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• Hybrid buses come to campus Sept. 19, 2007 Two of Wisconsin’s first hybrid electric-powered buses will be in service on campus soon.
• Major grant advances UW’s clinical and translational research enterprise Sept. 18, 2007 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison's new Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) one of the largest grants in the history of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, making UW-Madison a key player in an ambitious NIH plan to transform the country's clinical and translational research enterprise.
• Wisconsin prairie to be named for botany Professor Hugh Iltis Sept. 17, 2007 A prairie in Marquette County will soon be named for Hugh Iltis, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus of botany and former director of the UW-Madison Herbarium.
• Research and instruction in the Microbial Sciences Building Sept. 14, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Microbial Sciences Building will be home to a wide range of departments, programs and researc h centers.
• Slide show: Microbial Sciences Building Sept. 14, 2007
• Graduate science education program to expand to more universities Sept. 10, 2007 The UW-Madison-based Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) has received a three-year, $5.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to expand a campus science education program to five other major research universities.
• Exhibits reveal famous patrons of the arts also loved science Sept. 10, 2007 Medici enthusiasm for science as well as art during the three centuries the family reigned over Florence and Tuscany is now on display at UW-Madison.
• Curiosities: Why is the ocean salty? Sept. 7, 2007
• Jordan Gerth: Souping up state weather forecasts Sept. 6, 2007 Since arriving at UW–Madison from Kenosha in 2005 as a freshman, the atmospheric and oceanic sciences major has taken a lead role in a project that is making campus weather research tools available to frontline forecasters in Wisconsin’s National Weather Service (NWS) regional offices.
• UW Badgers, farmers enjoy benefits of whey sports drink Sept. 6, 2007 When the University of Wisconsin football Badgers take the field this fall, they will have a secret weapon behind them: Wisconsin's dairy cows.
• Technology savvy helps soup up state weather forecasts Sept. 5, 2007
• Invasive species spreads to Vilas County lake in Wisconsin Aug. 31, 2007 The spiny water flea, a small but aggressive aquatic invasive species, has made its way into another of Wisconsin's lakes, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reported last week.
• New ophthalmologist joins School of Veterinary Medicine Aug. 30, 2007 Elizabeth Adkins, a board-certified veterinary ophthalmologist, has joined the staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, effective Aug. 22.
• School of Veterinary Medicine sponsors 24th annual Dog Jog benefit Aug. 29, 2007 At 10 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16, hundreds of animal lovers and their dogs will run (or walk) the two-mile Dog Jog benefit race, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine.
• At home in the Northwoods Aug. 27, 2007 Summer is high season at Kemp Natural Resources Station in Woodruff, Wis, when a series of classes, researchers and visitors stream onto Kemp grounds. For most, Kemp serves as a home base for research projects that require access to woods, water, wildlife or wilderness. This summer, the station is hosting people studying topics ranging from climate change to lakeshore ecology to biodiversity.
• Hungry insects leave clues to impacts of climate change Aug. 27, 2007
• Curiosities: Why does the sky turn green before a tornado? Aug. 24, 2007
• Study finds Viagra increases release of key reproductive hormone Aug. 23, 2007 The little blue pill may do more than get the blood pumping. Sildenafil — the generic name for Viagra — also increases release of a reproductive hormone in rats, according to a new study.
• New children's hospital becomes reality for families Aug. 22, 2007 When nearly 9,000 visitors walked through the new American Family Children's Hospital during its open house in late July, children's hospital Vice President David Berry said he heard two main reactions from patients and families who had offered advice on what the new hospital should include.
• Technician cares for Kemp Station Aug. 22, 2007 It's an unseasonably hot June day in northern Wisconsin and the sun is blazing, but the solitary figure working on the roof either doesn't mind or is toughing it out. The demanding manual labor, set against a backdrop of the scenic North Woods, makes a typical workday for Gary Kellner, craftsworker and natural resources and maintenance technician at the Kemp Natural Resources Station in Woodruff, Wis.