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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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
IceCube telescope construction exceeds season goals
As the austral summer wanes, so does the highly successful 2006-07 work season at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica, which draws to a close Thursday, Feb. 15. Read More
Online tool accesses Wisconsin winter driving conditions, airport delays
PDA users can quickly assess conditions on major roads in Wisconsin during a blizzard using the University of Wisconsin–Madison's PDA Animated Weather, or PAW - a PDA-friendly online weather service developed at the UW–Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center. Read More
Campus arts opportunities: Feb. 16-23
The University of Wisconsin–Madison dance program - the first in the nation to offer a degree in dance - is celebrating its 80th anniversary. A number of performances in coming weeks recognize the milestone, including three scheduled over the week of Feb. 16-23. Read More
Bielema’s success earns a new compensation package
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents today (Feb. 9) approved an amended contract with UW–Madison head football coach Bret Bielema that will increase his compensation package to $1.3 million in the deal's first year. Read More
Single-handed fishing kit reels in first place in invention competition
The Adaptive Fishing Kit, a kit that converts a standard fishing rod and reel so people can use it with only one arm, took the top prize and $10,000 in the 2007 Schoofs Prize for Creativity during the Innovation Days idea and invention competition at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Nanotechnology meets biology and DNA finds its groove
UW-Madison scientists have developed a quick, inexpensive and efficient method to extract single DNA molecules and position them in nanoscale troughs or "slits," where they can be easily analyzed and sequenced. The technique, which according to its developers is simple and scalable, could lead to faster and vastly more efficient sequencing technology in the lab, and may one day help underpin the ability of clinicians to obtain customized DNA profiles of patients. Read More
Study profiles rate of autism in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin autism surveillance project reported today (Feb. 8) that approximately five out of every 1,000 Wisconsin children born in 1994 display symptoms indicative of autism. Read More
Nobelist MacDiarmid was UW–Madison graduate
Nobel laureate chemist Alan G. MacDiarmid, who died Wednesday at the age of 79, was a two-degree graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was slated to receive an honorary degree from UW–Madison at the spring 2007 commencement. Read More
Nursing professor finds true calling in ‘working upstream’
Public-health nursing is University of Wisconsin–Madison professor Susan Zahner’s passion. She gives students a real-world look at the field through her Linking Education and Practice for Excellence in Public Health Nursing project. Read More
UWPD, Housing offer safety tips, resources
In the wake of an incident Feb. 6 in Witte Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, University Housing and the University of Wisconsin Police Department (UWPD) are again asking residents to take common-sense steps to help ensure their personal safety. Read More
Safety experts: Exercise caution on mopeds this winter
Although Madison experienced some uncharacteristically warm weather this season, roads have become slippery and snow-covered, and temperatures have dipped during the past few weeks. Read More
Second annual Darwin Day coming Saturday
The 198th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth will be celebrated on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007 on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. Read More
UW Athletics department celebrates Black History Month
The UW Athletics Department has created a Web site and new radio commercials by student athletes Janese Banks and Alando Tucker to celebrate Black History Month and to recognize the history of African-American athletes at UW–Madison. Read More
CALS Dean Molly Jahn: Biosciences can transform state economy
Few people have a better firsthand take on the value of university-industry collaboration than Molly Jahn, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's new dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Read More
Global legal studies center approved
A joint initiative of the University of Wisconsin Law School and Division of International Studies to establish a Global Legal Studies (GLS) program has received approval to become an official UW–Madison center. Read More
Satellite leftovers to fuel weather, climate research
A spool of 1,600 gold threads, each thinner than one uncooked spaghetti noodle, formed the insides of the beer can-sized component in a space-bound refrigerator. The University of Wisconsin–Madison center responsible for this unit recently sold the leftover gold to fund remote-sensing research. Read More