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Student project helps state leaders explore women’s issues
Farm wives, conservationists, small-town entrepreneurs, inner-city single mothers, corporate executives, faculty, students: The experiences of women from all walks of life in Wisconsin are being collected by a group of undergraduates. Read More
Study debunks myths about Wisconsin’s public-sector jobs
Wisconsin’s share of government jobs is not out of proportion to other states, challenging the idea that the state is a high tax-and-spend state, a new study by researchers at the UW–Madison and UW-Oshkosh reveals. Read More
Study portrays creeping ‘impoverishment’ of state’s forests
Tramping parcel after parcel of Wisconsin’s north woods, botany researcher David Rogers is finding less and more. Read More
Rowan to lead Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Brian Rowan, professor of educational studies and former associate dean for research at the University of Michigan, has been selected as director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research in the School of Education. Read More
Sarr named International Student Services director
Papa Demba Sarr has been named director of International Student Services (ISS). Read More
Study: Cancer drug Erbitux nearly doubles survival
Patients with head and neck cancer appear to survive nearly twice as long after receiving a new drug known as Erbitux (scientific name: cetuximab) in conjunction with radiation therapy compared with patients treated solely with radiation therapy. Read More
Education scholar wins grant for learning model
David Williamson Shaffer, an assistant professor of learning science, has won a $585,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore how professions can serve as models for student learning. Read More
Researchers report major advance in gene therapy technique
A group of researchers from the Medical School, the Waisman Center and Mirus Bio Corporation reports a critical advance relating to one of the most fundamental and challenging problems of gene therapy: how to safely and effectively get therapeutic DNA inside cells. Read More
RFID conference to drive state technology adoption
The Wisconsin RFID Conference, scheduled for Thursday, June 17, in Waukesha, will teach business and technology leaders how RFID technologies are poised to revolutionize inventory tracking through the supply chain. The conference will be held at the Country Inn Conference Center. Read More
Partnership gives federal, local fire managers a powerful tool
CALS teams up with the USDA Forest Service to create maps of the wildland / urban interface. Read More
Engineers visualize electronic memory as it fades
While the memory inside electronic devices may often be more reliable than that of humans, it, too, can worsen over time. Now a team of scientists from UW–Madison and Argonne National Laboratory may understand why. The results are published in the early online edition (May 23) of the journal Nature Materials. Read More
UW-Madison scientists find a key to cell division
A cellular structure discovered 125 years ago and dismissed by many biologists as "cellular garbage" has been found to play a key role in the process of cytokinesis, or cell division, one of the most ancient and important of all biological phenomena. Read More
Milky Way churning out new stars at a furious pace
Some of the first data from a new orbiting infrared telescope are revealing that the Milky Way - and by analogy galaxies in general - is making new stars at a much more prolific pace than astronomers imagined. Read More
Study shows that genes can protect kids against poverty
For children growing up poor, money isn't the only solution to overcoming the challenges of poverty. The genes and warm support received from parents also can buffer these children against many of the cognitive and behavioral problems for which poverty puts them at risk. Read More
Cranberry breeding program may soon bear fruit for growers
A cranberry variety developed by UW–Madison scientists with the help of local cranberry growers is now poised to give those same growers a competitive edge. Read More
Starburst eye of a galaxy produces a cosmic shower
Combining images from orbiting and ground-based telescopes, an international team of astronomers has located the eye of a cosmic hurricane: the source of the 1 million mile-per-hour winds that shower intergalactic space from the galaxy M82. Read More
New research shows reasons for smoking vary
An article proposing a new method for measuring tobacco addiction, published in the latest edition of The Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology, suggests that one size does not fit all when it comes to motivations for smoking. Read More
Researchers to study fate of prions in wastewater
With funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a group of UW–Madison researchers will investigate what happens if infectious prion proteins - considered the cause of chronic wasting disease and mad cow disease - enter wastewater treatment plants. Read More
UW veterinary school now offers CT-guided needle brain biopsies
When a dog shows signs of brain damage such as seizures, incoordination, circling or behavior changes, the source is not easy to diagnose. But veterinary neurologists at the UW–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine have implemented a new technique that helps pinpoint the source of the problem. Read More
Study examines future of species extinction, conservation
Extinction doesn't just affect the species that disappears -- it alters entire communities, changing both how the community as a whole and the individual species within it will respond to environmental degradation, according to results published in the May 13 issue of Nature. Read More