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• Recent sightings: Microbial moves Aug. 17, 2007
• Ojibwa youth learn to communicate science through new media Aug. 17, 2007
• Biochemist Frey honored for career leadership Aug. 16, 2007 The American Chemical Society's Division of Biological Chemistry will host a symposium in recognition of a UW-Madison biochemist's career achievements.
• Clinical depression linked to abnormal emotional brain circuits Aug. 15, 2007 In what may be the first study to use brain imaging to look at the neural circuits involved in emotional control in patients with depression, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that brains of people with clinical depression react very differently than those of healthy people when trying to cope with negative situations.
• Features of replication suggest viruses have common themes, vulnerabilities Aug. 14, 2007 A study of the reproductive apparatus of a model virus is bolstering the idea that broad classes of viruses - including those that cause important human diseases such as AIDS, SARS and hepatitis C - have features in common that could eventually make them vulnerable to broad-spectrum antiviral agents.
• UW research taking a birds-eye view of groundwater discharge Aug. 14, 2007 Water research is often carried out in waders, but this year University of Wisconsin-Madison hydrogeologist Steven Loheide will use an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to probe water locked underground in a study supported by the UW-Madison Water Resources Institute (WRI).
• Limnologist receives preeminent international award Aug. 10, 2007 University of Wisconsin-Madison limnologist Stephen Carpenter joins the select ranks of the world's most distinguished lake researchers next week, when he will receive the highest international honor in his field.
• New certificate prepares students for global change Aug. 9, 2007 Graduate students intrigued by large-scale environmental challenges like climate change will have a new opportunity this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Veterinary professor improves Wisconsin dairy industry Aug. 8, 2007 Ken Nordlund still remembers the skeptical face at the back of the room as he and his colleagues introduced the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine's new Transition Cow Index (TCI) to dairy farmers from around the state.
• Wisconsin engineers ready a blueprint for a nanomechanical computer Aug. 3, 2007 If efforts now under way by a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers pan out, the age of the nanomechanical computer may be at hand.
• Second place is sweet for food development team Aug. 2, 2007 Thanks to the innovation of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Food Science Club, consumers may one day follow a course of sushi not with sake, but with espresso or a latte.
• Building green for less green: Design team plans lower-cost, energy-efficient housing Aug. 2, 2007 A team of faculty, students and community organizations is out to construct a new reality: green housing that can also be affordable.
• West Madison urban horticulture field day set for Aug. 18 July 27, 2007 Want to make your green thumb even greener? Stop by the Urban Horticulture Field Day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's West Madison Agricultural Research Station, on Saturday, August 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• ‘Glass menagerie:’ Museum unearths exotic stash of glass sea creatures July 25, 2007 An ordinary mid-summer stroll through Noland Hall in 2005 led Paula Holahan to an extraordinary discovery: box after box filled with a sea of intricate glass sculptures of marine invertebrate animals.
• Friends, colleagues remember the late Denice Denton July 25, 2007 When Denice Denton arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the winter of 1987, she was the lone female faculty member in the College of Engineering. Nine years later, she left the university an internationally recognized researcher, teacher, mentor and, above all, champion of the underdog and on her way to becoming the first female engineering dean at a major research university.
• UW-Madison receives academic technology excellence award July 25, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been named as a 2007 Center of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the national New Media Consortium (NMC). The award recognizes UW-Madison's demonstrated excellence and outstanding achievement in the application of technology to learning or creative expression.
• Curiosities: Why do flowers smell, and why do plants smell, too? July 24, 2007
• Synthetic garnets made by Chancellor Wiley displayed at Geology Museum July 24, 2007 In a small, freestanding case near the entrance of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum, you might notice a familiar name next to two faintly yellow gems.
• UW-Madison shares in national IT award July 20, 2007 An information technology project in which the University of Wisconsin-Madison played a key role is the winner of a major award for excellence.
• Phosphorus management system balances farms, water quality July 18, 2007 At any given spot in Wisconsin, chances are that you're not far from a lake or a farm, or both - but the combination is not always a harmonious one. The future of both may hinge on proper management of an essential element: phosphorus.