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New theory suggests alternate path led to rise of the eukaryotic cell
As a fundamental unit of life, the cell is central to all of biology. Better understanding how complex cells evolved and work promises new revelations in areas as diverse as cancer research and developing new crop plants. Read More
New studies power legacy of UW–Madison mitochondrial research
Dave Pagliarini recently published two studies shedding more light on coenzyme Q and how it’s made, one in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) in October and another today in Molecular Cell. Read More
UW’s mobile app receives major update, new name
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s official mobile app has received such a major update that it’s gotten a new name. “Mobile UW” is now “Wisconsin” — an app with a sharp interface and handful of new options, including access to course materials. The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) launched the free update for Apple iOS and Android devices this week. Read More
Art Hove, administrator and campus historian, dies at 80
Between the longevity of his time on campus and his knack for being present at key moments, Art Hove played a role in seven decades of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's history. Read More
With new professor, university-industry effort to focus on energy storage
With expertise in energy storage systems for electric vehicles, smart-grid technology and military applications, Deyang Qu will be the first Johnson Controls Endowed Professor in Energy Storage Research. Read More
‘Career Kickstart’ kicking off next year at Ogg Residence Hall
Graduation is years away for many students, but it’s never too early to think about what comes next. Starting fall 2015, Career Kickstart will offer a head start for thinking beyond the diploma. Available to students who have completed their first year, Ogg Residence Hall will provide tools for those eager to work on career development. Read More
Curb Magazine looks at role of nature in Wisconsin communities through multimedia stories
This fall, 21 journalism students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison broke out of the classroom to get into communities across the state and tell stories about the impact of nature on Wisconsin. Read More
Blank: Responding to Ferguson and Staten Island
The recent grand jury verdicts in Ferguson, Missouri, and in Staten Island have raised questions and concerns among many in the University of Wisconsin–Madison community, as they have nationwide. Read More
New music performance center named in honor of Hamel family
The University of Wisconsin–Madison announced today that the new music performance center at the corner of Lake Street and University Avenue will be named in honor of Pamela Hamel and UW–Madison alumnus George Hamel. Read More
Collaboration yields new organic sweet corn variety
When the time comes for Wisconsin’s organic farmers to decide which crops to plant next year, they’ll have a tasty new variety of sweet corn — with a particularly sweet name — among their choices. The new variety, called “Who Gets Kissed?,” is the first in a series of organic, open-pollinated sweet corns being developed through a plant-breeding project led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Organic Seed Alliance (OSA). Farmers and professional breeders are also involved. Read More
New philosophy center to focus on educational policy
The discussion about education is centuries old - and philosophical in nature. From Plato and Aristotle to dozens more in the modern era, philosophers have shaped our earliest ideas about education. Read More
Letting off steam: Gas discharge terminates galaxy’s star formation
With the help of a radio telescope in the French Alps, an international team of astronomers, including two from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has observed a never-before-seen stage of galactic evolution. Writing in this week’s Nature, a group that includes UW–Madison astronomers Aleks Diamond-Stanic and Christy Tremonti, reports measurements of dense, cold hydrogen gas being blasted from a distant star-forming galaxy, the first direct observation of the “blow out” phase of a galaxy’s evolution. Read More
UW team explores large, restless volcanic field in Chile
If Brad Singer knew for sure what was happening three miles under an odd-shaped lake in the Andes, he might be less eager to spend a good part of his career investigating a volcanic field that has erupted 36 times during the last 25,000 years. As he leads a large scientific team exploring a region in the Andes called Laguna del Maule, Singer hopes the area remains quiet. Read More
Telescopes hint at neutrino beacon at the heart of the Milky Way
Thanks to a confluence of data from a suite of vastly different telescopes, there are tantalizing clues that the massive black hole at the core of the Milky Way may be a cosmic accelerator. In a recent paper published in the journal Physical Review D, a team led by University of Wisconsin–Madison physicist Yang Bai reports a correlation of IceCube data with a recorded burst of X-rays from Sagittarius A, an object at the center of our galaxy that is believed to be a supermassive black hole. Read More