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When the subject you study saves your life
What’s it like when a scientist who studies stem cells becomes a patient who receives them to save his life?
Milestones
Neeraj Arora, School of Business, was named the John P. Morgridge Chair in Business Administration, effective July 1. Gregory DeCroix, School of Business, was named…
Leading the effort to change personal health records
How do you manage your personal health information? From a shoebox? An expandable folder? Your doctor’s new Web-based software?
“In Defense of Food” author visits UW–Madison
Author Michael Pollan will address the campus and community in a pair of events at the University of Wisconsin–Madison this week, during a visit that's part of the Go Big Read common reading program.
TIP/‘In Defense of Food’ events, food expertise at UW–Madison
This tip sheet highlights some of the campus experts who can discuss issues related to food, nutrition and agriculture.
Office Hours: Are you what you eat?
Is Michael Pollan's book, "In Defense of Food" just food for thought, or is it a whole new direction the world should be going to address food and nutritional concerns?
Capturing tomorrow’s satellite data with today’s instruments
A satellite that won't be launched into orbit until 2015 is already paying dividends for an advanced weather research project.
Smaller isn’t always better: Catalyst simulations could lower fuel cell cost
Imagine a car that runs on hydrogen from solar power and produces water instead of carbon emissions. While vehicles like this won't be on the market anytime soon, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are making incremental but important strides in the fuel cell technology that could make clean cars a reality.
UW-Madison undergraduates make unwelcome discovery in Lake Mendota
On Sept. 11, a standard cruise on Lake Mendota's University Bay began for students in University of Wisconsin–Madison's Zoology 315, a course that introduces them to the study of lakes. With the sampling craft Limnos anchored about one-quarter mile offshore on a clear sunny day, four students pulled up a small net and began poking through its contents.
Recent sightings: Come about!
Calling attention to an upcoming informational meeting for their student organization, two Hoofer Sailing Club members sail a boat in circles in the Hagenah…
Study reveals dynamic Wisconsin climate, past and future
If the future scenarios being churned out by the world's most sophisticated computer climate models are on the mark, big changes are in store for Wisconsin's weather during the next century.