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• GardenFit program helps kids pare summer weight gain Aug. 10, 2010 After spending the morning spreading hay mulch and bark at Madison's East High Youth Farm, a group of middle-schoolers lined up for a well-deserved lunch. Under the canopy of a large oak, they slathered tortillas with beans, then spooned on tomatoes, bell peppers, onions and carrots that they had chopped themselves.
• One-man play confronts race issues with examination of lynching victim’s life Jan. 25, 2010 Patrick Sims' brain is crowded with the lives and chatter of imaginary people. He's been listening to them since they moved in some 12 years ago when he visited America's Black Holocaust Museum on Milwaukee's north side.
• Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow Nov. 19, 2009 Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities.
• Fifty years of expanding girls’ horizons in science, math Nov. 3, 2009 The Expanding Your Horizons program, a daylong conference designed to expose young women to careers in science, technology, engineering and math, has touched thousands of Wisconsin women during its 50-year history at UW-Madison.
• First Wave wins state arts award Oct. 1, 2009 A top Wisconsin arts honor - the 2009 Governor's Award in Support of the Arts - has been given to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), which oversees the First Wave Learning Community.
• Madison Minute: Sara Guyer on the Go Big read program Sept. 18, 2009 Sara Guyer, director of the Center for the Humanities and professor of English, talks about the Go Big Read program and the different ways in which people can participate.
• Office Hours: Are you what you eat? Sept. 17, 2009 Is Michael Pollan's book, "In Defense of Food" just food for thought, or is it a whole new direction the world should be going to address food and nutritional concerns?
• Snaring bigger bugs gave flytraps evolutionary edge Aug. 25, 2009 Carnivorous plants defy our expectations of how plants should behave, with Venus flytraps employing nerve-like reflexes and powerful digestive enzymes to capture and consume fresh meat. The evolutionary history of these botanical oddities is now a bit clearer, thanks to new work.
• Video: UW-Madison partners with MMSD for literacy June 17, 2009 On May 11, more than 200 Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) students participated in a fun musical program stressing the importance of literacy and self-esteem.
• The healing game: How Nintendo's Wii is making the hard work of physical therapy into child's play June 10, 2009 Pediatric physical therapists at American Family Children's Hospital have been introducing Wii video gaming techology into their patients' therapy programs with notable success.
• Big Ten Network show analyzes Obama’s first 100 days April 29, 2009 The seventh episode of “Office Hours,” a half-hour weekly talk show on the Big Ten Network, brings nationally recognized experts from the UW-Madison campus together in a discussion of President Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office.
• Researchers use brain interface to post to Twitter April 20, 2009 In early April, Adam Wilson posted a status update on the social networking Web site Twitter - just by thinking about it.
• UW-Madison: ‘College Life’ appears to fall short in depiction April 13, 2009 MTV’s reality-based series “College Life” appears to present a sensationalized view of student life with an exaggerated emphasis on drinking and dysfunctional relationships, according to UW-Madison officials.
• Art gone buggy March 12, 2009 Jennifer Angus, an associate professor of design studies, is featured — with video — in Art City, a blog my the Milauwkee Journal-Sentinel’s art and architecture critic.
• How do you mend a broken heart? Maybe someday with stem cells made from your skin Feb. 12, 2009 A little more than a year after University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists showed they could turn skin cells back into stem cells, they have pulsating proof that these "induced" stem cells can indeed form the specialized cells that make up heart muscle.
• Piano Pioneers brings musical opportunities to Madison community Jan. 28, 2009 For the School of Music, the key to connecting with the Madison community lies within the keys of a piano.
• Record 122,000 callers seek help from Quit Line to stop smoking Dec. 17, 2008 University of Wisconsin and state health officials announce a record-breaking 39,000 calls to the state’s Tobacco Quit Line in 2008 and celebrated the Quit Line fielding 122,000 calls in its seven-year history. Smokers are encouraged to call 1-800-QUIT-NOW to get the support they need in quitting in the year ahead.
• Chancellor Martin address: Sustaining UW-Madison’s greatness Oct. 24, 2008 In her first major public address before 800-plus campus and community members at the Kohl Center Thursday, Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin outlined an ambitious set of priorities for sustaining greatness at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Engineering teamwork gives bridge building a lift Oct. 22, 2008
• Video: PB & J with the Dean of Students Oct. 9, 2008 Dean of Students Lori Berquam and staff from the Offices of the Dean of Students (ODOS) handed out free peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The event was designed to help students become familiar with ODOS staff and services and aware of where various offices are located on campus.