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Green snowmobile logs first month at Arctic research station

July 3, 2008

An electric snowmobile built by student members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering Clean Snowmobile Team is now in Greenland, on loan to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the summer to support climate research projects at the Greenland Environmental Observatory (GEO Summit Camp). Read More

Political science researchers partner to improve Wisconsin elections

June 30, 2008

University of Wisconsin–Madison political science researchers are taking a key role in a federally funded project to improve the state's ability to collect accurate election returns. Read More

Badgers sipping from Directors’ Cup again in 2007-08

June 27, 2008

The University of Wisconsin finished 18th in the 2007-2008 U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cup, marking the 13th time in the 15-year history of the Directors’ Cup that the Badgers have finished among the top 25. Read More

Airless tire project may prove a lifesaver in military combat

June 26, 2008

An ambitious startup company in Wausau is working on a project to develop tires that can withstand extreme punishment, even those meted out in military combat zones. Read More

Study uncovers how Ritalin works in brain to boost cognition, focus attention

June 24, 2008

In a paper publishing online this week in Biological Psychiatry, UW–Madison psychology researchers report that Ritalin fine-tunes the functioning of neurons in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) - a brain region involved in attention, decision-making and impulse control - while having few effects outside it. Read More

Wiley to tackle interim role leading new institute

June 22, 2008

Outgoing University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley has been named the new interim director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID), the public half of the new research center that promises to be a model of interdisciplinary science and public-private collaboration. Read More

Great people. Great place. Fundraising initiative built around campus’s top priorities

June 19, 2008

Three synergistic components define a world-class university: the most promising undergraduates, top graduate and professional students, and stellar faculty. Take away any of the three and what remains is just another university. Read More

Big Ten Network celebrates Wisconsin June 19

June 18, 2008

On Thursday, June 19, the Big Ten Network says “On Wisconsin!” with 24 consecutive hours of Badger programming. Read More

Ancient mineral shows early Earth climate tough on continents

June 13, 2008

A new analysis of ancient minerals called zircons suggests that a harsh climate may have scoured and possibly even destroyed the surface of the Earth's earliest continents. Read More

Obama leads McCain in new poll directed by UW–Madison political scientists

June 12, 2008

In the inaugural University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Political Science/WisPolitics.com survey taken immediately after Hillary Clinton suspended her campaign, Barack Obama leads John McCain by a 13-percentage point margin in the Badger state. Read More

Pioneer of climatology dies at 88

June 12, 2008

Reid Bryson, a towering figure in climatology and interdisciplinary studies of climate, people and the environment, and the founder of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's meteorology department and Center for Climatic Research, and the first director of the Institute for Environmental Studies, died in his sleep early June 11 at his home in Madison. Read More

Rowing teams win national championships

June 9, 2008

For the first time in 18 years, Wisconsin men’s rowing can call itself national champions. And the women’s lightweight rowers won their fourth national championship in the last five years. Read More

Agent in red wine found to keep hearts young

June 4, 2008

How, scientists wonder, do the French get away with a clean bill of heart health despite a diet loaded with saturated fats? Read More

Milky Way’s infrared portrait gives new view of galaxy

June 3, 2008

Astronomers have obtained an entirely new perspective of our home galaxy: a complete mosaic portrait of the Milky Way in infrared light, a picture that when printed measures 180 feet long by 4 feet wide. Read More

Students design ‘disaster’ for Wisconsin rescue training facility

June 2, 2008

When University of Wisconsin–Madison civil and environmental engineering students Dan Zignego, Jake Varnes, Bill Schmitz and Nick Bobinski began a design project meant to be the crowning glory of their educational careers, they never thought it would turn into such a disaster. Read More

Nearly $200 million spent in race for the White House

June 2, 2008

Almost $200 million has been spent on television advertising so far during this presidential election year, with the overwhelming amount of recent spending coming from the race for the Democratic nomination, according to a study by the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

Green highways: Research targets environmentally friendly asphalts

May 27, 2008

For those hoping to create a greener world, our country's millions of miles of asphalt roads may seem like an odd place to seek solutions. Yet, it's precisely because asphalt is so common that we have much to gain from making it more eco-friendly, says University of Wisconsin–Madison civil engineering professor Hussain Bahia. Read More

Summer conference services uphold university ideal

May 27, 2008

With the spring semester coming to a close, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus prepares for a transition from predominantly undergraduate students to a highly diverse summer population. For University Housing Conference Services Program Director Sharon Seagren, June, July and August are the busiest months of the year. Read More

Busy summer ahead for construction projects

May 23, 2008

The campus' pace may be slowing with the coming of summer, but the sounds of jackhammers, heavy equipment and busy construction crews show that University of Wisconsin–Madison improvements are going full-steam ahead. Read More

Astronomers witness the birth of a supernova

May 21, 2008

An international team of astronomers, acting on a tip from a NASA satellite that serves as an early warning system for the most violent astronomical events, has caught a supernova in the act. Read More