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Brain’s ‘fear center’ may underlie autistic behaviors
The brain's emotional center is unusually small in autistic males with the most severe behavioral impairments, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers reported this month.
The business credentials of language learning
When Dianna Murphy, associate director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Language Institute, graduated with a degree in Russian in 1989, she had two career options: work in government or teach. This was the case for many language students at the time, Murphy says, but a lot has changed since then.
Amendment listening session set for Dec. 13
A second listening session about the impact of the recently passed marriage amendment on the University of Wisconsin–Madison will be held from 1:30-3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13, in 260 Bascom Hall.
Prestigious fellowship awarded to scientist
A postdoctoral researcher in the University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry department has been selected as a recipient of a prestigious new fellowship.
Berquam: Pay attention to safety
As the semester draws to a close, interim Dean of Students Lori Berquam is urging all students to pay heightened attention to their own personal safety.
Project looking for the next great Wisconsin playwright
Submissions of original, full-length plays are being accepted for the Wisconsin Wrights New Play Project, a joint initiative of the University of Wisconsin Division of Continuing Studies, the University Theater and the Madison Repertory Theater created to foster the development of new works by Wisconsin playwrights.
Dean of students finalists announced
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has narrowed its search for a new dean of students to three finalists.
From a lowly yeast, researchers divine a clue to human disease
Working with a common form of brewer's yeast, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have uncovered novel functions of a key protein that allow it to act as a master regulatory switch - a control that determines gene activity and that, when malfunctioning in humans, may contribute to serious neurological disorders.
Researchers clear way to stronger glass
Look at your window - not out it, but at it. Though the window glass looks clear, if you could peer inside the pane you would see a surprising molecular mess, with tiny particles jumbled together any which way. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a new glass-making technique that eliminates some of that mess.
Milestones
Bret Bielema, the sixth rookie head coach in NCAA history to guide his team to 11 victories, has been named the Dave McClain Big…
Choral Union brings university, community together in music
In a particularly congenial intersection of town and gown, the 170-voice Choral Union will present two substantial works by Franz Joseph Haydn and Zoltan Koda’ly on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9 and 10.
Dance academy sends students to perform at Waisman Center
Students from the world-renowned Trinity Academy of Irish Dance will perform traditional Irish step dancing, replete with authentic costumes and music at the Waisman Center Children’s Theatre on Sunday, Dec. 10.
Holocaust made ‘Manifest’ in Jewish Theater Project production
“Manifest” playwright Brian Silberman takes great issue with films such as “Schindler’s List,” “Amistad” and “Dances With Wolves.”
Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection features two designers
Examples of Bonnie Cashin’s and Dorothy Liebes’ work are on display at the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection in Room 378 of the School of Human Ecology until Friday, Jan. 12. For details, call 262-1162 or visit http://sohe.wisc.edu/depts/hlatc/location.html.
String orchestras showcase music from film, stage
The All-University String Orchestras will perform music written or adapted for film and stage at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, in Mills Hall.
‘Daily Show’ producer to speak at winter commencement
Ben Karlin, executive producer of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Showâ€, and a 1993 UW–Madison graduate, will speak at the commencement on Sunday, December 17.
Exhibition shows mechanics of cultural influence
Aside from their aesthetic beauty, color woodcuts made in America, Britain and Japan at the turn of the last century also illustrate the unmistakable influence each culture had on the others. An exhibition of color woodcuts from those three countries is set to open at the Chazen Museum of Art on Saturday, Dec. 9.
LUNAFEST™ films provide primer on empowerment
The Campus Women’s Center, Women in Business and the Marketing Society are bringing LUNAFEST, a national touring film showcase of short films by and about women, to Madison.
Five Questions With…
John Dreger is a senior instrumentation specialist at the Wisconsin Structural and Materials Testing Labs in the College of Engineering, where he’s worked for more than 41 years.