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• Adult students honored with scholarships and awards April 21, 2013 A total of 24 UW-Madison non­tra­di­tional and return­ing adult stu­dents will be hon­ored April 24 with schol­ar­ships hav­ing a total value of $70,000.
• Stem cell transplant restores memory, learning in mice April 21, 2013 For the first time, human embryonic stem cells have been transformed into nerve cells that helped mice regain the ability to learn and remember.
• Humans vs. Zombies alters Friday game plans April 19, 2013 Organizers of UW-Madison’s Humans vs. Zombies game have voluntarily proposed changes to the final round of play on Friday, April 19.
• Slideshow: Razzle Dazzle April 19, 2013
• Berquam: Support available for those impacted by Boston bombing April 19, 2013
• Campus mourns death of Kenneth Newman following accident April 19, 2013 Kenneth Newman, 63, an instrument maker with the Physical Plant Machine Shop, died Tuesday, April 16 when a loading dock lift fell on him while he was conducting repairs on the unit at the Art Lofts on North Frances Street.
• Bioethics forum plumbs creativity’s scientific side April 19, 2013 The 12th annual International Bioethics Forum, "Creative Insight: Further Studies in Human Consciousness," will be held April 25 and 26 on the Promega Corporation campus.
• Cancer-screening software wins wireless competition April 19, 2013 A software program for screening for cervical cancer, particularly in developing countries with limited resources, earned the top award and $10,000 in the Qualcomm Wireless Innovation Prize at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• UW-Madison journalism school celebrates alumni achievements April 18, 2013 The winners of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication's annual alumni awards reflect the range of skills and expertise that are fostered among students in the school.
• Creative energy harvest and storage ideas top Energy and Sustainability competition April 18, 2013 Rest a laptop computer on your lap for any length of time and you'll quickly appreciate how much heat it generates.
• UW analysis shows learning impact of ‘Sesame Street’ around the world April 18, 2013 According to a soon-to-be published meta-analysis conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, watching international co-productions of “Sesame Street” has a positive effect on children’s learning and is an “enduring example of a scalable and effective early childhood educational intervention.”
• Five Questions with Marie-Louise Mares April 18, 2013 Growing up in Australia, Marie-Louise Mares didn’t have a television. Even then, she still got the occasional glimpse of “Sesame Street.”
• Mellon Foundation awards grant to develop new careers for humanities Ph.D.s April 17, 2013 What do you do with a doctorate in medieval history if there are no teaching positions or you want to reach a wider audience? With a $1.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Center for the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will develop career opportunities beyond academia for humanities doctoral students. The grant also will support faculty and students who reach out to the public with their work.
• UW employee killed in Tuesday accident April 16, 2013 A University of Wisconsin-Madison employee was killed in an on-the-job incident Tuesday afternoon at the Art Lofts, 111 N. Frances.
• UW honors four with Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards April 16, 2013 Four University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni and faculty will be recognized with Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards for making a significant impact with their entrepreneurial pursuits.
• Biennial neon exhibition lights up the night April 16, 2013 Light makes art possible: the interplay of shadow and saturation, a dull matte finish or a brilliant glow from inside. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the country's oldest university glass program finds ways to illuminate and refract light in thousands of different ways.
• Gift of $5 million establishes two faculty chairs at School of Nursing April 16, 2013 The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing has received a gift of $5 million from John and Tashia Morgridge in honor of Mary and Carl Gulbrandsen, establishing two permanently endowed faculty chairs - one in pediatric nursing and one in health systems innovation.
• International astrophysics reaches Milwaukee April 16, 2013 Trips to the South Pole usually require a lot of specialized equipment, but Nils Irland's packing list for his November 2012 visit included some items unusual even by those standards: a specially designed video camera, extra batteries, and lots and lots of data storage.
• 'Z' is not the end for Dictionary of American Regional English April 16, 2013 The Dictionary of American Regional English has reached the end of the alphabet, but ‘Z’ is not the end of the road for the definitive source on American speech.
• Kind honored for research support, advocacy April 16, 2013 Interim Chancellor David Ward and the Science Coalition have presented Congressman Ron Kind (D-Wis.) with its Champion of Science Award in recognition of his strong commitment to funding the basic research that keeps the United States and the state of Wisconsin at the forefront of scientific discovery and technological innovation.