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Arts Institute gears up for Wisconsin Film Festival
February 20, 2006The eighth annual Wisconsin Film Festival will again feature a diverse program of independent features, international cinema, experimental films, documentaries and short films that audiences have come to enjoy. Read More
Future artists showcase talents in ‘The Chancellor Presents’
February 17, 2006Students will be exploring and articulating personal expression and ideas at the performance of “The Chancellor Presents the Performing Artists of the Future: A World Class Evening of Music, Drama and Dance,”on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Overture Center. Read More
‘We Gotta Get Out of this Place:’ Music, memory and the Vietnam War
February 16, 2006Virtually anyone who grew up in the rock music era can point to a time, place or poignant memory that is seamlessly tethered to a song. For Vietnam War veterans, the backdrop of the war made that connection all the more powerful and emotional. Read More
Origins of Man: The Weblog
February 15, 2006John Hawks, assistant professor of anthropology, runs an anthropology web log that covers a rich range of topics about anthropology and evolution, attracting more than 1,500 readers a day. Read More
Analysis critical of proposed constitutional revenue limits
February 14, 2006Proposed limits on the amount of revenue Wisconsin governments can collect would reduce public services, hamstring the state's future economic growth, and diminish local control, according to an analysis by a UW–Madison economist. Read More
Agenda outlines the future of Lakeshore Nature Preserve
February 13, 2006An integrated plan for protecting the future of scenic lakeside natural areas that help define UW–Madison will be detailed in a public presentation on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. in the main lounge of Chadbourne Residential College. Read More
Golden named dean of UW School of Medicine and Public Health
February 13, 2006Robert N. Golden, vice dean of the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine and former chair of the UNC Department of Psychiatry, has been named the dean of UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH). Read More
Leotha Stanley: Bringing the power of music to young minds
February 9, 2006Mention local jazz, spiritual or rhythm-and-blues music, and Leotha Stanley’s name is rarely far behind. Stanley, assistant to the director of community relations in the chancellor’s office, founded the University of Wisconsin Student Gospel Choir in 1975 and has acted as music director for five different choirs at Mount Zion Baptist Church for the past 31 years. Read More
Center helps low-income workers tackle tax season, finances
February 9, 2006About 1,000 low-income workers in Wisconsin will get free help filling out their tax returns along with a dose of financial education to help stretch their paychecks even further, thanks to the UW–Madison Center on Business and Poverty. Read More
MBA student wins Grammy Award
February 9, 2006Derek Kwan, a first-year MBA student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business Bolz Center for Arts Administration, won a Grammy Award last night for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album. Read More
Study explains unexpected conductivity of nanoscale silicon
February 8, 2006When graduate student Pengpeng Zhang successfully imaged a piece of silicon just 10 nanometers-or a millionth of a centimeter-in thickness, she and her UW–Madison co-researchers were puzzled. According to established thinking, the feat should be impossible because her microscopy method required samples that conduct electricity. Read More
Engineering ‘Innovation Days’ set for Feb. 9-10
February 6, 2006Throughout the fall semester, 52 UW–Madison undergraduates have learned to make their most creative ideas come to life. Read More
Darwin’s Day: Making the case for evolution
February 2, 2006Just in time for Charles Darwin's 197th birthday, an eminent group of UW–Madison faculty have joined forces to make the case on Feb. 11 for the iconographic scientist and what they consider to be biology's prevailing central idea: Evolution. Read More
AIDS course explores ‘perfect ecology’ of a killer
February 1, 2006A new course at UW–Madison is exploring the AIDS pandemic from all of these varied points of view. Global AIDS: Interdisciplinary Perspectives has attracted undergraduate students from biology and medicine, political science, foreign language and history who are looking for a bigger-picture understanding of the disease. Read More
Like their pregnant mates, primate dads-to-be pack on pounds
February 1, 2006Confirming what many have long suspected, scientists have found that male monkeys of two different species get heavier when their mates are pregnant. Read More
Evidence unearthed of earliest African slaves in New World
January 31, 2006Digging in a colonial era graveyard in one of the oldest European cities in Mexico, archaeologists have found what they believe are the oldest remains of slaves brought from Africa to the New World. The remains date between the late-16th century and the mid-17th century, not long after Columbus first set foot in the Americas. Read More
UW-Madison ranks as top-producing Peace Corps institution
January 30, 2006Alumni of UW–Madison and the Peace Corps continue to have a strong historical bond. Since the program's inception in 1961, UW–Madison has produced thousands of volunteers. And today, for the 20th consecutive year, UW–Madison takes the top spot, with 104 volunteers currently serving in the field. Read More
Fresh approaches needed to activist-academic alliances
January 27, 2006Blending research with grassroots advocacy sounds like a smart idea. But in practice, says a sociologist at UW–Madison, partnerships between the worlds of academia and activism often end up lopsided. Read More
Canine cancer vaccine shows early promise
January 26, 2006It wasn't publicized, other than by word of mouth, and still the UW–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine was overwhelmed with requests. Since 1998, the school's oncology department has been producing an anti-cancer vaccine for dogs diagnosed with melanoma. Read More
Study: Mentors make or break student success
January 26, 2006Students in science often joke that finding a good research advisor can be almost as tricky as finding the perfect spouse. UW–Madison has a project in place that helps maximize the student-mentor relationship — especially in the sciences, where such partnerships can make or break careers. Read More