Tag College of Letters & Science
Online lakeshore map wins national award
An online, interactive Web site that helps decipher the Lakeshore Nature Preserve has won an award that puts the University of Wisconsin–Madison student-driven project at the forefront of map design in the United States.
UW-Madison computer programming team heads to Tokyo
One of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's computer programming teams will travel to Tokyo for the world finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest in March.
Literary award granted to political science professor
Scott Straus, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, recently received an "Award for Excellence" in political science and government by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers.
Geography professor honored with lifetime achievement award
Longtime University of Wisconsin–Madison geographer Waltraud Brinkmann has been selected as the recipient of the 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Climate Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.
Theater students breathe life into Raven software
In the studios of Raven Software Inc., Middleton's fast-growing video gaming company, UW–Madison theater graduate Carrie Coon is working through a wildly athletic motion capture regimen - with bullet-dodges, head-kicks, dive rolls and back flips - that will become the raw material for a new femme fatale: an elite-force assassin. Raven's need for a strong base of acting talent led to a unique partnership now in its second year between the company and the UW–Madison theater program.
Study looks at benefits of two cochlear implants in deaf children
Nature has outfitted us with a pair of ears for good reason: having two ears enhances hearing. University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists are now examining whether this is also true for the growing numbers of deaf children who've received not one, but two, cochlear implants to help them hear.
IceCube telescope construction exceeds season goals
As the austral summer wanes, so does the highly successful 2006-07 work season at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica, which draws to a close Thursday, Feb. 15.
Nanotechnology meets biology and DNA finds its groove
UW-Madison scientists have developed a quick, inexpensive and efficient method to extract single DNA molecules and position them in nanoscale troughs or "slits," where they can be easily analyzed and sequenced. The technique, which according to its developers is simple and scalable, could lead to faster and vastly more efficient sequencing technology in the lab, and may one day help underpin the ability of clinicians to obtain customized DNA profiles of patients.
Physicists find way to ‘see’ extra dimensions
Peering backward in time to an instant after the big bang, physicists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have devised an approach that may help unlock the hidden shapes of alternate dimensions of the universe.
Silicon medicines may be effective in humans
University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists have shown that silicon — the stuff of computer chips, glass and pottery — may have extraordinary therapeutic value for treating human disease.
Supercomputer to power climate change study
Climate researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been given unprecedented access to one of the world's most powerful supercomputers to better understand the causes and consequences of abrupt climate change.
UW-Madison acquires rare plant from dinosaur age
A relic plant that once co-existed with dinosaurs has taken up residence in the University of Wisconsin–Madison botany greenhouses.
40 years ago, UW researcher changed our view of the world
Forty years ago this month, thanks to an inventive University of Wisconsin–Madison scientist, our view of the world was changed forever.
Wisconsin scientists land major infectious disease awards
The holidays have arrived early for two young University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members. Cancer researcher Robert Kalejta and chemist Helen Blackwell have learned that they are each the recipients of prestigious Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Awards from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Brain’s ‘fear center’ may underlie autistic behaviors
The brain's emotional center is unusually small in autistic males with the most severe behavioral impairments, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers reported this month.
Project looking for the next great Wisconsin playwright
Submissions of original, full-length plays are being accepted for the Wisconsin Wrights New Play Project, a joint initiative of the University of Wisconsin Division of Continuing Studies, the University Theater and the Madison Repertory Theater created to foster the development of new works by Wisconsin playwrights.
Researchers clear way to stronger glass
Look at your window - not out it, but at it. Though the window glass looks clear, if you could peer inside the pane you would see a surprising molecular mess, with tiny particles jumbled together any which way. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a new glass-making technique that eliminates some of that mess.
Controlling confusion: Researchers make insight into memory, forgetting
Why do we forget? Do memories decay on their own, or are they harmed by interference from similar memories? Using a technique called "transcranial magnetic stimulation," brain researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison may have found the answer.
Study: Political ad time trumps election coverage on the tube
In the month leading up to the 2006 mid-term elections, local television news viewers got considerably more information about campaigns from paid political advertisements than from news coverage, a new University of Wisconsin–Madison study shows.
PAVE trains students in sexual assault awareness
When Jenny Hansen's friend told her the story of an unwanted sexual experience, she didn't call it rape, saying, "I shouldn't have drank so much." Hansen repeatedly tried to explain to her friend that the incident wasn't her fault. But no matter what Hansen said, her friend just kept blaming herself. At that moment, Hansen decided join the fight against sexual assault. She went through Promoting Awareness and Victim Empowerment (PAVE) training and became a PAVE facilitator.