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H1N1 flu virus used new biochemical trick to cause pandemic

August 5, 2010

The influenza virus, scientists well know, is a crafty, shape-shifting organism, constantly changing form to evade host immune systems and jump from one species, like birds, to another, mammals. Read More

Haiti mission deepens education of family medicine resident

August 4, 2010

UW-Madison diversity programs undergo realignment

August 4, 2010

University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and Provost Paul M. Deluca Jr. have approved a number of new initiatives to strategically align and enhance diversity efforts on campus. Read More

Recent sightings: K-9 on board

August 3, 2010

UW-Madison police officer Brent Plisch rewards his canine partner, Odin, a German shepherd, while working on a training exercise behind the University Police building… Read More

Celebration marks 25 years of UW Med Flight

August 3, 2010

Study details autism’s heavy toll beyond childhood on marriages

August 3, 2010

The parents of grown children with autism are more likely to divorce than couples with typically developing children, according to new data from a large longitudinal study of families of adolescents and adults with autism. Read More

Curiosities: Is it true that cell phone use can cause health problems?

August 3, 2010

The major concern with the electromagnetic radiation from cell phones is brain cancer, but most studies find “nothing definitive,” says Bruce Thomadsen, a professor… Read More

To future archaeologists, old technology is beautiful technology

August 2, 2010

A couple of dozen students sit on plastic tarps under the trees at the edge of the Eagle Heights Community Gardens, at the west end of the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. Their professor - a noted archaeologist - faces them, sitting on his own tarp, much as he would while supervising a dig in his specialty area, South Asia. Within arm's reach, UW–Madison archaeology professor Jonathan Mark Kenoyer has some raw materials of ancient technology: boxes of arrows, stone tools, horns, hunks of obsidian and flint, cords, a chalkboard and a box of Band-Aids. Read More

The Red Shirt makes Badgers look good and feel good

August 2, 2010

Bucky Badger has been making a name for himself on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus since he was introduced in the 1940s. And now The Red Shirt is making a name for itself as well with the new third edition. Read More

Restoring hope: UW Hospital donates $100,000 to transplant house

July 30, 2010

Alumni welcome new UW–Madison students at summer celebrations

July 30, 2010

University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni in 24 U.S. cities are greeting new UW students this summer to celebrate the start of the students' college experience. Read More

iPhone application helps med students find best residency fit

July 29, 2010

Wisconsin children exposed to too much secondhand smoke, research shows

July 29, 2010

IceCube drillers train for final Antarctic season

July 29, 2010

The sweltering Wisconsin summer is a far cry from conditions at the South Pole, but ice drillers from around the United States will gather next week in Stoughton to prepare for the upcoming Antarctic work season. Read More

Students size up seismic sensor sites

July 29, 2010

University of Wisconsin–Madison students Matthew Kogle and Kelly Hoehn logged thousands of miles this summer driving rural Wisconsin roads, scanning the landscape. When they found a promising spot, they knocked on the door of the nearest farmhouse and tried to interest the owners in their cause. Read More

Largest class ever completes UW–Madison pre-college program

July 29, 2010

The largest group ever to complete the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) will graduate into their senior year of high school Friday, July 30, at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton. Read More

UW scientists find sleep changes during migration make birds hyperactive

July 29, 2010

Knetter named new University of Wisconsin Foundation president

July 28, 2010

Michael M. Knetter, Nicholas Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business and vice chancellor for advancement at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been named the new president and chief executive officer of the UW Foundation. Read More

Search planned for UW–Madison’s next business school dean

July 28, 2010

An international search will be conducted for a successor to Michael M. Knetter as dean of the Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin announced today (July 28). Read More

Rural areas take greater brunt of Iraq War, UW–Madison research shows

July 28, 2010

The Iraq War has taken a greater toll on the nation's non-metropolitan areas because troops from rural areas experience higher rates of death in the war than those from urban parts of the United States, according to a new study by a University of Wisconsin–Madison sociologist. Read More