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Crews search for missing man in Lake Mendota
June 22, 2012The Dane County Sheriff Office is searching Lake Mendota near UW–Madison's Memorial Union for a 22-year-old man who was last seen swimming in the area early this morning. Read More
Historic Paul Bunyan murals removed ahead of construction
June 21, 2012With construction for the first phase of the Memorial Union Reinvestment beginning in early July, movers and arts conservators are working hard to protect Memorial Union’s historic features. Read More
Tracking Davidson’s Goliaths: Marine archaeologists to survey wrecks of Australasia, Adriatic in Whitefish Bay
June 20, 2012At a time when everyone else had switched to iron and steel, James Davidson steadfastly clung to wood, building some of the largest wooden schooners ever to sail the Great Lakes, and becoming a legendary shipbuilding titan in the process. Read More
Three UW–Madison student teams to compete in national food competitions
June 20, 2012When 18 UW–Madison food science students head to Las Vegas later this month, they'll be packing some delicious luggage: samples of a fruit smoothie, a PB&J popsicle and a cranberry-filled pretzel snack they painstakingly developed during the past academic year. Read More
$27 million award bolsters research computing grid
June 20, 2012Every day researchers add another sea of data to an ocean of knowledge on the world around us - billions on top of billions of measurements, images and observations of the tiniest subatomic particles up to the movement of planets and stars. Read More
Modeling biofuel fitness for the sea
June 19, 2012With the help of a $2 million grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research, mechanical engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will develop a tool to characterize the performance of a new class of alternative fuels that could be used in maritime vehicles such as submarines and aircraft carriers. Read More
HR Design teams submit revised recommendations
June 19, 2012Four work teams from the campus’ Human Resources Design project have turned in revised recommendations that are responsive to feedback received during a lengthy engagement process. Read More
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center marks first issued patent
June 18, 2012The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) is marking the arrival of summer with a milestone: the first patent issued on the center's technology. Read More
Social class discrimination contributes to poorer health
June 15, 2012Discrimination felt by teenagers based on their social class background can contribute to physiologic changes associated with poorer health, according to a new study led by a University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher. Read More
National network innovation program builds on UW–Madison success
June 14, 2012Suman Banerjee's work finds plenty of happy users every day, but it's not every day the University of Wisconsin–Madison computer sciences professor helps inspire a national program supporting technical innovation. Read More
Fragile X gene’s prevalence suggests broader health risk
June 14, 2012The first U.S. population prevalence study of mutations in the gene that causes fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of intellectual disability, suggests the mutation in the gene - and its associated health risks - may be more common than previously believed. Read More
Webinars focus on new online master of engineering in sustainable systems engineering
June 14, 2012The University of Wisconsin–Madison will hold a series of informational webinars on the new online master of engineering in sustainable systems engineering (SSE). Read More
UW-Madison partnership creates educational game development tools
June 13, 2012Studies highlight the benefits of playing educational video games, but a new partnership seeks to understand whether the act of designing video games boosts students’ computational thinking and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills. Read More
UW-Madison to offer limited salary increases to address compensation gap
June 12, 2012The University of Wisconsin–Madison will offer targeted salary increases for critical faculty and staff to address the growing gap in compensation between faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and their peers at other institutions. Read More
Street repairs on eastbound Linden Drive to begin Wednesday
June 12, 2012Starting Wednesday, June 20, Linden Drive between Charter Street and Babcock Drive will be closed to eastbound traffic for approximately three weeks for concrete street repairs. Read More
“Science is Fun Summer Extravaganza” scheduled with noted science educator
June 12, 2012Chemistry professor Bassam Shakhashiri, whose “Science is Fun” demonstrations have been a tradition in Madison for 42 years, will present a “Summer Extravaganza” on campus June 25. Read More
Four finalists named for veterinary school dean vacancy
June 12, 2012Four individuals have been identified as finalists for the position of dean of UW–Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine, capping a five-month search for a replacement for Daryl Buss, only the second person to hold the job since the school’s inception in 1983. Read More
Red-tailed hawks go from egg to flight
June 12, 2012On the afternoon of June 7 — about seven weeks and more than a million prying eyes after it hatched — the last red-tailed hawk chick raised on a Weeks Hall window ledge threw caution to the wind and flapped away from home. Read More
Window washers bring a shine back to campus buildings
June 12, 2012From the inside of each campus building, most people probably see out of a few windows each day – if they’re lucky enough to have window access at all. Those windows need to be cleaned, and Campus Services is tUW-Madison’s go-to crew for odd jobs. The same people who manage interdepartmental mail delivery and move furniture also clean nearly every window across campus. Read More
In Shanghai, UW–Madison inaugurates first overseas office
June 11, 2012The UW–Madison Shanghai Innovation Office, which will serve as a focal point for the university’s growing engagement in China and across East Asia, has officially opened. Read More