University of Wisconsin Madison News

Wisconsin Farmers Union has announced the hiring of a new policy organizer. David Wright-Racette will be responsible for coordinating and developing WFU outreach efforts while working closely with members and county chapters to support engagement at the local level.

City leaders in Portsmouth, Va., are wondering: How can a city auditor do his job if he goes more than a year without logging into the city's financial records system? According to a Virginian-Pilot newspaper report, Portsmouth City Auditor Jesse Andre Thomas had not released a single audit since taking the position 14 months ago.

Monitoring formation of amylin plaques using 2-D IR spectroscopy, scientists have observed the creation of temporary intermediate structures, which may explain why proteins aggregate into toxic plaques Amsterdam, NL, 10 July 2014 A- Amyloid diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, type 2 diabetes, cataracts, and the spongiform encephalopathies, all ... (more)

Arnold 'Arnie' Martin, 94, of Oconto Falls, passed away Tuesday, July 8. Born Aug. 24, 1919, to Gottlieb and Matilda Martin in the Town of Gillett, he graduated from Oconto Falls High School and served in the United States Air Force in England and France during World War II.

Sexual assaults are going unreported on college campuses across the country, and a new study shows not enough students are educated about the seriousness of the incidents.

The resulting feminist biology post-doc immediately garnered media attention. Prof.

For nearly five months now, my dog Cardiff has been undergoing chemotherapy treatment for lymphoma.

Secure Decisions, a leading provider of assessment tools to enhance software security, is partnering with the Software Assurance Marketplace to build a powerful and publicly accessible resource to improve the software that drives everyday life.

So when a group of researchers began looking at how to make jet fuel from biomass, they also strived to create a "techno-economic" framework that would illuminate the entire biofuels field.

PAPILLION AG CREATES, FILLS DAIRY INITIATIVE PROJECT MANAGER POSITION Jul. 9, 2014 Source: Papillion Agricultural Co news release Papillon Agricultural Company hand-picked Clayton Stoffel for the newly created position of Dairy Initiative Project Manager.

'Fifty Shades of Grey', 'Catching Fire' and 'The Great Gatsby' were among the bestsellers some struggled to finish.

While many students visit college health centers due to a cold or the flu, others need to speak with someone about reducing stress.

We are pleased to announce that Brianna Marshall will be the new editor of the LITA Blog.

University of Wisconsin-Madison police say firefighters, paramedics and divers responded to the lake near the Porter boathouse about 7 p.m. Monday on a report of a man in the water calling for help.

Richard Carl Jentoft, 80, of Beloit, WI, died Friday, July 4, 2014, in Beloit Memorial Hospital.

Today's Paper, also known as the e-Edition, is an online replica of the printed newspaper.

By now, the poor sales of Hillary Clinton's new book "Hard Choices" are well-documented .

Ian Anthony Dale had dreams of being a major league baseball player, but an injury led him away from the field and onto the stage.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/MCT--A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has shown that chronic stress of poverty, neglect and physical abuse in early life may shrink the parts of a child's developing brain responsible for memory, learning and processing emotion.

A controversial scientist who carried out provocative research on making influenza viruses more infectious has completed his most dangerous experiment to date by deliberately creating a pandemic strain of flu that can evade the human immune system.