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Researchers study how to wedge wireless broadband between TV signals
September 10, 2012The demand for faster, more mobile Internet access for smartphones, tablets and laptops does more than strain the available space we have in our pockets and bags. There's a finite amount of wireless spectrum available to those gadgets as well. Read More
UW-Madison announces First Wave/MC Lyte Scholarship presented by Hip Hop Sisters Network
September 6, 2012A full-tuition First Wave scholarship at the University of Wisconsin–Madison was named today for the legendary pioneer for women in hip-hop, MC Lyte. Read More
Ironman Wisconsin will affect campus traffic on Sunday, Sept. 9
September 5, 2012Ironman Wisconsin will take place Sunday, Sept. 9 and the event's running course involves several campus and city streets as well as the university's Howard Temin Lakeshore Path. Read More
Research on hive microbes may lead to better understanding of honeybee disease
September 4, 2012If you spot a honeybee in the UW–Madison's Allen Centennial Gardens and are wondering where it came from, look up. Read More
Messages on Bascom Hill grab attention
September 4, 2012Day in and day out, organizations across campus use the lower third of the hill as a way to publicize events, recruit members and raise awareness. It’s a low-tech way to reach target audiences in a high-tech world. Read More
Reduced brain connections seen in people with generalized anxiety disorder
September 3, 2012A new University of Wisconsin–Madison imaging study shows the brains of people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have weaker connections between a brain structure that controls emotional response and the amygdala, which suggests the brain's "panic button" may stay on due to lack of regulation. Read More
UW-Madison mourns the loss of First Wave Scholar John “Vietnam” Nguyen
August 30, 2012The University of Wisconsin–Madison community is mourning the loss of John "Vietnam" Nguyen, who died in an apparent drowning in Lake Mendota this morning (Aug. 30). Read More
Multidisciplinary team maps costs of participating in Health Information Exchange
August 30, 2012Following the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, health care systems around the country are looking more closely at participating in Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) - networks that share patients' medical data across multiple hospitals and clinics, and improve coordination of care regardless of where patients receive it. Read More
Resistance in the ghettoes: New explanation focuses on history, political experience
August 30, 2012What drives some people to succumb to oppression while others fight back? Is it culture, willpower, luck or experience? In a new study of Jewish resistance to Nazi genocide in Poland and the Soviet Union, Evgeny Finkel roots the answer in experience. Read More
Graduate School’s Knickmeyer dies unexpectedly
August 28, 2012James F. Knickmeyer, the UW–Madison Graduate School associate dean for administration, died unexpectedly early Monday, Aug. 27 at his Madison home. He was 61. Read More
FIGs program to receive regents’ teaching excellence award
August 21, 2012The University of Wisconsin–Madison's successful First-Year Interest Groups program, or FIGs, will be honored this week with a UW System Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award. Read More
Compounds shown to thwart stubborn pathogen’s social propensity
August 21, 2012Acinetobacter baumanni, a pathogenic bacterium that is a poster child of deadly hospital acquired infections, is one tough customer. Read More
UW-Madison ranked 19th among world’s universities
August 15, 2012For the second year in a row, the University of Wisconsin–Madison was ranked 19th among world universities in an annual survey done by Shanghai’s Jiao Tong University. Read More
Flexibility task force recommends changes to offer UW autonomy
August 14, 2012A task force looking into UW System governance and operations is recommending a variety of changes that would give the UW System more autonomy over operational and governance matters, and transfer some authority over spending from state government to the Board of Regents. Read More
Research shows how computation can predict group conflict
August 13, 2012When conflict breaks out in social groups, individuals make strategic decisions about how to behave based on their understanding of alliances and feuds in the group. Read More
Chancellor’s statement on the Sikh temple shootings
August 10, 2012As the families of those slain at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek come together to grieve their painful loss today, we at UW–Madison extend our deepest and most heartfelt sympathies. Read More
The fun, food and festivity of UW–Madison Day at the Wisconsin State Fair
August 10, 2012Even before Miss America made her lap around the Wisconsin State Fair atop the Bucky Wagon, Antonio Noguera had opened a little bit of the wider world to hundreds of fairgoers. Read More
Wisconsin Science Festival seeks partners to expand celebration statewide Sept. 27-30
August 10, 2012After a rousing debut last fall in Madison, the Wisconsin Science Festival is encouraging supporters of learning and science from around the state to help expand the festival during its second year by staging local events this Sept. 27-30. Read More
UW-Madison police win accreditation from a third agency
August 8, 2012The University of Wisconsin Police Department this month became the only law enforcement agency in Wisconsin to be accredited by three different agencies. Read More
Dean of students communicates with students about voting
August 8, 2012I believe it's important to help students learn to register and vote in elections of local, state and national importance. Read More