Stories indexed under: College of Letters and Science

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  • ‘Life During Wartime’ will build innovative curriculum around American war history April 30, 2008 A new Wisconsin project funded by the U.S. Department of Education will feature an unprecedented partnership among public school teachers, university and technical college faculty, and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum to invigorate the teaching of American history.
  • Young mathematical minds honored in annual talent search April 30, 2008 On Thursday, May 1, the University of Wisconsin-Madison math department will honor some of Wisconsin's most mathematically gifted middle and high school students.
  • Facility gives geology department new dimension April 28, 2008 A geoscience visualization lab that opened last week in Weeks Hall will add a new dimension to geology research and education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Photo of DeWitt UW’s computing research prowess brings Microsoft to Madison April 23, 2008 Microsoft, the world's largest computer software company, will open an advanced development laboratory in Madison later this spring, helping expand on a highly productive 20-year research and alumni relationship between the company and the University of Wisconsin-Madison computer sciences department.
  • Negligent, attentive mouse mothers show biological differences April 9, 2008 In mice, child neglect is a product of both nature and nurture, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison describe a strain of mice that exhibit unusually high rates of maternal neglect, with approximately one out of every five females failing to care for her offspring.
  • Two UW-Madison graduates land Pulitzer Prizes April 7, 2008 A pair of University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates - David Umhoefer, a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Walt Bogdanich, a New York Times reporter and editor - won Pulitzer Prizes in journalism on Monday.
  • Five communicators honored for accomplishments, leadership April 4, 2008 The career achievements of five communications professionals will be recognized at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication banquet on Friday, April 11.
  • Hundreds of high school students to participate in World Cinema Day March 31, 2008 For the past five years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has welcomed hundreds of Wisconsin high school students and teachers to World Cinema Day, a program of the Language Institute and the Wisconsin Film Festival to raise cultural awareness and deepen understanding of diverse perspectives through international film.
  • Photo of Ned Blackhawk teaching Writing tribal histories: Class mines archival treasures March 26, 2008 UW–Madison historian Ned Blackhawk would argue that there has never been a more fertile time to be a researcher of Native American history, with a surge in scholarly interest and a deep well of subjects “literally waiting to be written.” Blackhawk is inspiring a new generation of historians to seize this opportunity through his unique research seminar, “Writing Tribal Histories.”
  • Photo of Terry Millar Professor strengthens math, science education March 26, 2008 For well over a decade, mathematics professor Terry Millar has worked to improve math and science instruction for students at all levels by bringing together the knowledge of university mathematicians and scientists with the teaching and curricular expertise of educators.
  • Image of brain scan Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain March 25, 2008 Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other peoples' mental states, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • UW Geology Museum receives more than $100,000 in minerals March 19, 2008 In its 160-year existence, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum has never before received a mineral donation like the one recently given by retired UW-Madison electrical engineering Professor R.A. Greiner.
  • Seven honored with Romnes awards March 18, 2008 Seven of UW–Madison’s rising faculty have received H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowships. The award, supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), recognizes great potential in faculty who have earned tenure within the last four years. Award-winners receive a $50,000 award to be used in support of research.
  • Abigail Adams biography adds to popular interest in American Revolution March 14, 2008 "John Adams," a major HBO mini-series debuting this Sunday, is bound to generate renewed public interest in the era of the American Revolution and the founding of the nation. A University of Wisconsin-Madison chapbook series has been mining that rich historical territory for some time. The latest chapbook, a biography of Abigail Adams, fits very closely with the mini-series' focus on John and Abigail's long and storied relationship.
  • Obama dominated TV ads in Ohio, outspending Clinton almost two-to-one March 12, 2008 Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama spent nearly twice as much on TV advertising in the Ohio primary campaign than did Hillary Clinton, according to a report by the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Photo of polar bears Arctic climate models play key role in pending polar bear decision March 11, 2008 The pending federal decision about whether to protect the polar bear as a threatened species is as much about climate science as it is about climate change.
  • University establishes new department Feb. 27, 2008 The Women’s Studies Program has evolved into a new department, the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies in the College of Letters and Science.
  • Image of stamp UW-Madison alumna featured on 2008 U.S. postage stamp Feb. 13, 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, a 1918 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be featured on a new stamp for the U.S. Postal Service's 2008 Commemorative Stamp Program.
  • Hot subjects—Music 319: Musical Ethnicities of Wisconsin Feb. 12, 2008 Most students are surprised to find on the timetable that a Wisconsin-focused class could fulfill their ethnic studies requirement. But music professor Susan Cook says her new class takes a broad view of both music and ethnicity, diving into the use of music in ethnic settlements in Wisconsin since the 1800s, such as the Swiss in New Glarus and Germans in Milwaukee. She will also explore the musical traditions of Native Americans and recent Hmong immigrants.
  • Cinematheque begins semester of rarely seen films Feb. 6, 2008 In a culture that has people installing expensive home theaters to watch the latest Hollywood blockbuster in the basement of their suburban starter castle, UW–Madison’s Cinematheque might seem a sprocket or two off.