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From Adam’s housecat to zydeco: After five decades, Dictionary of American Regional English completed
What is a Maine-born doctor to do when a patient in Pennsylvania complains, “I’ve been riftin’ and I’ve got jags in my leaders?” Consult the Dictionary of American Regional English to learn that the patient has been belching and experiencing sharp pains in his neck. After nearly five decades of work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the fifth volume of the dictionary, covering Sl to Z, is now available from Harvard University Press. Read More
WisCEL: New learning center to open
At two UW–Madison libraries, newly remodeled instructional spaces ripe with technological upgrades are helping turn the 1,000-year-old, lecture-based, "one-size-fits-all" instructional model upside down. Read More
Exploring interfaces between science, humanities
The semester-long, $2,500 Emerging Interfaces Awards were created as a way to explore the different ways thinkers in the humanities and sciences approach discovery. Read More
UW Men’s Golf Club seeks more players in its 47th year
Phillip Hellmuth is the last man golfing, so to speak. The 74-year-old is the only charter member left of the UW Men’s Golf Club which was started 47 years ago. Read More
HR Design Project work teams focus on refining the system, seek campus input
Taking a system that is more than 150 years in the making back to the drawing board is a massive assignment. Read More
Surprising diversity at a synapse hints at complex diversity of neural circuitry
A new study reveals a dazzling degree of biological diversity in an unexpected place - a single neural connection in the body wall of flies. Read More
Two UW–Madison researchers awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowships
Two members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty are among 126 scientists from around the country who have been awarded prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships. Read More
Campus visits set for business services post
Members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison community will have opportunities in the next two weeks to meet and talk with finalists for the position of assistant vice chancellor for business services. Read More
For plastics knowledge, India looks to UW–Madison engineers
One of the oldest and most respected polymer engineering research and educational programs in the United States is contributing its expertise to a new plastics university in India. Read More
WSUM marks 10 years of student radio
WSUM, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s licensed student radio station, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this week. Read More
Early spring: Good for us, mixed bag for insects, plants
Madison’s warm weather may have made the outdoors more comfortable for people, but does it spell trouble for overwintering plants and bugs? Read More
Recent sightings: Wonders of Physics
Physics student Blaine Law (right) uses the pressure of liquid nitrogen changing from a liquid to a gas to power a canon during a… Read More
UW couple wins first leg of “The Amazing Race”
Major Dave Brown Jr., an assistant professor of military science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and his wife, Rachel, not only survived elimination on the Feb. 19 season premiere of “The Amazing Race,” but they placed first. Read More
Madison-area youth invited to compete in Wisconsin Teen Poetry Slam semi-finals
Top youth poets from Madison and Milwaukee are gearing up to compete for a berth on the 2012 Wisconsin Youth Poetry Slam Team, which will represent the state at the national Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in California this coming summer. Read More
Does history repeat? Using the past to improve ecological forecasting
To better predict the future, Jack Williams is looking to the past. Read More
Proposed hunt poorly designed, says UW wolf expert
Legislation outlining a proposed state wolf hunt is likely to hurt wolf populations while failing to resolve existing conflicts with humans, says a UW–Madison wolf… Read More
Blood drive aims to fight sickle cell disease
A blood drive set for Tuesday, Feb. 21 will underscore the importance of blood donation as a way to help fight sickle cell disease, or SCD. Read More