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Rennie to be science writer in residence
John Rennie, a veteran science journalist, blogger and editor, has been named the Fall 2011 University of Wisconsin–Madison Science Writer in Residence.
Go Big Read sparks campus book clubs
Three years ago, UW–Madison employees in the Division of Enrollment Management arrived at work to find something unusual perched on their keyboards: peapods.
Slide show: Northwoods partners
The complex interplay between the earth's climate on global and local levels drives UW–Madison atmospheric and oceanic sciences professor Ankur Desai's research. In September, students from the soils and waters course at the College of the Menominee Nation in Keshena, Wis., joined Desai's team to get a look at the high-tech methods researchers use to monitor carbon flux — the movement of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in and out of plants, water and soil.
Recent sightings: Napolitano visits campus
Speaking from Varsity Hall in Union South on Sept. 16, 2011, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano responds to audience questions after delivering…
Class continues Muir Knoll storytelling legacy
Anne Lundin is carrying on a tradition at an idyllic campus spot steeped in storytelling history.
“Boot camp” prepares students for biology education at UW–Madison
Here's the situation: Recently, three kids succumbed within a month to a new blood parasite at your hospital, and a fourth child has just been admitted with the same parasite.
UW-Madison undergrads win NASA habitat design competition
It's an inflatable home fit for an asteroid: Designing a prototype habitat that looks like giant tent for the next generation of space explorers, an interdisciplinary team of University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate students has won the NASA eXploration Habitat Academic Innovation Challenge.