The Wisconsin Week Wire — Aug. 8, 2007
Top News
Design team plans lower-cost, energy-efficient housing
A team of UW–Madison faculty and students, as well as community organizations, is working on a project to create affordable, energy-efficient housing on tribal lands throughout the state.
Veterinarian advances Wisconsin’s dairy industry
A UW–Madison veterinarian has developed a tool that measures fresh cow health, allowing dairy farmers to compare herd-management practices and decide which ones are associated with optimal cow health.
Research
Engineers ready a blueprint for nanomechanical computer
If efforts now under way by a team of UW–Madison engineers pans out, the age of the nanomechanical computer may be at hand.
Stem-cell therapy rescues motor neurons in ALS model
In a study that demonstrates the promise of cell-based therapies for diseases that have proven intractable to modern medicine, a team of UW–Madison scientists has shown that it is possible to rescue the dying neurons characteristic of amyotrophic lateral disease.
Features
Museum unearths exotic stash of glass sea creatures
A curator at the Zoological Museum recently discovered boxes filled with intricate glass sculptures of marine invertebrate animals.
On Campus
Events calendar
Moving Days: University, city ‘divide and conquer’
The university and a group of local partners will work together on Moving Days, an Aug. 11–14 campaign to encourage students to donate usable items to local charities and to properly dispose of trash and recyclables.
Organic field day slated for Aug. 30 at Arlington Station
The Arlington Agricultural Research Station will hold its first field day devoted to organic agricultural production from 3–7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30.
Milestones
Second place is sweet for food development team
Thanks to the innovation of the Food Science Club, consumers may one day follow a course of sushi not with sake, but with espresso or a latte.
Berquam names three to key dean of students office positions
Dean of students Lori Berquam has selected three experienced higher-education professionals to fill key vacancies in the Offices of the Dean of Students.