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• Collaborative computing, pioneered at UW–Madison, helped drive LHC analysis July 31, 2012 When scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe announced the appearance of a new particle among the pieces of smashed protons, Miron Livny saw a huge scientific success.
• Slideshow: The campus is abuzz with warm-weather learning July 24, 2012 Think the UW campus slows down during the summer? Well, think again: The university is a mighty busy place well into August.
• Follow Badger athletes in the London Games July 23, 2012
• UW scientists play key role in discovery of a new particle consistent with Higgs boson July 4, 2012 Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), aided by scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have narrowed the search for the elusive Higgs boson, discovering a new particle with a mass in the region of 125 GeV.
• Mission deliscious: A look at Babcock Hall ice cream June 26, 2012 What makes Babcock ice cream so good to eat—and so good for science, students and industry?
• Greenland ice may exaggerate magnitude of 13,000-year-old deep freeze June 25, 2012 Ice samples pulled from nearly a mile below the surface of Greenland glaciers have long served as a historical thermometer, adding temperature data to studies of the local conditions up to the Northern Hemisphere’s climate. But the method — comparing the ratio of oxygen isotopes buried as snow fell over millennia — may not be such a straightforward indicator of air temperature.
• National network innovation program builds on UW–Madison success June 14, 2012 Suman Banerjee's work finds plenty of happy users every day, but it's not every day the University of Wisconsin-Madison computer sciences professor helps inspire a national program supporting technical innovation.
• Washburn telescope optics get 130-year checkup, cleaning May 10, 2012 Bit by bit over the last two decades, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's iconic Washburn Observatory has been restored to its original sheen.
• Wisconsin Union Theater celebrates history on eve of renovations May 10, 2012 As the Wisconsin Union Theater closes for a two-year renovation, staffers are opening doors to the public in two farewell events.
• UW turf specialists offer guidelines for organic and reduced-risk lawn care May 8, 2012 When Wisconsin homeowners talk about growing greener grass these days, it's a good bet they're not talking about color.
• Programs kept Wisconsin families from poverty, report finds April 25, 2012 Temporary increases in safety net programs and tax credits for working families helped keep many in Wisconsin from poverty during the recession and its aftermath, a new report by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison finds.
• IceCube Neutrino Observatory explores origin of cosmic rays April 18, 2012 Although cosmic rays were discovered 100 years ago, their origin remains one of the most enduring mysteries in physics. Now, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, a massive detector in Antarctica, is honing in on how the highest energy cosmic rays are produced.
• Slide show: Cool Science Image Contest 2012 March 23, 2012
• Ideas to Excellence celebrates undergraduates March 19, 2012 Every spring, the academic and creative work of undergraduates is celebrated with numerous events at UW-Madison. For the first time, these achievements will be showcased under the name Ideas to Excellence.
• From Adam’s housecat to zydeco: After five decades, Dictionary of American Regional English completed Feb. 23, 2012 What is a Maine-born doctor to do when a patient in Pennsylvania complains, “I’ve been riftin’ and I’ve got jags in my leaders?” Consult the Dictionary of American Regional English to learn that the patient has been belching and experiencing sharp pains in his neck. After nearly five decades of work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the fifth volume of the dictionary, covering Sl to Z, is now available from Harvard University Press.
• Mother of pearl tells a tale of ocean temperature, depth Feb. 16, 2012 Nacre -- or mother of pearl, scientists and artisans know, is one of nature's amazing utilitarian materials.
• The Waisman Center: Decades later, what would Harry think? Jan. 30, 2012 Last fall, the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison bid successfully for the same National Institutes of Health core grant that the late Harry Waisman first won 45 years ago.
• Satellite renamed to honor UW-Madison space pioneer Jan. 25, 2012 NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have renamed their newest Earth-observing satellite after Verner Suomi, a longtime UW-Madison professor who often is called the father of satellite meteorology.
• Slide show: 2011 in review Dec. 15, 2011 University Communications’ photographers have culled through hundreds of options for favorite images from 2011 that capture the campus through four seasons, major building projects and initiatives, transitions in leadership, learning inside and outside the classroom, research in progress, the Wisconsin Idea in practice, and Badger spirit in its many forms.
• Wisconsin Innocence Project screens cases with an open mind Dec. 13, 2011 The first innocence case Tricia Bushnell, a staff attorney for the Wisconsin Innocence Project, ever worked on involved an inmate who had been convicted of murder after being found driving the victim’s car with her blood on his socks.