Tag College of Letters & Science
Inventive county government program wins Gladfelter Award
An innovative program for collecting and disposing of unused medication was chosen as this year's winner of the Lloyd D. Gladfelter Award for government efficiency and effectiveness.
Study uncovers how Ritalin works in brain to boost cognition, focus attention
In a paper publishing online this week in Biological Psychiatry, UW–Madison psychology researchers report that Ritalin fine-tunes the functioning of neurons in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) - a brain region involved in attention, decision-making and impulse control - while having few effects outside it.
Studies of cell traits nets big award for UW–Madison researcher
UW-Madison biochemist Doug Weibel has received a prestigious Searle Scholar Award.
UW-Madison’s ‘African Storyteller’ premieres on ResearchChannel
On June 18, the ResearchChannel began airing "The Storyteller with Professor Harold Scheub," the story of Sheub's remarkable experience with African storytellers.
Newly born twin stars show surprising differences
The analysis of the youngest pair of identical twin stars yet discovered has revealed surprising differences in brightness, surface temperature and possibly even the size of the two.
Ebb and flow of the sea drives world’s big extinction events
A new study, published online June 15 in the journal Nature, suggests that it is the ocean, and in particular the epic ebbs and flows of sea level and sediment over the course of geologic time, that is the primary cause of the world's periodic mass extinctions during the past 500 million years.
Ancient mineral shows early Earth climate tough on continents
A new analysis of ancient minerals called zircons suggests that a harsh climate may have scoured and possibly even destroyed the surface of the Earth's earliest continents.
University Theatre presents ‘Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)’
This summer, University Theatre will present the off-Broadway sensation "Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)."
Pioneer of climatology dies at 88
Reid Bryson, a towering figure in climatology and interdisciplinary studies of climate, people and the environment, and the founder of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's meteorology department and Center for Climatic Research, and the first director of the Institute for Environmental Studies, died in his sleep early June 11 at his home in Madison.
UW-Madison students restore New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward bayou
A group of UW–Madison students are working to help restore the Bayou Bienvenue, an urban wetland in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, to ecological health.
Milky Way’s infrared portrait gives new view of galaxy
Astronomers have obtained an entirely new perspective of our home galaxy: a complete mosaic portrait of the Milky Way in infrared light, a picture that when printed measures 180 feet long by 4 feet wide.
Nearly $200 million spent in race for the White House
Almost $200 million has been spent on television advertising so far during this presidential election year, with the overwhelming amount of recent spending coming from the race for the Democratic nomination, according to a study by the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Two students named top collegiate journalists
University of Wisconsin–Madison journalism students Amanda Hoffstrom and Alec Luhn were honored this week as two of the top 100 journalists on U.S. college campuses by UWIRE, an organization that supports college student media.
Astronomers witness the birth of a supernova
An international team of astronomers, acting on a tip from a NASA satellite that serves as an early warning system for the most violent astronomical events, has caught a supernova in the act.
A voice nearly silenced teaches art of storytelling
Moji Olaniyan, an assistant dean in the College of Letters and Science, heads the African Storytelling on Wheels project, which prepares UW–Madison students of African origin to tell stories of their native countries to third-, fourth- and fifth-graders in racially nondiverse elementary schools in eastern and northern Wisconsin. Olaniyan, herself a storyteller, recently regained her voice — and her storytelling — after a bout with voice problems.
‘Wisconsin Votes’ explores lively history of state voting behavior
Growing up in a politically divided house — with a Democratic mother and a Republican father — may have been one of the best things that could have happened to Robert Booth Fowler.
Geography students put local foods on the map
As temperatures warm, farm fields begin to green and outdoor farmers' markets get under way, the time is ripe for thinking about local foods. For Madison residents, finding locally produced foods is now just a mouse click away.
UW-Madison, Sertoma Club provide hearing aids to qualified recipients
A program through the Department of Communicative Disorders and the Sertoma Club of Madison turns used hearing aids into credits to purchase new hearing aids for qualified recipients.