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First UW–Madison pilot MOOC launches Thursday
The classroom at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is about to get a whole lot bigger. Nearly 80,000 people from all over the globe have signed up for one of the four pilot Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), with the first beginning Oct. 3. Read More
UW–Madison researchers put NIH grant review process under microscope
The National Institutes of Health’s system for selecting research projects may be considered the gold standard for equitably awarding funding, but that hasn’t kept the agency from dispatching three University of Wisconsin–Madison professors to probe the system for bias. Read More
Blank leads off University Roundtable fall series Oct. 9
The 2013 Fall University Roundtable series kicks off Oct. 9 with a presentation by Chancellor Rebecca Blank about the future of UW–Madison. Read More
‘Share the Wonderful’ aims to generate broad-based support
What’s so wonderful about the University of Wisconsin–Madison? You’re about to find out. The "Share the Wonderful" annual giving campaign kicks off its second year in October and runs through the end of the year. Read More
Waisman Center Scientific Symposium
Four distinguished researchers studying developmental disabilities and degenerative neurological diseases will join the Waisman Center in celebrating its 40th anniversary Thursday with a special symposium. Read More
Zinc discovery may shed light on Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have made a discovery that, if replicated in humans, suggests a shortage of zinc may contribute to diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, which have been linked to defective proteins clumping together in the brain. Read More
Coaches are being coached on Big Ten Network program
Wisconsin football coach Gary Andersen files a horse's teeth, reaches into a cow's stomach and coaches a dog on an underwater treadmill in a new installment of the Big Ten Network television program "Forward Motion." Read More
John Dean to speak on Watergate, lawyers and ethics
John Dean, best known as former White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon and a key witness in the Senate Watergate hearings, will deliver the University of Wisconsin Law School's 2013 Kastenmeier Lecture at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 at Gordon Dining and Event Center, Second Floor, 770 W. Dayton St. Read More
UW-Madison chemist named ‘Friend of Education’
Bassam Shakhashiri, known far and wide for his annual holiday season exhibitions of chemistry, has been named a "Friend of Education" by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Read More
Colonial Jamestown archeologist to dispel myths in Madison lecture
There are so many common myths about Jamestown - the first permanent English colony in North America - William Kelso keeps a list handy. Read More
Exhibiting signs of life
What if you could travel back in time 3 billion years, and take a breath? What would earth’s air smell like? Deeply stinky, according to Brooke Norsted, an outreach specialist for the University of Wisconsin–Madison Geology Museum. Read More
Mouse studies reveal promising vitamin D-based treatment for MS
A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) is a hard lot. Patients typically get the diagnosis around age 30 after experiencing a series of neurological problems such as blurry vision, wobbly gait or a numb foot. From there, this neurodegenerative disease follows an unforgiving course. Read More
Safety enhancements stem from workplace fatality
The death of a University of Wisconsin–Madison instrument maker has led to several important safety procedures being reviewed and re-emphasized, according to workplace safety officials. Read More
University updates its ‘front door’
Even as the first phase of the Memorial Union Reinvestment moves toward conclusion, a spate of other projects will raise dust in and around Library Mall and State Street Mall. Read More
UW veterinarians Nordlund, McGuirk win high honors from dairy industry
Early in October, the massive World Dairy Expo, perhaps the world’s largest trade show for dairy farmers, will make its 47th annual appearance in Wisconsin’s capital city — a clear indication of the state’s preeminence in the industry. Read More
Students game the system, train computer to play Angry Birds
Angry Birds sounds simple: Just slingshot a digital bird at a pile of evil pigs. You could teach a child to play. But could you teach a computer? Read More
From UFO seekers to Wall Street occupiers, Carr documents it
Guns made from 3-D printing, microscopic creatures capable of surviving in space, and a man who will eat anything from rolls of toilet paper to painter’s caulk in a bid to end world hunger — you wouldn’t expect to find videos on these topics on the same website, let alone from a single person. But Erin Lee Carr has produced documentary films centered on all these subjects, among others. Read More
Observations reveal critical interplay of interstellar dust, hydrogen
For astrophysicists, the interplay of hydrogen - the most common molecule in the universe - and the vast clouds of dust that fill the voids of interstellar space has been an intractable puzzle of stellar evolution. Read More
Upcoming events address campus safety
Dean of Students Lori Berquam and the UW Police Department will hold three upcoming events to share information and seek community input on campus safety in the wake of a series of recent armed robberies. Read More
John Hawks explores how celiac disease evolved
Celiac disease is an evolutionary paradox, says University of Wisconsin–Madison anthropologist John Hawks. Read More