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• 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.
• Seven receive entrepreneurial achievement awards April 26, 2012 Seven University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni and faculty were honored this week for their outstanding entrepreneurial achievements.
• Modernized inventory system wins Qualcomm Wireless Innovation Prize April 19, 2012 Christopher Beley's Flextory, a flexible, web-based inventory system designed for multiple inventory scenarios, won $10,000 and top prize at the 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison Qualcomm Wireless Innovation Competition.
• UW-Madison to host national VentureLab program March 16, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Entrepreneurs' Resource Clinic has partnered with the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) to bring the VentureLab program to Wisconsin.
• UW-Madison invention basis for top honor in clean-energy competition March 15, 2012 A new company built to commercialize a green-energy discovery at University of Wisconsin-Madison earned the top honor - and a check for $100,000 - at this month's Chicago Clean Energy Challenge.
• UW-Madison graduate programs ranked among best by U.S. News and World Report March 12, 2012 Several UW-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation’s best in the 2013 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”
• 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.
• Water filtration, smart phones, LED lights showcased in student invention competition Feb. 2, 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate innovators will present 14 inventions on Feb. 9-10 in Engineering Hall on the College of Engineering campus as part of the annual Innovation Days.
• Student startup aims to lift up Madison community through loans Nov. 25, 2011 After learning about how microfinance can increase small business revenue and uplift individuals out of poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Alex Rosenthal knew that something had to be done locally.
• UW–Madison hosts Iraqi economic development delegation Oct. 19, 2011 The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of two American universities to host a delegation of representatives selected by Iraq's Inter-Ministerial Committee on Innovation, Research, and Development (ICIRD) on universities and technology-based economic development.
• Business professor Carpenter passes away Sept. 27, 2011 Mason A. Carpenter, beloved professor of strategic management, M. Keith Weikel Professor in Leadership and associate dean of evening and executive master of business administration programs in the Wisconsin School of Business, passed away on Sept. 22 after a battle with cancer.
• Macy’s executive to address record number of Wisconsin industry representatives at E-Business conference Sept. 22, 2011 More than 650 business executives and managers will attend the 13th annual Business Best Practices and Emerging Technologies Conference, which will be hosted Tuesday, Sept. 27, by the University of Wisconsin-Madison E-Business Consortium.
• New office to foster university collaboration with industry Sept. 22, 2011 The Graduate School has established a new Office of Industrial Contracts to negotiate a growing number of research contracts with the private sector.
• UW team part of IBM 'cognitive' computing chip project Aug. 18, 2011
• DOE awards UW-Madison spinoff $1.5 million for dual-fuel engine optimization Aug. 15, 2011 A spinoff company created by two University of Wisconsin-Madison Engine Research Center (ERC) faculty members was awarded $1.5 million from the US Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wednesday.
• Support for land grants is key to economic growth in Wisconsin, Midwest, report says Aug. 12, 2011 There's an important message for Wisconsin in a new report that details the role that land-grant universities play in generating jobs and economic growth, according to those who lead agricultural research and extension efforts here.
• UW-Madison research helps firm slash lead times, expand into new markets July 26, 2011 Pointe Precision, a machining shop in Plover, Wis., knows the importance of cutting lead times for its customers.
• Made in Wisconsin: Vessel to contain cosmic force takes shape July 20, 2011 At the heart of most celestial objects is a dynamo. The Earth's dynamo, spun to life in the molten metal core of our planet, generates a magnetic field that helps us find north and, perhaps more critically, shields us from solar winds that would otherwise singe our planet.
• Innovation marks UW-Madison contribution to vitamins, drugs, medical supplies July 6, 2011 With a long tradition of exploration of medicine and biology, and a research budget that has passed $1 billion, University of Wisconsin-Madison builds on a rich history of discoveries related to drugs and nutrition: Vitamin A and B were discovered here in 1914.
• Research establishment spawns research-supply spinoffs June 9, 2011 For a century, Wisconsin's traditional metal-working industries spawned a broad and profitable series of tool-and-diemaking firms that marketed nationwide.