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New-student orientation begins
Incoming freshmen and transfer students will begin their transition to Madison life this week as the summer SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising and Registration) program gets under way.
UW-Madison joins Dane County partnership in clean air effort
A campuswide drive to prevent air pollution - involving steps ranging from buying more alternative fuel vehicles to hand trimming shrubbery on days when ozone could reach high levels -- was outlined Tuesday by Chancellor John D. Wiley.
Children’s Hospital receives gift in honor of Rennebohms
A $1.5 million gift to the new American Family Children's Hospital from the Oscar Rennebohm Foundation will honor University of Wisconsin Foundation president emeritus Robert Rennebohm and his wife Jean.
Study: Cancer drug Erbitux nearly doubles survival
Patients with head and neck cancer appear to survive nearly twice as long after receiving a new drug known as Erbitux (scientific name: cetuximab) in conjunction with radiation therapy compared with patients treated solely with radiation therapy.
Historians to join national humanities center fellows
Two UW historians, one specializing in the history of allergy, the other in the American Civil Rights Movement, have received fellowships from the National Center for the Humanities in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Education scholar wins grant for learning model
David Williamson Shaffer, an assistant professor of learning science, has won a $585,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore how professions can serve as models for student learning.
Researchers report major advance in gene therapy technique
A group of researchers from the Medical School, the Waisman Center and Mirus Bio Corporation reports a critical advance relating to one of the most fundamental and challenging problems of gene therapy: how to safely and effectively get therapeutic DNA inside cells.
Norris named to lead UW Budget Office, Wold retires
Tim Norris, a veteran campus budget analyst, has been named to succeed Larry Wold as director of the Budget Office. Wold is retiring after more than three decades on the Madison campus.
RFID conference to drive state technology adoption
The Wisconsin RFID Conference, scheduled for Thursday, June 17, in Waukesha, will teach business and technology leaders how RFID technologies are poised to revolutionize inventory tracking through the supply chain. The conference will be held at the Country Inn Conference Center.
Partnership gives federal, local fire managers a powerful tool
CALS teams up with the USDA Forest Service to create maps of the wildland / urban interface.
Engineers visualize electronic memory as it fades
While the memory inside electronic devices may often be more reliable than that of humans, it, too, can worsen over time. Now a team of scientists from UW–Madison and Argonne National Laboratory may understand why. The results are published in the early online edition (May 23) of the journal Nature Materials.
UW-Madison technology enhances WWII memorial experience
Thousands of veterans and their families will attend the Memorial Day weekend dedication of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
UW-Madison scientists find a key to cell division
A cellular structure discovered 125 years ago and dismissed by many biologists as "cellular garbage" has been found to play a key role in the process of cytokinesis, or cell division, one of the most ancient and important of all biological phenomena.
Milky Way churning out new stars at a furious pace
Some of the first data from a new orbiting infrared telescope are revealing that the Milky Way - and by analogy galaxies in general - is making new stars at a much more prolific pace than astronomers imagined.
UW graduates first high-school class of tech leaders
UW-Madison's Information Technology Academy (ITA) has graduated its first class of 13 students. Now finishing their senior year in high school, the students plan to continue their education at two-year and four-year institutions, with eight enrolling at UW–Madison.
Political scientist Kettl to depart for Pennsylvania
Don Kettl, an expert in public management and a well-known political analyst, plans to leave his professorship at UW–Madison to take a faculty job at the University of Pennsylvania.
Marathon to disrupt campus traffic
An estimated 3,000 Mad City Marathon runners will wind their way through parts of the UW–Madison campus and the UW Arboretum Sunday, May 30.
Study shows that genes can protect kids against poverty
For children growing up poor, money isn't the only solution to overcoming the challenges of poverty. The genes and warm support received from parents also can buffer these children against many of the cognitive and behavioral problems for which poverty puts them at risk.
Cranberry breeding program may soon bear fruit for growers
A cranberry variety developed by UW–Madison scientists with the help of local cranberry growers is now poised to give those same growers a competitive edge.