Campus Stories
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Crystal growing contest gives middle, high school students a peek inside UW-Madison chemistry department
August 31, 2016
Hundreds of middle and high school students from across Wisconsin enjoyed some hands-on chemistry experience this spring through a crystal-growing contest organized by the University of Wisconsin—Madison Chemistry Department. Working individually or in small teams, participants started growing crystals from two safe materials on March 1, says organizer Ilia Guzei, director of an X-ray diffraction laboratory […]
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Roof built underground at UW-Whitewater puts safety to the test
August 24, 2016
If you visited the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus gardens to appreciate the late-summer abundance and took a slight detour to the lower level of the Ambrose Health Center, you’d be met with an unexpected sight: a full-scale model of a residential roof built inside of the building, in a spacious room that houses the Occupational […]
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UW-Platteville concussion research reveals surprising evidence about football and brain injury
August 9, 2016
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — Concussion research recently conducted by Dr. Matthew Rogatzki, assistant professor of health and human performance at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and his research team suggests something that may be surprising – that playing football in the absence of concussion injury is no more dangerous to the brain than any other sport. A […]