Stories indexed under: Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

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• WID grant program to explore intersection of arts, sciences Sept. 22, 2011 Proposals are being accepted for $2,500 Emerging Interfaces awards that would draw graduate-level students from arts, humanities, social sciences and education departments to the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery during the spring 2012 semester.
• UW–Madison Morgridge Center celebrates 15 years Sept. 22, 2011 Fifteen years ago, the Morgridge Center for Public Service at the University of Wisconsin–Madison was established with a generous endowment from alumni John and Tashia Morgridge.
• Study reveals critical similarity between two types of do-it-all stem cells Sept. 11, 2011 Ever since human induced pluripotent stem cells were first derived in 2007, scientists have wondered whether they were functionally equivalent to embryonic stem cells, which are sourced in early stage embryos.
• ‘Saturday Science at Discovery’ explores science at the South Pole Sept. 1, 2011 This month, "Saturday Science at Discovery" invites the public to "be cool and go polar" with a bilingual learning journey focused on the extreme science of the South Pole.
• Wisconsin Science Festival highlights connection between science, art Aug. 25, 2011 What happens when you mix one part Aldo Leopold, another part Frank Lloyd Wright and add a pinch of Indiana Jones? Anyone can find out with a visit to the first Wisconsin Science Festival, an educational and fun-filled exploration of science and art taking stage across several sites in Madison from Sept. 22-25.
• Chinese high schoolers to learn from stem cells July 26, 2011 Eighteen students participating in the inaugural Global Wisconsin Idea Program -- a unique pairing of American and Chinese teenagers -- will join a Chinese university dean this week to learn more about the science of stem cells during a hands-on workshop hosted by the Morgridge Institute for Research.
• Retired Cargill CEO elected chair of private, nonprofit Morgridge Institute for Research July 6, 2011 Ernest Micek has been elected chair of the board of trustees for the Morgridge Institute for Research.
• Morgridge Institute researchers release first educational game June 16, 2011 Researchers at the new Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have released the biomedical research organization's first digital learning game created through collaborations among scientists and education researchers.
• Saturday Science at Discovery: June focus on ice cream June 3, 2011 You start with milk, but then what? Get the scoop from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 4, in the Town Center of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
• Red Hat honors UW-Madison partnership, contribution to research computing May 9, 2011 Red Hat Inc., the world's largest open-source software company, has given the first Red Hat Cloud Leadership Award to the Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and named the CHTC its first Red Hat Center of Excellence Development Partner.
• Study shows patient’s own cells may hold therapeutic promise after reprogramming, gene correction April 4, 2011 Scientists from the Morgridge Institute for Research, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of California and the WiCell Research Institute moved gene therapy one step closer to clinical reality by determining that the process of correcting a genetic defect does not substantially increase the number of potentially cancer-causing mutations in induced pluripotent stem cells.
• UW-Madison researcher Thomson wins prestigious Albany Prize March 16, 2011 In recognition of his pioneering work in isolating human stem cells and the promise they hold for the future of medicine, Wisconsin researcher James Thomson has been named a co-recipient of the 11th annual Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.
• Discovery Town Center debuts Saturday Science Series for families March 3, 2011 The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Town Center will debut a new monthly series of free science exploration and education programs aimed at kids and families this Saturday March 5. Its first program, Leopold Discovery Day, invites learner of all ages to celebrate the life and discoveries of legendary University of Wisconsin-Madison environmentalist Aldo Leopold, known as the "father of wildlife management."
• Wisconsin stem cell pioneer wins Faisal International Prize Jan. 21, 2011 James Thomson, director of regenerative biology at the Morgridge Institute for Research and a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher since 1994, learned this week that he is this year's co-winner of the prestigious King Faisal International Prize in Medicine.
• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery grand opening events continue through Saturday Dec. 9, 2010
• Slide show: Entering a state of discovery Dec. 2, 2010
• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery facility opens on UW-Madison campus Dec. 2, 2010 Twin research institutes and a space designed for all to engage in science opened Thursday on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
• Scientists ferret out a key pathway for aging Nov. 18, 2010 A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their colleagues describe a molecular pathway that is a key determinant of the aging process.
• Search and screen panel named for WID director Nov. 5, 2010 A search and screen committee has been named to find the first permanent director for the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Martin Cadwallader, vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate School, says the committee is accepting nominations and hopes to have a candidate selected by late spring.
• Stage set for WID's Town Center to welcome visitors May 6, 2010 It won’t open until December, but the Town Center now under construction within the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery is already sharing its plans for engaging citizens with world-class science.