Stories indexed under: The Wisconsin Idea

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• Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center marks first issued patent June 18, 2012 The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) is marking the arrival of summer with a milestone: the first patent issued on the center's technology.
• Aging at home: New project starts with community assets, not needs June 8, 2012 Students tend to fret when they are "invited" to the principal's office, and last April Tayler Nelson was no exception.
• Barrier-free technology coming of age in UW Trace Center project June 5, 2012 Despite the rapid increase in access to and use of the Internet, barriers still exist for a wide variety of users: people with disabilities, people who are aging, and people who have literacy challenges.
• Online courses offer foreign policy training for military leaders June 1, 2012 A series of online courses geared for members of the military to learn more about foreign policy and international relations is testing the geographic limits of one of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's guiding principles.
• UW-Madison to receive class gift honoring the Wisconsin Idea May 7, 2012 UW-Madison's long tradition of service to the state is being celebrated with a new plaque honoring the Wisconsin Idea, a gift from the Class of 2012 that will be dedicated by class officers and university officials on Wednesday, May 9.
• Science night fosters grade-schoolers’ natural curiosity April 27, 2012 A delighted murmur – a hybrid of “Wow!” and “Whoa!” -- arises as an ultraviolet light illuminates the invisible traces of chemicals on a chromatography paper, and Dave Stevenson knows he’s done his job at Family Science Night at Emerson School on Madison’s east side. Stevenson, a microbiologist at the federal Dairy Forage Research Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, gives an outline of chromatography for 22 students in first through fifth grades.
• “Calm After the Storm” event this Sunday April 26, 2012 A temporary housing shelter will be on display from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Arts as part of a special project by students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Human Ecology.
• Programs kept Wisconsin families from poverty, report finds April 25, 2012 Temporary increases in safety net programs and tax credits for working families helped keep many in Wisconsin from poverty during the recession and its aftermath, a new report by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison finds.
• La Follette School analysis course benefits state April 11, 2012 Public affairs students are helping state agencies and community organizations make better decisions and policies.
• Match Day 2012 includes largest class of rural medicine students March 22, 2012 About 160 graduates of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health - including the school's largest-to-date group of rural-medicine students - learned where they will begin their careers as doctors during Match Day, which was held March 16 at the Health Sciences Learning Center.
• Wisconsin technology powers California microgrid project March 21, 2012 California’s Santa Rita Jail just got a little more secure this week, thanks to the completion of a $14 million “microgrid” project that gives the facility its own autonomous power supply — a feat rooted in University of Wisconsin-Madison technology.
• UW-Madison invention basis for top honor in clean-energy competition March 15, 2012 A new company built to commercialize a green-energy discovery at University of Wisconsin-Madison earned the top honor - and a check for $100,000 - at this month's Chicago Clean Energy Challenge.
• Chazen plays key role in African art project in Madison schools March 8, 2012 For Susan Curtis, a retired school nurse, art appreciation is not just academic.
• Senior class of 2012 unveils Wisconsin Idea Scholarship Feb. 29, 2012 The 2012 senior class officers have announced a new service-based scholarship to commemorate the Wisconsin Idea centennial and inspire the future of the university's time-honored service mission.
• Hunger Meal to raise awareness of social inequality and poverty Feb. 23, 2012 At the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Hunger Meal, sponsored by students from the La Follette School of Public Affairs, whether you get a gourmet dinner, rice and beans, or something in between will be determined the same way many receive their lot in life: by chance.
• Airport exhibit marks centennial of Pro Arte Quartet, Wisconsin Idea Feb. 15, 2012 The history of the University of Wisconsin's Pro Arte String Quartet and the Wisconsin Idea, both of which turn a record-breaking 100 years old this year, will be told through a public exhibit beginning Thursday, March 1, in the entry lobby of the Dane County Regional Airport.
• Cheap, printable prosthetic hand wins top prize at 2012 Innovation Days Feb. 10, 2012 A prosthetic hand that could be cheaply created on a 3-D printer for amputees in developing countries won the top prize and $10,000 in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, one of a pair of competitions that make up Innovation Days. Held Feb. 9 and 10, the event rewards University of Wisconsin-Madison students for creative and marketable ideas.
• Art graduate connects campus, schools with outreach endowment Feb. 9, 2012 Workshops supported by art graduate Helen Burish have strengthened the connection between area high school teachers and artists in the Department of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• UW-Madison launches Wisconsin Idea Scholars Program Feb. 3, 2012 A group of 31 community leaders from all over the state will convene at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as part of the Wisconsin Idea Scholars Program.
• Carillon Tower to ring out “Happy Birthday” for Founders’ Day Feb. 2, 2012 A performance of "Happy Birthday" at the Carillon Tower will ring in this year's Founders' Day celebration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Monday, Feb. 6.