Math professor to join author and actress on ‘TODAY’
Jordan Ellenberg, a University of Wisconsin–Madison mathematics professor, is slated to appear Thursday on NBC’s “TODAY” show alongside fellow author Danica McKellar, more widely recognized as the actress who played Winnie Cooper on the sitcom “The Wonder Years” in the 1980s and ’90s. Read More
Perfect pitch: Law students learn to be entrepreneurs
Most days, students in UW Law School’s Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic work with supervising attorneys to provide free legal guidance to Wisconsin business owners and entrepreneurs. But for last week’s Pitch Day, instructors turned the tables on 18 L&E students by challenging them to create business models for their own start-ups. Read More
Unplanned moments help us savor the last of summer
Soon after the last of the Fourth of July fireworks go off, the feeling sets in. While we are in the thick of summer with our grills going, our shorts on, our windows open or our central air cranked, we know: The end is near. Read More
All things considered, UW’s Mitchell is a public radio giant
For Jack Mitchell, there was always radio. During his childhood in Detroit, the future journalism and mass communication professor and first employee of National Public Radio listened to radio greats like Edward R. Murrow. As he finished his master’s degree at the University of Michigan in 1965, however, radio was facing a serious decline. But in 1967 Congress passed “The Public Television Act,” which Mitchell says slipped in the words “and radio.” Read More
UW partners with tribes for student technology development
UW-Madison’s Information Technology Academy (ITA) is about to formally launch a unique partnership with the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin and the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. Read More
Countdown to kindergarten: Graue offers tips for starting school
As a parent, one day you’re changing diapers and struggling to function due to a lack of sleep. And the next thing you know, you awaken from the haze to realize your little baby is ready to march off to school for that first year of formal education. Read More
State fair Badgers raise money, school supplies for MPS
Wisconsinites and UW alums gave time, money and school supplies to support Milwaukee-area school children last Wednesday during UW–Madison Day at the Wisconsin State Fair. Read More
Coming to Madison? Join a web chat for first-year students, parents
The UW–Madison Parent Program will host a live Web chat designed for parents of first-year students from noon–1:30 p.m. (CDT) on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Read More
New gene repair technique promises advances in regenerative medicine
Using human pluripotent stem cells and DNA-cutting protein from meningitis bacteria, researchers from the Morgridge Institute for Research and Northwestern University have created an efficient way to target and repair defective genes. Read More
Book Trailer Film Camp a ‘different kind of summer reading program’
Fifteen students who will be entering eighth grade at Madison’s Whitehorse Middle School are in the midst of a unique two-week filmmaking project that was designed to encourage reluctant readers to hit the books. Read More
WID researcher locates “virtual eyes” to enhance 3D experience
3D movies are a popular trend this year, with countless films opting to include features that make viewers feel as though they are a part of the action. But what if 3D technologies in movies were not just a feature, but an entire, encapsulating experience? Read More
UW working to reduce move-out waste
Moving Days, Hippie Christmas, or just a giant mess - whatever you call it, the mid-August piles of discarded possessions overflowing Madison dumpsters and curbs include many that could be reused or recycled. Read More
Recent sightings: Baldwin talks tech
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin meets with UW–Madison researchers and representatives from Isomark, a company commercializing a Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation-licensed technology to detect patient infections sooner than is currently possible. Read More
Iranian student overcame obstacles to vote
While millions of Iranians braved long lines and waiting periods to vote in their presidential election this summer, one Iranian student studying abroad at UW–Madison faced a set of different challenges. Read More
Mathieu appointed interim director of Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Robert Mathieu has been appointed interim director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), UW–Madison School of Education Dean Julie Underwood announced Tuesday. Read More
Report examines sensitivity of coastal areas to climate change
A new study of the nation’s coastal areas and surrounding communities examines the potential risks that these areas would face from a changing climate. Read More
Grant funds free nationwide access to Dairyland Initiative for farmers
The Dairyland Initiative, a UW School of Veterinary Medicine outreach program that works with farmers to optimize cow comfort, health, and milk production, has received a $50,000 grant from the Dean Foods Foundation to make its Web-based resources available at no cost to dairy farmers across the country. Read More
UW wins grant to study menthol cigarettes
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes (NHLBI), in collaboration with the FDA, has awarded the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) a $368,000 grant to study the use of menthol cigarettes. This project will add to the body of research the FDA is examining to determine whether or how to regulate menthol flavoring in tobacco products. Read More