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New treatment could reduce the stigma of depression
Earlise Ward knows the unspoken but not-so-little secret of the mental health treatment world: African-Americans with mental illness are one of the country’s most underserved and undertreated groups.
Bradley contributed to outdoors, student life on campus
Harold C. Bradley, one of the first three medical professors on campus, met and married Josephine Crane when she was merely a college junior.
Varsity Band throws party for ‘On, Wisconsin!’
The annual Varsity Band Concert returns to the Kohl Center Thursday–Saturday, April 15–17, with all its usual pyrotechnics, thunder and brass. This year’s performance brings much more, however.
As honeybee colonies collapse, can native bees handle pollination?
With colony collapse disorder continuing to plague commercial beekeepers in many parts of the country, University of Wisconsin–Madison experts are studying whether native pollinators can supply the insect pollination needed to form many fruits.
Genetics diversity informs human history and shows evolution in action
More than 150 years after Charles Darwin pondered the evolution and origin of species, assistant professor of genetics Bret Payseur is investigating similar questions — but with decidedly more modern tools.
Ten faculty to receive Distinguished Teaching Awards
Each year, the Committee on Distinguished Teaching Awards honors faculty for teaching excellence. They will receive their awards at a ceremony on Wednesday, April 21 at 3:30 p.m. at the Pyle Center.
We Conserve: Be the We
This column features the We Conserve program and its work on campus.
TIP/School voucher study results
Reports on the third-year evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program will be released in Madison on Wednesday, April 7.
Recent sightings: Watch out, Yao Ming
Chancellor Biddy Martin and kinesiology professor Li Li Ji participate in a game of two-on-two while touring the grounds of Wei Yu High School…
Recent sightings: ‘In the Dark’
Ice cream and butter maker Tim Haas fills containers with In the Dark, an ice cream specialty flavor being produced during a 150-gallon run…
Arboretum prairie burn underway
A controlled burn at the UW–Madison Arboretum began late this morning, Thursday, April 1, and will last several hours. East Curtis Prairie is being…