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Sociologist chronicles the streets of Greenwich Village
For seven years, sociologist Mitchell Duneier spent nearly every summer and semester break living and working among the mostly homeless men who sell second-hand goods around Greenwich Village. His quest: to understand the dynamics of class, race and economics in America's inner cities. Read More
Study suggests new options for treating breast cancer
Close to half the women in the world diagnosed with breast cancer each year stand to gain from a combined additional treatment begun at the time of breast cancer surgery. Oophorectomy (removal of both ovaries) plus tamoxifen tablets taken for five years reduce the chance of cancer recurrence by almost 20 percent and increases the likelihood of survival by 11 percent in premenopausal Vietnamese and Chinese women. Read More
Study: Early intervention cuts crime, dropout rates
One of the nation's largest studies of public early-childhood education is tracking a "snowball effect" of positive outcomes, including new data showing significant declines in juvenile crime and dropout rates. Read More
Study finds therapist is key to mental health
The drive by HMOs to "medicalize" psychotherapy - insisting that practitioners look for a medical disorder such as clinical depression and then dispense a prescribed treatment - will ultimately suffocate psychotherapy through ignorance of how it works. Read More
Climate shift linked to rise of Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau
By probing ancient dust deposits in China and deep ocean sediments from the North Pacific and Indian Oceans, scientists have constructed the most detailed portrait to date of the effects on climate of the Himalaya Mountains and the great Tibetan Plateau. Read More
Keck lab ready to begin brain imaging studies
The $10 million W.M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior opened this month, promising to give scientists better views of brain function that could reveal more about emotions, learning and mental disorders. Read More
Wisconsin academy launches water initiative
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters is launching a statewide initiative on water use and conservation to examine and analyze the current state and long-term sustainability of Wisconsin's waters. Read More
Research aims to reduce home fire damage
With the help of a National Science Foundation grant, civil and environmental engineering professor Steve Cramer recently embarked on a two-year project aimed at reducing the estimated 4,000 deaths, 17,000 injuries and $6 billion in property damage caused each year by fires in residential construction. Read More
UW-Madison hosts African language experts
The university will host the 2001 African Language Teachers' Association conference April 26-28. Speakers and participants from around the world will convene at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, 525 W. Johnson St. Read More
One gene found to command many others to build a wing
Some genes are born to lead. Others, apparently, are born to follow. That's the finding of a research team at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Read More
Two nominated for UW System teaching recognition
Jake Blanchard, associate professor of engineering physics and Cyrena Pondrom, professor of English and women's studies, have been nominated from UW–Madison for UW System teaching awards. Read More
Shuttle experiment launches to U.S. classrooms
Thousands of elementary and middle school students will try their hand at rocket horticulture later this month when the Space Shuttle Endeavour makes its rendezvous with the International Space Station. Read More
Dalai Lama coming to UW to probe science of emotions
The Dalai Lama's deep interest in scientific knowledge that intersects with the spiritual aspects of Buddhism will bring him May 21-22 to the university, one of the world's foremost centers on emotion research. Read More
UW team to build next-generation ‘quantum’ computer
A working quantum computer could be so powerful that it would solve in seconds certain problems that would take the fastest existing supercomputer millions of years to complete. Seeking this 'Holy Grail' of computing power, an interdisciplinary team of engineering and physics researchers at the university plans to use silicon germanium quantum dots to build the foundation for a new generation of computers. Read More
Conference explores care for the dying
Hundreds of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and other caregivers, including several UW–Madison experts, will take a critical look at how people die in America at a conference April 23-24 at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. Read More
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Learning Your Novel Proposal: From Creation to Contract Saturday, April 28, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Lowell Center. Fee:… Read More
New drug may aid brain cancer treatment
Scientists say they've seen some success with a new approach to treating the more than 170,000 cancer patients in the U.S. whose cancer spreads from another part of their body to their brain each year. Read More