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Details of UW–Madison, UW-Milwaukee Intercampus Research Incentive Grants Program announced
February 1, 2010University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Carlos E. Santiago have announced the establishment of the first UW–Madison/UW-Milwaukee Intercampus Research Incentive Grants Program, an initiative to support research projects and scholarship undertaken jointly at the two campuses. Read More
Event examines entrepreneurial models based on social and economic change
February 1, 2010Business beyond the usual is required to create new models of financial sustainability while benefiting society. Read More
Institute for Research on Poverty selected as national research hub
February 1, 2010Officials from the federal Economic Research Service have chosen the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty to be a national center for research on nutrition assistance programs. Read More
UW-Madison study has implications for understanding ion channel defects
February 1, 2010A University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health team has made a discovery important to the millions of people who are on common medications for heart and neurological diseases. Read More
Seminars will make teachers climate-change ambassadors
February 1, 2010The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will join the Madison Metropolitan School District in a three-year project to prepare science teachers to be climate-literacy ambassadors in their schools and communities. Read More
Students use computing skills to hasten Haiti relief efforts
February 1, 2010"I have this bumper sticker that says, 'Python will save the world. I don't know how, but it will,'" says Nicholas Preston, a University of Wisconsin–Madison postdoctoral researcher. Read More
New study rejects mortality-privatization link
January 29, 2010A new study reconsiders and ultimately rejects a well-publicized claim that mass privatization of state enterprises caused a drastic increase in premature deaths after the fall of communism in ex-Soviet countries. Read More
NIH approves Wisconsin H1 stem-cell line for continued use in federally funded research
January 29, 2010The WiCell Research Institute can continue to provide stem cell scientists one of the earliest and most popular human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines in the field for their use in federally funded research projects. Read More
Law students to help with foreclosure mediation
January 29, 2010University of Wisconsin Law School students will help Dane County homeowners facing foreclosure take their cases through a mediation process with their lenders. Read More
Recent sighting: Day of Action
January 29, 2010Undergraduates Adelaide Davis (center) and Colleen Rooney (right) accept donations at a booth in the Memorial Union on Jan. 28, as part of… Read More
Madison to host youth poetry slam semifinals and finals
January 29, 2010Dozens of students from across the state are gearing up to compete for a berth on the Wisconsin State Youth Poetry Slam Team, which will represent the state at the national Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival this coming summer. Read More
Can blocking a frown keep bad feelings at bay?
January 29, 2010Your facial expression may tell the world what you are thinking or feeling. But it also affects your ability to understand written language related to emotions, according to research that was presented today (Jan. 29). Read More
Origins of Earth Day, environmental movement come to life on Web site
January 28, 2010People around the globe will mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day (April 22) this spring. Countless activities related to Earth Day also will take place before and after April 22. Read More
UW Habitat for Humanity hosts 14th Souper Bowl
January 28, 2010The University of Wisconsin–Madison Habitat for Humanity chapter will host the 14th annual Souper Bowl fundraiser at Madison West High School on Saturday, Feb. 6. Read More
Property tax credits offer inefficient tax relief, study says
January 28, 2010Two Wisconsin property tax credits are not only expensive - nearly $900 million per year out of a $13 billion general fund budget - but they are a highly inefficient means of delivering property tax relief to the Wisconsin homeowners and renters for whom the property tax creates the greatest economic hardships, according to a new analysis from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Founders’ Day celebrations to mark UW–Madison’s birthday
January 27, 2010It’s been 161 years since the first day of class at UW–Madison. This spring, alumni and friends in about 70 cities across the country are celebrating the occasion, known as Founders’ Day, and commemorative events on campus will include a touch of history and a taste of cake. Read More
Madison police release sketch in bike path battery
January 27, 2010Madison police have released an artist's sketch of a man who allegedly tackled a 21-year-old UW–Madison student while she stopped to stretch on the Southwest Bike Path at 9:15 a.m. on Jan. 24. Read More
Brain responses during anesthesia mimic those during natural deep sleep
January 27, 2010The brains of people under anesthesia respond to stimuli as they do in the deepest part of sleep - lending credence to a developing theory of consciousness and suggesting a new method to assess loss of consciousness in conditions such as coma. Read More
Year of the Humanities events continue into spring
January 27, 2010Languages, literary fame, poetry, filmmaking and the supernatural are topics included in the programming lineup for the spring semester of the Year of the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Federal grant funds production of stem cells for clinical trials
January 26, 2010The long struggle to move the most versatile stem cells from the laboratory to the clinic got another boost with an $8.8 million contract award to the Waisman Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More