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UW’s ‘Future Car’ first again in national competition
A team of engineering students logged another national victory this summer in the Future Car Challenge.
Pioneer exercise advocate Bruno Balke dies at 92
A memorial service is scheduled Sunday, June 20, for Bruno Balke, 92, an emeritus professor of kinesiology and physiology who was considered a founding father of sports medicine.
Cantor to participate at national V-chip news conference
Joanne Cantor, an expert on the effects of violent and frightening media images on children, plans to participate June 16 at a national news conference advocating the V-chip blocking device as a way for parents to control what their children watch on television.
New director chosen for L&S career advising program
Ann Groves Lloyd, currently the senior director of campus outreach for the Wisconsin Alumni Association, has been hired for Career Advising and Planning Services at UW–Madison, marking the first step in a major expansion of the program.
Construction resumes on pharmacy building, accident investigation continues
Part of the support system for the fourth floor of an eventual eight-story new UW–Madison Rennebohm Pharmacy Building collapsed around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday. Ten employees from Kraemer Brothers construction were injured and taken to UW Hospital.
Environmental monitoring degree planned for professionals
Advancements in the technologies of remote sensing and geographic information systems will give us powerful new tools to do everything from mapping Wisconsin's wetlands to tracking down abandoned hazardous waste dumps and guiding land use planning.
UW scientists find a gene that controls organ shape
Growing complete organs in the laboratory, a longstanding dream of biomedical science, is one key step closer to reality as a team of Wisconsin scientists report the discovery of a genetic mechanism that gives organs their shape.
Public to get update on yellow perch decline
The public will get a chance to quiz scientists about the 10-year-old decline of yellow perch in Lake Michigan at a special daylong conference to be held Saturday, June 12, in Racine.
Herb no remedy for tobacco grower woes
Echinacea has become a popular herbal supplement, and reports of high profits have some tobacco growers thinking about switching to Echinacea production. That could be a very risky switch, according to university researchers.
Evolutionary biologists radiate to Madison meeting
For four days this month, nearly a thousand scientists will make UW–Madison the world center of evolutionary biology.
CALS students bring virtual farmers’ market to life
Whether you're new to Madison, seeking vegetarian recipes or looking for produce that's in season, there's a web site made for you. Just type http://www.madfarmmkt.org/ and you'll find all you need to know about the Dane County Farmers' Market.
Kornblatt named associate humanities dean
Judith Deutsch Kornblatt, an expert on Russian religious philosophy and 19th and 20th century Russian literature, has been named associate dean for the humanities in the Graduate School.
Study shows unrelenting grip of nicotine withdrawal
Researchers are discovering that nicotine withdrawal symptoms can behave more like characters in a bad horror flick: Just when you think you've killed them, they're back with a vengeance.
Photography exhibit opens at Union galleries
Seventy-five photographs by 45 artists from across the country will be displayed at the Memorial Union June 5-July 11 in the Midwest Photography Invitational touring exhibit.
Rediscovered native history notebooks donated to Oneida
Due to some anthropological sleuthing on campus, the Oneida Nation near Green Bay, Wis., now holds copies of 167 long-lost notebooks filled with descriptions of Oneida life during the first half of this century.
Wisconsin historical atlas now in second printing
The Wisconsin Cartographers' Guild's "Wisconsin's Past and Present: A Historical Atlas," is now available in its second printing. The 9" x 12" atlas contains more than 120 pages of maps, text, and visual aids on state history.
Microsoft grant establishes UW Data Mining Institute
The almost infinite capacity of computers to collect and store information poses a practical dilemma: How does one find the gems in this mountain of raw data?
New WIYN Telescope image dissects a starburst galaxy
New images captured by the 3.5 meter WIYN Telescope on Kitt Peak, Ariz., depict the starburst galaxy NGC 7673, shedding new light on the origins of starbursts and galactic evolution.
Gift funds Babcock Hall dairy store renovation
John Hansen of LaCrosse, founder of the Kwik Trip chain of convenience stores, and his wife, Donna, have donated $350,000 to the UW Foundation to renovate the dairy store in Babcock Hall.
UW leaders: Quality at stake in budget debate
University leaders pledge to continue their effort to persuade lawmakers to provide the financial support and management flexibility necessary to keep the UW System a world-class institution.