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Chancellor Martin visits with footballl team prior to season opener

August 29, 2008

The Wisconsin football team welcomed a surprise visitor to its Friday walk-through as the Badgers made final preparations for their Aug. 30 season-opener with Akron. Read More

Big Ten Network, Charter come to agreement

August 27, 2008

Charter Communications, Inc. and the Big Ten Network have reached an agreement-in-principle on terms of a multi-year distribution agreement in which Charter will carry the Big Ten Network and related programming throughout the Big Ten territory, including its systems in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Northern Illinois. Read More

Professor tracks mosquitoes for the sake of public health

August 22, 2008

Under a cloud of mosquitoes on a muggy June morning, Susan Paskewitz sits down in the grass, rolls up her pant leg and extends her calf as bait. Read More

Election 2008 Experts

August 22, 2008

The biology of obesity: Do these genes make me look fat?

August 15, 2008

Scientists are probing the complex relationship between our DNA and our diets to unravel the root causes of obesity. But for those seeking a simple solution to the worldwide fat epidemic, their answers may be hard to swallow. Read More

Rising from the ashes: The science of Yellowstone’s rebirth

August 6, 2008

When wildfires raged through more than a million acres of a beloved national park, the destruction seemed complete. But a UW researcher looked closer — and found hope growing among the remains. Read More

Women’s track leads nation with 13 on all-academic team

August 6, 2008

The University of Wisconsin women’s track and field program has placed a total of 13 student-athletes on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s All-Academic team, matching the highest total of honorees from a single program. Read More

Study: Surgical instrument size not suited to smaller hands

July 25, 2008

The concept of one size fits all works with many things—smocks, baseball caps and inner tubes. But not disposable laparoscopic surgical instruments. So say the results of a survey of general surgery residents conducted by a group that included two surgeons at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Read More

Engineers Without Borders

July 17, 2008

Watch a WISC-TV For the Record episode that features UW–Madison’s Engineers Without Borders program. Read More

Badgers sipping from Directors’ Cup again in 2007-08

June 27, 2008

The University of Wisconsin finished 18th in the 2007-2008 U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cup, marking the 13th time in the 15-year history of the Directors’ Cup that the Badgers have finished among the top 25. Read More

Airless tire project may prove a lifesaver in military combat

June 26, 2008

An ambitious startup company in Wausau is working on a project to develop tires that can withstand extreme punishment, even those meted out in military combat zones. Read More

BIO 2008: Targeted therapies enjoy banner year

June 23, 2008

With all the buzz about stem cell research breakthroughs and other highlights in a year of life-science innovation, it was targeted therapies with companion molecular diagnostics that gained the most in terms of development and usage, according to a new study released by Deloitte Consulting. Read More

Big Ten Network celebrates Wisconsin June 19

June 18, 2008

On Thursday, June 19, the Big Ten Network says “On Wisconsin!” with 24 consecutive hours of Badger programming. Read More

Entrepreneurship becoming acceptable, even fashionable, in Wisconsin

June 3, 2008

With the sixth annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Conference set for June 9-10 in Milwaukee, there are increasing signs the state is becoming a place where entrepreneurs can survive — and even flourish. Read More

Banner weekend for Wisconsin rowing

May 19, 2008

It was a remarkable Sunday for Wisconsin rowing as the men's rowing program won the Rowe Cup for the first time since 1946 as conference champion of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges, while the women's lightweights won their second team title of the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges in as many years and their fourth lightweight varsity eight title in a row. Read More

Alumna to ‘mix it up’ on the Food Network

May 15, 2008

Mary Nolan, a 2004 graduate in journalism, will star in the Food Network’s Chic & Easy, a cooking show that focuses on creating elegant dishes that are accessible and simple to make. The show debuts Sunday, May 18. Read More