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June 26,
2009
Science of fireworks program on campus Saturday
When: Saturday, June 27 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Come to the Memorial Union Terrace on to see and learn about the science behind the amazing fireworks displays to be set off across Lake Mendota at Rhythm and Booms. Join Professor Bassam Shakhashiri, Dr. Rodney Schreiner and others from the Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy.
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June 12,
2009
The Opportunity Equation: Transforming mathematics and science education for citizenship and the global economy
The Carnegie Corporation of New York / Institute for Advanced Study's Commission on Mathematics and Science Education details why the American education system must be transformed so that our schools provide high quality mathematics and science education to every student.
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June 2,
2009
Women faring well in hiring and tenure processes for science and engineering jobs at research universities, but still underrepresented in applicant pools
A new congressionally-mandated National Research Council report examines how women at research-intensive universities fare compared to men at key transition points in their careers.
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May 27,
2009
Boys "outperform girls in science" in Britain
According to a study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the gender gap in science is bigger in Britain than in any other developed country.
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May 3,
2009
A brilliant, lucky teen wants to help people
Putting his considerable energies towards music, language and science alike, 18-year-old Philip Streich of Platteville is also co-founder of a startup company that may change the way we use energy, paving the way for more affordable usage for the whole world.
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April 28,
2009
President
Obama addresses NAS annual meeting
In a speech
to National Academy of Sciences members gathered for the
Academy's 146th annual meeting, President Barack Obama
announced major initiatives to boost research funding
and bolster math and science education. He said he was
restoring science to its rightful place, and urged NAS
members to join him in creative efforts to engage young
people in science.
Listen
to the speech here.
Read
a transcript of the speech here.
View
a fact sheet on the President's commitment
to research and education here.
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April 17,
2009
A
plan for U.S. emissions to be buried under sea
The Concord,
Mass. company SCS Energy hopes to gain the Obama administration's
attention with their proposal to counter global warming,
inspired by the work of Harvard geochemist Daniel Schrag.
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April 14,
2009
Scientists
warn of rapid-fire media dangers
New findings
show that social media sites like Twitter may be harming
young people's emotional development because they are
too fast for the brain's "moral compass" to
process.
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Tuesday,
March 31, 2009
President
Obama's memorandum on theimportance
of scientific integrity
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March 29,
2009
Bassam's
call to action
First appearing in Wisconsin People & Ideas, Vol.
55, No. 2 (Spring 2009).
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March 29,
2009
Prominent
ecologist to speak on campus
Jim Collins, assistant director of biological sciences
at the National Science Foundation and professor of ecology
and evolutionary biology at Arizona State University,
will give the 2009 Kaeser Scholar Lecture at 7 p.m. on
Thursday, April 2.
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March 29,
2009
A
telescope to the past as Galileo visits U.S.
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March 13,
2009
Vatican
sponsors conferences on science and faith
The Vatican is sponsoring several academic conferences
in 2009 dealing with the work of Charles Darwin and Galileo
Galilei. The conferences are intended to show compatibilty
between catholicism and modern science.
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March 12,
2009
Intel
Science Talent Search 2009 winners announced
The top 10 finalists include two Wisconsin students.
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March 10,
2009
Study
finds that students benefit from depth, rather than breadth,
in high school science courses
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March 10,
2009
Fact
sheet on presidential memorandum on scientific integrity
"Today,
more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival
as a planet and our security and prosperity as a nation.
It’s time we once again put science at the top of our
agenda and worked to restore America’s place as the world
leader in science and technology." - President
Barack Obama
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March 5,
2009
Lifestyle
choices steer women away from STEM careers
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February
18, 2009
UW-Madison
seminar explores Wisconsin's response
to climate change
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