Stories indexed under: The Wisconsin Idea

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• UW Carbone Cancer Center joins with Adams County to study cancer patterns Jan. 30, 2012 Surprising facts about cancer deaths in Adams County have sparked a unique, county-wide outreach effort to save lives now and in the future. A UW Carbone Cancer Center project that assessed cancer-related needs in southcentral Wisconsin found that the cancer death rate (228.2 per 100,000) in Adams County was more than 46 percent higher than the state average (182 per 100,000).
• UW-Madison engineer honored for contributions in South Korea Jan. 26, 2012 A University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professor has received the Order of Service Merit (red stripes medal) from the president of South Korea for his contributions to the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, a multi-billion-dollar river restoration project in that country.
• College of Engineering begins podcast series Jan. 26, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering now has a podcast. Called the Badger Engineering Perspective, the podcast will feature faculty experts on a variety of topics, with a focus on how engineering expertise is helping people around the state.
• Students encouraged to register to be Badger Volunteers Jan. 23, 2012 The semester-long Badger Volunteers program offers UW-Madison students the training and support they need in order to provide meaningful public service to the Madison community.
• Ward touts 100 years of the Wisconsin Idea on “For the Record” Jan. 12, 2012 UW–Madison Interim Chancellor David Ward discusses the Wisconsin Idea on WISC-TV's For the Record.
• Wisconsin’s Great Idea (from Madison Magazine) Jan. 12, 2012 The philosophy that connects the university with the greater state is now a century old. What does the Idea mean today? And how about in the next hundred years?
• Pilot project helps Latino and Latina families overcome the effects of parental depression Dec. 29, 2011 The effects of parental depression on a child can be many, varied and deeply rooted.
• UW–Madison professors team up for milk quality Dec. 23, 2011
• Rose Bowl-bound Badgers and Ducks fans team up for service project Dec. 23, 2011 Before competing in the 2012 Rose Bowl, fans, students, alumni and family members from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Oregon will be on the same team for a New Year’s Day community service project.
• Wisconsin Innocence Project screens cases with an open mind Dec. 13, 2011 The first innocence case Tricia Bushnell, a staff attorney for the Wisconsin Innocence Project, ever worked on involved an inmate who had been convicted of murder after being found driving the victim’s car with her blood on his socks.
• Exhibition celebrates the music, art and culture of Ghana Nov. 30, 2011 "In Ghana, textiles are absolutely integrated into every part of life," says Mary Hark. "You're bombarded with music and textile, color and pattern, while walking down the street."
• Verona students take the stage with UW–Madison’s Wind Ensemble Nov. 29, 2011 For some Verona Area High School students, their next concert may offer a taste of their future.
• Student startup aims to lift up Madison community through loans Nov. 25, 2011 After learning about how microfinance can increase small business revenue and uplift individuals out of poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Alex Rosenthal knew that something had to be done locally.
• Forage know-how gives Wisconsin farmers an edge in growing biomass Nov. 16, 2011 Wisconsin farmers have been growing biomass for generations, says Kevin Shinners. They just have a different name for it.
• Wisconsin Idea Symposium focuses on partnerships for the public good Nov. 1, 2011 One of the featured events of UW-Madison's Year of the Wisconsin Idea will focus on "Principled Partnerships for the Public Good."
• UW–Madison hosts Iraqi economic development delegation Oct. 19, 2011 The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of two American universities to host a delegation of representatives selected by Iraq's Inter-Ministerial Committee on Innovation, Research, and Development (ICIRD) on universities and technology-based economic development.
• Birds-eye view of Wisconsin’s past wins governor’s award Oct. 13, 2011 A popular website that draws from tens of thousands of rare aerial photographs of Wisconsin will receive the 2011 Governor's Award for Archival Innovation from the Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board.
• New ‘microgrid’ test beds will foster state industry opportunities Oct. 3, 2011 Partner universities in the new Center for Renewable Energy Systems (CRES) are developing complementary facilities in Milwaukee and Madison to help corporate partners explore applications in the fast-growing microgrid industry, CRES leaders announced today (Oct. 3).
• Macy’s executive to address record number of Wisconsin industry representatives at E-Business conference Sept. 22, 2011 More than 650 business executives and managers will attend the 13th annual Business Best Practices and Emerging Technologies Conference, which will be hosted Tuesday, Sept. 27, by the University of Wisconsin-Madison E-Business Consortium.
• In Kansas, the Wisconsin Idea drives a spectacular restoration Sept. 22, 2011 For seven weeks this summer, UW-Madison graduate student Emma Silverman got the hands-on experience of a lifetime as she helped conserve a grass arts site in remote Kansas.