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  • Photo of Mary Langston Professor blends ecology, history April 21, 2008 As a University of Washington graduate student in the late 1980s, Nancy Langston traveled to a national park in Zimbabwe to study an endangered bird. She came back with a resolve to know more about people.
  • Engineering class infuses green ideas into local building projects April 21, 2008 Earth Day is celebrated once a year, but University of Wisconsin-Madison civil and environmental engineering students are working to create plans that offer sustainable benefits for years to come.
  • Image of seismograph Recent sightings: Seismometer image of Midwest earthquake April 18, 2008
  • Visual Culture Center reaches across academic fields April 16, 2008 Tucked away on the fifth floor of Memorial Library in a monastic faculty study room are the digs for the recently created Visual Culture Center. The limited square footage and unglamorous address, though, haven’t prevented center leadership, in just a few years, from developing and presenting a robust program of courses, research initiatives, presentations, lectures and conferences in a field of study that is the new kid on the academic block.
  • MSNBC science editor is visiting writer April 15, 2008 Alan Boyle, science editor for MSNBC on the Internet, has been named the University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Writer in Residence for this spring.
  • Leading scientists to highlight annual stem cell research symposium April 11, 2008 A cadre of North America's leading stem cell scientists will land in Madison April 16 for the third annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium.
  • Bioethics forum to be an evolutionary affair April 11, 2008 The 2008 International Bioethics Forum, to be held April 17-18 at Promega Corporation's BioPharmaceutical Technology Center (BTC) in Fitchburg, will delve into the science and controversies of evolution in the 21st Century.
  • Image from WisconsinView Director cultivates a mile-high appreciation of Wisconsin April 10, 2008 From his 12th-floor office, Sam Batzli has a view of nearby Lake Mendota and Madison's downtown punctuated by the state Capitol. But instead of looking out the window, Batzli looks at Madison and the rest of Wisconsin from much higher altitudes.
  • MSNBC science editor is visiting writer April 9, 2008 Alan MSNBC science editor is visiting writer, science editor for msnbc.com, has been named the Science Writer in Residence for this spring.
  • Photo of Science Expeditions 2008 Recent sightings: Science Expeditions 2008 April 8, 2008
  • Photo from Science in a Box performance Using street theater to channel the lessons of molecules April 7, 2008 A novel project by a collaboration of scientists and educators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Madison Area Technical College (MATC) is making molecules and atoms the stars of a project to use theater to teach children the basics of science.
  • Pomegranate UW study shows pomegranate juice may help fight lung cancer April 4, 2008 Researchers are adding to the list of cancer types for which pomegranates seem to halt growth. A recent study at the University of Wisconsin–Madison using a mouse model shows that consuming pomegranates could potentially help reduce the growth and spread of lung cancer cells or even prevent lung cancer from developing.
  • From stained glass to stem cells, science shines on campus April 5 March 27, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison will offer a science smorgasbord to the public at the sixth annual Science Expeditions on Saturday, April 5.
  • From stained glass to stem cells, science shines March 26, 2008 UW–Madison will offer a science smorgasbord to the public at the sixth annual Science Expeditions on Saturday, April 5.
  • WARF, UW-Madison influenza researcher, Lentigen agree to donate technology March 25, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $1.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support research aimed at understanding the molecular features that lead to influenza pandemics. UW-Madison will collaborate with Maryland-based Lentigen Corp. on the project.
  • Image of brain scan Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain March 25, 2008 Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other peoples' mental states, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Photo of James Thomson For stem cell scientist James Thomson, discovery trumps fame March 24, 2008 The UW scientist who first brought stem cells into the scientific spotlight — a discovery that sparked a volatile debate of political and medical ethics — doesn’t seek fame for himself. So when you are the go-to guy for everybody who wants access to James Thomson, a man who’d much rather be in the lab than in the media’s glare, you learn to say no more often than you’d like.
  • Events celebrate nanotechnology March 20, 2008 The public can get up close and personal with nanotechnology research during a series of free public nanotechnology events on campus during "Nano Days," Saturday, March 29-Sunday, April 6.
  • Image of David Technology to predict strain gets a perfect model: Michelangelo’s ‘David’ March 19, 2008 For statues, stress injuries come from standing in place for hundreds of years. Using a novel technique, researchers have now developed a way to predict such fracturing, applying the procedure to Michelangelo's famous statue "David" in an analysis that proved simpler, faster and more accurate than previous methods.
  • UW Geology Museum receives more than $100,000 in minerals March 19, 2008 In its 160-year existence, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum has never before received a mineral donation like the one recently given by retired UW-Madison electrical engineering Professor R.A. Greiner.