The Wisconsin Week Wire — Feb. 27, 2008
Top News
MIR names first member of scientific leadership team
The Morgridge Institute for Research has announced the appointment of stem cell pioneer and researcher James Thomson as the first member of its multidisciplinary scientific leadership team.
Psychology gets undergraduate research down to a science
A significant majority of the Department of Psychology’s undergraduate majors are choosing not only an academic specialty, but also an in-depth experience in a psychology research lab.
Research
Can RFID technology promote a safer blood supply?
The UW–Madison RFID Lab, based in the College of Engineering, has partnered with three national blood centers to study the feasibility of and develop prototypes for using radio frequency identification technology (RFID) to manage the entire supply chain in blood transfusion medicine.
Bacteria unlock secrets that may aid cancer treatment
A UW–Madison professor’s research may change the way we look at chemistry and chemotherapy.
Features
Collaboration, community service key for textiles professor
Majid Sarmadi is using his research to find ways to make carpeting more environmentally friendly.
Choosing a chancellor: Lawmakers offer their take on UW–Madison’s next leader
Wisconsin Week asked lawmakers at the state Capitol to weigh in on what they are looking for in the next chancellor.
On Campus
Events calendar
Employee Matters
‘Wisconsin Reflections’ taping canceled
The “Wisconsin Reflections” taping that was scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 28, has been postponed due to illness. It will be rescheduled. Learn more about “Wisconsin Reflections”.
Campus influenza cases on the rise
University Health Services reports a marked increase in the number of influenza cases on campus since the beginning of the month.
Program Release a success
The university has declared the two-year project Program Release a success, with new tools to improve several processes at UW System and on the Madison, Milwaukee and Extension campuses.
University establishes new department
The Women’s Studies Program has evolved into a new department, the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies in the College of Letters and Science.
Tickets for ‘Jeopardy!’ taping to be made available on March 25
A limited number of complimentary tickets for the taping of the “Jeopardy!” 2008 College Championship will be distributed to faculty, staff and students on a first-come, first-served basis starting on Tuesday, March 25.
Festival celebrates 10 years with ‘remarkable films’
Tickets for this year’s Wisconsin Film Festival go on sale soon, and festival organizers will honor the event’s 10th year by doing what they do best: showing good films.
Celebrating Leopold’s legacy
The legacy of Aldo Leopold will be honored with “Madison Reads Leopold,” part of Aldo Leopold Weekend on Saturday, March 1.
Milestones
University names new director of Administrative Legal Services
Lisa Rutherford, a 14-year veteran of the legal affairs team, has been named the new director of Administrative Legal Services.
New Primate Center library director named
Raymond Hamel, a 25-year veteran of the Lawrence Jacobsen Library at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, was named its new director of library and information services. Hamel will oversee all library operations, including design and development of the library’s international Web site for primatology, Primate Info Net. He also will serve as a member of the design team for PrimateLit, an international database for primate literature. He has been the media reviews editor for the American Journal of Primatology for the past five years and is a co-author of “Internet Resources in Primatology, ILAR Journal.” Hamel also is the author of “The New York Times Trivia Quiz Book” and co-author of “Star Trek Crosswords,” among several other puzzle books.