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Dance Program’s anniversary honors H’Doubler, Nikolais
When Margaret H’Doubler pioneered the Dance Program 80 years ago — making it the first degree-granting program of its kind in the country — she had much more than tutus and tap shoes in mind.
Employee Matters
The facts about domestic partner benefits at UW–Madison
Kathleen Horning: Helping communities make choices on challenged books
School librarians have an inherently behind-the-scenes profession, but what happens when they are thrust into a very public controversy over a challenged book?
Hidden gems: New composites are stiffer than diamond
Using a unique combination of barium titanate and tin, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have made the first known material that's stiffer than diamond.
Regents approve updated admissions policy
Every applicant who wants to be a student in the UW System will receive a comprehensive, individualized admissions review – a practice long used by UW–Madison – under an updated policy approved last week by the Board of Regents. “Every applicant deserves our consideration as a whole person,” said UW System President Kevin P. Reilly.
Climate change exhibit opens Feb. 16 at Nicolet College
A traveling art and science exhibition focusing on climate change in the Lake Superior region will open Friday, Feb. 16, at the Nicolet College Art Gallery, in Rhinelander. An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m.
Researcher seeks ‘missing piece’ in climate change models
To most people, soil is just dirt. But to microbiologists, it is a veritable zoo of bacteria, fungi and nematodes. It's also a vast carbon dioxide factory. As these microorganisms consume carbon-based materials found in soil, they release carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere as a normal part of their metabolism.
Fragile X protein may play role in Alzheimer’s disease
A brain afflicted by severe Alzheimer's disease is a sad sight, a wreck of tangled neural connections and organic rubble as the lingering evidence of a fierce internal battle. A new study has now uncovered an unexpected link between this devastating neural degeneration and a protein whose absence causes a different neurological disease - the inherited mental retardation disorder called fragile X syndrome.
Nanoscale packaging could aid delivery of cancer-fighting compounds
Nature has produced a well-stocked arsenal of potent cancer-fighting compounds, including Taxol, first isolated from the Pacific yew tree, and rapamycin, borrowed from a soil-dwelling bacterium.
Governor’s budget proposal to include domestic partner benefits
For many years, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has actively pursued the ability to offer domestic partner health insurance benefits to its faculty and staff. The campus community is one step closer to that goal, with the announcement that Gov. Jim Doyle would include benefits in the state budget proposal for the 2007-09 biennium. Doyle’s plan would authorize and fund benefits for domestic partners of all state employees, including those of UW System.
In the game: Theater students breathe life into Raven software
Carrie Coon, a recent graduate of UW–Madison's master's program in theater, is helping Raven Software Inc. create a new femme fatale character by digitally capturing her movements as she dodges, rolls and dives.
Retired pharmacist makes $1 million gift to School of Pharmacy
Lenor Zeeh, who had a long career with Rennebohm Pharmacy in Madison, has made a $1 million gift to the Lenor Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station in the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Pharmacy.