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  • Photo of ballon drop at School of Business announcement 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.
  • 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.
  • Distinguished engineering alumni honored Oct. 25, 2007 In recognition of their outstanding contributions to fields ranging from nanotechnology and information management to medicine, materials and agriculture, the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering will honor nine influential alumni on Oct. 26 at the 60th annual Engineers' Day celebration.
  • Farm produce UW center will lead efforts to expand farm-to-school programs in Midwest Oct. 22, 2007 The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been named as lead agency in a six-state area for a new national program to encourage schools to serve more locally grown food.
  • Harvesting switchgrass Researchers examine world’s potential to produce biodiesel Oct. 17, 2007 What do the countries of Thailand, Uruguay and Ghana have in common? They all could become leading producers of the emerging renewable fuel known as biodiesel, says a study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
  • Dairy cows Study finds dairy farming a satisfying profession — on farms big and small Oct. 17, 2007 What type of dairy farmer would you expect to be more satisfied with life? One who owns a large confinement farm and milks hundreds of cows, or one who milks fewer than 100 cows and relies mostly on family labor? It turns out that both answers are right.
  • MBA program ranked for teaching on social, environmental responsibility Oct. 12, 2007 The UW-Madison School of Business is ranked among the world's top schools for leadership in integrating social and environmental issues into its MBA offerings, according to the Aspen Institute's 2007-08 edition of Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools.
  • Hot subjects—Environmental Studies 900: ‘Working Toward Regional Sustainable Development’ Oct. 4, 2007
  • Taping of Wisconsin Reflections 'Wisconsin Reflections' makes national network debut Oct. 2, 2007 “Wisconsin Reflections,” a television talk show spotlighting the stories and perspectives of noteworthy University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates, makes its debut on the Big Ten Network on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 3 p.m.
  • WARF announces new hires and promotions Oct. 1, 2007 The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has announced promotions for Michael E. Falk and Emily Bauer, and the hires of a communications director, Janet L. Kelly, and two licensing professionals, Craig Heim for start-up companies, and Mark Stoveken for pharmaceutical licensing.
  • Summit aims at developing women as catalysts for change Sept. 25, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business will host its fifth annual Women's Executive Leadership Summit from Oct. 2-4 at the Fluno Center for Executive Education in Madison.
  • Portion of book cover New book looks at public perception and media treatment of GMOs Sept. 24, 2007 Although the vast majority of Americans are blithely unaware, the United States and its system of food production is irreversibly hitched to modern biotechnology. In short, most people unwittingly and regularly consume food that was produced through genetic engineering.
  • Stem cell cultures $7.2 million grant to aid search for ALS stem cell therapy Sept. 20, 2007 With the help of a $7.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers will explore the potential of stem cells and natural growth factors to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
  • Major grant advances UW’s clinical and translational research enterprise Sept. 18, 2007 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison's new Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) one of the largest grants in the history of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, making UW-Madison a key player in an ambitious NIH plan to transform the country's clinical and translational research enterprise.
  • Wisconsin MBA ranked 32nd by Wall Street Journal Sept. 17, 2007 The Wisconsin MBA program of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business was ranked 32nd in the regional category in this year's Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive ranking of MBA programs.
  • Ten students named as Big Ten Network interns Sept. 13, 2007 Ten University of Wisconsin-Madison students have been named to the Big Ten Network On-Campus Internship Program, which will provide them challenging, real-world experiences with the new television network.
  • IME logo Video library broadens School of Medicine’s reach Sept. 12, 2007 A new Web site with free video content is bringing the resources of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to a global audience of health information consumers.
  • Horses Major donor underwrites Equine Veterinary Referral Center Sept. 11, 2007 The new Morrie Waud Equine Center, a facility designed to train veterinary medicine students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is now officially open for business.
  • Woman looking through microscope Basic research robust in face of more university patenting Sept. 10, 2007 A UW-Madison study of more than 1,800 U.S. life scientists found that, despite an explosion in academic patenting in recent years, most life science professors still do research the "old-fashioned" way: they win federal grants, publish results in scientific journals, and graduate Ph.D. students.
  • Pipette and petri dish National Stem Cell Bank announces addition of new cell lines Sept. 7, 2007 The National Stem Cell Bank has announced that it has received select human embryonic stem cell lines from Novocell, a leading stem cell engineering company based in San Diego. With the addition of the new lines, the National Stem Cell Bank will have on deposit 14 of the 21 cell lines listed on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) federal registry.