Stories indexed under: WID

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• Krakauer chosen to lead Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Sept. 29, 2011 David Krakauer may have lofty plans for the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, but he believes that is exactly why he was chosen to be its first director.
• Wisconsin Science Festival highlights connection between science, art Aug. 25, 2011 What happens when you mix one part Aldo Leopold, another part Frank Lloyd Wright and add a pinch of Indiana Jones? Anyone can find out with a visit to the first Wisconsin Science Festival, an educational and fun-filled exploration of science and art taking stage across several sites in Madison from Sept. 22-25.
• Rural Wisconsin high school students learn with stem cells, top UW–Madison researchers July 11, 2011
• Retired Cargill CEO elected chair of private, nonprofit Morgridge Institute for Research July 6, 2011 Ernest Micek has been elected chair of the board of trustees for the Morgridge Institute for Research.
• Morgridge Institute researchers release first educational game June 16, 2011 Researchers at the new Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have released the biomedical research organization's first digital learning game created through collaborations among scientists and education researchers.
• Slide show: Entering a state of discovery Dec. 2, 2010
• Scientists ferret out a key pathway for aging Nov. 18, 2010 A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their colleagues describe a molecular pathway that is a key determinant of the aging process.
• UW-Madison biochemists take a bead on gene-controlling code March 2, 2010 DNA may provide the blueprint for life, but scientists are learning more about the role of a chemical code that governs the way that blueprint is read.
• Five big ideas to fill out Wisconsin Institute for Discovery portfolio June 30, 2009 Capping an intensely competitive process, five proposals from University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty have been selected to form the intellectual heart of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID).
• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery celebrate ‘topping out’ May 28, 2009 On May 26, the construction team of the new Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery held a “topping out” ceremony, traditional in the building industry for recognizing the construction milestone of placing and welding the last beam at the top of a building.
• Recent sightings: Eyes on UW March 30, 2009 Photo: Two remote-controlled webcams, maintained by the Division of Information Technology and mounted on the roof of the Computer Sciences and Statistics building, document progress of different construction sites on campus.
• UW-Madison narrows field of potential WID research themes Feb. 23, 2009 The research direction of the rising Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) is coming into sharper focus as UW-Madison this week (Feb. 20) announced the list of successful pre-proposals for the public half of the new public-private institute.
• WID plans town-hall meetings Feb. 2, 2009 The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) is sponsoring two additional open or town-hall meetings for interested faculty. The first is at 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9. The topic of that meeting will be “Education and Outreach in WID.”
• Great ideas sought for WID competition Sept. 11, 2008 To chart the direction of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID), the committee and campus leaders charged with formulating the vision for the new interdisciplinary institute have issued a call for research theme proposals from UW–Madison faculty.
• Online 'Discovery Portal' meant to foster greater research collaboration Sept. 9, 2008 The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery is launching a new and powerful online resource for finding researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Wisconsin Discovery Portal, located at http://discoveryportal.org, is a Web-based search tool and directory offering professional profiles of 2,600 UW-Madison researchers.
• Wiley to tackle interim role leading new institute June 22, 2008 Outgoing University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley has been named the new interim director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID), the public half of the new research center that promises to be a model of interdisciplinary science and public-private collaboration.
• Competition sets focus for WID May 7, 2008 As construction of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery gets under way, many are wondering exactly what will happen inside the new research facility on University Avenue when it opens in 2010.
• Groundbreaking ceremony for Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery planned April 30, 2008 Gov. Jim Doyle and University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni John and Tashia Morgridge will join the UW-Madison community at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, May 2, to celebrate the start of construction of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
• Campus learns about building plans at town hall meetings Jan. 23, 2008 Throughout the month of October, the UW–Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation hosted a series of town hall meetings on campus to inform the university community about the latest building plans for the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
• Planning for interaction at Institutes for Discovery Jan. 16, 2008 As a first-generation college student at a small liberal arts school on the East Coast, Gwen Drury was struck by how physical space influenced the way people interact.