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Gene from 1918 virus proves key to virulent influenza
Using a gene resurrected from the virus that caused the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, recorded history's most lethal outbreak of infectious disease, scientists have found that a single gene may have been responsible for the devastating virulence of the virus.
Survey: Students using more portable technology
Students at UW–Madison are more mobile than ever before, according to findings from an annual online survey administered by the UW–Madison Division of Information Technology (DoIT).
Dance critic to discuss impact of AIDS on American dance
David Gere's book is the first examination of the impact that AIDS has had on the dance community, particularly on its gay men.
State’s largest used book sale benefits libraries
More than 15,000 books will go on sale during Wisconsin's largest used book sale Wednesday through Saturday, Oct. 6-9, in 116 Memorial Library, 728 State St.
Hunting may not cause sinking woodcock populations
Wildlife ecology graduate student Jed Meunier is participating in a project that is helping to reveal the reasons underlying woodcock population declines in the upper Midwest.
Why Files designer flies solo in new exhibition
While she hasn't quit her day job (designing UW–Madison's Why Files science-education Web site for the last five years), of late Sue Medaris has been mighty busy outside of work. She's been readying a 40-piece gallery exhibition, "A One-Chick Show: Of Cocks and Hens," for its opening Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the downtown Madison Public Library on Mifflin Street. A free public reception will be held at 5 p.m.
Benefits questions? Employee fair will answer them
Do you feel like your benefit plans are confusing and you don't know how to maximize all the university has to offer? Attend the annual UW Benefits Fair sponsored by the Employee Compensation and Benefits Office (EC&BO) on Wednesday, Oct. 13, from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.
Animation from Iran presented
The art of animation as practiced in Iran will be shown by the Cinematheque student-run film society on Saturday, Oct. 9. Using a…
UW Opera begins season on spooky ‘note’
The University Opera will open its 2004-05 season with "The Turn of the Screw" on Friday, Oct. 15, at 7:30 p.m. Other performances are Sunday, Oct. 17, at 3 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Music Hall.
Help
As part of a season-long campaign to improve the fan experience at Camp Randall Stadium, UW–Madison is seeking 40 students, faculty and staff to serve as fan ambassadors and welcome visitors before the remaining home games on Oct. 23 and Nov. 6.
Web site offers information on car fleet, garage
New state regulations and a campus construction project have forced UW–Madison's car fleet and fleet garage operations to undergo a series of changes.
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Tech council calls for state support of UW Last week, the Wisconsin Technology Council released a report calling on the governor and…
Plan comes to life for East Campus
A seven-block-long pedestrian mall, seen as the unifying feature of the East Campus redevelopment plan, has new momentum after lingering on university drawing boards for 96 years. The East Campus Mall, first proposed in a 1908 campus master plan, is a key element in today's plans to revitalize the area with an arts-and-humanities district and new student housing.
Longtime activisit Wilkins to lecture on civil rights act
Roger Wilkins, a Pulitzer Prize winner and longtime civil rights activist, will focus on the hopes and promises of the Civil Rights Act in its 40th year during the Kastenmeier Lecture at the UW Law School.
Visiting lecturer explores physical, structural violence
Veena Das, a scholar internationally respected for both her academic research and her activist work on physical and structural violence in India, will be this year's J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor.
National expert addresses prion-based diseases
Devastating neurodegenerative diseases — from mad cow and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in animals to Creutzfeldt-Jakob in people — have seized headlines across the country, especially in areas with large deer herds. While much has been written, little is still understood about how these diseases have evolved and are transmitted, including the risk of animal-to-human transmission.
Veterinarian cycles across America for cancer cure
Sheila McGuirk was so elated when she heard she'd been selected for the 2004 Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope bicycle ride across America, she high-fived the visor in her car and clicked her heels in the air on her way into her daughter's music lesson.
For the Record
ANNOUNCEMENTS Creative Arts Awards Call for Applications The Arts Institute is accepting applications and nominations due Nov. 1 for the following…
Recent sightings
It’s all a blur Fullback Matt Bernstein (45) hurdles over an attempted Penn State tackle during the Badger’s Big Ten…
Computer model mimics how children read
By developing a computer model that mimics how children learn to read, two researchers from UW–Madison and Stanford University track the development of a skilled reader, ultimately showing that phonics gives readers an edge, especially early on.