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Big Ten media deals boost sports coverage

June 21, 2006

UW undergraduate scholarships, libraries, athletics and campus collaborations will benefit. Read More

UW-Madison graduate tapped for top USGS post

June 21, 2006

University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus Mark D. Myers recently was nominated to be director of the U.S. Geological Survey by President George W. Bush. Read More

David Canon’s U.S. Senate testimony on the Voting Rights Act

June 21, 2006

Professor Davis Canon's testimony before the U.S. Senate examined several important issues that are relevant to why the Voting Rights Act should be renewed. He focused comments on issues that are directly addressed in his research: the importance of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in providing for the representation of racial and ethnic interests in the U.S. Congress, the importance of Section 5, and ability-to-elect and influence districts in the context of Georgia v. Ashcroft. Read More

TIP/Canon testifies on Voting Rights Act

June 21, 2006

David Canon, a University of Wisconsin–Madison political science professor, testified today before members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on the extension of the Voting Rights Act. Read More

Concrete Canoe Team takes fourth consecutive national championship

June 21, 2006

The UW–Madison Concrete Canoe team was only an hour’s drive away from Stillwater, Oklahoma — the national competition site — when the trailer hauling its 162-pound, 21-foot-long canoe, Forward, blew a tire. Read More

NewsLab’s Midwest News Index tracks local TV coverage

June 20, 2006

The Midwest News Index (MNI) has begun tracking the content of local television news in nine markets spanning five Midwestern states as part of a study that will be the most comprehensive examination ever conducted on the content of local broadcast news. Read More

Journals edited by faculty earn high rankings

June 20, 2006

Two journals edited by University of Wisconsin–Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs faculty are the two top-ranked journals in public policy and administration, while a third is highly ranked for economics. Read More

Wisconsin Public Health Association honors faculty members

June 20, 2006

The Wisconsin Public Health Association (WPHA) presented awards to three University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members during its May 24 conference. Read More

Education professors receive prestigious Spencer Awards

June 20, 2006

Sara Y. Goldrick-Rab, an assistant professor in the departments of Educational Policy Studies and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been awarded a 2006 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. Read More

New ‘nicotine vaccine’ treatment to be tested in Madison

June 19, 2006

An innovative new approach to treating tobacco addiction — an experimental nicotine vaccine — will be tested in Madison starting this month. Read More

Three finalists named for top hygiene lab post

June 19, 2006

A national search has yielded three candidates for the top position at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, the state agency responsible for safeguarding public health in Wisconsin. Read More

Researchers find new clues to biochemistry of ‘anti-aging’

June 19, 2006

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have found that sirtuins, a family of enzymes linked to a longer life span and healthier aging in humans, may orchestrate the activity of other enzymes involved in metabolic processes in the body. Read More

E. coli work identifies new keys to regulation of bacterial gene expression

June 16, 2006

The cellular process of transcription, in which the enzyme RNA polymerase constructs chains of RNA from information contained in DNA, depends upon previously underappreciated sections of both the DNA promoter region and RNA polymerase, according to work done with the bacterium E. coli and published today (June 16) in the journal Cell by a team of bacteriologists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences prepares for sweet instruction

June 16, 2006

Candy makers from around the world will gather in July at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences for two weeks of sweet instruction in the art and science of making candy. Read More

Law School diversity successes chronicled in new book

June 15, 2006

A new publication traces the history and success stories behind the Legal Education Opportunities Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School. Read More

Historic Olin House set for renovation

June 15, 2006

Design work on a privately funded renovation of Olin House, the official residence of the University of Wisconsin–Madison chancellor, will begin this summer, university officials announced today (June 15). Read More

Kids explore art and science in summer programs

June 15, 2006

The Office of Education Outreach in the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Education is offering numerous opportunities for local students to learn about art, technology and science this summer. Read More

Center on Business and Poverty receives Bader grant

June 14, 2006

The Center on Business and Poverty, a University of Wisconsin–Madison research and information dissemination organization that works with companies to assist their low-income employees, has received a $35,000, two-year grant from the Helen Bader Foundation Inc. Read More

Students earn high marks in business plan competitions

June 14, 2006

University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business students and alumni recently placed among the top finalists in two business plan competitions. Read More