Stories indexed under: College of Letters & Science

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  • Expert on relationship between animals and bacteria wins Guggenheim honor June 18, 2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison developmental biologist Margaret McFall-Ngai has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, a one-year grant that will support her investigation into how animals interact with their natural complement of microbes.
  • La Follette School of Public Affairs director wins $3 million federal grant June 18, 2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs director Carolyn Heinrich has won a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to expand her evaluation of federally mandated tutoring programs in public schools.
  • Zebra mussels Zebra mussels hang on while quagga mussels take over June 16, 2009 The zebra mussels that have wreaked ecological havoc on the Great Lakes are harder to find these days - not because they are dying off, but because they are being replaced by a cousin, the quagga mussel. But zebra mussels still dominate in fast-moving streams and rivers.
  • Image showing forest fragmentation Isolated forest patches lose species, diversity June 9, 2009 Failing to see the forest for the trees may be causing us to overlook the declining health of Wisconsin's forest ecosystems.
  • 'Galileo Under Wisconsin Skies' to celebrate astronomy at UW-Madison June 8, 2009 "Galileo Under Wisconsin Skies," a series of special events presented by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Astronomy July 19-22, will commemorate the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope, the International Year of Astronomy and the renovation of Washburn Observatory at UW-Madison.
  • Looking for alien life at the ballpark June 4, 2009 On Friday, June 5, UW-Madison researchers are taking science to the ballpark to share their work with the crowd at the Madison Mallards' first Friday night game of the season.
  • Girl doing math Culture, not biology, underpins math gender gap June 1, 2009 For more than a century, the notion that females are innately less capable than males at doing mathematics, especially at the highest levels, has persisted in even the loftiest circles.
  • Mellon Foundation grant establishes new faculty positions May 20, 2009 The College of Letters and Science has received the first $400,000 of a $2.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
  • Photo of doctor and patient Early Alzheimer's diagnosis offers large social, fiscal benefits May 18, 2009 Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
  • Photo of buffered stream Buffering Wisconsin’s water quality with science May 14, 2009 Spring in Wisconsin heralds a new growing season. But the warming temperatures also bring heavier runoff from farm fields, carrying pollution and contaminants into the state’s lakes and streams.
  • UW-Madison alumnus nominated to chair National Endowment for the Arts May 14, 2009 Rocco Landesman, a well-known Broadway producer and University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus, has been nominated to be the next chair of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
  • Notable graduates: Krista Stewart — Collaborating her passion for music with a fervor for research May 14, 2009 Krista Stewart, a UW-Madison senior majoring in molecular biology, has not only managed to graduate in two-and-a-half years with a bachelor degree, but also has managed to juggle her intensive undergraduate research with her love for music.
  • Notable graduates: Ben Nyquist — Triple major brings eco-friendly electric bikes to campus May 14, 2009 The road to college graduation was a bit greener for Ben Nyquist, co-founder of EnergE-Bikes.
  • Teacher in Biology 151-152 As biology booms, students flock to the lab May 14, 2009 Since the mid-1990s, UW-Madison has experienced a surge of interest in biology, a phenomenon that has challenged the folks who run UW-Madison's biggest portal to this hot field: Introductory Biology 151 and 152 in the College of Letters and Science.
  • Graduate student recognized for biofuels advance May 13, 2009 In recognition of the earth-friendly biofuel technology he helped develop, a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student has been selected to receive a prestigious national award from the American Chemical Society.
  • Fellows program gives undergraduates chance to lead May 13, 2009 Even some of the most dedicated students scour the schedule of classes for ways to make their Fridays a quick day. But every Friday afternoon, Jenny Saffran’s Undergraduate Teaching Fellows meet to discuss their progress in that week’s section, and their lesson plans for next week.
  • Music professor to be honored at gala May 12, 2009 A University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music professor will be honored with one of four awards presented at the 2009 Wisconsin History Makers Gala on Wednesday, May 27, at Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel.
  • 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.
  • Film still from collection Film and theater center digitizes three new collections May 6, 2009 Three new collections in the holding of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research have been sifted, winnowed, digitized and posted to the Web.
  • Wisconsin Poverty Report gauges nature and extent of problem statewide May 4, 2009 The first-ever Wisconsin Poverty Report finds that nearly 11 percent of Wisconsin's population and one in seven children lived in poverty in 2007 and that the need for food - and almost always with it is poverty - has grown substantially as the recession deepened in the last two years.