Stories indexed under: Audio

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• At 80, Harold Scheub keeps the storytelling tradition alive April 26, 2012 As the African Studies Program celebrates its 50th anniversary, Harold Scheub remains a constant.
• Monkeys get a groove on, but only to monkey music Sept. 1, 2009 Music is one of the surest ways to influence human emotions; most people unconsciously recognize and respond to music that is happy, sad, fearful or mellow. But psychologists who have tried to trace the evolutionary roots of these responses usually hit a dead end. Nonhuman primates scarcely respond to human music, and instead prefer silence.
• Curiosity blossoms into graduate career May 6, 2009 Lynn Gilbertson, a first-year Ph.D. student in communicative disorders, has long had a deep curiosity about autism spectrum disorder, a condition that one in 150 U.S. children now have, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. First as a UW-Madison undergraduate and now as a doctoral student, she's been studying what types of sounds autistic children respond favorably to.
• Songs raise awareness about aquatic invasive species May 5, 2009 A new initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is using music to raise public awareness about aquatic invasive species in the state.
• Slide show: The Making of “Hair” April 20, 2009 UW-Madison’s production of “Hair”, which will close University Theatre’s season, has entailed 24 undergraduate cast members, a guest director, a grueling rehearsal schedule and an ambitious goal of being as authentic as possible.
• Gates scholars overcome obstacles, settle into campus March 24, 2009 When most people think of Bill Gates, they think computers. But when UW–Madison’s 14 Gates Millennium Scholars think of the renowned computer genius, they are probably reminded of their own promising futures.
• Evolutionary biologist Sean Carroll featured on Scientific American podcast Feb. 26, 2009
• New history course on U.S. ‘grand strategy’ reaches out to modern military leaders Feb. 24, 2009 If ignorance of history makes one more likely to repeat it, as the saying goes, then the stakes of historical knowledge are at their highest when involving military strategy and war.
• Feb. 11 Focus on the Humanities lecture Feb. 23, 2009
• Graduate student wins chance to perform at the Met Jan. 21, 2009 Singers around the world dream of taking the stage at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. On Sunday, Feb. 15, one University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student will do just that.
• New projects take aim at Arboretum stormwater problems Sept. 3, 2008 Even after the most violent rains, stormwater usually recedes from city streets within hours. But in the downstream places where this water collects, the impact can be lasting, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum.
• UW-Madison scientists guide human skin cells to embryonic state Nov. 20, 2007 In a paper to be published Nov. 22 in the online edition of the journal Science, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reports the genetic reprogramming of human skin cells to create cells indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells.
• Convocation for New Students: Rule Johnstone address Sept. 4, 2007
• Major bioenergy initiative takes flight in Midwest June 26, 2007 A consortium of universities, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories and businesses led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison to explore the vast potential of bioenergy was awarded one of three major new DOE bioenergy research centers, it was announced today (June 26).
• Wisconsin Idea Seminar: Friday, May 25 May 29, 2007
• Wisconsin Idea Seminar: Thursday, May 24 May 25, 2007
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• Wisconsin Idea Seminar: Monday, May 21 May 22, 2007