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Egyptian scholar to visit
Egyptian land rights and the effects of Egypt's agricultural policy on rural people will be the topic of a seminar by visiting Egyptian researcher Ashraf Ahmed Hussein Wednesday, Oct. 4, at noon in 206 Ingraham.
Report: A third of graduates attend UW
For a third of Wisconsin high school graduates in 1999, the next step was enrolling at a UW System campus.
Special interest spending analyzed
Voters in targeted markets see little difference in the two presidential candidates' advertising, thanks to independent groups, according to findings in an ongoing "real-time" study by political scientist Kenneth Goldstein.
Advances
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Program: Biking and bonding in battle against breast cancer
Researchers at the Medical School's HealthEmotions Research Institute have zeroed in on a program that can help women dealing with breast cancer get through what may be the worst times of their lives.
Science historian shares expertise in class, on roof
Let's create some business cards for David Lindberg, with a tip of the hat to a classic TV show: Have history of science, will share. Have shingles, will roof. Have wood, will saw.
Symposium to showcase ecology research
Daniel Janzen, an internationally known expert in tropical ecology, biodiversity, and conservation, will be the keynote speaker at the Ecology Group's Sixth Annual Ecology Symposium Oct. 5-6 at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Auditorium.
Researchers study yellow jacket behavior
UW-Madison entomologist Robert Jeanne has been studying the compounds in foods that German yellow jackets - prevalent late summer pests in Wisconsin - find attractive and how the wasps locate food. Jeanne hopes the results will lead to better methods to control the pest.
Scientists reveal new HIV vaccine target
Scientists have shown for the first time, using a nonhuman primate model, that the AIDS virus avoids the body's strongest immune responses during the first few weeks of infection. The finding, which appears in the Sept. 21 issue of Nature, opens the door to new vaccine directions.
Wisconsin team narrows search for Higgs boson
With time running out for Europe's largest particle accelerator, a team of Wisconsin physicists may be tantalizingly close to being among the first to see the Higgs boson, the subatomic particle that is responsible for endowing all matter with mass.
Bush campaign spending increases; draws even with Gore
The George W. Bush presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee have drawn even with Vice President Al Gore and the Democratic Party's spending by dramatically increasing spending on television ads since Labor Day, according to a new study by a UW–Madison political scientist.
Law profs take lead on Supreme Court case
Three UW Law School professors are spearheading an effort to defend the laws of several states that protect the right of employees to sue when their employers discriminate against or fire them.
Professor advances public service in global economy
Jeffrey Bernstein, an expert in international trade and industrial organization, joined the faculty last fall through the Madison Initiative's strategic hiring program. He is playing an integral role in the La Follette School of Public Affairs' development of a new master's degree in international public affairs. The program began Sept. 5 with nine students.
Study to test magnets as treatment for nerve pain
Do magnets really reduce severe nerve pain? Millions of people seem to think so; the worldwide market for magnetic devices to treat pain is estimated to exceed more than $1 billion. But, until very recently, there was little solid scientific evidence to prove their value in treating pain.
Fossil find pushes fungi age back 60 million years
Fossils from a Wisconsin roadcut show clearly that fungi and green plants moved from water onto land at about the same time, bolstering the theory that fungi helped plants successfully invade the land.
UW shares in new national technology push
The National Science Foundation announced today, Sept. 13, that 95 institutions will share $90 million in grants for the first year of its new Information Technology Research initiative. UW–Madison scientists will be the lead investigators on four projects totaling more than $8.1 million over five years.
UW System grant to aid migrant workers
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the UW System a four-year grant for $1 million through the Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships program.
Advances
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Exercise improves physical, mental health of breast cancer patients
Breast cancer patients can benefit in many ways from a structured exercise program, researchers at UW Medical School's HealthEmotions Research Institute have found. Women who completed a 16-week supervised program showed significant improvements in physical fitness as well as psychological well-being.
150-year global ice record reveals major warming trend
From sources as diverse as newspaper archives, transportation ledgers and religious observances, scientists have amassed lake and river ice records spanning the Northern Hemisphere that show a steady 150-year warming trend.