Stories indexed under: College of Letters & Science

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• Satellite technology enables rapid, accurate mapping of forest harvest in upper Midwest Nov. 9, 2011 Using satellite images, Mutlu Ozdogan, an assistant professor of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is automatically generating maps showing where trees have been harvested in the form of clear-cut areas over five-year intervals.
• Major study returns to probe mid-life, recession-related harm Nov. 9, 2011 The deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression is a prime research opportunity for "Midlife in the United States," a long-running and expansive study of the interplay between social and psychological factors and physical health.
• UW professors honored by American Chemical Society Nov. 8, 2011 Four University of Wisconsin–Madison professors have won awards from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in recognition of research excellence. They will be honored at a ceremony next March at the society’s 243rd national meeting in San Diego.
• Historian’s work gives a glimpse of Nixon “unplugged” Nov. 8, 2011 The National Archives and the Richard Nixon Presidential Library will release new recordings and documents, including a transcript of Nixon’s grand jury testimony related to the Watergate investigation, thanks to a UW-Madison professor emeritus who has fought for years to get the secret records of the former president made public.
• Artists and libraries unite in innovative student project Nov. 3, 2011 Merging organizational savvy and community outreach, three students in the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) have created a resource to connect artists, libraries and the people who love them.
• Increased use of bikes for commuting offers economic, health benefits Nov. 2, 2011 Cutting out short auto trips and replacing them with mass transit and active transport would yield major health benefits, according to a study just published in the scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
• Percussion groups from South Korea, U.S. perform at Mills Hall Nov. 1, 2011 The Guest Artist Series at the School of Music presents the Academy Percussion Ensemble from South Korea and the U.S.-based Galaxy Percussion Group on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. in Mills Hall.
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant helps sustain DARE to completion Nov. 1, 2011 Whenever she appears on a popular statewide Wisconsin Public Radio offering, Joan Houston Hall can sense the hunger people have for regional sayings and their meanings.
• Microscope will give UW researchers powerful view of molecular structures Oct. 27, 2011 A successful campus-wide partnership will bring to the University of Wisconsin–Madison a powerful new electron microscope equipped to produce high-resolution, three-dimensional images of a wide range of biological samples.
• UW-Madison to collaborate on new federal Climate Science Center Oct. 20, 2011 The University of Wisconsin-Madison is among several institutions that will collaborate through a new federal Northeast Climate Science Center to study the effects of climate change on ecosystems, wildlife, water and other resources.
• Astronomers discover how mysterious blue straggler stars stay young Oct. 19, 2011 Mysterious "blue stragglers" are old stars that appear younger than they should be: they burn hot and blue. Several theories have attempted to explain why they don't show their age, but, until now, scientists have lacked the crucial observations with which to test each hypothesis.
• Wisconsin poverty measure informs anti-poverty conference Oct. 19, 2011 A researcher with the Wisconsin Poverty Project at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) is sharing project findings at an upcoming antipoverty summit.
• Book by UW–Madison professor explores new media ethics Oct. 18, 2011 A new book on media ethics by University of Wisconsin–Madison professor Stephen J. A. Ward explores the leading issues in global, online media.
• UW students lead Go Big Read discussions Oct. 17, 2011 A group of 50 University of Wisconsin–Madison students will take on a new role Wednesday, Oct. 19, leading small groups of Middleton high school students through discussions about this year's Go Big Read selection, "Enrique's Journey."
• Moynihan examines Hurricane Katrina, red tape Oct. 14, 2011 How an agency’s culture affects the actions the agency takes is illuminated in new research from public affairs scholar Donald Moynihan on the federal response to Hurricane Katrina.
• Outreach efforts earn UW–Madison employee award from public schools Oct. 13, 2011 There has been a marked increase in green slime, exploding volcanoes, and rockets blasting off in the Madison public schools over the past few years, thanks to the hard work of Dolly Ledin at UW–Madison’s Institute for Biology Education.
• American Chemical Society honors UW–Madison professors Oct. 11, 2011 Four UW–Madison professors have won awards from the American Chemical Society in recognition of research excellence.
• Building a new cadre of science faculty, center makes next big leap Oct. 10, 2011 The national experiment to develop a new generation of college science and engineering faculty, one equipped to excel in the classroom as well as the lab, is about to shift into high gear.
• Psychologist to explain 3-D perception to National Geographic audience Oct. 7, 2011 Bas Rokers, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will illustrate how our brains process visual motion and depth during the three-part National Geographic television series "Brain Games."
• Decade of effort yields diabetes susceptibility gene Oct. 6, 2011 Ten years of meticulous mouse breeding, screening and record-keeping have finally paid off for Alan Attie and his lab members.