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• New study shows persistence of anxiety July 2, 2008 We all know people who are tense and nervous and can't relax. They may have been wired differently since childhood.
• UW-Madison grad student to meet with Nobel laureates June 20, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison nuclear engineering doctoral student Rachel Slaybaugh never dreamed she'd have the opportunity to chat with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist - much less several of them.
• UW-Madison’s ‘African Storyteller’ premieres on ResearchChannel June 19, 2008 On June 18, the ResearchChannel began airing "The Storyteller with Professor Harold Scheub," the story of Sheub's remarkable experience with African storytellers.
• Great people. Great place. Fundraising initiative built around campus’s top priorities June 19, 2008 Three synergistic components define a world-class university: the most promising undergraduates, top graduate and professional students, and stellar faculty. Take away any of the three and what remains is just another university.
• A father’s legacy will help future students June 19, 2008 After her father died two years ago, Ellen Zweibel received an inheritance. She wasn't quite sure what she would do with it, but the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor knew she would like to help others.
• Students launch community-supported agriculture farm on campus June 17, 2008 Members of UW-Madison's F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture have started the university's first community-supported agriculture farm.
• New fellows join Teaching Academy June 2, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Teaching Academy has announced the induction of 12 new members, including four fellows and eight future faculty partners.
• College of Engineering proposes differential tuition for undergraduates May 28, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering is proposing to phase in a $700-per-semester tuition differential to address the rising cost of engineering education and to remain competitive with other colleges of engineering. The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents will consider the proposal at its June 5-6 meeting.
• Summer conference services uphold university ideal May 27, 2008 With the spring semester coming to a close, the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus prepares for a transition from predominantly undergraduate students to a highly diverse summer population. For University Housing Conference Services Program Director Sharon Seagren, June, July and August are the busiest months of the year.
• New exchange program to build bridges between UW and India May 27, 2008 Although still recovering from jet lag, a group of 15 undergraduate students from India are getting situated in various labs across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, where they will spend the summer conducting research.
• UW-Madison admits wait-listed students May 22, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has begun the process of admitting select students from its extended waiting list. To date, 375 wait-listed Wisconsin residents who applied for freshman admission for the fall of 2008 have been admitted.
• Nobel laureate establishes symposium to inspire young scientists May 21, 2008 As an undergraduate student at Oxford University in the 1940s, Oliver Smithies attended a series of lectures by Linus Pauling, one of the most influential chemists of the 20th century. It was a powerful experience, one that sparked the young scientist's ambitions and helped launch his own eminent career.
• Kohl’s Department Stores supports retail excellence with $3 million gift May 19, 2008 Kohl's Department Stores announced today a $3 million gift to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to establish the Kohl's Department Stores Center for Retailing Excellence.
• Notable graduates: Spring 2008 commencement May 15, 2008 Approximately 5,000 students will receive degrees from UW-Madison during spring commencement ceremonies May 16-18. Following are stories of some individual students who have done remarkable work while on campus.
• 'Wisconsin Votes' explores lively history of state voting behavior May 14, 2008 Growing up in a politically divided house — with a Democratic mother and a Republican father — may have been one of the best things that could have happened to Robert Booth Fowler.
• Geography students put local foods on the map May 14, 2008 As temperatures warm, farm fields begin to green and outdoor farmers' markets get under way, the time is ripe for thinking about local foods. For Madison residents, finding locally produced foods is now just a mouse click away.
• UW-Madison builds new entrepreneurship learning community May 13, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison will launch a new living and learning community next fall for students interested in entrepreneurship.
• Symposium marks a decade of big strides in teaching, learning May 13, 2008 If a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate were to return to campus today after a ten-year absence, the first impression would be striking: A building boom has altered the landscape with glimmering new buildings and additions, while another wave of construction busily charges ahead.
• Notable graduates: Leann Barden — Research leads to help for dysphagia sufferers May 13, 2008 UW-Madison food science graduate Leann Barden made a commitment to the field when she began researching and developing beverages suitable for people diagnosed with dysphagia, a swallowing disorder that affects nearly 18 million adults and children and is currently the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
• Recent sightings: Sidewalk math May 13, 2008