(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.) Doing well by doing good The adoption of employee-friendly policies by corporations may or may not improve bottom-line performance, but they at least pay for themselves, contrary to many popular notions. That’s one finding …
The National Bioethics Advisory Commission, the federal panel appointed by the president and charged with formulating and reviewing policy that relate to issues of modern bioscience, will hold its 40th public meeting in Madison May 4-5.
‘Speaking Out: Women, Poverty, and Public Policy,’ a new book by the UW System Women’s Studies Consortium, is a platform for scholars, feminists, and low-income women to speak out on welfare reform.
GÅ¡ran Hellekant and fellow researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine have perfected a machine that allows them to determine what an animal tastes. Making animal diets more palatable could improve animal health on farms and in zoos, among other places.
A new study by the Institute for Research on Poverty chronicles the successes and challenges of 100 Dane County families that have transitioned to Wisconsin’s new welfare reform program.
Staff at Stoughton’s Physical Sciences Laboratory provide one-of-a-kind research tools for UW-Madison scientists.
‘Africa Focus,’ a new Web site created jointly by African Studies Program and the General Library System, catalogs more than 3,000 slides, 500 photographs and 50 hours of sound from 45 African nations.
A new technique that uses heat as part of surgical repair of shoulder injuries promises to help many athletes and others regain shoulder stability.
Robert Streiffer and Pilar Ossorio, the two newest members of the Medical School’s program, use their expertise in philosophy, law and science to guide medical researchers and policy-makers through a labyrinth of sticky ethical issues.
Seven of the world’s leading emotion researchers will convene in Madison April 13-14.
A recent grant renewal will help the Global Studies Program continue its inquiry into human security issues.
In the face of a pernicious invading foe, what’s a restoration biologist to do? If you’re the director of research at one of the world’s leading centers of restoration ecology – the art and science of rebuilding lost or threatened landscapes – you experiment.
University scientists have a chance in April to build evidence that microgravity is fertile ground for crop improvement.
A cell membrane protein thought mainly to bind ‘bad’ cholesterol and remove it from circulation also plays a major role in reducing the production of that cholesterol, according to a study published this February in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
By mimicking one of nature’s own potent antimicrobial defenses, scientists may have found a new way to wage war on pathogenic bacteria.
University scientists, in a new study, challenge the conventional wisdom that drugs used for relief of severe pain – such as morphine – are widely abused.
With the help of Wisconsin families who have adopted East European children, a university study hopes to deepen understanding of the emotional and physical aftershocks from early-childhood neglect.
(Advances gives a glimpse of the many significant research projects at the university. Tell us about your discoveries by e-mailing: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.) Doing well by doing good The adoption of employee-friendly policies by corporations may or may not improve bottom-line performance, but they at least pay for themselves, contrary to many popular notions. That’s one finding …
(Every week faculty and staff from across campus are featured or cited in newspapers, magazines, broadcasts and other media from around the country. The listings that follow represent a small selection of the many stories that spotlight UW-Madison and its people. More newsmaker listings) Turnover not all bad As many school principals and administrators near …
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