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Office of Corporate Relations annual report now available online
The activities and programs of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Office of Corporate Relations are summarized in its new 2005-06 Annual Report, available on the OCR home page, Managing Director Charles Hoslet announces.
Vet school names director of food safety laboratory
Charles Czuprynski, a professor in the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Pathobiological Sciences, will become the first director of the school's Walter and Martha Renk Endowed Laboratory in Food Safety.
Photo gallery: Newell J. Smith Hall
Photos of Newell J. Smoth Hall, the six-floor, 425-bed building is the first major residence hall to open on campus since Ogg Hall in 1965.
Genetic snooze button governs timing of spring flowers
University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher Richard Amasino has revealed studies that have begun to peel back some of the mystery of how plants pace the seasons to bloom at the optimal time of year.
Sociologists dissect doctor-patient dialogue
An international group of conversation analysts, including one from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has put together a new anthology of studies that explore communication between primary-care doctors and their patients.
Ray named CALS associate dean for student affairs
Robert O. Ray, University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of forest ecology and management, has been named associate dean of academic student affairs at the UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
UW-Madison research part of international mercury conference
A number of University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists will present research at the Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant starting this weekend at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. Here is a preview of some newsworthy presentations: