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Colleagues remember Rader for technical skills, human touch
Computing can be a complex and difficult topic for those without technical experience. Stephen Rader’s easy-going manner made his colleagues in the Physics Department feel at-ease with technology and helped support their research successes.
Engineered stem cell advance points toward treatment for ALS
MADISON, Wis. — Transplantation of human stem cells in an experiment conducted at the University of Wisconsin–Madison improved survival and muscle function in rats used to model ALS, a nerve disease that destroys nerve control of muscles, causing death by respiratory failure.
Down syndrome neurons grown from stem cells show signature problems
In new research published this week, Anita Bhattacharyya, a neuroscientist at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, reports on brain cells that were grown from skin cells of individuals with Down syndrome.
Horn named RecSports director
John Horn has been named director of the Division of Recreational Sports at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Darrell Bazzell announced today.
Two researchers named Shaw scientists
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation has chosen two University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers for 2013 Shaw Scientist Awards.
Construction to affect campus traffic for summer
Two street construction projects will alter traffic in and around campus for most of the summer starting Tuesday, May 28 and continuing through August.
Recent sightings: Weed watchers
Graduate students Courtney Glettner (left) and Rachel Bouressa record weekly measurements of glyphosate-resistant, giant ragweed plants growing in the Walnut Street Greenhouse on May 24.
‘Audio field trip’ to celebrate campus wetland and remember campus zoologist
An "audio field trip" on Memorial Day will explore a restored marsh on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus - a part of the university's Lakeshore Nature Preserve. The marsh, near the western end of campus, is a remnant of a much larger wetland that was drained for other uses such as growing corn.
Statement of the chancellor on the Joint Finance Committee’s budget action
Interim Chancellor David Ward has issued the following statement regarding the Joint Finance Committee’s action on the UW System budget:
Understanding the past and predicting the future by looking across space and time
Studying complex systems like ecosystems can get messy, especially when trying to predict how they interact with other big unknowns like climate change.
Symposium will focus on developmental biology
When former University of Wisconsin–Madison genetics professor Oliver Smithies won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, he dedicated a portion of his prize money to start a symposium to bring top biologists to campus as a resource for students, faculty, and staff.
Campus commuters take B-cycle for a spin
Madison B-cycle, a bike rental program that serves the UW campus and surrounding downtown Madison, is seeing a strong increase in ridership as it expands to provide easy access to transportation for quick urban trips by students and other area residents.
Software Assurance Marketplace to host exposition
Top software analysis tool providers from around the world are being invited to run their latest assessment tools at the Morgridge Institute for Research on the UW–Madison campus in a months-long series of tests to improve the quality and security of software assurance tools and open-source software.
Thinking ‘big’ may not be best approach to saving large-river fish
Large-river specialist fishes - from giant species like paddlefish and blue catfish, to tiny crystal darters and silver chub - are in danger, but researchers say there is greater hope to save them if major tributaries identified in a University of Wisconsin–Madison study become a focus of conservation efforts.
Brain can be trained in compassion, study shows
Until now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion - the emotional state of caring for people who are suffering in a way that motivates altruistic behavior.
Coe honored with UW System teaching award
Photo: Christopher Coe Psychology Professor Christopher Coe has been honored by the UW System with one of three Regents Teaching Excellence Awards. Coe teaches the popular Animal Behavior – The Primates, where students ponder how the behavior and biology of our closest animal relatives can inform understanding of the human condition.
Statement by Chancellor Ward on governor’s modified budget recommendation
It is likely that you have heard the news of the governor’s revised budget proposal that includes a two-year freeze on UW System tuition and reduces the amount of additional funding provided to the system in the 2013-15 biennial budget.