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Embryonic stem cell culturing grows from art to science

November 14, 2010

Growing human embryonic stem cells in the lab is no small feat. Culturing the finicky, shape-shifting cells is labor intensive and, in some ways, more art than exact science.

UW-Madison scholar tapped to lead American Historical Association

November 12, 2010

University of Wisconsin–Madison historian William Cronon has been elected president of the American Historical Association, a position considered one of the highest honors in the profession.

World Languages Day inspires high school students to explore

November 11, 2010

Since World Languages Day began in 2002, renowned professor Harold Scheub has roused the crowd with his tales of crossing the African continent in search of stories and folk tales.

Trove of Taiwanese classic films donated to UW–Madison

November 10, 2010

New 35mm prints of 30 of some of the most celebrated Chinese-language feature films have been donated to the University of Wisconsin–Madison by various film studios in Taiwan with the help of the Taiwanese government.

Zimmerman wins UW System teaching award

November 8, 2010

David Zimmerman, a UW–Madison English professor, is among four recipients of the UW System’s 2010 Alliant Energy Underkofler Awards for Excellence in Teaching. “I’m humbled,”…

Expanding croplands chipping away at world’s carbon stocks

November 1, 2010

Nature's capacity to store carbon, the element at the heart of global climate woes, is steadily eroding as the world's farmers expand croplands at the expense of native ecosystem such as forests.

Chemists concoct new agents to easily study critical cell proteins

November 1, 2010

They are the portals to the cell, gateways through which critical signals and chemicals are exchanged between living cells and their environments.

Students move future of transportation forward

November 1, 2010

Alumni and a student from the University of Wisconsin–Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs are advancing discussion of transportation options that use less energy, and emit fewer pollutants and greenhouse gases by helping to organize the Energy Hub conference Friday, Nov. 5.

Tracing the ‘blurry line’ between hospital and at-home care

October 26, 2010

When patients come home from the hospital after major surgery or a transplant, they often are not well enough to care for themselves, and more importantly, have complex medical needs that need to be monitored by others.

Study: Mountain vegetation impacted by climate change

October 25, 2010

Climate change has had a significant effect on mountain vegetation at low elevations in the past 60 years, according to a study done by the University of California at Davis, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and U.S. Geological Survey.

Peace of mind closes health gap for less educated

October 25, 2010

Psychological well-being is powerful enough to counteract the pull of socioeconomic status on the long-term health of the disadvantaged, according to a study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Q&A: Professor examines those ‘outside the color lines’ in new book

October 20, 2010

In her new book, “Partly Colored: Asian Americans and Racial Anomaly in the Segregated South,” Bow examines what segregation demanded of people who did not fall into the category of black or white — including Asians, American Indians and people of mixed race.

Plant family tree may help identify species vulnerable to invaders, climate change

October 18, 2010

Change has been the norm for Wisconsin's forests over the last 50 years, and the next 50 are unlikely to pass quietly.

Curiosities: Why do some planets have rings?

October 18, 2010

Saturn imaged by the Cassini Orbiter. Image: courtesy Jet Propulsion Lab Planetary ring systems are complicated, notes UW Space Place…

Music education conference focuses on race and equity issues

October 18, 2010

The University of Wisconsin–Madison will host the first conference of CRÈME International, the International Consortium on Equity in Music Education, from Oct. 20-23.

Invasive shrubs increase spread of tick-borne disease

October 11, 2010

For a hungry tick, bush honeysuckle is as good as a drive-through.

Large study shows females are equal to males in math skills

October 11, 2010

The mathematical skills of boys and girls, as well as men and women, are substantially equal, according to a new examination of existing studies in the current online edition of journal Psychological Bulletin.

For first time, monkeys recognize themselves in the mirror, indicating self-awareness

September 29, 2010

Typically, monkeys don't know what to make of a mirror. They may ignore it or interpret their reflection as another, invading monkey, but they don't recognize the reflection as their own image. Chimpanzees and people pass this "mark" test - they obviously recognize their own reflection and make funny faces, look at a temporary mark that the scientists have placed on their face or wonder how they got so old and grey.

Ethnic Studies Week kicks off with lecture on legacy of civil rights

September 29, 2010

The University of Wisconsin–Madison will join educational institutions around the nation in celebrating Ethnic Studies Week with a kickoff event today (Sept. 29) from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in 4141 Helen C. White Library.

Report casts world’s rivers in ‘crisis state’

September 29, 2010

The world's rivers, the single largest renewable water resource for humans and a crucible of aquatic biodiversity, are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global analysis.