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Web’s ‘youth appeal’ lost on campaigns
While millions of young people use the Internet to build expansive social networks, most political campaigns never manage to take the training wheels off the technology, using it mainly for tightly controlled, one-way communication. Communication professor Michael Xenos is studying the disconnect between new media and old politics. Read More
Cynthia Enloe to speak about women and the U.S. war in Iraq
Cynthia Enloe, one of America's pre-eminent theorists of gender and the military, and Research Professor of Women's Studies and International Development at Clark University, will speak at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Thursday, Nov. 9. Read More
Milestones
English Professor Emily Auerbach will be honored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) with a Cabinet 99 Award at a symposium on Nov. 3. Read More
Study: BadgerCare expands health care coverage for low-income families
Wisconsin's BadgerCare program is expanding health insurance coverage for families who have left welfare, says a just-published paper by scholars from the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter to visit
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Walt Bogdanich, an investigative reporter and editor for The New York Times, will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison as this fall's Public Affairs Writer in Residence. Read More
Web portal to paint ‘big picture’ of Wisconsin traffic safety
A unique Web site that pools information from many databases will help public audiences and Wisconsin transportation officials gain a broader perspective on traffic safety issues and needs. Read More
Kastenmeier Lecture focuses on tech transfer, national science policy
The importance of landmark federal patent legislation to the University of Wisconsin–Madison and to an effective national science policy is the topic of the 2006 Kastenmeier Lecture at the UW–Madison Law School on Friday, Nov. 3. Read More
Professor receives YWCA award
Michael Thornton, faculty director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Morgridge Center for Public Service and professor of Afro-American and Asian American Studies, received the individual Racial Justice Award from the Madison YWCA at its fifth annual Racial Justice Conference on Oct. 19. Read More
Journalism students map coverage of Halloween on State Street
As the celebration of Halloween on State Street unfolds this weekend, a corps of University of Wisconsin–Madison journalism students will cover the event live under the guidance of professional reporters. Read More
Door to college readiness opens with technology academy
The UW–Madison Information Technology Academy has been one of the university's more novel — and successful — approaches to improving undergraduate diversity and providing greater opportunity to students who are underserved throughout higher education, and especially in the sciences. Read More
Distinguished professor emeritus of engineering dies
University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering Phil Myers, a pioneer in combustion engine research and influential automobile industry consultant, died on Oct. 18 at the age of 90. Read More
University Committee statement on marriage amendment
The proposed constitutional amendment to restrict the legal status of people in relationships other than traditional marriages will harm the intellectual capacity of both the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the state of Wisconsin. Read More
Union, living wage initiatives pass
UW-Madison students voted “yes” on a pair of fall election initiatives that would renovate and upgrade Wisconsin Union facilities and potentially raise wages for student hourly employees. Read More
Institute for Research on Poverty marks 40 years of innovative work
The University of Wisconsin–Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty — the nation's first poverty research center — next month marks 40 years of studying why Americans live in poverty and what can be done to end it. Read More
IPM program now includes berry growers, covers more parts of state
A University of Wisconsin–Madison program that has helped Wisconsin apple growers reduce pesticide use without sacrificing fruit quality has a new name and a broader mission. Read More
Arboretum receives grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum is one 37 museums or libraries out of 183 applications to receive a 2006 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Read More
Professor receives prestigious award for contributions to chemistry
A University of Wisconsin–Madison scientist has won the 2005 Harrison Howe Award, a prize that annually honors outstanding contributions to the field of chemistry. Read More
Scientists find key to immune system’s ability to remember
A team of researchers led by a University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher have identified the role of a protein that is important in stimulating the cells of the immune system, whose role is to take quick and effective action when agents of disease reinvade the body. Read More
Homegrown Lunch puts local produce in schools
Sara Tedeschi of the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems works in the Madison community to build connections between local farms and school cafeterias to improve the circumstances of schoolchildren and farmers. Read More
BusinessWeek ranks Wisconsin MBA No. 4 for fastest payback
In its latest biennial ranking of MBA programs, BusinessWeek rates the Wisconsin MBA program No. 4 in the nation in terms of fastest return on students' investment. According to the magazine's findings, students who earn an MBA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison have their costs of going back to school repaid due to higher salaries in less than five years, compared to more than 15 years for other MBA programs. Read More