Stories indexed under: College of Letters & Science

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• U.S. Postal Service honors two from UW-Madison March 30, 2010 The U.S. Postal Service has given both of its awards for scholarship on the history of the American postal system to University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
• Particle accelerator ready to attempt record-breaking collisions March 29, 2010 Energy is building at the Large Hadron Collider outside of Geneva, Switzerland, in more ways than one.
• Author, activist Noam Chomsky to receive award March 29, 2010 Philosopher, political activist, lecturer and author Noam Chomsky will receive the A.E. Havens Center’s Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship on Thursday, April 8.
• Book explores organ transplant network, evidence-based decision-making March 24, 2010 In an important and timely study of medical governance, professor David Weimer of the La Follette School of Public Affairs explores a regulatory approach that delegates decisions about the allocation of scarce medical resources to private nonprofit organizations.
• Costume designer featured as artist in residence March 24, 2010 There’s no denying that clothes say volumes about the person wearing them. This is true, too, on the stage.
• Molecular biologist receives Stephen Jay Gould Prize March 24, 2010 Sean Carroll, a University of Wisconsin-Madison molecular biologist and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Stephen Jay Gould Prize, an award given in recognition of exemplary efforts to advance public understanding of evolutionary science.
• Study explores link between sunlight, multiple sclerosis March 22, 2010 For more than 30 years, scientists have known that multiple sclerosis (MS) is much more common in higher latitudes than in the tropics. Because sunlight is more abundant near the equator, many researchers have wondered if the high levels of vitamin D engendered by sunlight could explain this unusual pattern of prevalence.
• Twenty-year study yields precise model of tectonic-plate movements March 22, 2010 A new model of the Earth, 20 years in the making, describes a dynamic three-dimensional puzzle of planetary proportions.
• UW Marching Band delivers food and music to local seniors March 18, 2010 The UW Marching Band is spicing up the Meals on Wheels again this spring with its "March for Meals" program.
• Journalism school to honor alumni communicators March 15, 2010 Marketing and strategic communication will take center stage at this year's University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication annual awards dinner.
• Teach-in on Afghanistan, Pakistan set for next weekend March 12, 2010 A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty have organized a teach-in on Afghanistan and Pakistan to be held on campus next weekend, March 19 and 20.
• Upcoming conference to cover journalism ethics March 12, 2010 Traditional and new journalism values will intersect at the second annual conference on journalism ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Scavenging energy waste to turn water into hydrogen fuel March 11, 2010 Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have designed a way to harvest small amounts of waste energy and harness them to turn water into usable hydrogen fuel.
• Words, wit and wild hearts: A conversation with author, professor Lorrie Moore March 10, 2010 It’s a writer-to-writer conversation when Jacquelyn Mitchard sits down for a chat with Lorrie Moore, acclaimed fiction author and UW faculty member.
• Production explores conflict of head over heart March 10, 2010 The emotional conflict over whether to follow one’s heart or not is a struggle that has plagued all peoples during all eras. In 1888, playwright Henrik Ibsen explored the topic in his play “The Lady from the Sea.” Graduate directing student Jeremy Thomas Poulsen now tackles Ibsen’s play in University Theatre’s upcoming production, opening Friday, March 19, and playing through Saturday, April 10, in the Hemsley Theatre.
• Book, research sparked professor’s passion for the gas and dust of the galaxy March 10, 2010 Most people first think of the stars when thinking about outer space — but Snezana Stanimirovic is more interested in what’s between them.
• Mount Horeb bands to invade Humanities Building March 10, 2010 Some 300 middle- and high-school band members from Mount Horeb, Wis., will come to the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Wednesday, March 17, for a morning of musical instruction and collaboration in a musical March madness.
• Where the invasive things are — and where they could be March 9, 2010 Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Limnology have launched a new Web site to help assess the threat of aquatic invasive species in Wisconsin's lakes.
• World Languages Day expands with special community event March 5, 2010 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has always been a leader in language instruction and study abroad activities. Community members will now have a chance to experience what thousands of Wisconsin high school students have learned over the past decade: language and culture add meaning to our lives.
• Obama nominates UW-Madison professor to National Board for Education Sciences March 4, 2010 President Barack Obama has announced that he will nominate Adam Gamoran as a member of the National Board for Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education.