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Research strides kept UW–Madison in national spotlight in 2005
The university community gets reminded - and reminded again - of how difficult and challenging 2005 was on many fronts. But the year also delivered some tremendous gains where it matters most and is recognized the least - in the classrooms and laboratories.
Contracts with Barry Alvarez, Bret Bielema finalized
Five-year contracts with incoming head football coach Bret Bielema and Athletic Director Barry Alvarez have been finalized, University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley announced today.
Cooperatives providing an economic lifeline
Come January, UW–Madison Professor Ann Hoyt will once more head to the nation of Ghana in Sub-Saharan Africa, to continue her work of documenting consumer cooperatives around the globe.
Radiation studies key to nuclear reactor life, recycling spent fuel
Two UW–Madison projects to study advanced materials and fuels for current and future nuclear reactors received roughly $1 million this month under the Department of Energy Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI).
New study shows animal family tree looking bushy in places
A team of UW–Madison scientists suggests that a branch-by-branch account of animal relationships over a vast expanse of time is difficult to reconstruct because early animal evolution occurred in bunches.
School of Business names associate dean for executive education
An experienced higher education administrator has been named associate dean for executive education by the UW–Madison School of Business.
Application deadline is February 1
The application deadline for fall admission is February 1. This deadline applies to freshman, transfer, and reentry applicants. All complete applications received by February…
Illuminating Alzheimer’s: Research sheds light on creatine’s presence in brain
A team of Canadian and American scientists working at the UW–Madison Synchrotron Radiation Center reports the first-ever finding of elevated levels of creatine — the newly discovered agent of Alzheimer's disease - in brain tissue.
Three candidates recommended for UW–Madison provost
The search committee for a new provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at UW–Madison today has forwarded three candidates to Chancellor John Wiley for his consideration.
Transplanted stem cells show promise for mending broken hearts
Working with heart attack-stricken mice, a team of UW–Madison scientists has shown that embryonic stem cells may one day live up to their clinical promise.
UW-Madison views on the tsunami anniversary
A number of faculty, students and alumni of UW–Madison have keen, firsthand perspectives on the anniversary of the tsunami in Southeast Asia, based on recent trips to the region and assistance with relief efforts.
Winter Commencement Address (Graduate degree candidates)
Delivered by John Morgridge 10 a.m., Dec. 18, 2005 (This address was directed primarily at graduate students, who made…
Winter 2005 Commencement Address (Undergraduates)
Delivered by John Morgridge 2 p.m. Ceremony, Dec. 18, 2005 Fellow graduates of the University of Wisconsin: I’m delighted…
Gaylord Nelson’s influence lives on at UW–Madison institute
Six months after the death of one of the most popular political figures in Wisconsin's history, his influence grows stronger at the UW–Madison institute that bears his name.
Gift enables investigative journalism class to probe old murder case
An investigative journalism class, backed by a $5,000 gift from a UW–Madison graduate, deconstructed in painstaking detail an 11-year-old Dane County murder case that is also being examined by the UW Law School's Wisconsin Innocence Project.
Transcripts of 2005 winter commencement addresses
John Morgridge, chairman of the board of Cisco Systems and UW–Madison alumnus (’55), delivered a pair of commencement addresses on Sunday, Dec. 18, one…
Why King Kong still hits home
Gregg Mitman, professor of the history of science and medical history at UW–Madison, says the King Kong story still resonates as an epic allegory of nature vs. civilization.
Engineered stem cells show promise for sneaking drugs into the brain
One of the great challenges for treating Parkinson's diseases and other neurodegenerative disorders is getting medicine to the right place in the brain. UW–Madison neuroscientist Clive Svendsen and his colleagues show how engineered human brain cells, transplanted into the brains of rats and monkeys, can integrate into the brain and deliver medicine where it is needed.
Another take on Jane Austen
People who leave the current movie blockbuster version of "Pride and Prejudice" wondering how much of the Hollywood adaptation was true to the original intent of the book are in good company. University of Wisconsin–Madison English Professor Emily Auerbach has spent many years researching Jane Austen and has come to the conclusion that Austen has been repeatedly misrepresented and misunderstood over the years.
UW scientists team up to battle food-borne illnesses
On its journey to your dinner plate, food is vulnerable to contamination along the way. Usually, it arrives at its final destination without picking up dangerous microbial hitchhikers—but not always.