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Mathematician takes a turn in the laboratory
Despite growing up in a medical family whose dinner table talk often revolved around strange diseases and interesting bodily quirks, Julie Simons’ first love wasn’t biology. In high school, the UW–Madison mathematics graduate student became captivated by geometry. As an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley, she majored in math and minored in statistics. And upon graduating, she did an internship in cryptography and code breaking.
Process redesign project honors three years of progress
Three years into the Administrative Process Redesign project, the campuswide initiative to create better business practices has built a track record of success and a stronger campus climate.
The person behind the building
Editor’s note: The following series provides the history behind the naming of UW–Madison’s buildings.
We Conserve: Be the We
This column features the We Conserve program and its work on campus. Learn more at http://www.conserve.wisc.edu.
TIP/The end of ‘Lost’
Jan. 26, 2010
One-man play confronts race issues with examination of lynching victim’s life
Patrick Sims' brain is crowded with the lives and chatter of imaginary people. He's been listening to them since they moved in some 12 years ago when he visited America's Black Holocaust Museum on Milwaukee's north side.
Expectant mom’s flu exposure stunts baby’s brain development
For expectant mothers, catching even a mild case of the flu could stunt brain development in their newborns, according to a new study conducted in rhesus macaques.
Air-quality improvements offset climate policy costs
The benefits of improved air quality resulting from climate change mitigation policies are likely to outweigh the near-term costs of implementing those policies, according to a new study.
TIP/Campaign finance experts
Jan. 21, 2010 TO: Editors, news directors FROM: Stacy Forster and Jenny Price, University Communications, 608-262-0930 RE: TIP/CAMPAIGN FINANCE EXPERTS In a major…
Poll: Many state anglers unaware of laws to prevent spread of invasive species
Many anglers in Wisconsin are unaware of laws designed to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species and protect the state's lakes and rivers, according to a recent statewide poll.