One of the most important processes in the human body occurs inside the cellular machines that make the proteins we need to live. Now a team of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has produced high resolution images of these machines called spliceosomes.
In many ways, Heather Johnston is an anomaly.A mechanical engineering graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Phoenix native took a different career path than most of her college friends: She stayed in Wisconsin.
Noted: The group is scheduled to meet in Minocqua on Thursday. Panelists will include Craig Benson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professor; Ann Coakley, a state Department of Natural Resources regulator; Cyrus Hester, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewas environmental specialist; and Dominic Parker, an assistant professor in UW-Madisons agriculture and applied economics department.
A UW-Madison student from Saukville has been charged with attempted sexual assault on accusations he pretended to be a woman in a Craigslist personal ad in order to force another woman into a sex act with him, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
Noted: Cellectar was founded in Madison in 2003 by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Jamey Weichert. Following a 2011 merger with a public company, Novelos Therapeutics, the corporate headquarters was moved to Newton, Mass.
Noted: Possible investors cited by sources include former Bucks star Junior Bridgeman, a successful businessman in the fast-food franchise business; Ted Kellner, a prominent benefactor to University of Wisconsin-Madison sports and a Milwaukee businessman; and Jon Hammes of the Hammes Co. Craig Leipold, a Racine resident who owns the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League, said last year he might be willing to be a minority investor in the team.
Quoted: The plaintiff’s expert, Doug Laube, argued admitting privileges are unnecessary for outpatient care providers.”There are physicians there at a hospital who are often more capable of dealing with complications than the physician doing the outpatient procedure him or herself,” said Laube, chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Wisconsin-Madisons police chief says a captain she fired took thousands of photos and video of unsuspecting women over the course of six years.
Stan Temple looked out from atop a bucolic bluff in central Wisconsin on Sunday and imagined the sky darkening, the sound of wings flapping as millions of passenger pigeons passed overhead.
Quoted: Jane Collins, chairwoman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s women studies program, said that, for some women, traveling to Chicago would create enough added cost that they would decide against getting an abortion.
Noted: The museum will also host a series of related events in June and July, including a lecture on Jewish rock entrepreneurs by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Jonathan Pollack, and a concert presented by School of Rock.
Noted: Lucey was credited with pushing to merge the University of Wisconsin in Madison with the state college system, a fierce battle that created today?s system of 13 four-year state colleges. He also was responsible for breaking the all-male dominance of the state?s high court when he appointed now-Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson to it in 1976.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank?s annual pay is a far cry from what former Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee took home in the 2012-?13 academic year because of deferred compensation in his contract when he retired.
Students who are military veterans using the federal GI Bill have more than quadrupled in enrollment at UW-Madison since 2005.
Noted: “This is really a big piece of my life, and it took a lot to give it up. But now that I see that they appreciate it, it was worth it,” said Schellpeper, 28, who is graduating this summer from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Happily, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, that bastion of liberal thinking, has bucked the trend a bit this year by having as its commencement speaker, Jon Huntsman, a generally conservative Republican candidate for president in 2012, as well as former ambassador to China and governor of Utah. To my knowledge, his invitation has not stirred any unrest. Well done, Madison.
A new office for student veterans is opening this week on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Noted: He often said that he had trouble choosing between music and meteorology, said his wife, who met him when both were students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Zandt chose meteorology because he figured he?d make a better living, she said.
Quoted: “There are quite a few small jerky companies that are sprouting up across the U.S.,” said Jeff Sindelar, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who studies the meat industry and is an extension meat specialist. “I would expect the trend to continue.”
Noted: Vander Hoop earned her bachelor?s degree from UW-Madison, where she performed for Li Chiao-Ping Dance. While working on her master?s in fine arts at New York University?s Tisch School of the Arts, she and Sumi Clements founded Summation in 2010.
Thomas “Rock” Mackie, director of medical engineering at the Morgridge Institute for Research and an emeritus professor at UW, has been picked to receive the William D. Coolidge Award, the highest prize given out by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
Of all the traits tailback James White displayed during his four years at Wisconsin, patience might have been No. 1 on the list.
Noted: “Getting Back to Abnormal,” co-directed University of Wisconsin-Madison alum Louis Alvarez, will air on “P.O.V. (Point of View)” on PBS July 14. It is about the changing face of New Orleans post-Katrina. Watch the trailer for the film here. Alvarez won the Peabody Award for the films “American Tongues” and “Vote for Me.”
Noted: He spent two years studying mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before he was accepted into the Naval Academy.
Noted: But what about in the world of insurance? A few weeks ago, I wrote about my trip to the Wisconsin Business School at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. While there, I spent time with Justin Sydnor, an assistant professor in the Department of Actuarial Science, Risk Management, and Insurance who conducts much of his research in the field of behavioral finance.
With the 176th overall pick in the fifth round of the NFL draft, the Packers have selected Wisconsin WR Jared Abbrederis. He is 6-foot-2, 190 pounds. He is from Wautoma, Wis.
Of all the traits tailback James White displayed during his four years at Wisconsin, patience might have been No. 1 on the list.
The first Wisconsin player taken in the 2014 National Football League draft was a stunning selection.
Noted: The UW-Madison marching band is on hand. So is Wisconsin?s men?s basketball team. And there is a contingent of soldiers with the Army National Guard.
Noted: There may be a recovery going on, but Wisconsin still isn?t out of the hole: The poverty level continued to drop in Wisconsin in 2012, thanks to increases in jobs and earnings, according to a new study released by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers, the Journal Sentinel reported last week.
Noted: Milwaukee native Mary Shane was next, hired by another flamboyant team owner, Bill Veeck, in 1977. She spent one season in the booth with Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall for Chicago White Sox games. Shane, who died in 1987, was a University of Wisconsin-Madison alumna and taught at Nicolet High School before joining WRIT-AM as a sportscaster.
Noted: Multiple cases of mumps were reported earlier this year at UW-Madison, and at least once case was confirmed at UW-La Crosse.
Quoted: Donald Downs, a professor of political science and law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the stay reflected in part the increasingly complex nature of the litigation unfolding in state and federal court.
The state would better track surplus money at Wisconsin universities, pay off salt charges from a brutal winter and move forward with a $25 million venture capital program, under proposals coming before the Legislature?s powerful budget committee Tuesday.
John Brennan was deeply engrossed in organic chemistry, studying for an exam last week, when he absent-mindedly began drawing goofy cartoon fish with conversation bubbles explaining mechanisms behind chemical reactions.
Noted: Isidoro has been accepted to the Milwaukee School of Engineering, the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Mandujano has been accepted to Marquette University and UW-Madison.
Noted: Also by Flad and also challenging, the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Biochemical Sciences Complex project involved the restoration and renovation of historic buildings, the demolition of an outdated lab facility and the design of a new research tower.
The poverty level continued to drop in Wisconsin in 2012, thanks to increases in jobs and earnings, according to a new study released by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
An expert on politics in Wisconsin is weighing in on the John Doe court ruling and what may happen next in the case.UW-Madison Political Science professor Donald Downs calls the ruling an endorsement of free speech in the context of politics, elections and campaigns.
Michael Martin says he is a different person than he was in September when he walked into the Odyssey Project. He?s more self-aware, more at peace with himself and the world.
Quoted: While sheep operations can be found throughout the state, pockets are concentrated in southwestern and south-central Wisconsin, said Dave Thomas, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of sheep management and genetics.
All her nonfiction is produced under MavenMark Books. Those titles include “A View from the Interior: Policing the Protests at the Wisconsin State Capitol” (428 pages; 2013), written by the chief of the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s police, Susan Riseling, who chronicled what happened when thousands of protesters opposed to the policies of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker disrupted the state capital for weeks.
Noted: CDI, which was co-founded by stem cell pioneer and University of Wisconsin-Madison professor James Thomson, said last week it had launched a new cell line, called iCell DopaNeurons, that could aid research into neurological disorders like Parkinson?s disease and schizophrenia.
Quoted: “The data breach is an easy thing to point out, but even before the breach they weren?t doing so well. People weren?t shopping there with the type of frequency they had in the past,” said Tom Bakas, who is pursuing an MBA in finance and is participating in the Applied Security Analysis Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: A University of Wisconsin-Madison grad who studied for a doctorate in Hebrew literature at UCLA, Hirsh is known both for his deep knowledge of Jewish history and culture and for his ability to convey it in novel and creative ways.
Quoted: Donald Downs, a professor of political science and law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said he would need to read the ruling before giving full comments. But the news of the ruling stunned him.
I sent out a tweet with a link to a video made by University of Wisconsin offcials who are joining the fight to stamp out homophobia in athletics.
One of Wisconsin?s more memorable home games under Bo Ryan occurred during the 2009-?10 ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
Quoted: If the deal goes through, some hassles are likely for current Time Warner Cable subscribers. For example, Barry Orton, a University of Wisconsin-Madison telecommunications professor, said it is likely that those who use “rr.com” email addresses provided by Time Warner eventually would have to switch to “@charter.net” addresses.
Three University of Wisconsin-Madison professors have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors conferred on American scientists and engineers, the organization announced Tuesday.
Bike thefts are up on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, and expensive, high-end bikes worth upwards of $2,000 are being targeted and turned around for cash, campus police said Tuesday.
Those who experience chronic marital stress are less able to savor positive experiences, and are more vulnerable to depression, according to a long-term study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and their colleagues.
Melvin Gordon caught his head coach off-guard with a provocative statement.
Athletes praising God is the norm. Half-expected. After wins, after losses, so many players automatically shift to this mode.
Barry Alvarez was neither disappointed nor surprised to learn the NCAA?s board of directors had endorsed a plan to give 65 schools, including those in the Big Ten, more autonomy in providing assistance for athletes.
Quoted: One thing likely to change is the number of cable jobs in the state, said Barry Orton, a University of Wisconsin-Madison telecommunications professor. Job reductions probably will occur, he said.
Quoted: Such actions are “interrelated only in that they are part of the bigger pattern of media consolidation and competition for the subscriber attention and dollar,” said Barry Orton, professor of telecommunications at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Porath was Dorothy Karnthaler at the time. Born and raised on Milwaukee?s north side, she?d been a librarian since 1946, first studying at the teacher?s college and then getting her bachelor?s degree from Marquette University and her master?s degree in library from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Matt?s younger brother, Alex, 18, is a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In the wake of Tuesday?s U.S. Supreme Court decision, one Wisconsin lawmaker pledged to offer legislation to ban affirmative action policies in the state.
