Winter Study News Today

In January of 1990, a friend and I designed the ultimate message to an alien civilization.

“Dead Week” — the four-day classless lull between the end of Winter Study and the start of spring classes — is neither “dead” nor a week. Dozens of students flock to popular cities like Montreal and New York City to escape the empty interlude. But what about those who venture elsewhere, or stay put on campus?

For the first time in its 65-year run, the researchers behind the Isle Royale Winter Study have been forced to suspend their work because of warm conditions.

This year, students spent Winter Study all over the globe: from Austria to Georgia to Japan. To learn more about their experiences, the Record spoke with students currently and recently abroad, as well as faculty that organized and oversaw the trips.

Millions of people around the world face diminished quality of life due to periodontitis, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. A new study sheds light on the links between all three chronic bone diseases, assessed from the unique standpoint of Isle Royale’s wild moose population.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is finalizing its report on the feasibility of the Northern Tier Rail Expansion Project, which would bring passenger rail service between Boston and Northwestern Massachusetts for the first time since 1956, with a likely terminus in North Adams, Mass. 

The UK Health Security Agency has launched a new ONS study to understand the changes in COVID-19 in the winter months and lower the burden of the NHS.

The ANU's Australian Centre for China on the World is fast becoming the go-to spot for innovative exhibitions highlighting new worlds in art, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.

Wolves, their count up by three, stabilize and organize. Moose, down by 379, starve and decline. Michigan Technological University researchers discuss the latest populations in the 64th Isle Royale Winter Study.

Michigan Technological University announced the findings of its annual Isle Royale Winter Study on Wednesday. The study found the island's wolf population stable, while the moose population is experiencing a dramatic decline.