Conservationist Aldo Leopold, the author of A Sand County Almanac, and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were the pioneers of what today is called restoration ecology. The best-known restoration project at the UW Arboretum, Curtis Prairie, played a role in an Oscar-winning Disney documentary.
That’s the key takeaway from a recent study published in Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance. Researchers from Villanova University and University of Wisconsin found that charities earning a seal of transparency from the nonprofit GuideStar gained an average of 53% more contributions one year later.
In the U.S., some ranchers worry about wolf attacks on their livestock as the native predator is reintroduced to more areas, according to information from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. However, for livestock owners in Chile, wolves are not the potential threat; pumas are
It’s the new year, a time when many are turning to resolutions — including diets. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are testing a new model of a weight loss intervention device. It zaps a nerve into making your stomach feel full so that you eat less.
The Boston-born Wisel currently teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she is a fiction fellow.
Mark Stevenson, a dairy industry expert, said supply management programs like those in place in Canada and other countries can be effective.”If you restrict the amount of milk that gets to the marketplace, you can keep prices much higher, but if you do that, there has to be a lot of restrictions in place,” said Stevenson, director of Dairy Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
“How the End First Showed” (University of Wisconsin), by D.M. Aderibigbe, is a powerful testament to the women in his family — especially his grandmother and mother — who were abused for years by the men they loved.
Ms. Wisel is a fiction fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her fiction, nonfiction and poetry have appeared or will appear in Gulf Coast, New Ohio Review, Tin House online and on the Boston subway as winner of the “Poetry on the T” contest.
Quoted: Regarding the use of melatonin with young children, I shared your question with Dipesh Navsaria, a pediatrician at the University of Wisconsin.
Could Wisconsin’s dominant victory over Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl lead to the departure of offensive coordinator Joe Rudolph? Miami coach Mark Richt announced his retirement Dec. 30, less than three days after UW’s 35-3 victory over the Hurricanes.
The booster club for University of Wisconsin football will disband at the end of the month.
