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Winter bicycle commuting workshop offered
Join the UW Bicycle and Pedestrian Ambassadors for an introductory winter bicycle-commuting workshop at 7:30 p.m. today (Nov. 15) at Memorial Union (check TITU).
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Getting down to e-Business in Wisconsin
Raj Veeramani, an industrial and systems engineering professor, directs the University of Wisconsin E-Business Consortium (UWEBC), a university-industry initiative that offers its 70 member companies opportunities to share, explore and learn best practices in e-business.
Divining modern art from ancient metalsmith techniques
To Kim Cridler, an assistant professor of art, the emotional power of objects drives her work as an artist. Through her work in metalsmith arts, Cridler seeks to recreate the feelings that are engendered by the meaningful artifacts of our past.
Dieting meets DNA: Nutrition gets personal in new studies
Ushering nutritional science into the biotech age, UW–Madison researchers are exploring the complex interactions between food and genes to uncover new modes of disease prevention, drug development and, eventually, personalized diet advice tailored to one’s DNA.
New maps emphasize the human factor in wildfire management
As wildfires put more human lives and property at risk, people are looking to fire managers for protection.
Japanese labor expert dies
Solomon B. Levine, an emeritus faculty member and one of the nation’s foremost experts on Japanese labor relations, died last month at age 86.
Technology aids learning among faculty, staff
The Community of Educational Technology Support (ComETS), an unofficial university grassroots organization with about 200 members, gives individuals from different areas of the university an opportunity to connect and pursue shared professional development. The group offers a chance to hear from authorities in technology fields, discuss new educational models and ultimately implement their ideas in special-interest groups.
Engineers develop more than tenfold improvement in measuring virus infectivity
A University of Wisconsin–Madison biological engineering team tweaked the standard system for measuring virus infectivity, digitized it, quantified it, analyzed it and discovered a method more than 10 times as sensitive.
Wisconsin Singers to ‘Get Loud!’ in Nov. 20-21 concert
These folks means business, and will show you to what extent in their “Get Loud!”concert appearances Friday-Saturday, Nov. 20-21.
Strand to lead Adult and Student Services Center
Judith Strand, director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Connections Program, has been named assistant dean and director of the Adult and Student Services Center in the Division of Continuing Studies (DCS).
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Milestones
John Berry, Department of Chemistry, is the first winner of the Ernst-Haage Prize in Bioinorganic Chemistry, an award given annually to a doctoral or…
Researcher: Red wine may not be so healthy
Most red wine may not be as good for the heart as media reports have suggested and may even be harmful, according to a review presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions.
On track to prevent Johne’s disease with drug or vaccine
To date, the only response to Johne’s disease, a debilitating wasting disease in dairy cattle, has been to eliminate affected cows from the herd. But School of Veterinary Medicine researchers are homing in on a way to save the cow by controlling the disease-causing bacteria instead.
Tandem Press to celebrate holidays, printmaking with open house
For both the staff and visiting denizens of UW–Madison’s fine arts Tandem Press, printmaking in all its guises is cause for celebration. To prove the point, the press will host its annual holiday open house from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18.