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‘Great Texts’ exposes high-schoolers to literature
High school students in Wisconsin are digging into great world literature that would bewilder older and more experienced readers: “Don Quixote,” by Miguel de Cervantes, “Dante’s Inferno,” by Dante Alighieri, “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and “The Brothers Karamazov,” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. All the students need is a chance to try and the right guidance from their teachers. Both of these necessities are provided by the Center for the Humanities.
Wisconsin, Morgridge scientists excise vector, exotic genes from induced stem cells
A team of scientists from the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison reports that it has created induced human pluripotent stem (iPS) cells completely free of viral vectors and exotic genes.
Dust plays larger than expected role in determining Atlantic temperature
The recent warming trend in the Atlantic Ocean is largely due to reductions in airborne dust and volcanic emissions during the past 30 years, according to a new study.
Breakthrough device to debut at National Eye Institute’s 40th anniversary kickoff event
A portable vision device that provides blind individuals sensory input similar to vision will be presented at the 40th anniversary celebration for the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, on Friday, April 3.
Team anticipates upcoming site visit for reaccreditation
The UW–Madison reaccreditation team is looking forward to a site visit by the Higher Learning Commission April 27-29.
University searches for secretary of academic staff
UW-Madison has started its search for a new secretary of the academic staff.
Milestones
Erik Carter, Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, won the 2009 Distinguished Early Career Research Award from the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division of…
Student art show planned for April
The 81st annual student art show will be held from April 3-26 at the Porter Butts and Class of 1925 galleries at the Memorial Union.