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Careers conference to focus on ‘Futures that Work’

January 2, 2007

Most people entering the workforce today can expect to change jobs and careers many times. The University of Wisconsin–Madison's annual Careers Conference brings counselors, educators and other professionals together to consider how best to prepare students and adults to make sound career decisions and develop the necessary skills to navigate their working lives.

Barnacle busters: Tackling a shipping industry headache

December 28, 2006

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have devised a potentially ingenious solution to the multi-million dollar problem known as "biofouling," a chronic headache that has plagued the shipping world for centuries.

UW contributes to international fusion program

December 27, 2006

University of Wisconsin–Madison Fusion Technology Institute (FTI) researchers are playing a key role in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a multinational project designed to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power.

40 years ago, UW researcher changed our view of the world

December 26, 2006

Forty years ago this month, thanks to an inventive University of Wisconsin–Madison scientist, our view of the world was changed forever.

Stem cells used to create critical brain barrier in lab

December 20, 2006

Using neural stem cells derived from the fetal brains of rats, a team of Wisconsin scientists has devised a rudimentary blood-brain barrier in the lab.

Professor leads national effort to improve medical records

December 18, 2006

Over the past 20 years, patients have been called upon to play an increasingly active role in acquiring, coordinating and managing their own health care. Patricia Flatley Brennan, a professor of nursing and industrial engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is directing a national project to develop the IT tools to make this goal a reality.

New book extols the beauty of Arboretum prairie plants

December 18, 2006

People looking for a gift for the gardener or nature lover in their lives - especially one who is interested in prairies and prairie gardens - might consider the new "Prairie Plants of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum," a beautiful and informative guide to the more than 360 native and introduced species that grow and bloom on the Arboretum's prairies.

‘Kauffman Campus’ award will fuel campus, state entrepreneurship

December 14, 2006

Gov. Jim Doyle and Chancellor John Wiley announced today that the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has named the University of Wisconsin–Madison one of its nine "Kauffman Campuses," and has received $5 million to help train students in the principles and practices of entrepreneurship and spur greater research commercialization statewide.

New research program tackles Parkinson’s disease

December 14, 2006

A new research collaboration at the University of Wisconsin–Madison aims to move promising new therapies for Parkinson's disease from primates to patients.

Study: Botulinum attacks like a ‘smart bomb’

December 13, 2006

A pilot without a map can locate an airport by first finding a nearby landmark, like a big river, and then searching for the airport. New research from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and Scripps Research Institute shows how the astonishingly powerful botulinum toxin uses a similar strategy to latch onto nerve cells, the first step in inactivating them.

Scientists find potential weapon against tuberculosis infection

December 13, 2006

The discovery of a unique copper-repressing protein in the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in humans may pave the way toward new strategies for halting tuberculosis infection.

Brain’s ‘fear center’ may underlie autistic behaviors

December 12, 2006

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.

Commitment launched for arts and humanities

December 7, 2006

Students and programs in the arts and humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will benefit from an initiative - the first phase of a long-term commitment - announced Thursday by campus officials.

From a lowly yeast, researchers divine a clue to human disease

December 7, 2006

Working with a common form of brewer's yeast, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have uncovered novel functions of a key protein that allow it to act as a master regulatory switch - a control that determines gene activity and that, when malfunctioning in humans, may contribute to serious neurological disorders.

Researchers clear way to stronger glass

December 7, 2006

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.

Writer’s Choice

December 6, 2006

The Glass Lab will hold an open house on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9 and 10, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. There will be glass blowing and neon demonstrations, and work will be available for sale.

Putting a massive library at the public’s fingertips

December 6, 2006

A 15-year-old home-schooled boy … College students in Illinois … The nephew of Bangladesh’s president. The people on this list have a common trait: They are all Wisconsin Idea recipients, thanks to the Digital Collections Center (UWDCC).

Report: Women in science see progress, but not enough

December 6, 2006

A recent National Academies of Science report illuminates issues female scientists and engineers face in universities across the nation, including UW–Madison.

Historian, influential campus leader E. David Cronon dies at age 82

December 5, 2006

E. David Cronon, an influential and revered former dean of the College of Letters and Sciences and history professor for more than four decades at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, died early this morning (Dec. 5) after a brief illness. He was 82.

Controlling confusion: Researchers make insight into memory, forgetting

December 4, 2006

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.