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UW-Madison faculty installing salvaged material for condo landscape
Public art and ecological design come together as a pair of University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty install salvaged pieces of steel and rubble into the landscape of a trendy condominium complex in Middleton, Wis.
Brennan named to join UW–Madison’s corporate relations office
Robert W. Brennan, the longtime president of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce (GMCC), has accepted an appointment to join the new Office of Corporate Relations at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a special consultant and liaison with the Wisconsin business community.
University-community partnerships recognized
UW-Madison is honoring eight partnerships between the university and local communities for their innovative approaches to community service during the past year.
GLBT council to honor distinguished alumni
The GLBT Alumni Council of the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) will honor two distinguished alumni at its annual brunch on Sunday, July 20, from 10 a.m.-noon at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. The public is invited to attend.
Nurses’ art show to benefit UW–Madison School of Nursing
While a nurse's job may be the epitome of caring and giving, alumni of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing, with support from Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, are temporarily stepping into a different profession - that of artist - to give back to current nursing students.
NIH selects UW–Madison for autism studies
With the help of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the University of Wisconsin–Madison will join a broad national effort to study autism, a complex developmental disability that affects the functioning of the brain.
UW-Madison gets funding to develop entrepreneurship initiative
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has received $50,000 from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, Mo., to plan how to stimulate entrepreneurial values and skills across the campus
Chancellor streamlines communications functions
As part of the UW–Madison's new initiative to strengthen its communications with the business community, Chancellor John D. Wiley announced today two changes in the management of university communications that he said 'will make better use of our available resources and expertise in this important area.'
University-community partnerships to be recognized
UW-Madison is honoring eight partnerships between the university and local communities for their innovative approaches to community service over the last year.
Icebound Antarctic telescope delivers first neutrino sky map
A novel telescope that uses the Antarctic ice sheet as its window to the cosmos has produced the first map of the high-energy neutrino sky.
Scientists find gene that protects against potato blight
Scouring the genome of a wild Mexican potato, scientists have discovered a gene that protects potatoes against late blight, the devastating disease that caused the Irish potato famine.
UW forum explores passing cultural traditions to next generation
The art of making cornhusk dolls on Tuesday, July 15, to inaugurate the 2003 University Summer Forum at UW–Madison.
Shaw awards support research on DNA, genetics at UW–Madison
The Greater Milwaukee Foundationâs Shaw Scientist Award is providing two researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison with $200,000 grants: one to explore how cells integrate the processes that sense DNA damage and repair it, and a second to investigate how mammalian cells respond to genetic damage, hoping to shed light on diseases such as Parkinsonâs and Alzheimerâs.
Nation’s poet laureate to speak at Memorial Union
Billy Collins, the nation's poet laureate, will speak at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the Memorial Union Theater.
Office of Corporate Relations opens July 1
The Office of Corporate Relations, UW–Madison's new initiative to strengthen relations with business and industry in Wisconsin, officially began operation July 1 under the direction of Charles Hoslet.
Researchers engineer low-cost hydrogen catalyst
It is thousands of times less expensive than platinum and works nearly as well. Writing this week in the journal Science (June 27) chemical and biological engineers at UW–Madison report the discovery of a nickel-tin catalyst that can replace the precious metal platinum in a new, environmentally sustainable, greenhouse-gas-neutral, low-temperature process for making hydrogen fuel from plants.
Stem cell findings offer promise for heart disease
Researchers at the UW Medical School have published what is believed to be the first evidence that human embryonic stem cells can grow into the three major types of muscle cells found in the heart. The findings were published online in Circulation Research, a journal of the American Heart Association.
Free, anonymous HIV testing offered by UHS
On Friday, June 27, the community is invited to get a free, anonymous HIV test at Memorial Union from 10 a.m. to 2 pm.
UW receives $10 million for cancer communications research
The National Cancer Institute has announced plans to fund a $10 million Center of Excellence in Cancer Communications Research at UW–Madison that will strive to improve the quality of life for cancer patients and their families, particularly those from underserved populations.
UW-Madison concrete canoe team takes national title
For the first time in its history, the University of Wisconsin–Madison concrete canoe team has won the national championship.