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Astrobiology consortium supported for additional five years

November 14, 2012

With the help of a new grant from NASA, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are guiding the search for signs of life on distant planets - while keeping their feet firmly planted on Earth.

UW experts weigh in on Lincoln as movie opens in theaters

November 13, 2012

President Abraham Lincoln is more monument than man to many Americans, with his image printed on our currency and seated atop Bascom Hill, among other places. On Friday, director Steven Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln,” with Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role, opens in theaters.

New book combines love of fiction and history

November 6, 2012

As an undergraduate at Harvard University, Florencia Mallon wanted to write fiction. But fact came first.

History professor Sweet wins Frederick Douglass Book Prize

November 6, 2012

James Sweet, Vilas-Jartz Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been selected as the winner of the 2012 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for his book "Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World."

Class aims to birth software companies at UW–Madison

October 23, 2012

Paul Barford, a UW–Madison professor of computer science, has a proposition, and he's got five minutes to make it.

FACETS contemporary ballet concert set Nov. 15-17

October 19, 2012

Marlene Skog, an assistant professor of dance, will present the first concert of contemporary ballet at the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall, Nov. 15-17 at 8 p.m.

Keck observations bring weather of Uranus into sharp focus

October 17, 2012

In 1986, when Voyager swept past Uranus, the probe's portraits of the planet were "notoriously bland," disappointing scientists, yielding few new details of the planet and its atmosphere, and giving it a reputation as a bore of the solar system.

UW-Madison archaeologists to mount new expedition to Troy

October 15, 2012

Troy, the palatial city of prehistory, sacked by the Greeks through trickery and a fabled wooden horse, will be excavated anew beginning in 2013 by a cross-disciplinary team of archaeologists and other scientists, it was announced today (Monday, Oct. 15).

Hydrogen beam injector guides plasma physics research

September 26, 2012

The Madison Symmetric Torus, a leading piece of equipment in plasma physics research for more than 20 years, recently gained a new capability with the installation of a neutral beam injector.

Pacifiers may have emotional consequences for boys

September 18, 2012

Pacifiers may stunt the emotional development of baby boys by robbing them of the opportunity to try on facial expressions during infancy.

Surprising demographic shifts in endangered monkey population challenge conservation expectations

September 18, 2012

At first glance, the northern muriqui monkey is a prime conservation success story.

New book by UW lecturer examines legacy of activist incident

July 30, 2012

Growing up in Catonsville, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, UW–Madison lecturer Shawn Peters can't remember the first time he heard about the Catonsville Nine. He was 18 months old in May 1968, when nine people - including two brothers, both well-known activists and Catholic priests, and a former nun - removed hundreds of files from the local draft office and burned them with homemade napalm.

Online voting continues through Thursday for lecturer nominated as “Volunteer of the Year”

July 25, 2012

Araceli Alonso’s journey to Kenya began with a letter to a pen pal. Now Alonso, senior lecturer in Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the founder of the Health by Motorbike Project, has an opportunity to bring worldwide recognition to issues faced by women in rural Kenya.

Tag College of Letters & Science

Astrobiology consortium supported for additional five years

UW experts weigh in on Lincoln as movie opens in theaters

New book combines love of fiction and history

History professor Sweet wins Frederick Douglass Book Prize

Class aims to birth software companies at UW–Madison

FACETS contemporary ballet concert set Nov. 15-17

Keck observations bring weather of Uranus into sharp focus

UW-Madison archaeologists to mount new expedition to Troy

Hydrogen beam injector guides plasma physics research

Pacifiers may have emotional consequences for boys

Surprising demographic shifts in endangered monkey population challenge conservation expectations

New book by UW lecturer examines legacy of activist incident

Online voting continues through Thursday for lecturer nominated as “Volunteer of the Year”

Two UW–Madison researchers build ties with Indonesia

UW-Madison political scientist wins award for international relations research

UW-Madison investigative reporting collaboration honored

Sandefur to step down as dean, return to faculty

Americans’ information needs not being met, study finds

Study shows Palin treated differently by media as vice presidential candidate than Biden

Extreme heat raises climate change questions, concerns