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Clean air action days aim to maintain air quality
July 11, 2005As Dane County deals with its second Clean Air Action Day of the summer today and with a third set for Tuesday, UW–Madison is taking an active role to help safeguard local air quality. Read More
Huntington’s cure in flies lays groundwork for new treatment approaches
July 11, 2005Boosting levels of two critical proteins that normally shut down during Huntington's disease, researchers at UW–Madison and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have cured fruit flies of the genetic, neurodegenerative condition. Read More
Forestry project will map likely habitat of endangered butterfly
July 7, 2005A grant from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Graduate School's Technology Transfer Program will fund a project that uses computer mapping and statistical modeling to identify likely habitat of the endangered Karner blue butterfly. The project could help Wisconsin land managers save thousands of dollars on field surveys required to protect the rare insect. Read More
Independent investigation launched in Paul Barrows matter
June 30, 2005University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley and UW System President Kevin Reilly announced today (June 30) that an independent investigation into the allegations concerning Paul Barrows, former vice chancellor for student affairs, will be conducted. Read More
Hollywood’s ‘Last Kiss’ has campus connection
June 28, 2005It has been almost 20 years since Paper Clip Productions came to UW–Madison to film scenes for Rodney Dangerfield's comedy "Back to School." In October 1985, the campus was turned into "Grand Lakes University" for the film, most of which was shot in California. This week, Lakeshore Entertainment, the production company that made the Oscar-winning film "Million Dollar Baby," will shoot several scenes on campus and downtown for its new movie "The Last Kiss." Read More
Going for the green: Eco-friendly building strategies gather steam on campus
June 28, 2005On a rain-splattered spring day, a construction worker ran a sweeper on Linden Drive to clean up a muddy slurry left behind by dump trucks hauling dirt from the excavation site for the new Microbial Sciences Building at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The work keeps soil from running into storm sewers that drain into Lake Mendota.All across the campus, a green movement is picking up steam. Read More
Second ‘corpse flower’ in bloom
June 28, 2005Another titan arum, or "corpse flower," began blooming this afternoon in the Botany Greenhouse. Read More
A statement to the campus community from Chancellor John D. Wiley
June 24, 2005UW-Madison colleagues: During the past two weeks, the university has received a torrent of criticism related to the circumstances regarding Dr. Paul… Read More
Microchip inventor and UW engineering alumnus Kilby dies
June 22, 2005Jack St. Clair Kilby, co-inventor of the integrated circuit or microchip, and a 1950 master's degree graduate in electrical engineering at UW–Madison, died of cancer Monday, June 20, at his home in Dallas. He was 81. Read More
More health plans cover quit-smoking treatments
June 21, 2005More Wisconsin insurers and employers are realizing the value of covering quit-smoking treatments, according to a survey by the UW–Madison Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI), which found that coverage of smoking cessation medications increased 32 percent from 2002 to 2004. Read More
Muir Woods to undergo ecological facelift
June 20, 2005A walk in Muir Woods with Glenda Denniston quickly turns into a zigzag scramble from every tree to shrub to wildflower. She snaps photos every few seconds, excitedly musing on every green thing around. Read More
Summer Carillon recitals announced
June 15, 2005The 56-bell Memorial Carillon on campus will be featured in a series of recitals on Sunday afternoons, from June 26-Aug. 7, and Thursday evenings, from July 7-28. Read More
Study shows eutrophic lakes may not recover for a millennium
June 13, 2005Although it has taken just 60 years for humans to put many freshwater lakes on the eutrophication fast track, a new study shows their recovery may take a thousand years under the best of circumstances. Read More
Center sponsors India trip for K-12 educators
June 8, 2005UW-Madison's Center for South Asia, with support from the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program, will take 13 Wisconsin K-12 educators to India this summer on a curriculum development mission. Read More
Engineers recognized for Rwanda aid efforts
June 7, 2005A UW–Madison engineering student group has garnered international recognition for its work in helping to build basic infrastructure systems in the poor, war-torn African country of Rwanda. Read More
Green diesel: New process makes fuel from plants
June 2, 2005College of Engineering researchers have discovered a new way to make a diesel-like liquid fuel from carbohydrates commonly found in plants. "It's a very efficient process," says researcher George Huber. "The fuel produced contains 90 percent of the energy found in the carbohydrate and hydrogen feed. If you look at a carbohydrate source such as corn, our new process has the potential to create twice the energy as is created in using corn to make ethanol." Read More
Budget statement from Chancellor John Wiley
June 1, 2005"We are witnessing the systematic dismantling of public higher education in this state, a function of a lack of collective will among our public policy makers - governor and legislators alike - to set aside partisan differences and address the long-simmering structural problems that year after year plague public funding of social, civic and educational programs. We continue to endure band-aid 'solutions' to a problem that continues to expand, predictably resulting in biennial political confrontations between the governor and the Legislature over how best to trick the problem into becoming someone else's worry a few years down the road. The road, unfortunately, is ruinous, and we're already well down a path from which it will take years to recover." Read More
Study spells out new evidence for roots of dyslexia
May 31, 2005Addressing a persistent debate in the field of dyslexia research, scientists at UW–Madison and the University of Southern California have disproved the popular theory that deficits in certain visual processes cause the spelling and reading woes commonly suffered by dyslexics. Read More
From Bayfield to Milwaukee: Dispatches from the Wisconsin Idea Seminar
May 27, 2005Every May, about the time the lilacs bloom, a group of 40 faculty and staff from the University of Wisconsin–Madison turn in their last grades, check their email one more time and embark on a five-day experience called the Wisconsin Idea Seminar. Read More
Professor weaves Wisconsin Idea into chemistry
May 23, 2005Majid Sarmadi has uncovered new technologies to make cloth less static, more absorbent, more repellent, better able to take prints and dyes, deflect or absorb light, shield electromagnetic radiation and more. He also has found methods of reducing waste and environmental pollution relating to textile manufacturing. Read More