University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Employee News

Dalai Lama to lead ‘Change your Mind Change the World 2013’ event May 15

Event organizers today announced that the Dalai Lama will visit Madison on May 15, 2013, to lead “Change your Mind Change the World 2013,” a series of panel discussions with thought leaders from a variety of fields, including neuroscience, economics and sustainability, moderated by Arianna Huffington and Daniel Goleman.

Adaptive ski project gives people with disabilities a new chance to participate

Back in 2005, “sit-skis” for cross-country skiers with disabilities were expensive, uncomfortable and largely unavailable – except to a handful of Paralympic athletes, at price tags of more than $2,000. Today, more than 300 sitting-position skis, with an adaptable, user-friendly design, enable a much wider group of people with lower-body limitations to participate in the popular winter sport, at a cost of only about $250 per ski.

‘Ninja parasites’ elude immune response through molecular mimicry

In feudal-age Japan, cunning, unorthodox mercenaries known as ninjas were notorious for using disguise, deception, and stealth to infiltrate enemy fortifications. In the world of modern parasites, certain organisms – dubbed “ninja parasites” by Professor Timothy Yoshino – use similar tactics, in a biological and chemical sense, to trick their way past the immune systems of their hosts.