmid was UW-Madison graduate
Nobel laureate chemist Alan G. MacDiarmid, who died Wednesday at the age of 79, was a two-degree graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was slated to receive an honorary degree from UW-Madison at the spring 2007 commencement.
Nursing professor finds true calling in ‘working upstream’
Public-health nursing is University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Susan Zahner’s passion. She gives students a real-world look at the field through her Linking Education and Practice for Excellence in Public Health Nursing project.
UWPD, Housing offer safety tips, resources
In the wake of an incident Feb. 6 in Witte Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University Housing and the University of Wisconsin Police Department (UWPD) are again asking residents to take common-sense steps to help ensure their personal safety.
Safety experts: Exercise caution on mopeds this winter
Although Madison experienced some uncharacteristically warm weather this season, roads have become slippery and snow-covered, and temperatures have dipped during the past few weeks.
Second annual Darwin Day coming Saturday
The 198th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth will be celebrated on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007 on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
UW Athletics department celebrates Black History Month
The UW Athletics Department has created a Web site and new radio commercials by student athletes Janese Banks and Alando Tucker to celebrate Black History Month and to recognize the history of African-American athletes at UW-Madison.
CALS Dean Molly Jahn: Biosciences can transform state economy
Few people have a better firsthand take on the value of university-industry collaboration than Molly Jahn, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s new dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Global legal studies center approved
A joint initiative of the University of Wisconsin Law School and Division of International Studies to establish a Global Legal Studies (GLS) program has received approval to become an official UW-Madison center.
Satellite leftovers to fuel weather, climate research
A spool of 1,600 gold threads, each thinner than one uncooked spaghetti noodle, formed the insides of the beer can-sized component in a space-bound refrigerator. The University of Wisconsin-Madison center responsible for this unit recently sold the leftover gold to fund remote-sensing research.
UW real estate center to be named for real estate legend James A. Graaskamp
Almost 600 alumni and friends have generated nearly $11 million in donations for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Real Estate, which will be renamed in honor of the late James A. Graaskamp, a legendary figure in real estate education.
February 1 application deadline
The February 1 application deadline for fall admission has passed.
UW scholars included in ‘canon’ of legal thought
The writings of two faculty members and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School were chosen as being among the 20 most important works of American legal thought since 1890 in a just-published book.
UW-Madison accounting students win national tax competition again
For the third time in five years, a team of accounting students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business has won a national case competition.
Falling milk prices cause tough 2006 for Wisconsin farmers, report says
University of Wisconsin-Madison agricultural economists have released their Status of Wisconsin Agriculture report for 2006.
Physicists find way to ‘see’ extra dimensions
Peering backward in time to an instant after the big bang, physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised an approach that may help unlock the hidden shapes of alternate dimensions of the universe.
TIP/School of Music’s guest artist visits high school band
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music presents guest artists throughout the year, usually in short residencies that feature a recital and one or two master classes. In the case of current guest artist James Jenkins, who plays the tuba, the model has been expanded to include an outreach activity at one of Madison’s public high schools.
Undergraduate invention competitions slated for Feb 8-9
Ski bindings, a reclining wheelchair, digital window-front advertising, a page-turning machine and an online community are rarely found in the same context. But they and 15 other inventions, all conceived and built by University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate students, will be the center of attention at the annual UW-Madison Innovation Days competitions, to be held Feb. 8-9 in the Mechanical Engineering Building on the College of Engineering campus.
For seriously ill patients, a UW center helps navigate an emotional journey
In the spirit of the Wisconsin Idea, the UW Center for Patient partnerships uses the resources of the university to spread hope and give guidance to seriously patients all over the state. The center combines the knowledge of the health care, legal and social work staff and students with the determination of patients to create a synergy that can improve health care in Wisconsin.
Black History Month events planned
A number of events celebrating Black History Month are scheduled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison throughout February. All events are free and open to the public.