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• New date set for animal research forum March 10, 2011 In response to student requests, a talk by Charles Snowdon, University of Wisconsin-Madison psychology professor, entitled "The Cotton-top Tamarin: Research for Conservation and Understanding Human Behavior," has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 29. The talk had been set for spring break.
• Aging rates, mortality gender gap similar across primates, study finds March 10, 2011 Humans aren't the only ones who grow old gracefully, says a new study of primate aging patterns.
• Stage set for visit by chemist, playwright Djerassi March 9, 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus Carl Djerassi - an award-winning chemist, novelist, playwright and art collector - will appear on campus Monday-Tuesday, March 28-29, as part of the yearlong celebration ILLUMINATE: UW-Madison Year of the Arts, the Arts Institute announced.
• Harvard professor to give Nellie Y. McKay Lecture March 7, 2011 Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will give the annual Nellie Y. McKay Lecture in the Humanities at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 24
• New perspective diminishes racial bias in pain treatment March 7, 2011 Years of research show black patients getting less treatment in the American health care system than their white counterparts, but a new study suggests that a quick dose of empathy helps close racial gaps in pain treatment.
• UW-Madison Dance Department, Arts Institute remember ‘60s events with symposium March 3, 2011 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Dance Department and Arts Institute announce the Sunlight Project and Symposium, a series of 10 events related to Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss' "They Marched into Sunlight."
• Preston, professor and anti-puffery crusader, dies at 79 March 3, 2011 Ivan Preston, Journal Communications/Warren Heyse Bascom Professor Emeritus in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication, passed away on Tuesday, March 1 at age 79.
• Writer’s Choice: Madison welcomes Badura-Skoda again and again March 2, 2011
• Chemist awarded grant to develop ‘green chemistry’ for pharmaceutical industry Feb. 28, 2011 A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of chemistry has received a grant to develop "green" techniques to produce compounds for the pharmaceutical industry.
• UW-Madison artist wins international visualization challenge Feb. 28, 2011 Watch yourself around Kandis Elliot's art, because it may be smuggling things into your brain.
• UW-Madison trio named Leopold Leadership Fellows Feb. 28, 2011 Three University of Wisconsin-Madison professors are among only 20 academics from throughout North America chosen this year to participate in a prestigious environmental leadership and communications training program.
• La Follette School to host budget forum Friday Feb. 24, 2011
• Chemist focuses on education for real-world sustainability challenges Feb. 18, 2011 Introductory college science classes need to improve their coverage of issues related to sustainability, a noted chemistry educator told the American Association for the Advancement of Science today.
• Engineering atomic interfaces for new electronics Feb. 17, 2011 Most people cross borders such as doorways or state lines without thinking much about it. Yet not all borders are places of limbo intended only for crossing. Some borders, like those between two materials that are brought together, are dynamic places where special things can happen.
• L&S holds lecture series Feb. 14, 2011 The 2010 Romanell Phi Beta Kappa Professorship Lecture Series will feature Daniel M. Hausman, the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Philosophy.
• Ancient Mesoamerican sculpture uncovered in southern Mexico Feb. 14, 2011 With one arm raised and a determined scowl, the figure looks ready to march right off his carved tablet and into the history books. If only we knew who he was - corn god? Tribal chief? Sacred priest?
• World phosphorous use crosses critical threshold Feb. 14, 2011 Recalculating the global use of phosphorous, a fertilizer linchpin of modern agriculture, a team of researchers warns that the world's stocks may soon be in short supply and that overuse in the industrialized world has become a leading cause of the pollution of lakes, rivers and streams.
• StoryCorps to take part in UW-Madison Peace Corps event Feb. 8, 2011 StoryCorps, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving, and sharing the stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs, will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison from March 24-26 as part of "Peace Corps and Africa: 50 Years," an event honoring and assessing a half-century of volunteer service.
• UW-Madison chemist wins innovation prize Feb. 8, 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison Meloche-Bascom Professor of Chemistry Martin Zanni is being honored for contributions to the advancement of science within his laboratory and beyond.
• Program merges dual interests in science and policy Feb. 8, 2011 Melding of mind and policy matters is all in a day's work for the graduate students in the Neuroscience and Public Policy program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.