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David Canon’s U.S. Senate testimony on the Voting Rights Act
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business students and alumni recently placed among the top finalists in two business plan competitions. Read More
Financial well-being varies from farm to farm
How a farm family fares financially depends not only on how much it earns from farming, but also on how much it relies on that income, according to agricultural economist Ed Jesse, writing in Status of Wisconsin Agriculture 2006. Read More
Wisconsin dairy barns are a bit fuller this year
Some Wisconsin dairy cows may find themselves with less elbow room this year. The number of dairy cows in the state grew by 3,000 last year. This was only the second year since 1985 that Wisconsin’s dairy herd didn’t shrink (the other was 1994). From 1985-2001, Wisconsin lost an average of 33,000 cows per year. Read More
Play to learn: Team brings video games to the classroom
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers will discuss the power of well-designed video games at the Games, Learning and Society Conference, to be held Thursday-Friday, June 15-16, at the Monona Terrace in Madison. Read More