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UW partnership to reinvigorate science education
With the help of the National Science Foundation, UW–Madison and four Wisconsin school districts have launched a comprehensive initiative to reinvigorate the way science and math are taught and learned at the primary, middle and high school levels.
Early intervention works, grade retention doesn’t
Forcing students to simply repeat a grade doesn't help children's educational achievement, but enrolling them in high-quality early childhood programs does, a UW–Madison researcher has found in two separate studies.
Barley Lab: In search of the perfect brew
Next time you're tossing back a cold one, raise a toast to the folks at the Barley and Malt Laboratory on campus. The quality of American beer rides on their sifting and winnowing for better barley.
UIR grant programs fuel technology transfer
Two innovative campus grant programs help plug a gap between traditional federal and private funding sources.
Study suggests link between HIV treatment, heart disease
According to the results of a pilot study conducted by physicians at the UW Medical School, protease inhibitors - key ingredients of the more popularly known 'AIDS cocktail' that has returned countless HIV patients to health - may also be putting them at risk of developing coronary artery disease.
Afro-American Studies to lead new consortium
The university will administer a four-university black studies consortium under a new grant from the Ford Foundation.
New humanities center to foster collaboration
A new Humanities Center will take an interdisciplinary approach to improve partnerships and interaction between humanities and other disciplines on campus.
He was a Nazi youth: Professor emeritus comes to terms with past
After he had joined the National Socialist Jungvolk in 1938, Jurgen Herbst began to realize that something was profoundly wrong in that organization, and, in fact, everywhere in Nazi Germany. Herbst, professor emeritus of history and educational policy, outlines his ideological transformation in 'Requiem for a German Past: A Boyhood Among the Nazis,' just published by the UWPress.
Three examples of UIR-funded projects
Three examples of more than 200 projects funded by UIR grants that illustrate the leveraging of state money and the entrepreneurship of the university's research community.
Advances
(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.)…
A climate scientist applies computer models to his life
At the university, Jonathan Foley makes computer models to study what might happen if the human economy continues to emit greenhouse gases. Like hundreds of other climate scientists, he is deeply worried about global warming. Unlike most scientists, he carries that worry into his personal life.
Fruits of inspiration: Recent WARF patents
During the past 75 years, WARF has built a reputation on some high-powered patents. Here's a sampling of a promising new generation of patents, in various stages of development by WARF.
Checking tree stands improves hunter safety
As hunters head for the woods this fall, UW Hospital officials remind them: Tree stands can be a valuable tool for deer hunters, but they have the potential to cause a serious accident.
Drug shows promise in fighting brain tumors
Early results from an ongoing cancer drug study shows that a new agent, Xcytrin , demonstrates a high response rate and is well-tolerated in patients with brain metastases - brain tumors that originate from cancer in another part of the body.
Final fall enrollment exceeds 40,600
The university has enrolled 40,610 students this fall, a 1.2 percent increase from the 40,109 students enrolled in fall 1998. The total…
Biodiversity as insurance in the face of change
It has been a truism, long held by scientists, environmentalists and others, that biological diversity and the intricate, interdependent web of biological relationships it…
Barbara Ehrenreich visits campus
Noted writer, essayist and wit Barbara Ehrenreich will lecture on campus Oct. 18 and 21. Ehrenreich will talk about “Carnival, Revolutions and…