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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. Read More
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. Read 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. Read More
Observatory drive project to affect campus traffic
Beginning Monday, June 21, Observatory Drive between Park Street and Charter Street will be closed for reconstruction. Read More
Sarr named International Student Services director
Papa Demba Sarr has been named director of International Student Services (ISS). Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More