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Study: Perceived risk, personalities sway drinking habits
Undergraduate students who believe they have less control over post-drinking agonies such as hangovers and vomiting are more likely to over-drink than students who are able to resist martinis once they're already tipsy, according to psychologists at UW–Madison.
Studying abroad leads to grassroots student effort in Uganda
UW-Madison students who participated in a recent study abroad program in Uganda returned to Madison with more than the usual suitcase full of souvenirs -- they brought home a cause.
UW-Madison gains two new stem cell programs
Capitalizing on its across-the-board-strengths in stem cell research, UW–Madison will add two new stem cell programs to its portfolio.
Plant pathway may treat human disease
A newly discovered pathway by which cells protect themselves from a toxic byproduct of photosynthesis may hold important implications for bioenergy sources, human and plant disease, and agricultural yields, a team of UW–Madison bacteriologists announced Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Burgess endows ethics chair for journalism school
James Burgess, former publisher of the Wisconsin State Journal and executive vice president of Lee Enterprises, has made a $1 million gift to the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication to establish an endowed professorship in ethics.
Stem cell scientists make progress toward ALS treatment
Unveiling a delivery method that may one day help surgeons treat the deadly neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), researchers at UW–Madison have inserted engineered human stem cells into the spinal cords of ALS-afflicted rats.
Professor aids effort to standardize health care assessments
Industrial and Systems Engineering Professor David Zimmerman is among researchers from 26 countries who today announced a new standardized suite of instruments that health care providers can use to assess patient health regardless of their country or care setting.
New UW–Madison programming available on Research Channel
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has added several new programs to the Research Channel, the 24-hour network for the broadcast of faculty research findings, institutional lectures, interviews, panel discussions and documentaries from the world's leading research universities.
Physicists plan quark conference
Physicists from around the world will gather at Madison's Monona Terrace from Wednesday, April 27-Sunday, May 1, to explore the world of quarks, subatomic particles that represent the frontier of modern particle physics.
Review of smoking treatment programs to recruit thousands across state
A new groundbreaking study on smoking and health being conducted in Madison and Milwaukee is recruiting 2,800 Wisconsin smokers for head-to-head comparisons of five smoking cessation treatments.
Bioethicists to ponder biotechnology and the brain
Researchers at UW–Madison will be featured among several experts gathering at the Fourth Annual International Bioethics Forum on Thursday and Friday, April 21 and 22, to discuss a range of ethical issues.
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The English Renaissance Stage: Geometry, Poetics and Practical Spatial Arts in England, 1580-1630 (Oxford University Press, 2005-06) Henry Turner, assistant professor of…
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Strong link seen between Chlamydia and heart attack
Certain Chlamydia infections - the kind that cause flu-like respiratory symptoms in thousands of people each year - can be clearly linked to serious heart attacks in relatively young men, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin Medical School researchers and their collaborators at Johns Hopkins University schools of medicine and public health.
UW-Madison awarded $5 million to train education researchers
A $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will enhance UW–Madison's capacity to conduct high-quality research on practical questions in education and will help prepare a new generation of scholars in the social sciences with expertise on "what works" in education.
Symposium to examine globalization of higher education
The globalization of higher education and research has become a high-profile issue in the United States and Europe. Higher-education systems in the two regions are changing rapidly and, in the process, generating both enhanced linkages and heightened competition.
Witness to horror in Rwanda brings lessons to the classroom
Through the efforts of Aloys Habimana, a group more than 25 students received a first-hand view of how genocide occurs, lessons that can be learned from tragedy and how justice can play a role in healing.
Ecologist plays critical role in first global ecosystem study
Up to 60 percent of "ecosystem services" that support life on earth, such as food, water and climate regulation, are crumbling at an unsustainable rate, members of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) project report here today (March 30)
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From Madison to Mongolia: The crusade for a giant fish
Biologist David Gilroy hopes this month to begin detecting signals from a legendary fish species, one that has captured the hearts of scores of anglers. The scientist is on the trail of the majestic taimen, the largest trout species in the world.