Stories indexed under: UW Foundation

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• Christensen gift funds UW-Madison economics chair March 12, 2009 Laurits (Lau) Christensen, chair of the economic and engineering consulting firm Christensen Associates of Madison, has established a named faculty chair in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Economics.
• UW Credit Union joins UW-Madison scholarship effort Oct. 1, 2008 The University of Wisconsin Credit Union has stepped forward to support the "Great people. Great place." initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Great people. Great place. Fundraising initiative built around campus’s top priorities June 19, 2008 Three synergistic components define a world-class university: the most promising undergraduates, top graduate and professional students, and stellar faculty. Take away any of the three and what remains is just another university.
• A father’s legacy will help future students June 19, 2008 After her father died two years ago, Ellen Zweibel received an inheritance. She wasn't quite sure what she would do with it, but the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor knew she would like to help others.
• Faculty Fellows initiative offers a new route to retention June 19, 2008 Many deans and program leaders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison may feel like their array of bright young faculty members serves as a recruiting pool for other institutions.
• Hartwell fellowship aids childhood asthma research May 23, 2008 Postdoctoral fellow Lisa Lenertz spends her days at the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying how one protein, critical for proper immune function, moves from the inside to the surface of white blood cells.
• Alumni give $85 million to name Wisconsin School of Business Oct. 27, 2007 The Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has received an unprecedented gift totaling $85 million from a small group of alumni who have formed the "Wisconsin Naming Partnership" to support the school's mission.
• Writer, philanthropist Tracy Gary keynotes Biennial Forum on Philanthropy Oct. 25, 2007 Tracy Gary, an heir to the Pillsbury fortune and a noted philanthropist and writer, will be the keynote speaker and a facilitator for the Eighth Biennial Forum on Philanthropy, sponsored by the Women's Philanthropy Council at the University of Wisconsin Foundation.
• Couple’s $3 million gift to fund scholarships July 24, 2007 One Madison-based couple is prepared to benefit University of Wisconsin-Madison students for years to come, thanks to their decision to speed up the timetable on a lifelong goal.