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• Recent sightings: hand-in-hand Feb. 14, 2013 A loving couple holds hands while strolling along the East Campus Mall on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2013.
• Trolls win: Rude comments dim the allure of science online Feb. 14, 2013 The trolls are winning. Pick a story about some aspect of science, any story, scroll down to the blog comments and let the bashing begin:
• Value of modified corn is more in reducing losses than boosting yields Feb. 14, 2013 While there's no end of robust and heated conversation about genetically modified foods, there are strikingly few comprehensive studies that put a numeric value on the costs and benefits.
• From Washington to Obama, a look at the U.S. presidency Feb. 14, 2013
• Demand grows for economics major Feb. 14, 2013
• Nursing heeds the call for psychiatric health care Feb. 14, 2013 Recently, the Pentagon reported 349 military suicides in 2012 — outnumbering the 295 American soldiers who died in 2012 in Afghanistan — and warned of a worsening trend as more soldiers return stateside and transition back to their families and communities. The sobering statistics, advocates say, drive home the need for yet a stronger commitment to accessible community-based mental health services.
• Physics Fair at UW-Madison this Saturday Feb. 14, 2013 The sixth annual UW-Madison Physics Fair will offer physical delights and pain-free education free to all comers on Saturday, Feb. 16 on the UW-Madison campus.
• Former secretary of academic staff dies Feb. 14, 2013 Stephen A. Myrah, who devoted more than four decades to UW-Madison, died Feb. 6 at the age of 74 from heart disease.
• Shop@UW to enhance campus purchasing process Feb. 14, 2013 UW-Madison Business Services will launch a major advancement in the university’s e-commerce system, effective March 4.
• Donte Hilliard: Joining students on their journeys Feb. 14, 2013 As director of the Multicultural Student Center (MSC), Donte Hilliard brings both theoretical and practical experience to his work. Since Hilliard arrived on campus in 2009, he has led the MSC’s transformation, moving from a focus on cultural diversity to one of social justice.
• UW Hospital hits major milestone with 2,000th liver transplant Feb. 13, 2013 Scott A. Vanderloop of Appleton, Wis. received a second chance at life recently after becoming the 2,000th patient to receive a liver transplant at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison.
• UW’s veterinary medical school adopts wildlife health project Feb. 13, 2013 Outbreaks of disease in wildlife may seem remote and, for most humans, inconsequential. But disease events that arise in wild animal populations can be far-reaching and can even pose a threat to humans and domestic animals far removed from the source of animal affliction.
• IAP scholars to help students ‘discover the world and bring it back to Wisconsin’ Feb. 13, 2013 International Academic Programs (IAP), the largest study abroad office at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has launched a scholarship program that offers individual awards starting at $2,500 to enable more students to study abroad and then share their experiences with the campus community after they return.
• Nominate an adult undergraduate for an Outstanding Returning Adult Student Award Feb. 12, 2013 Each year the Office of Adult Career and Spe­cial Stu­dent Ser­vices rec­og­nizes two adult stu­dents with the Out­stand­ing Under­grad­u­ate Return­ing Adult Stu­dent Award.
• Bright minds and big ideas to come together at second Big Learning Event Feb. 12, 2013 In June 2011, some 330 participants attended the first Big Learning Event (BLE), jumping into a mosh pit of minds and ideas for unbridled thinking and questioning. Led by some of the world's brightest minds from disparate disciplines, attendees developed ideas for campus and forged new boundary-busting connections.
• Research quest aims to cure hearing loss at its root Feb. 12, 2013 The ultimate cause of hearing loss is usually found in the tiny hair cells that play the crucial role of converting sound waves into nerve impulses for delivery to the brain.
• UW-Madison engineer named to National Academy of Engineering Feb. 12, 2013 David Gustafson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison industrial and systems engineer, was named Feb. 7 to the 2013 class of new members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
• Weiden to serve as interim legal director Feb. 12, 2013 Michael Weiden, a retired partner with the law firm Quarles & Brady, has been appointed as interim director of Office of Administrative Legal Services, Interim Chancellor David Ward announced. Weiden will begin March 1.
• Secretary of Academic Staff Donna Silver retires Feb. 12, 2013 Donna Silver didn’t plan to retire this soon. “This is my dream job,” Silver says of being secretary of the Academic Staff for the past three years. But last March, she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, cancer of the bones. She was given two years to live. After months of being on medical leave, Silver officially retired Jan. 3. On Feb. 11, she was honored at the Academic Staff Assembly Meeting.
• Campuswide diversity forum scheduled for Friday Feb. 12, 2013 UW–Madison’s first Inclusive Excellence Winter Symposium will take place Friday, Feb. 15. from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.