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• UW-Madison: Hermosa efforts moving forward April 10, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison is moving forward in its efforts to investigate and respond to alleged workers' rights abuses at a former Adidas Group subcontractor in El Salvador.
• Second annual stem cell symposium to focus on heart tissue, blood diseases April 9, 2007 Several of the world's leading experts on the formation of blood and heart cells from stem cells, and clinical applications of stem cells in blood and heart diseases, will come together on Wednesday, April 18, for the second annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium.
• Sixth annual bioethics forum to tackle medical applications of research April 9, 2007 The interface among molecular biology, medical applications, law, religion and ethics will be the focus of the sixth annual international Bioethics Forum, hosted by Promega Corp.'s BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute (BTCI) in Fitchburg.
• UW-Madison graduate programs continue to enjoy national reputation March 30, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison continues to garner broad national recognition, including more than 50 programs listed among the nation's top 10, in rankings released today of America's top graduate education programs.
• Communicators' accomplishments, leadership honored at annual banquet March 29, 2007 The achievements of five communications professionals will be marked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communications annual banquet on Friday, April 13.
• Ultrathin films deliver DNA as possible gene therapy tool March 26, 2007 Gene therapy - the idea of using genetic instructions rather than drugs to treat disease - has tickled scientists' imaginations for decades, but is not yet a viable therapeutic method. One sizeable hurdle is getting the right genes into the right place at the right time.
• Cutting-edge political Web site editor, CNBC business newsman to visit campus March 26, 2007 Jim VandeHei, executive editor of the popular new Washington, D.C. Web site ThePolitico.com, and Charles Gasparino, on-air editor and business reporter for CNBC, will visit the UW-Madison campus in April as writers in residence.
• UW-Madison approves new research institute March 21, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison recently approved a new research entity, the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR).
• Big Badger Auction offers coveted Google internship March 21, 2007 Wisconsin alumni and friends will have a chance to make a summer internship opportunity come true for a University of Wisconsin-Madison student by bidding on Google advertising internship that debuts today as part of the Wisconsin Alumni Association's Big Badger Auction.
• Undergraduate business program ranked by BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 BusinessWeek magazine has ranked the undergraduate business program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business 28th in the nation and fourth in the Big Ten. Last year, Wisconsin was ranked 27th nationally and fifth in the Big Ten.
• UW launches study testing adult stem cells for heart damage repair March 12, 2007 The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is among the first medical centers in the country taking part in a novel clinical trial investigating if a subject's own stem cells can treat a form of severe coronary artery disease.
• UW-Madison stellerator a step forward in plasma research March 9, 2007 A project by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has come one step closer to making fusion energy possible.
• Applications for beginning dairy, livestock farmers school due April 1 March 8, 2007 Prospective dairy and livestock farmers have until April 1 to apply for admission to the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• State, local governments benefit from professor's planning expertise March 7, 2007 Thinking ahead generally does not top America's to-do lists. But professor Brian Ohm's area is land use and community development, and he is on a mission to help improve planning practice in Wisconsin and beyond.
• First UW Women’s Leadership Conference to take place on March 16 March 6, 2007 The first-ever student-organized Women's Leadership Conference, titled "Modern Women's Bootcamp: From Backpack to Briefcase," will take place from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 16, in Grainger Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• UW researcher and spinoff company to receive MIT technology awards March 6, 2007 The MIT Club of Wisconsin, a state association for alumni of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is recognizing a University of Wisconsin-Madison influenza researcher and a bioscience spinoff company on Friday at its annual Technology Achievement Awards banquet.
• Gene sequencing advance bolsters biofuels potential March 6, 2007 A collaborative research project between the U.S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) and the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute has advanced the quest for efficient conversion of plant biomass to fuels and chemicals.
• CALS to celebrate National Landmark Status of old dairy barn March 5, 2007 The public is invited to a program on March 28, 2007 at 7:15 p.m. to celebrate the designation of the UW-Madison’s 109-year-old dairy barn as a National Historic Landmark.
• Speaker series kicks off with athlete Suzy Favor Hamilton March 2, 2007 Olympic athlete and University of Wisconsin-Madison track star Suzy Favor Hamilton will be the featured speaker at the "Perspectives for Success Breakfast Series" on Wednesday, March 14 at the Memorial Union.
• UW-Madison engineer to head DOE fusion energy office March 1, 2007 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professor to lead its Office of Fusion Energy Science, located within the DOE Office of Science.