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  • Chancellor search panel evaluates candidates Jan. 15, 2013 The search and screen committee charged with finding the best candidates to be the next chancellor of UW–Madison is evaluating its candidates.
  • Urban planning pioneer Kaufman remembered Jan. 14, 2013 Jerry Kaufman liked to joke that he didn’t see a tree until he was 16. And yet the man who grew up in an apartment in Queens, New York, went on to become a huge advocate for the land he so cherished, teaching urban planning for more than 30 years at UW-Madison. Kaufman died Thursday, Jan. 10, at the age of 79 after a long battle with cancer.
  • Morgridge Institute for Research welcomes new CEO Jan. 14, 2013 The Morgridge Institute for Research, a private, nonprofit biomedical research institute affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, announced today the appointment of Dr. Brad Schwartz as chief executive officer.
  • Go Big Read seeks titles focused on global connections for 2013-'14 program Jan. 14, 2013 For the 2013-2014 year of Go Big Read, the selection committee for UW-Madison’s common-reading program is seeking a book that fits this theme of global connections. Fiction titles are strongly encouraged.
  • Scholars call for new ethical guidelines to direct research on social networking Jan. 11, 2013 The unique data collection capabilities of social networking and online gaming websites require new ethical guidance from federal regulators concerning online research involving adolescent subjects, an ethics scholar from the Morgridge Institute for Research and a computer and learning sciences expert from Tufts University argue in the journal Science.
  • Lighting pioneer, brainchild of UW-Madison students, prospers in Middleton Jan. 10, 2013 The opening line was decidedly off-hand for a performance that has run for more than three decades on Broadway and off: "Gak, this is disgusting, I can do it for $5,000!"
  • UW Health selected as Accountable Care Organization in Medicare Jan. 10, 2013 UW Health has been selected as one of 106 new Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in Medicare, ensuring as many as 4 million Medicare beneficiaries across the United States now have access to high-quality, coordinated care, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today.
  • Officials urge avoiding Park Street near the Memorial Union on Friday Jan. 10, 2013 People are being asked to avoid North Park Street near the Memorial Union from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11.
  • Photo: Campus view at Winter dawn Recent Sightings: Lake on the rocks Jan. 9, 2013 As winter sets in, ice begins to form on the surface water of Lake Mendota at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • In evolution, fossils reveal, ‘Court Jester’ gets last laugh Jan. 9, 2013 The dominant factors in the rise and fall of the diversity of life on Earth has been a point of debate for scientists nearly as long as they have studied the processes of evolution.
  • Study advances treatment of respiratory failure in ALS patients Jan. 8, 2013 A new study, published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and conducted largely at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shows the potential for two complimentary treatments - stem cell therapy and intermittent exposure to low oxygen - to preserve and even restore breathing capacity in rats with a condition similar to ALS in humans.
  • Wisconsin Agricultural Economic Outlook Forum takes place Jan. 23 Jan. 8, 2013 Agricultural economists and commodity specialists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-Extension will talk about the financial health of Wisconsin agriculture and the outlook for the year to come at the sixth annual Wisconsin Agricultural Economic Outlook Forum in Madison on Jan. 23.
  • Lead exposure lowers fourth graders’ test scores Jan. 8, 2013 Lead exposure is related to lower test scores among Wisconsin fourth graders, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Teaching and Learning Symposium seeks ideas Jan. 8, 2013 The annual Teaching and Learning Symposium provides a chance to share best practices, celebrate accomplishments and discuss new learning and teaching practices and theories in a forum dedicated to enriching the UW–Madison learning experience.
  • UW–Madison anthropologist, students featured in NOVA Neandertal documentary Jan. 8, 2013 Perched on a corner of a table in his biological anthropology lab, John Hawks is surrounded by an array of human skulls, jaws and skeletons – and a film crew complete with lights, camera and a microphone dangling over his head.
  • Lake Mendota still officially open water Jan. 8, 2013 This is the time of year Lyle Anderson, office manager at the Wisconsin State Climatologists Office, “has a pair of binoculars pinned to his head ’round the clock,” according to John Young, state climatologist and emeritus atmospheric sciences professor.
  • University Health Services: Time to get a flu shot Jan. 7, 2013 Over the past few weeks, Wisconsin has seen a significant increase in flu case numbers. The flu may be here but it’s not too late to protect yourself.
  • Study reveals extraordinary glass properties Jan. 6, 2013 Technologically valuable ultrastable glasses can be produced in days or hours with properties corresponding to those that have been aged for thousands of years, computational and laboratory studies have confirmed.
  • Gerda Lerner, women’s studies pioneer, dies at 92 Jan. 4, 2013 Gerda Lerner, Robinson Edwards Professor Emerita of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died on Wednesday, Jan. 2 in an assisted-living facility in Madison. She was 92 years old.
  • Researchers: Online science news needs careful study Jan. 3, 2013 A science-inclined audience and wide array of communications tools make the Internet an excellent opportunity for scientists hoping to share their research with the world. But that opportunity is fraught with unintended consequences, according to a pair of University of Wisconsin-Madison life sciences communication professors.