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• New York environmental justice advocate to speak Oct. 24 Oct. 16, 2007 Peggy Shepard, a prominent environmental and health advocate for minority groups in New York City, will give a free public lecture Wednesday, October 24, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• UW-Madison faculty contributed to global warming reports that led to Gore’s Nobel Oct. 12, 2007 University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty made significant contributions in developing the reports on the implications of global warming that led today (Oct. 12) to the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
• Study of bacterial communities may provide climate-change clues Oct. 11, 2007 A multidisciplinary group of UW-Madison and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers is studying the composition of bacterial communities in humic lakes (bodies of water containing high levels of decaying organic matter) and how these microorganisms respond to changes in their environment.
• Curiosities: Why do leaves change color in the fall? Oct. 11, 2007 Submitted by Kaela, a sixth-grader at Cherokee Middle School
• A gene divided reveals details of natural selection Oct. 10, 2007 In a molecular tour de force, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have provided an exquisitely detailed picture of natural selection as it occurs at the genetic level.
• Washburn Observatory to close for renovations Oct. 4, 2007 Washburn Observatory, which sits along Observatory Drive on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, will close at the end of October for remodeling and renovations.
• Fight to save celebrated prairie continues Oct. 3, 2007 Students from UW–Madison’s general ecology class have joined Arboretum researchers and land managers in an ambitious five-year plan to subdue the spread of invasive reed canary grass in the UW Arboretum’s Greene Prairie.
• WARF announces new hires and promotions Oct. 1, 2007 The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has announced promotions for Michael E. Falk and Emily Bauer, and the hires of a communications director, Janet L. Kelly, and two licensing professionals, Craig Heim for start-up companies, and Mark Stoveken for pharmaceutical licensing.
• Hot subjects—Physics 206: ‘Seeking Truth: Living with Doubt’ Sept. 30, 2007 Physics professor Marshall Onellion has a new job title this semester: official tackling dummy for his freshmen students. It’s part of his scheme to provoke controversial discussion and to get his students really thinking. Oddly enough, he’s instigating this debate in a physics class.
• Bioenergy research center gets early boost from U.S. Department of Energy Sept. 28, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) has received $6.67 million in start-up funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that will allow researchers to get to work on promising new sources of energy that may someday power our cars, homes, and businesses.
• ‘Jumping genes’ could make for safer gene delivery system Sept. 26, 2007 A new nonviral gene delivery system using transposons, or “jumping genes,” provides a safer alternative to previous options, according to a publication by a UW-Madison molecular biologist and biological safety expert.
• Curiosities: Is there any validity to the so-called 5-second rule? Sept. 26, 2007
• Study shows autism symptoms can improve into adulthood Sept. 25, 2007 Hallmarks of autism are characteristic behaviors - repetitive motions, problems interacting with others, impaired communication abilities - that occur in widely different combinations and degrees of severity among those who have the condition.
• Study: Nutrient pollution drives frog deformities Sept. 25, 2007 High levels of nutrients used in farming and ranching activities fuel parasite infections that have caused highly publicized frog deformities in ponds and lakes across North America, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.
• Hormone-driven effects on eating, stress mediated by same brain region Sept. 25, 2007 A hormone system linked to reducing food consumption appears to do so by increasing stress-related behaviors, according to a new study.
• Institutes will provide space for science, arts, community Sept. 24, 2007 Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to give input on the design of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery during upcoming town hall meetings, planned for Oct. 1, 8 and 10.
• Scientific American columnist to be writer in residence Sept. 24, 2007 Steve Mirsky, whose talent blending science and humor has been a staple of Scientific American since 1995 as reflected in the magazine's Anti Gravity column, has been named a University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Writer in Residence for fall 2007.
• Study reveals possible genetic risk for fetal alcohol disorders Sept. 21, 2007 New research in primates suggests that infants and children who carry a certain gene variant may be more vulnerable to the ill effects of fetal alcohol exposure.
• $7.2 million grant to aid search for ALS stem cell therapy Sept. 20, 2007 With the help of a $7.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers will explore the potential of stem cells and natural growth factors to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
• Grant supports changes to clinical, translational research Sept. 19, 2007 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded UW–Madison’s new Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) one of the largest grants in the history of the School of Medicine and Public Health.