The Wisconsin Week Wire — November 29, 2006
Top News
Business school offers entrepreneurship option for undergrads
The School of Business now offers students the opportunity to pursue a concentration in entrepreneurship within its undergraduate major in management and human resources.
Research
Hamstring findings may help injured athletes stay healthy
Athletes who strain a hamstring may avoid reinjuring the muscle by participating in targeted physical therapies and improving their running mechanics, according to UW–Madison research.
Researchers develop novel method to find new antibiotics
A UW–Madison bacteriologist is searching for new antibiotics that render bacteria harmless without killing them.
On Campus
Events calendar
New approaches to environmental sustainability
The annual Engineering Executives Forum this Thursday and Friday, Nov. 30–Dec. 1, will feature speakers focused on helping industry develop sustainable responses to global warming, oil and water constraints, and other global environmental threats.
Study: Political ad time trumps election coverage on TV
In the month leading up to the 2006 midterm elections, local television news viewers got considerably more information about campaigns from paid political advertisements than from news coverage, a new UW–Madison study shows.
Christmas chemistry lecture: Still explosive at 37
The 37th annual holiday lecture “Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri” will be held on Saturday and Sunday, December 2 and 3.
Lakeshore Nature Preserve comes to life online
A digital trove brimming with cutting-edge maps, evocative photos, ecological information and the rich history of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve has been assembled on a Web site.
Users can customize new online map
A new technologically advanced campus map recently was released online.
Milestones
Five faculty named AAAS fellows
Five UW–Madison faculty members are among 449 scientists and engineers to be awarded fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Community
Journalist unveils new picture of Wisconsin’s capital city
The UW Press will publish “Madison: The Illustrated Sesquicentennial History, Vol. 1, 1856–1921” by Stuart Levitan this month.