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  2. Year: 2017
  3. Month: December

Month: December 2017

Monkey study shows a path to monitoring endangered species

Posted on December 13, 2017

A Brazilian-American research group has just published an unusual study outlining data needs for monitoring the survival of monkeys called muriquis that live in patches of forest in Brazil.

Posted in Faculty & Staff, News, ResearchTagged Brazil, muriquis

Chimpanzee deaths in Uganda pinned on human cold virus

Posted on December 13, 2017

In the wild, chimpanzees face any number of dire threats, ranging from poachers to predators to deforestation.

Posted in Faculty & Staff, News, ResearchTagged Kibale National Park, Rhinovirus C, Tony Goldberg

Estrogen discovery could shed new light on fertility problems

Posted on December 12, 2017

Estrogen produced in the brain is necessary for ovulation in monkeys, according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who have upended the traditional understanding of the hormonal cascade that leads to release of an …

Posted in Faculty & Staff, ResearchTagged Ei Terasawa, hormonal cascade

Cultural Linguistic Services: Striving for Effective Communication in the Workplace

Posted on December 12, 2017

In 2016, UW-Madison’s Cultural Linguistic Services won the Inclusion Cultivates Excellence Award. This national award recognized the initiative for its impact on the campus community for inclusive and equitable workplace practices.

Posted in Languages, NewsTagged Cultural Linguistic Services, Human Resources Department

Awards poise students for “life-changing experiences” abroad

Posted on December 11, 2017

“If you go into an experience knowing a lot, you will return knowing even more.” School of Education Dean Diana Hess offered these words of advice to during  the 2017 International Division Scholarship Award Ceremony. …

Posted in Awards & Grants, News, Study AbroadTagged internatonal division scholarship awards ceremony

Student Story: Eye on Design Around the World

Posted on December 11, 2017

John Uzee got his Master’s in Architecture from Tulane University in New Orleans. He spent 27 unique and successful years with ADD Inc, a architecture, interior design, planning, and branding firm; he even starting the …

Posted in Faculty & Staff, NewsTagged Design Leadership Symposium class, John Uzee

Never too late: Alum to participate in winter commencement 50 years after earning degree

Posted on December 11, 2017

Several months ago, Luciano Barraza’s grandson asked him if he had any regrets in life.

Posted in Alumni, NewsTagged Luciano Barraza, winter commencement ceremony

The “Icing” on the DNA: Xuehua Zhong uses plants to study epigenetics

Posted on December 8, 2017

Xuehua Zhong, an assistant professor of genetics, studies epigenetics, a growing area of research focused on how chemical tags on DNA can change the expression of genes. She and her team at the Zhong Lab …

Posted in Faculty & Staff, ResearchTagged Epigenetics, Genetics, Xuehua Zhong

Everyone’s Right to Language Access

Posted on December 7, 2017

Long before he began working as a bilingual associate educator for the Minneapolis Public Schools, UW-Madison alumnus Dominic Ledesma knew the importance of language learning. Ledesma always viewed language learning as a life-long commitment that …

Posted in Alumni, LanguagesTagged bilingual associate educator, Dominic Ledesma

UW-Madison’s Apple recognized by Australian university as a 2017 ‘Research Giant’

Posted on December 5, 2017

UW-Madison’s Michael Apple was recently recognized by the University of Southern Queensland in Australia as a “Research Giant” for 2017.

Posted in Faculty & Staff, NewsTagged Michael Apple, Research Giant
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