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‘Kauffman Campus’ award will fuel campus, state entrepreneurship

December 14, 2006

Gov. Jim Doyle and Chancellor John Wiley announced today that the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has named the University of Wisconsin–Madison one of its nine "Kauffman Campuses," and has received $5 million to help train students in the principles and practices of entrepreneurship and spur greater research commercialization statewide.

New research program tackles Parkinson’s disease

December 14, 2006

A new research collaboration at the University of Wisconsin–Madison aims to move promising new therapies for Parkinson's disease from primates to patients.

UW-Madison achieves No. 1 exec education ranking

December 14, 2006

Open-enrollment executive education programs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business have been rated best in the world for the second year in a row by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

Anesthesia in childhood: Are there dangers?

December 14, 2006

This week, The Why Files asks if anesthetics are killing brain cells in children who are exposed during pregnancy or the first three years of life.

Smith Hall begins pilot program for dining facility

December 13, 2006

University Housing Food Service is sponsoring a pilot program at Newell J. Smith Hall to determine whether extended dining hours are needed each morning.

Study: Botulinum attacks like a ‘smart bomb’

December 13, 2006

A pilot without a map can locate an airport by first finding a nearby landmark, like a big river, and then searching for the airport. New research from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and Scripps Research Institute shows how the astonishingly powerful botulinum toxin uses a similar strategy to latch onto nerve cells, the first step in inactivating them.

Scientists find potential weapon against tuberculosis infection

December 13, 2006

The discovery of a unique copper-repressing protein in the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in humans may pave the way toward new strategies for halting tuberculosis infection.

Wisconsin Alumni Association honors outstanding chapters

December 13, 2006

This fall, the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) recognized nine official alumni chapters for their outstanding commitment to the University of Wisconsin–Madison and its graduates. The organizations were awarded Bascom status, the highest level alumni chapters can achieve.

Brain’s ‘fear center’ may underlie autistic behaviors

December 12, 2006

The brain's emotional center is unusually small in autistic males with the most severe behavioral impairments, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers reported this month.

The business credentials of language learning

December 12, 2006

When Dianna Murphy, associate director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Language Institute, graduated with a degree in Russian in 1989, she had two career options: work in government or teach. This was the case for many language students at the time, Murphy says, but a lot has changed since then.

Amendment listening session set for Dec. 13

December 11, 2006

A second listening session about the impact of the recently passed marriage amendment on the University of Wisconsin–Madison will be held from 1:30-3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 13, in 260 Bascom Hall.

Prestigious fellowship awarded to scientist

December 11, 2006

A postdoctoral researcher in the University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemistry department has been selected as a recipient of a prestigious new fellowship.

Berquam: Pay attention to safety

December 11, 2006

As the semester draws to a close, interim Dean of Students Lori Berquam is urging all students to pay heightened attention to their own personal safety.

Project looking for the next great Wisconsin playwright

December 8, 2006

Submissions of original, full-length plays are being accepted for the Wisconsin Wrights New Play Project, a joint initiative of the University of Wisconsin Division of Continuing Studies, the University Theater and the Madison Repertory Theater created to foster the development of new works by Wisconsin playwrights.

Commitment launched for arts and humanities

December 7, 2006

Students and programs in the arts and humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will benefit from an initiative - the first phase of a long-term commitment - announced Thursday by campus officials.

Dean of students finalists announced

December 7, 2006

The University of Wisconsin–Madison has narrowed its search for a new dean of students to three finalists.

From a lowly yeast, researchers divine a clue to human disease

December 7, 2006

Working with a common form of brewer's yeast, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have uncovered novel functions of a key protein that allow it to act as a master regulatory switch - a control that determines gene activity and that, when malfunctioning in humans, may contribute to serious neurological disorders.

Researchers clear way to stronger glass

December 7, 2006

Look at your window - not out it, but at it. Though the window glass looks clear, if you could peer inside the pane you would see a surprising molecular mess, with tiny particles jumbled together any which way. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a new glass-making technique that eliminates some of that mess.

Milestones

December 6, 2006

Bret Bielema, the sixth rookie head coach in NCAA history to guide his team to 11 victories, has been named the Dave McClain Big…

Choral Union brings university, community together in music

December 6, 2006

In a particularly congenial intersection of town and gown, the 170-voice Choral Union will present two substantial works by Franz Joseph Haydn and Zoltan Koda’ly on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9 and 10.

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