New institute will probe biology in the absence of water

Marisa Otegui, UW–Madison botany professor and member of the Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging, is co-principal investigator on the project. Her research focuses on how cells manage the flow of proteins and other specialized substances called metabolites between different cellular compartments.

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Anne Pringle in the Washington Post: Fungi get a bad rap

While wild mushrooms are widely regarded as poisonous and associated with decay, the Professor of Botany points out that they're essential to plant roots acquiring nutrients.

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Paige Glotzer on ABC News: Maryland whitewashing incident has deep historical ties

A Black couple saw the appraisal of their home rise more than $300,000 when they removed all traces of Blackness and had a white colleague stand in to present it. That's reminiscent of racially exclusive housing covenants from the 1960s, says the assistant professor of history.

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Matthew Prough named Director of Information Technology

Prough, who spent the last 18 years with the City of Fitchburg, takes over the strategic coordination of information technology throughout the college.

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Ken Mayer in the Washington Post: Presidents don't have Green Lantern-like powers

Professor of political science reminds us that presidents don't possess the power to declassify documents at will.

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Flipping out

Jean-Luc Thiffeault weighs in on the biggest backyard grilling question of all: How many times should you flip your burgers?

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UW–Madison mourns influential, beloved geography professor Yi-Fu Tuan

Yi-Fu Tuan, a towering intellectual figure and University of Wisconsin–Madison professor emeritus of geography died at age 91. He was widely regarded as the father of humanistic geography and coined the idea of a "sense of place."

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Professor Michael Morgan confirmed as assistant secretary in the Department of Commerce

As deputy administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, professor of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Michael Morgan will be responsible for providing agency-wide direction regarding weather, water, climate and ocean observations and the process of converting observations to predictions for environmental threats.

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Secret Smiles

What cues do we lose when a smile’s hidden beneath a mask? Paula Niedenthal’s research says it’s likely a lot more than we think.

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