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NEWS ABOUT: University of Wisconsin Madison

University of Wisconsin Madison stories: 4 news summaries

 10 Most-Buzzed-About Schools 

Harvard beats out Columbia for most internet references

Sep 30, 08 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Institutions of higher learning care about their brand as much as any business, so the Global Language Monitor has ranked universities and colleges for the amount of buzz they command on the internet. The winners:
  1. Harvard University
  2. Columbia University
  3. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  4. University of California, Berkeley
  5. Stanford
... More »

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Internet • Columbia University • Princeton University • Yale University • college rankings • Stanford University • University of Chicago • UC Berkeley • college • publicity • Cornell University • University of Michigan • Harvard • University of Wisconsin Madison

 Coed Killer Loose 
 on Midwest Campus 

Police boost campus area patrols

Apr 4, 08 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police have stepped up campus patrols after a University of Wisconsin-Madison student was found apparently stabbed to death in her apartment Wednesday. The 21-year-old pre-med junior is the first Madison student murdered since 1996, reports ABC News. But police are investigating possible links to an unsolved murder in the city... More »

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Wisconsin • murder • University of Wisconsin Madison • Madison

All the News That's Fit to Invent: The Onion Hits 20

From a Wisconsin dorm to a NYC highrise, satirical newspaper's key lies in lies

Mar 2, 08 4:51 PM CST
(Newser) - When a wisecracking newspaper was born in a Wisconsin dorm room in 1988, no one predicted it would one day be installed in sleek Manhattan offices, producing fake print and television news, and rolling in dough. But the Onion's president isn’t surprised, CBS reports. The paper “attracts... More »

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newspaper • New York City • satire • online newspapers • The Onion • podcasts • video podcasts • University of Wisconsin Madison • Sean Mills • Scott Dikkers

Safe Strain Will Spur Ebola Work

Scientist develops less dangerous virus for research

Jan 22, 08 10:21 AM CST
(Newser) - One of the world's deadliest viruses has been made safe for researchers, speeding up the process of finding drugs and a vaccine, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. University of Wisconsin scientists developed a safe strain of the Ebola virus by removing one of its eight genes. "Now we have... More »

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Sudan • Ebola • Yoshihiro Kawaoka • University of Wisconsin Madison • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. • Zaire

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