Stories indexed under: Science

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• 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.
• http://wisconsinidea.wisc.edu/features/barb-lawrence-cultivating-better-dementia-care/ Aug. 22, 2007
• Engineering experts available on flooding issues Aug. 20, 2007
• UW-Madison among Hartwell Foundation’s 2007 top ten biomedical research centers Aug. 20, 2007 For the second year in a row, the Hartwell Foundation of Memphis, Tenn., has named the University of Wisconsin-Madison as one of its Top Ten Centers of Biomedical Research.
• UW-Madison drops slightly in 2008 U.S. News rankings Aug. 17, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison is ranked eighth among public institutions in annual rankings released today (Aug. 17) by U.S. News and World Report's 2008 edition of America's Best Colleges.
• NIH MERIT award advances fetal alcohol research Aug. 17, 2007 Susan Smith, a professor of nutritional sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a prestigious MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health, which provides research funding for up to 10 years. Smith is an expert on fetal alcohol exposure, the leading known cause of mental retardation in the world.