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Students’ granola-yogurt fruit cup may scoop up national honors

July 14, 2005

A group of UW–Madison food science students have spent the past year developing what may be the next big thing to hit grocery shelves.

Grandparents’ University returns for the fifth year

July 14, 2005

Generations will learn together on the UW–Madison campus during the fifth annual Grandparents' University (GPU) on Thursday and Friday, July 21-22. This year, grandparents and their grandchildren will be able to earn degrees in one of 12 "majors."

Campus bus route 80 to change July 18

July 13, 2005

Starting Monday, July 18, the campus bus route around UW Hospital and Clinics will be modified and several stops will be closed. The changes to Route 80, which are due to construction projects in the hospital area, are expected to remain in place for a year or more.

University begins staff directory update process

July 13, 2005

Work is under way to produce the UW–Madison Staff Directory for 2005-06. Department contacts received the necessary instructions to complete the department update process on June 10.

Professor examines processes in Soviet Union’s formation

July 13, 2005

Fall 1991 found Francine Hirsch entering the Ph.D. program in history at Princeton, just as unprecedented change was unfolding in the former Soviet Union. It certainly was an exciting time to be a graduate student.

Alumna establishes chair in Russian history

July 13, 2005

Alice D. Mortenson, an alumna of UW–Madison with a degree in history, has established a chair in her "home department." The Alice D. Mortenson/Petrovich Chair in Russian History also honors Michael B. Petrovich, an esteemed faculty member in the history department.

UW-Madison instilling science literacy in South Africa

July 12, 2005

In November, representatives from UW–Madison will attend the inauguration of the southern hemisphere's largest telescope, the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT). UW–Madison is one of nearly a dozen international institutions that partnered with the South African government to build SALT, including universities in Russia, Poland, New Zealand, Germany and the United States.

Promising graduate students to visit campus

July 12, 2005

Meet at least ten new people. That's the charge awaiting nearly 650 undergraduate students attending the 2005 Summer Research Opportunity (SROP) Conference, presented by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) and hosted this year by the Graduate School.

Author and community activist to receive GLBT Distinguished Alumni Awards

July 12, 2005

On Sunday, July 17, 2005, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Alumni Council (GLBTAC) will recognize two recipients of the their 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award at the 14th annual GLBT Alumni Council Brunch. Each year, the GLBT Alumni Council honors UW–Madison graduates who have shown an exemplary commitment to the GLBT community and have demonstrated excellence in their life's work as a self-identified GLBT person or ally.

Engineer creates tool for keeping computers cool

July 11, 2005

Anyone who has listened to the constant whir of a computer's fan or held a laptop for too long knows how blazing hot computers can get. UW–Madison engineers have created a spray cooling method that early tests show can remove heat at rates up to three times faster than other spray techniques.

Scientists probe CWD’s spread through soils

July 11, 2005

Scientists at UW–Madison and around the country will report new findings during the Second International Chronic Wasting Disease Symposium here on July 12-14. The symposium comes at a time when the known range of CWD seems to be swelling from its relatively small, endemic home in parts of Wyoming and Colorado toward the east, where deer populations are denser.

Deadline nears for claims in class-action drug settlement

July 11, 2005

The deadline for filing claims in a multi-state settlement of a class-action suit in which the University of Wisconsin Law School's Consumer Law Litigation Clinic represented Wisconsin citizens is Friday, July 15.

Clean air action days aim to maintain air quality

July 11, 2005

As Dane County deals with its second Clean Air Action Day of the summer today and with a third set for Tuesday, UW–Madison is taking an active role to help safeguard local air quality.

Global mercury pollution experts to meet here July 14-18

July 11, 2005

More than three dozen experts from 11 nations will be meeting at the UW–Madison Fluno Center for Executive Education this week to discuss the status of mercury as a global pollutant. Seven experts have agreed to be available for media interviews from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, July 14, in Room 203 of the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. Their areas of expertise are detailed later in this release.

Huntington’s cure in flies lays groundwork for new treatment approaches

July 11, 2005

Boosting levels of two critical proteins that normally shut down during Huntington's disease, researchers at UW–Madison and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have cured fruit flies of the genetic, neurodegenerative condition.

TIP: UW–Madison scientists advance homeland security efforts

July 8, 2005

With the London terror attacks triggering renewed discussion about homeland security, reporters may be interested in a year-old federal project at the University of Wisconsin–Madison that is helping the United States prioritize possible terror targets and develop effective risk-reduction and resource-allocation strategies.

Forestry project will map likely habitat of endangered butterfly

July 7, 2005

A grant from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Graduate School's Technology Transfer Program will fund a project that uses computer mapping and statistical modeling to identify likely habitat of the endangered Karner blue butterfly. The project could help Wisconsin land managers save thousands of dollars on field surveys required to protect the rare insect.

TIP: Perspectives on terror attacks

July 7, 2005

Reporters seeking local perspectives on today's series of terror attacks in London may consider the following experts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Faculty on this list can offer insight on terrorism and on the political, economic and diplomatic implications of the attacks occurring during the start of the G8 Summit.

UW-Madison scientists receive $20 million award for protein study

July 6, 2005

Researchers at the Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics, based at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have received a $20 million award to fund Phase II of the Protein Structure Initiative over the next five years.

Embattled Curtis Prairie a test bed for new restoration techniques

July 6, 2005

To the ordinary eye, the world's oldest restored tall-grass prairie is an idyllic postcard picture. Long, slender grasses sway in the breeze, and playful blackbirds swoop everywhere.

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