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Here comes HAWC: New observatory to seek out gamma rays
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View on campus map. UW in the News. Here comes HAWC: New observatory to seek out gamma rays. March 20, 2015. HAWC has unique capabilities to detect the highest-energy electromagnetic radiation and complements other gamma ray observatories around the world. Credit: Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center. The object of the $10 million HAWC initiative is to help resolve the enigma of where galactic and extragalactic cosmic rays come from an astrophysical puzzle that could potentially be resolved thr...
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Student fellowships will benefit communities across Wisconsin
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View on campus map. UW in the News. Student fellowships will benefit communities across Wisconsin. April 28, 2015. Launching a community market in Cross Plains. Using Shakespeare to inspire young writers in Green Bay. Teaching the value of conservation and green space in Hudson and Kenosha. Undergraduates from the University of Wisconsin Madison will undertake all these things this summer through a new program, the Wisconsin Open Education Community Fellowship. And the Morgridge Center for Public Service.
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Community of practice helps faculty and staff step into role of online learner
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View on campus map. UW in the News. Community of practice helps faculty and staff step into role of online learner. May 14, 2015. Lisa Hebgen and other TeachOnline@UW participants shared their lessons learned during mini-presentations after the Fall 2014 workshop. This past year, more than 20 faculty and instructional staff received another chance at being a student a role reversal that allowed each of them to explore the opportunities and challenges facing today’s online learners and instructors. After ...
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Hungry, invasive ‘crazy worm’ makes first appearance in Wisconsin
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View on campus map. UW in the News. Hungry, invasive ‘crazy worm’ makes first appearance in Wisconsin. July 15, 2014. Wisconsin’s newest invasive species has done its best to stay underground, but the voracious, numerous and mysterious Asian crazy worm has emerged for the first time in the state on the campus of the University of Wisconsin Madison. Williams and members of the arboretum staff confirmed the earthworms’ presence in the fall of 2013, checking regularly in the spring to see if the worm&...
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‘Dictionary of American Regional English’ returning to the field, virtually
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View on campus map. UW in the News. 8216;Dictionary of American Regional English’ returning to the field, virtually. November 25, 2013. Photo: UW Madison Archives). Between 1965 and 1970, graduate students from the University of Wisconsin Madison and other institutions hit the road to capture the unique character of the way Americans speak. The researchers traveled in Word Wagons, campers that were specially outfitted with stove, sink, and bed, as well as an extensive questionnaire and the reel-to-reel r...
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Study explores link between sunlight, multiple sclerosis
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View on campus map. UW in the News. Study explores link between sunlight, multiple sclerosis. March 22, 2010. For more than 30 years, scientists have known that multiple sclerosis (MS) is much more common in higher latitudes than in the tropics. Because sunlight is more abundant near the equator, many researchers have wondered if the high levels of vitamin D engendered by sunlight could explain this unusual pattern of prevalence. Vitamin D may reduce the symptoms of MS, says Hector DeLuca. The ultraviole...
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Storm holds off for successful UW-Madison commencement
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View on campus map. UW in the News. Storm holds off for successful UW-Madison commencement. May 16, 2015. The commencement ceremony was attended by approximately 5,800 bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates. For the second year in a row, the University of Wisconsin Madison’s main commencement ceremony took place outdoors at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, May 16. All week the forecast called for rain, leaving graduates, families and friends hoping that any blip on the radar would bypass campus.
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Future looks bright for carbon nanotube solar cells
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View on campus map. UW in the News. Future looks bright for carbon nanotube solar cells. June 18, 2013. Light from the sun creates charges in an ultrathinfilm of carbon nanotubes (blue), which are extracted by fullerene C60 (brown) in this schematic of the groundbreaking proof-of-concept solar cell with greater than 1 percent efficiency. The advance could lead to solar panels just as efficient, but much less expensive to manufacture, than current panels. Silicon is abundant and an efficient solar energy ...
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Ancient Mesoamerican sculpture uncovered in southern Mexico
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View on campus map. UW in the News. Ancient Mesoamerican sculpture uncovered in southern Mexico. February 14, 2011. With one arm raised and a determined scowl, the figure looks ready to march right off his carved tablet and into the history books. If only we knew who he was — corn god? Photo: John Hodgson; Drawing: Kisslan Chan and John Clark, New World Archaeological Foundation. Hodgson was working in the area and received word of the finding within just a few days of its discovery. He was able to s...
