University of Wisconsin Madison News

MADISON, Wis. - Capitalizing on the ability of an organism to evolve in response to punishment from a hostile environment, scientists have coaxed the model bacterium Escherichia coli to dramatically resist ionizing radiation and, in the process, reveal the genetic mechanisms that make the feat possible.

University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni in the Fond du Lac area will celebrate the founding of the university with a presentation from the director of campus planning and landscape architecture on April 29. Gary Brown, who is overseeing development and implementation of the 20-year campus master plan, will present a lecture, Building for our Future ... (more)

In this excerpt from his 41st annual Science Is Fun lecture, renowned science educator, chemistry Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri from the University of Wisconsin-Madison gets help in making a giant silvered ornament, giving gray metal a multicolored coating, and making colored light.

A UW Police official says a long-time policeman and member of the department's command staff was fired Wednesday.

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New research, " Soy Infant Formula and Seizures in Children with Autism: A Retrospective Study ," published March 12, 2014 in the journal PLOS ONE , suggests potential association between soy formula and seizures in children with autism .

In 1887, many years before Babcock Hall - the dairy plant and store that bears his name - was built, Stephen Moulton Babcock arrived on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

On February 20, the noted meteorologist, Dr. Roy W. Spencer, fed up with being called a "denier" of global warming, posted a commentary on his blog titled "Time to push back against the global warming Nazis."

Correspondence: DO Kikkawa, Division of Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCSD Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Center, 9415 Campus Point Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0946, USA Tel: +1 858 532 5972; Fax: +1 858 534 7859.

A New Jersey judge has put down a new marker in the long history of childbirth, ruling that expectant moms have the right to bar unwed dads from the delivery room.

Newcomers Wendy Francour and Paul Buzzell are competing with unsuccessful 2011 candidate Sid Terry for two seats on the Meqon-Thiensville School Board.

Velvalea "Vel" Phillips, the first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison law school, will be honored later this month with a Distinguished Alumni Award as the campus observes the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act.

Pupils from Charsfield, Sproughton and Birchwood schools take part in national grow you own potatoes day at Trinity Park, Ipswich Did you know that the potato was introduced to England by Sir Walter Raleigh? These were just some of the potato-related facts that children learnt about at a morning of workshops in Ipswich.

Elizabeth 'Liz' 'Betty' Watt Orear French, 91, passed away Saturday March 1 at Huntington Place in Janesville.

Incumbent School Board President Gary Williams and incumbent member Dennis Griffin will attempt to defend their seats against William Weisgerber, who is running for the second time in as many years.

Education: West Allis Central High School, 1992; University of Wisconsin-Madison, bachelor's degree in political science, 1996; Marquette University Law School, law degree, 1999 Community involvement: West Allis Police and Fire Commission; formerly on the West Allis Board of Review, serving as chairman; executive board vice president of the Three ... (more)

The Waukesha Creative Arts League is sponsoring a 2014 WRAP exhibit and workshop at the Oconomowoc Arts Center.

The President of the Ghana Association of Madison , Richardson Addai-Mununkum has urged Ghanaians home and abroad to renew their commitments towards advancing the course of Ghana.

That was the question panelists at a WUWM and MPTV event answered on Tuesday, during a special edition of Lake Effect.

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