Stories indexed under: The Wisconsin Idea

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• Wisconsin Idea Endowment going strong in its seventh year Jan. 28, 2009 The Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment is supporting a diverse portfolio of community-inspired projects for 2009, from improving Midwest flood-response policies to exploring Wisconsin’s language roots.
• UW grads create Web business to save consumers cash on groceries Jan. 26, 2009 It doesn't take a math guru or an economist to know how to save money buying groceries. Or does it? Maybe you should ask the founders of a Web site designed to find the absolute best grocery deals for stores in Madison.
• Global Health Certificate program celebrates first graduates, welcomes new students Jan. 15, 2009 Last September, 40 or so students, faculty, and staff gathered in a small conference room of the Health Sciences Learning Center for what Cindy Haq, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Global Health, called "a very special occasion."
• Careers Conference addresses uncertain economy Jan. 14, 2009 The 23rd annual Careers Conference will focus on the valuable role that career development and counseling plays in times of economic uncertainty.
• Record 122,000 callers seek help from Quit Line to stop smoking Dec. 17, 2008 University of Wisconsin and state health officials announce a record-breaking 39,000 calls to the state’s Tobacco Quit Line in 2008 and celebrated the Quit Line fielding 122,000 calls in its seven-year history. Smokers are encouraged to call 1-800-QUIT-NOW to get the support they need in quitting in the year ahead.
• Professor Jorge Avendaño receives Wisconsin Global Citizen Award Dec. 17, 2008 Professor Jorge Avendaño of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú was awarded the Wisconsin Global Citizen Award for 2008 at a ceremony Dec. 12 at the UW Law School. The UW-Madison Division of International Studies and Wisconsin Alumni Association jointly presented the new award to Avendaño, who traveled from Lima for the occasion.
• Poll: Boaters and anglers taking steps to prevent spread of invasive species Dec. 9, 2008 The vast majority of Wisconsin residents say that preventing the spread of VHS fish disease and other aquatic invasive species to new lakes and rivers is very important, a recent statewide poll shows.
• Organization helps save lives through organ donation Nov. 28, 2008 The slogan "Got your dot?" has quickly worked to raise the rates at which Wisconsinites place an orange donor dot on their driver's license and say "yes" to donation.
• Practical experience for law students garners national attention Nov. 6, 2008 Real-world work for students has brought honors to the Law School.
• Doughnuts, politics and a look into Wisconsin's views and values Oct. 31, 2008 A knot of older men gather around a table in a Madison-area bakery each morning to laugh, crack wise, talk about politics over doughnuts and warm themselves with round after round of hot coffee.
• School for beginning market vegetable growers set for January Oct. 29, 2008 Aspiring fresh market vegetable growers can learn the fundamentals of the business from veteran growers and other experts at the 2009 Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers, Jan. 16-18, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
• Proposed Google settlement could propel UW book digitization efforts Oct. 28, 2008 A landmark proposed settlement announced today between Google and national author and publisher organizations could bring significant enhancements to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's digitization partnership with the information technology company.
• Chancellor Martin address: Sustaining UW-Madison’s greatness Oct. 24, 2008 In her first major public address before 800-plus campus and community members at the Kohl Center Thursday, Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin outlined an ambitious set of priorities for sustaining greatness at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Reservoirs promote spread of aquatic invasive species Oct. 15, 2008 The latest "damming" evidence suggests that manmade reservoirs are facilitating the spread of invasive species in Wisconsin lakes.
• Kenosha development could ease tribe’s social, economic woes, study finds Oct. 9, 2008 The Menominee Indian Tribe's proposed Kenosha entertainment center and casino would enable the poverty-stricken tribe to greatly improve living and work conditions on its northern Wisconsin reservation and begin remedying the economic and social ravages caused by the U.S. government's termination of its status as a federally recognized tribe in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, according to a new analysis by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs.
• Wisconsin aerial photos: A modern update for a historic collection Sept. 25, 2008 As visitor after visitor to the Arthur H. Robinson Map Library came to use a 70-year old collection of historic photos of the Wisconsin landscape, Jaime Stoltenberg realized that something needed to be done.
• Center seeks collaboration to develop new leaders Sept. 24, 2008 The new Center for Nonprofits, launched in May, plans for degree programs, research, and continuing education and outreach efforts to strengthen the nonprofit sector and its leadership. The center, housed in the School of Human Ecology, is now seeking faculty, staff and student affiliates from across campus.
• Engineering students partner with Red Cliff Indian Reservation to improve community infrastructure Aug. 15, 2008 "Hello, or as they say around here, 'boozhoo!'" called out Tim Funk, tribal planner for the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, to four engineering students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB).
• New ‘urban research park’ offers jolt of electricity to Madison high-tech startups Aug. 4, 2008 After three decades of almost exponential commercial growth on Madison's west side, the University Research Park (URP) will pursue an opportunity to sink roots downtown with an innovative "urban research park" targeting high-technology entrepreneurs.
• Soil scientist's fascination with mineral yields plan for battling it July 29, 2008 A UW-Madison soil scientist may have found a solution to a pesky mineral that plagues wastewater engineers all over the country.