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Hydrogen peroxide provides clues to immunity, wound healing, tumor biology
Hydrogen peroxide isn't just that bottled colorless liquid in the back of the medicine cabinet that's used occasionally for cleaning scraped knees and cut fingers. It's also a natural chemical in the body that rallies at wound sites, jump-starting immune cells into a series of events. Read More
Winter water skiing to benefit American Family Children’s Hospital
For the third consecutive year, the Mad-City Ski Team will brave the ice cold waters of Lake Monona to benefit American Family Children’s Hospital. Read More
Researchers discover possible key to degenerative nerve diseases
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and collaborators have discovered a powerful new protein in the eye of the fruit fly that may shed light on blinding diseases and other sensory problems in humans. Read More
Parents’ Weekend celebrates UW–Madison families
More than 740 families will learn about student life this weekend during their visits to the University of Wisconsin–Madison for Parents’ Weekend, an annual tradition that brings students and their families together to experience the university and the city of Madison. Read More
New documentary highlights Mildred Fish-Harnack
A new one-hour documentary on Mildred Fish-Harnack—Milwaukee native, University of Wisconsin alumna, and the only American woman executed on direct orders from Adolf Hitler—is scheduled to premiere Monday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. on Wisconsin Public Television (WPT). Read More
UW System President Kevin Reilly discusses state budget lapses
I encourage you to work collaboratively with your shared governance groups, your chancellors, and other campus/institutional leaders to advocate for the UW System’s vital educational mission. In the midst of the economic restructuring our country faces, your work is more important than ever, and it’s worth fighting for. Read More
Dean Underwood column on ALEC published in The Nation
Dean Julie Underwood contributed to the Aug. 1-8, 2011 edition of The Nation as part of its special "ALEC Exposed" series. Read More
Cancer researchers study “scrambler therapy” for pain relief
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center researchers are testing an innovative pain therapy system for patients with nerve pain following chemotherapy, a condition called painful chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy. Read More
Wisconsin poverty measure informs anti-poverty conference
A researcher with the Wisconsin Poverty Project at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) is sharing project findings at an upcoming antipoverty summit. Read More
Patz discusses environmental health with Dalai Lama, Prime Minister of Bhutan
For professor Jonathan Patz, who directs the UW–Madison Global Health Institute and holds an appointment in the Nelson Institute, conversations around environmental ethics are an everyday occurrence. It's not every day, however, that he can discuss these issues with the Dalai Lama. Read More
Slide show: Northwoods partners
The complex interplay between the earth's climate on global and local levels drives UW–Madison atmospheric and oceanic sciences professor Ankur Desai's research. In September, students from the soils and waters course at the College of the Menominee Nation in Keshena, Wis., joined Desai's team to get a look at the high-tech methods researchers use to monitor carbon flux — the movement of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in and out of plants, water and soil. Read More
Moynihan examines Hurricane Katrina, red tape
How an agency’s culture affects the actions the agency takes is illuminated in new research from public affairs scholar Donald Moynihan on the federal response to Hurricane Katrina. Read More
You did it! Bucky Challenge earns nearly $20,000 for scholarships
UW–Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Association have a message for the campus community of social media users: You have accomplished something historic. Read More