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• New nanoparticle catalyst brings fuel-cell cars closer to showroom March 19, 2008 A University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Maryland (UM) team has developed a new nanotechnology-driven chemical catalyst that paves the way for more efficient hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
• Stem cell summit to convene in Madison March 12, 2008 Researchers, business representatives, philanthropists, bioethicists and educators from around the world will be invited to Madison for the World Stem Cell Summit at the Alliant Energy Center on Sept. 22-23, 2008.
• Entrepreneurship students and alumni advance to semifinals in Governor’s business plan contest March 11, 2008 Four current and five former Wisconsin School of Business entrepreneurship students and Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (WEB) participants are among fifty-one semi-finalist companies for the prestigious Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The contest, now in its fifth year, encourages entrepreneurs in the creation, start-up and early-growth stages of high-tech businesses in Wisconsin.
• Iowa political reporter, best-selling business writer to visit March 10, 2008 A political writer who provided wall-to-wall coverage of the yearlong campaigns leading up to the Iowa presidential caucuses and the author of a book detailing Wal-Mart's pervasive effect on society will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison as writers in residence.
• Textiles professor embraces community service, collaboration Feb. 27, 2008 Larry Eisenberg was in the middle of a remodeling and expansion project, and he needed some new carpeting - $85 million worth of it, in fact.
• Can RFID technology promote a safer blood supply? Feb. 26, 2008 Radio frequency identification technology, or RFID, has inspired many novel applications of late, including efforts to study magazine reader patterns, access restricted areas, locate stolen vehicles and track luggage at major airports.
• Genetic pathway critical to disease, aging found Feb. 20, 2008 The same chemical reaction that causes iron to rust plays a similarly corrosive role in our bodies. Oxidative stress chips away at healthy cells and is a process, scientists know, that contributes to a host of diseases and conditions in humans ranging from Alzheimer's, heart disease and stroke to cancer and the inexorable process of aging.
• Faculty conflict of interest issues probed at WARF Gilson Discovery Series Feb. 12, 2008 Conflicts of interest for university faculty members who start their own companies will be the subject of a panel discussion on Monday, Feb. 18 at 5 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Fluno Center, 601 University Avenue.
• Catheterized system wins annual student creativity prize Feb. 12, 2008 A catheterized system to sense bladder pressure and control urine flow to prevent incontinence won the $10,000 top prize in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, an annual University of Wisconsin-Madison invention competition.
• Open forums seek campus, community views on next chancellor Feb. 8, 2008 Three public forums designed to elicit campus and community perspectives on the qualities and talents needed in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's next chancellor will be held during the coming month.
• Economists assess markets, business and politics in Economic Outlook session Feb. 7, 2008 Four leading economists will share their insights and predictions for local, regional, national and international economies and financial markets for 2008 and beyond at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Economic Outlook conference on Friday, April 4, at the Fluno Center for Executive Education in Madison.
• Hot subjects—BSE 375: ‘Biorefining: Energy and Products from Renewable Resources’ Feb. 4, 2008 Solving the energy crisis has been the topic of conversation for consumers, researchers and politicians alike, particularly since the price of oil reached $100 a barrel earlier this month.
• Numerous entrepreneurial events planned for semester Jan. 30, 2008
• With a jolt, ‘nanonails’ go from repellant to wettable Jan. 29, 2008 Sculpting a surface composed of tightly packed nanostructures that resemble tiny nails, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and their colleagues from Bell Laboratories have created a material that can repel almost any liquid.
• Wednesdays WebConference Series on Creating & Funding University Startups Jan. 29, 2008 A 7-session WebConference Series produced by UW–Madison Office of Corporate Relations in cooperation with Madison Magnet and sponsored by Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek.
• Talk commemorates 75th anniversary of Warfarin saga Jan. 25, 2008 Seventy-five years ago this February, a Wisconsin dairy farmer brought some sweet clover hay to University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemist Karl Paul Link. The farmer suspected the clover had killed his cattle, which died from uncontrollable bleeding. From one farmer's misfortune, much good has come.
• Visiting artist to connect art students to the real world Jan. 25, 2008 University art students, who have yet to confront with the harsh realities of making it as a professional artist, have much to learn from those who have walked the line between the proverbial "starving artist" and making a good living in art.
• UW-Madison joins largest climate change teach-in in U.S. history Jan. 23, 2008 On Jan. 30 and 31, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will participate in Focus the Nation, an unprecedented teach-in on global warming solutions with the aim of preparing millions of students to become leaders in responding to the challenge.
• School of Pharmacy ready to celebrate 125 years Jan. 22, 2008 What began as an inspiration of several forward-thinking pharmacists throughout the state is now, 125 years later, a national leader in advancing both the practice and science of pharmacy.
• In diatom, scientists find genes that may level engineering hurdle Jan. 21, 2008 Denizens of oceans, lakes and even wet soil, diatoms are unicellular algae that encase themselves in intricately patterned, glass-like shells. Curiously, these tiny phytoplankton could be harboring the next big breakthrough in computer chips.