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UW Health Sports Medicine center weighs in on body fat
Thanks to a landmark study involving the UW Health Sports Medicine Center, physicians and coaches can evaluate the effectiveness of methods widely used to measure body composition and predict the minimum weight an athlete should maintain.
UW-Madison to lead expansion of online health care education
The UW–Madison School of Nursing is leading six nursing schools in a national project to take online education in health care to a higher level.
UW center recognized for aiding international trade
The UW–Madison Center for International Business Education and Research received a Governor's Export Achievement Award at the 40th annual Wisconsin International Trade Conference Tuesday, May 18.
UW student wins Chemical Society Sigal Fellowship
The American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, has awarded the 2004-2006 Irving S. Sigal Postdoctoral Fellowship to Matthew G. Woll, a graduate student at UW–Madison.
UW-Madison wins national FutureTruck Competition
The third time around produced another winning result for the UW–Madison FutureTruck team.
New ‘Research Channel’ to reach and teach larger audiences
UW-Madison researchers and artists will start reaching larger audiences when the Research Channel shows four documentaries that focus on work at the university.
Professor honored for math education
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has recognized Thomas P. Carpenter, a professor in the UW–Madison School of Education, for a lifetime of accomplishment in math education.
Ancient maps and corn help track the migrations of indigenous people
Maps are tools to show you where you are going, but they can also show you where you came from. That principle drives the work of Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales, who study ancient maps, oral traditions and the movement of domesticated crops to learn more about the origins of native people in the Americas.
WiCell to offer free stem cell training to UW–Madison researchers
In an effort to increase the number of UW–Madison researchers working with human embryonic stem cells, WiCell has agreed to waive the $300 fee for taking its two-day stem cell training course.
Grad School merges academic services and admissions offices
The UW–Madison Graduate School has combined its Admissions Office with the Office of Fellowships and Academic Services.
Summer carillon recitals begin June 20
The UW–Madison Memorial Carillon, a fixture on campus since the mid-1930s, will be heard in a series of Sunday afternoon and Thursday evening recitals this summer.
Student invention gives his brother new level of freedom
Charged with creating a new device for a senior design course in mechanical engineering, a team of students immediately knew their goal.
Student project helps state leaders explore women’s issues
Farm wives, conservationists, small-town entrepreneurs, inner-city single mothers, corporate executives, faculty, students: The experiences of women from all walks of life in Wisconsin are being collected by a group of undergraduates.
Study debunks myths about Wisconsin’s public-sector jobs
Wisconsin’s share of government jobs is not out of proportion to other states, challenging the idea that the state is a high tax-and-spend state, a new study by researchers at the UW–Madison and UW-Oshkosh reveals.
Study portrays creeping ‘impoverishment’ of state’s forests
Tramping parcel after parcel of Wisconsin’s north woods, botany researcher David Rogers is finding less and more.
Rowan to lead Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Brian Rowan, professor of educational studies and former associate dean for research at the University of Michigan, has been selected as director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research in the School of Education.
Observatory drive project to affect campus traffic
Beginning Monday, June 21, Observatory Drive between Park Street and Charter Street will be closed for reconstruction.
Sarr named International Student Services director
Papa Demba Sarr has been named director of International Student Services (ISS).
Putting the professor on camera to improve learning
When he's not figuring out how to make a hot, electrified gas power the world, Gregory Moses, engineering physics professor, sits by himself in his office and talks into video cameras. Sometimes, he also talks to puppets.