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SBC Foundation awards grant to PEOPLE Program
The SBC Foundation has awarded a $250,000 grant to the University of Wisconsin Foundation in support of UW–Madison's PEOPLE (Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) Program, an innovative partnership designed to encourage post-secondary education for Wisconsin disadvantaged and minority students.
Warmer weather, human disturbances interact to change forests
While a rapidly changing climate may alter the composition of northern Wisconsin's forests, disturbances such as logging also will play a critical role in how these sylvan ecosystems change over time.
UW Hospital among top performers for safety
According to survey results compiled by The Leapfrog Group, a national consortium of more than 150 public and private organizations that provide health care, UW Hospital and Clinics recently landed in the top performance quartile in several key areas of patient safety.
Forest managers can fight invasive species that come with roads
Road density in northern Wisconsin has doubled during the last 60 years, but forest managers have a time window to fight the non-native plants that often come with construction and overwhelm native plant life, according to new research.
Exhibition uses technology to celebrate women’s art
When Helen Klebesadel read Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use" in a women's studies class some 20 years ago, Klebesadel's artistic life changed forever.
A changing landscape may have dire implications for birds
In their desire to get close to nature by building lakeside cottages and homes in the woods, Americans may very well be hastening the decline of many native bird species that breed in forest habitats.
Lake research offers clues to managing crayfish invasions
Rusty crayfish, an invasive species now crawling across the rocky bottoms of lakes and streams throughout the United States and Canada, may not always have a stronghold once they enter these bodies of water.
UW veterinarians try new drug for equine heart fibrillations
Veterinarians at UW–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine believe they're the first to use the oral drug flecainide to resolve a chronic case of atrial fibrillation in a horse.
States fail to cover smoking cessation treatment for employees
Despite recommendations from federal public health experts that smoking cessation treatment should be provided to all smokers, state employers are failing to provide their employees with recommended smoking cessation treatment coverage, according to a study published in this month's American Journal of Public Health.
Study: Mothers turn fearless when peptide level drops
Everyone knows not to get between a mother and her offspring. What makes these females unafraid when it comes to protecting their young may be low levels of a peptide, or small piece of protein, released in the brain that normally activates fear and anxiety, according to new research published in the August issue of Behavioral Neuroscience.
New England forests at greater risk from air pollution
When it comes to forests, air pollution is not an equal opportunity hazard.
Third Titan arum expected to bloom
A third Titan arum, or corpse flower, is expected to bloom sometime this week at Birge Hall.
Space still available in UW–Madison advanced placement classes
Wisconsin public high school students are still able to sign up for money-saving advanced placement courses that provide them with valuable college credits.
Badger football sold out
The 2004 Badger football season is entirely sold out, Corbin Hunt, assistant athletic director for ticket operations at UW–Madison, announced July 22.
Commuters receiving parking assignments this week
UW-Madison parking assignments for the year starting Sept. 1 are being sent to applicants this week (July 26) with all assignments distributed by the end of the month.
Teacher conference examines cutting-edge technologies
The intersection among four major areas of science and technology and how to apply it K-12 classrooms will be the topic of a two-day conference beginning on Monday, Aug. 2.
Committee recommends Reilly as UW System president
Kevin P. Reilly, chancellor and former provost of the UW-Extension, has been recommended as the next president of the UW System. The UW System Regent Selection Committee announced the recommendation of Reilly on Monday, July 26. The full board is expected to act on the recommendation Thursday, July 29.
GLBT alumni council doubles scholarships to students
At its annual Distinguished Alumni Brunch on July 18, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Alumni Council of the Wisconsin Alumni Association awarded $2,000 in scholarships to be applied toward fall 2004 tuition to four UW–Madison students.
Wisconsin forum to examine U.S. transportation programs
The nation's transportation programs and the status of federal budget authorizations to support them will be discussed Monday, Aug. 9, in Appleton at a forum sponsored by the Midwest Regional University Transportation Center at UW–Madison and the Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin.
Campus Center for Real Estate announces new leadership
The UW–Madison Center for Real Estate (formerly the Center for Urban Land Economics Research) has announced Tim Riddiough is its new academic director.