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Tobacco research pioneer elected to Institute of Medicine
Dr. Michael Fiore, founder of the UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine, one of the nation’s most prestigious scientific organizations. Read More
Ossorio named to federal human research panel
Pilar Ossorio, associate professor of bioethics and law at the UW Law School, was appointed this month to a federal advisory committee aimed at protecting the rights of human participants in research. Read More
Live event information for the visit of the president
See updates on the visit of the president on Thursday, Oct. 4. Read More
Smaller estrogen doses improve mood without memory loss
New research by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health suggests that estrogen given in smaller doses to younger women just entering menopause does not worsen memory and improves mood and symptoms of depression. Read More
Odyssey Project marks 10 years in a celebration Thursday, Oct. 4
UW-Madison's Odyssey Project, which provides people facing economic barriers with a chance to start college, marks its 10th anniversary on Thursday, Oct. 4 in a celebration at the Chazen Museum of Art from 5-7 p.m. Read More
New approach will analyze important, poorly studied areas of human genome
Each year, more and more pieces of the human genome puzzle fall into place, but large holes still remain. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison hope to fill in many more pieces with a new $1.1 million grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute. Read More
Madison named ‘America’s Best College Football Town’
What's not to love? That was the general reaction from Badger fans upon hearing that USA Today recently named Madison, Wis., "America's Best College Football Town." Read More
Visitor & Information Programs seeks student campus tour guides
Spring 2013 employment applications are now available. Read More
UW-Madison chancellor search committee named
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly today appointed a 25-member search and screen committee to help identify a successor to UW–Madison Interim Chancellor David Ward, who has served since July 2011. Read More
Cervical cancer and pre-cancer cervical growths require single HPV protein
Human papillomavirus (HPV) has long been implicated in cervical cancer, but details of how it happens have remained a mystery. Now researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found that a single HPV protein is required for cervical cancer and even pre-cancer growths in the cervix to survive. Read More
Growth field: Environmental studies a “college major with a future”
For the second year in a row, a leading magazine has named environmental studies a "hot" college major and singled out UW–Madison for its undergraduate programs in this growing field. Read More
R. Alta Charo appointed to NIH advisory positions
Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has appointed R. Alta Charo to the Advisory Council for the new National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health. Read More
Morgridge Center partners on Sickle Cell Awareness Blood Drive Sept. 7
The drive will be held from noon-6 p.m. at the Urban League of Greater Madison, 2222 S. Park St. Read More
Found in the University Archives: Crossing the pond in 1929
As people converge on London for the Olympic Games, we thought it might be fun to reflect on a time when travel across the Pond was much different. Read More
Masterworks from Italy coming to the Chazen Aug. 24
Forty-five works by Renaissance old masters will be on view in the Midwest for the first time in the exhibition Offering of the Angels: Paintings and Tapestries from the Uffizi Gallery. Read More