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UW-Madison students, community members react to plummeting temperatures
By Sam Cusick and Liz Puibello | Jan. 27, 2014// [View the story "Polar vortex hits UW-Madison...again" on Storify]
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UW-Madison classes canceled Tuesday before noon
By The Daily Cardinal and Morgan Haefner | Jan. 27, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison released a statement Monday saying that all classes taking place before noon Tuesday will be canceled due to inclement weather.
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UW-Madison to remain open Monday, Tuesday
By The Daily Cardinal | Jan. 27, 2014Despite warnings of extreme cold, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will remain open for instruction Monday and Tuesday, according to a university news release.
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UW researcher kills cells to save lives
By Daily Cardinal Staff and Adelina Yankova | Jan. 27, 2014The work of University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of medicine Dr. Vince Cryns seems paradoxical at first: he looks for ways to kill cells to save lives.
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UHS, WiGrow host first campus student employee retreat
By Daily Cardinal Staff and Adelina Yankova | Jan. 26, 2014Transferable skills may be of greater assistance to students entering the job market than profession-specific expertise, University Health Services Director Sarah Van Orman said as part of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s first student employee retreat Saturday.
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Martin Cadwallader announces return to faculty
By Emily Gerber and Tony Schultz | Jan. 26, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Friday Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate School Martin Cadwallader will retire from his current position and return to the faculty.
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UW Athletic Board focuses on student athletes’ well-being
By Emily Gerber | Jan. 24, 2014The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board focused discussion at Friday's meeting on finding ways UW-Madison can improve the athletic department, highlighting the need to increase and maintain student welfare.
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Classified Staff Executive Board looks to lay groundwork for committee
By Emily Gerber and Tom Walsh | Jan. 23, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison Classified Staff Executive Board met Thursday to work further on establishing the bylaws and organization for the committee.
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UW scientists discover ‘roots’ of plants cell expansion
By Molly Reppen and Dana Kampa | Jan. 23, 2014A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists reported the discovery of a hormone and receptor that control cell expansion in plants Thursday, according to a university news release.
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UW-Madison to host Apostle Paul filmmaker Robert Orlando
By The Daily Cardinal and Molly Reppen | Jan. 23, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison will welcome filmmaker Robert Orlando to campus Wednesday for the screening of his documentary, “A Polite Bribe: An Apostle’s Final Bid” in the Marquee at Union South.
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New tool allows Madison visitors to locate parking more easily
By The Daily Cardinal and Justine Colgan | Jan. 23, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison Transportation Services website now features a tool to help drivers find vacant visitor parking in Madison.
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Diversity Committee talks Diversity Day plans
By Emily Gerber | Jan. 23, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee continued planning for the upcoming Diversity Day at the committee’s first meeting of the semester Thursday.
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ASM voices need for concrete plans from Chancellor Blank to aid students
By The Daily Cardinal and Kelly Kallien | Jan. 23, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison Associated Students of Madison press office released a statement Thursday saying the organization will be looking to UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank for a commitment to aiding low-income students.
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Renowned physicist gives lecture on droplet lifespan
By Adelina Yankova | Jan. 23, 2014During a lecture titled “The Life and Death of a Drop,” University of Chicago physics professor Sidney Nagel compared the formation, transformations and termination of droplets to various stages of human existence, including birth, teenage years and a mid-life crisis.
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First Student Council meeting focuses on Green Fund bylaws
By Emily Gerber | Jan. 22, 2014The University of Wisconsin-Madison Associated Students of Madison met for the first committee meeting of the spring semester Wednesday with discussion and concern of the Green Fund bylaws.
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Police arrest Purdue student believed to have shot and killed teaching assistant
By Emily Gerber | Jan. 22, 2014Indiana police arrested a lone shooter after he shot and killed a 21-year-old teaching assistant and senior at Purdue University Tuesday, according to Purdue officials.
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Physicist to give lecture Wednesday on the fate of a water drop
By The Daily Cardinal | Jan. 21, 2014Sidney Nagel, a physics professor from the University of Chicago, will be a featured presenter of the John von Neumann Public Lecture Series in Complexity and Computation Wednesday, according to a Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery release.
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UW-Madison establishes revised alcohol policy
By The Daily Cardinal | Jan. 21, 2014University of Wisconsin-Madison instituted a revised campus-wide alcohol service policy at the start of the spring semester, according to a university news release.
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UW-Madison research could lead to epileptic treatment breakthrough
By Adelina Yankova | Jan. 21, 2014Recent research conducted by University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscientist and psychiatrist Giulio Tononi and funded in part by Lily’s Fund for Epilepsy Research could lead to breakthrough discoveries in the field of epileptic treatment, according to a university news release.
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UW Foundation, Wisconsin Alumni Association could merge
By Adelina Yankova | Jan. 21, 2014University of Wisconsin Foundation members will vote on a potential merger between the foundation and the Wisconsin Alumni Association Thursday, according to UW Foundation Vice President for Legal Affairs Russell Howes.
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