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• Behavioral scientist recalls campus climate of the ’50s June 22, 2007 Students of color are not much different today than they were 50 years ago, behavioral neuroscientist Leslie H. Hicks told a group of PEOPLE undergraduates during an informal question-and-answer session about college life.
• UW-Madison employee shines light on solar power, energy conservation June 22, 2007 A UW-Madison employee has demonstrated his commitment to the environment by switching to solar power for most of his energy needs.
• Professor recognized for work on climate change and insurance June 22, 2007 Dan Anderson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison business professor, has won a $10,000 stipend for his paper on risk management as it relates to global warming and climate change.
• Engineers develop higher-energy liquid-transportation fuel from sugar June 20, 2007 Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and combine it with water molecules and sunshine to make carbohydrate or sugar. Variations on this process provide fuel for all of life on Earth.
• Concrete canoe team wins fifth straight national title June 18, 2007 Racing and exhibiting a 20-foot, 176-pound boat named Descendent, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Concrete Canoe Team did more than just buck the laws of physics this weekend: Despite stiff competition, the team earned its fifth consecutive national title at the American Society of Civil Engineers 20th annual National Concrete Canoe Competition, held June 14 through 16.
• Forum to explore sports, race, gender June 15, 2007 In the wake of the Don Imus-Rutgers women's basketball controversy, this year's University Summer Forum will explore the culture of sport and its wide-ranging effects on society through race, gender and corporate sponsorship.
• Training grants a boon to research, scientists June 14, 2007 David Beebe is living proof of the value of training grants such as the Biotechnology Training Program.
• Middle-schoolers to give Madison neighborhoods a virtual overhaul June 14, 2007 Some Madison middle school students will have a pretty impressive subject for their "What I did on my summer vacation" essays - developing their own plan for making over the capital city's most famous street and some of its key neighborhoods.
• New program to prevent substance abuse offered at 20 clinics statewide June 13, 2007 A federally funded, state-administered screening and assistance program to fight substance abuse - the fourth leading cause of death in Wisconsin - is now offered at 20 clinics around Wisconsin in settings as varied as inner-city Milwaukee, the rural northwest, and two tribal health clinics.
• Students cross border to study environmental justice June 7, 2007 This month, seven students will learn about and try to remedy some of the major environmental injustices surrounding the Mexican-U.S. border area through a University of Wisconsin-Madison summer course titled " Crossing Borders: Environmental Justice at the Mexico/U.S. Border."
• Research probes seniors’ plans for end-of-life care June 6, 2007 A new UW-Madison study offers insight into a critical part of end-of-life planning.
• Veterinarians embrace opportunity for public-health training June 4, 2007 UW-Madison's new master of public health program is opening opportunities for students in all areas of health, including veterinary medicine.
• Lakeshore preserve Web site wins ‘Best of 2007’ award June 1, 2007 The interactive Web site for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve has garnered another national award.
• UW-Madison welcomes students for summer graduate research experience May 31, 2007 This summer, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host 100 of the brightest undergraduate students in their fields from around the country to do graduate-level research with faculty members.
• With a big assist from NASA, UW-Madison launches astrobiology push May 31, 2007 With the help of a $6.5 million grant from NASA, Wisconsin researchers will join the hunt for extraterrestrial life and early life on Earth by developing techniques and instruments to read the chemical signatures living organisms leave in rocks and minerals.
• Mutant parasites, unable to infect hosts, highlight virulence genes May 30, 2007 With a single approach, microbiologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have identified dozens of clues to how human parasites may infect their hosts.
• Freshman engineers seize the wind…and a new opportunity May 29, 2007 Inspired to reinvigorate his teaching after a yearlong sabbatical, electrical and computer engineering professor Giri Venkataramanan decided to try an experiment. During spring semester 2007, he challenged the freshman in his introductory engineering class to build a functioning wind turbine from scratch.
• Workshop to focus on policy innovation for environmental, economic gain May 29, 2007 How can the U.S. and the European Union find solutions to environmental problems while also supporting the economy? Eight Europeans with expertise in creating and using new policies to meet 21st century environmental and economic challenges will be in Madison June 19 at Monona Terrace as part of an open-to-the-public "international dialogue on ecological policy" co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Virtual chemistry experiments snag big Internet award May 25, 2007 A Journal of Chemical Education Web site produced at UW-Madison has received a major "internetional" award.
• Computer scientists set on winning the computer virus ‘cold war’ May 24, 2007 First came the virus. Then came the antivirus software. Ever since, virus programmers have been escalating their technology, trying to stay one step ahead of the computer security engineers and vice versa.