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Center to study community organizations’ role in infant mortality issue

July 22, 2010

The University of Wisconsin Center for Nonprofits will study the role nonprofit/community-based health and social service organizations played in reducing disparities in infant mortality. A $50,000 award provided through the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research was announced this week and will make the research effort possible. Read More

Global grassroots lake science network has roots in Wisconsin

July 19, 2010

Inspired and led by freshwater scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, researchers eager to understand global ecosystems from end to end are now monitoring a series of buoys in lakes on every continent except Africa. Each buoy carries instruments to measure fundamental data on the weather above the water and the temperature and chemistry below it. Read More

‘Condor’ brings genome assembly down to Earth

July 19, 2010

Borrowing computing power from idle sources will help geneticists sidestep the multimillion-dollar cost of reconstituting the flood of data produced by next-generation genome-sequencing machines. Read More

Screen yields drugs that could help treat fatal brain disorder

July 19, 2010

Using novel screens to sort through libraries of drugs already approved for use in human patients, a team of Wisconsin researchers has identified several compounds that could be used to treat a rare and deadly neurological disorder. Read More

Researchers discover possible way to predict Alzheimer’s

July 14, 2010

Two new studies, involving a newly identified gene, show that Alzheimer's disease could be diagnosed as much as 20 years before symptoms develop. Read More

Latest Badger Poll results to be released

July 14, 2010

The results of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's 30th Badger Poll will be released this week. Read More

Monkey generosity: No strings attached

July 13, 2010

Among monkeys that split child care responsibilities, sharing extends to dinnertime, but grudges do not, according to research published July 14 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Read More

Hormone study finds monkeys in long-term relationship look strangely human

July 12, 2010

Monkeys in enduring relationships show a surprising correspondence in their levels of oxytocin, a key behavioral hormone, according to research published online June 28 in the journal Hormones and Behavior. Read More

Canine influenza vaccine found effective against secondary infections

July 8, 2010

Recent research by Ron Schultz, professor and chair of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, has shown the newly approved Canine Influenza Virus (CIV) vaccine to be effective not only in reducing length, severity and spread of the virus, but also in protecting against secondary infections. Read More

UW School of Veterinary Medicine advances spinal cord injury treatments

July 6, 2010

A full recovery from a spinal cord injury? Don't hold your breath. Read More

Federal grant to benefit UW–Madison, state networks

July 6, 2010

The University of Wisconsin–Madison, in partnership with a group of national research and education networking organizations, could see a 10-fold increase in research computing capacity, thanks to a new federal stimulus grant. Read More

Stirring the ocean: Calculating the role of the oceans’ swimmers

June 28, 2010

The world's oceans, we know, are constantly shaken and stirred by the winds and the tides and other physical forces of nature. Read More

Changing sounds are key to understanding speech

June 22, 2010

On the printed page, c*ns*n*nts m*tt*r m*r* th*n v*w*ls. Read More

UW-Madison humanities scholars receive national fellowships

June 11, 2010

Four scholars at UW–Madison working in the humanities have received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). Read More

UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee award Intercampus Research Grants

June 9, 2010

Eight hybrid teams of faculty from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been awarded the first batch of Intercampus Research Incentive grants, awards designed to foster inter-institutional collaboration. Read More

Study shows need for teacher training in personal finance

June 8, 2010

While 89 percent of K-12 teachers agree that students should either take a financial education course or pass a competency test for personal finance before graduating from high school, relatively few teachers believe they are adequately prepared to teach such topics, according to a study by two University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers. Read More

University administration’s statement regarding Circuit Court ruling on submarine rescue studies

June 3, 2010

The university is reviewing Dane County Circuit Court Judge Amy Smith's decision to defer animal cruelty charges involving longstanding submarine rescue studies to a special prosecutor. Read More

UW-Madison to host series of talks on core poverty issues

June 1, 2010

The Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Summer Research Workshop by offering five talks that are free and open to the public on issues central to poverty in the United States and efforts to reduce it. Read More

Powerful genome barcoding system reveals large-scale variation in human DNA

May 31, 2010

Genetic abnormalities are most often discussed in terms of differences so miniscule they are actually called "snips" - changes in a single unit along the 3 billion that make up the entire string of human DNA. Read More

UW emeritus professor named acting director of NSF

May 28, 2010

Cora Marrett, an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been named acting director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Marrett assumes her new duties June 1. Read More