Stories indexed under: Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

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  • Dahlberg named interim executive director of Morgridge Institute for Research June 28, 2012 James Dahlberg, emeritus professor of biomolecular chemistry at UW–Madison, has been named interim executive director of the Morgridge Institute for Research by the board of trustees of the nonprofit biomedical research organization.
  • Persons with cognitive challenges share stories and hope June 26, 2012 Living with cognitive changes will be the theme Thursday, June 28, at forMemory’s “Pathways to Hope: Right Foot, Left Foot, Breathe” event. A series of workshops and speakers will be featured from 12:30 to 9 p.m. at Town Center, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Blood-brain barrier building blocks forged from human stem cells June 25, 2012 The blood-brain barrier -- the filter that governs what can and cannot come into contact with the mammalian brain -- is a marvel of nature. It effectively separates circulating blood from the fluid that bathes the brain, and it keeps out bacteria, viruses and other agents that could damage it.
  • UW-Madison partnership creates educational game development tools June 13, 2012 Studies highlight the benefits of playing educational video games, but a new partnership seeks to understand whether the act of designing video games boosts students’ computational thinking and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills.
  • Morgridge Institute presents panel on H5N1 influenza research May 30, 2012 The Morgridge Institute for Research will launch its Ethics@Discovery program on Thursday, May 31, at 2 p.m. with “Campus Conversation: Biomedical Research and National Security—Learning from the H5N1 Influenza Story.”
  • 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.
  • Photo: Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery interior 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.