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Best-selling European authors to speak
Four prominent European writers will appear together Wednesday, Nov. 15, to discuss their work and new trends in contemporary European literature. Ib Michael of Denmark, Sandra Petrignani of Italy, Alissa Walser of Germany and Martin Winckler of France will present "New Voices from the New Europe: An Evening of Literature, Readings and Dialogue with European Authors" at 7 p.m., Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
Elvehjem Museum offers online taste of collections
Selections from the Elvehjem Museum of Art's permanent collection and temporary exhibitions now are available on the Web. Virtual visitors can access http://www.lvm.wisc.edu to see about 150 examples drawn from the museum's 16,000-piece collection.
Gene barrier could boost farming, environment
Working with teosinte, a wild cousin of maize, a university scientist has found a molecular barrier that, bred into modern hybrid corn, is capable of completely locking out foreign genes, including those from genetically modified corn.
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Primate center grant to boost library resources
The Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center Library will receive a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Center for Research Resources to boost the library's staff and resources so that it can more effectively work with the greater primatological research community.
Political scientist tracks funding sources
Ken Goldstein, a new political scientist at UW–Madison, is to journalists right now as an epicenter is to seismologists. The media are…
UW education research featured at national forum
The university's math education research is getting national attention as part of the " Decade of Behavior" initiative developed to increase public support for behavioral and social science research.
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.
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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.