Stories indexed under: Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

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• New round of federal funding received for $85 million medical isotope project May 8, 2012 The Morgridge Institute for Research has received a $20.6 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration to support development of a new process and manufacturing plant for a medical isotope needed by tens of thousands of U.S. patients daily.
• Prepare for Bike to Work Week with seminar on confident commuting May 3, 2012 The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery and UWell, the university’s new wellness initiative, will co-host a free seminar to kick off Bike to Work Week (May 14-18) on Monday, May 14, at noon in the Forum of the Discovery Building.
• Challenge opens doors for grad student research partnerships March 22, 2012 The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is looking to draw graduate students into the spirit of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery with Discovery Challenge, a grant competition for collaborative research.
• Fashion retailer Shopbop.com shares social media marketing tips, trends March 16, 2012 Tim Gill, traffic manager at Amazon's Shopbop.com, founded and based in Madison, will discuss how startup companies can use Facebook, Twitter and other digital networking forums to market themselves at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, as the guest speaker at the next Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Gilson Bootstrapping event.
• Nobel laureate, White House advisor to speak about science education March 14, 2012 Carl Wieman, associate director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and a Nobel laureate in physics, will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tuesday, March 20 to talk about teaching and learning in science and engineering.
• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery named 2012 Laboratory of the Year March 5, 2012 The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, the innovative 330,000-sqaure-foot public-private facility that opened just more than a year ago on the UW–Madison campus, has been named the 2012 Laboratory of the Year.
• Exploring interfaces between science, humanities Feb. 23, 2012 The semester-long, $2,500 Emerging Interfaces Awards were created as a way to explore the different ways thinkers in the humanities and sciences approach discovery.
• Metabolic “breathalyzer” reveals early signs of disease Feb. 6, 2012 The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a "breathalyzer"-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Madison events to honor legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 9, 2012 Members of the UW-Madison community and the Madison community at large will have plentiful opportunities for observance and service to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• CAVE of wonders: Exhibit pushes the boundaries of art, collaboration Dec. 9, 2011 In the year since the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery opened at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, its resident researchers have gotten comfortable in their innovative new spaces.
• 100 years of discovery: Celebrating South Pole research Dec. 8, 2011 To mark the centennial of Roald Amundsen’s expedition to the South Pole, the IceCube Research Center invites you to join them for an evening of exploration and learning on Tuesday, December 13 from 6:30–8:30 at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
• David Krakauer nurtures scientific collaboration Dec. 1, 2011 Education and research are splintering into new specialties at an unsustainable rate, according to David Krakauer.
• Slide show: A Building Abuzz Nov. 30, 2011 The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery offers proof positive that promises can be kept. Since opening in December 2010, the 300,000-square-foot building is delivering on original plans for an innovative, sustainable space, and is providing an environment that fosters collaborative science and hosts public outreach activities.
• Discovery building marks first anniversary with Gold LEED Nov. 30, 2011 When the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery celebrates its first birthday this Friday, Dec. 2 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, visitors can learn a new "first" about the building while taking a behind-the-scenes "green" tour or sharing locally sourced cake with Bucky.
• Nobel Prize winner to speak at UW–Madison Sept. 29, 2011 Nobel Prize winner Elinor Ostrom will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus to deliver a Hilldale Lecture on ecological and social diversity.
• Wisconsin Institute for Discovery director named Sept. 29, 2011 David Krakauer may have lofty plans for the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but he believes that is exactly why he was chosen to be its first director.
• 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.
• WID grant program to explore intersection of arts, sciences Sept. 22, 2011 Proposals are being accepted for $2,500 Emerging Interfaces awards that would draw graduate-level students from arts, humanities, social sciences and education departments to the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery during the spring 2012 semester.
• UW–Madison Morgridge Center celebrates 15 years Sept. 22, 2011 Fifteen years ago, the Morgridge Center for Public Service at the University of Wisconsin–Madison was established with a generous endowment from alumni John and Tashia Morgridge.
• Study reveals critical similarity between two types of do-it-all stem cells Sept. 11, 2011 Ever since human induced pluripotent stem cells were first derived in 2007, scientists have wondered whether they were functionally equivalent to embryonic stem cells, which are sourced in early stage embryos.