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  • Barrows, CALS associate dean, to retire Dec. 5, 2005 Richard L. Barrows, Associate Dean for Academic Student Affairs in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and professor of agricultural and applied economics, will retire from the university after the end of the academic year.
  • UW-Madison, WARF rank third in 2004 license income Dec. 2, 2005 Driven by the discovery of promising new drugs, agricultural products and biotechnologies, UW-Madison and its technology transfer arm, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, generated more than $47.5 million in licensing revenues last year.
  • January: Reluctant businessman helps lead first Wisconsin stem cell business Dec. 1, 2005 Craig January, who comfortably wears the hats of both scientist and heart doctor at UW-Madison, has had numerous chances to go into business. But January, who developed a novel method to test drugs for heart toxicity in the late 1990s, resisted them - until recently.
  • INSITE receives grant for research into entrepreneurship Dec. 1, 2005 The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has awarded a three-year, $125,000 collaborative research grant to the Initiative for Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship (INSITE).
  • Research initiative enhances Minnesota-Wisconsin partnerships Nov. 22, 2005 Some of the plays in the stands at Lambeau Field were just as thrilling as those on the turf when Minnesota Vikings ownership partner and New Jersey attorney and businessman David Mandelbaum revealed a plan for a $2.5 million gift to the UW-Madison Eye Research Institute to support a joint research initiative with scientists at the University of Minnesota.
  • Jahn chosen to lead College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Nov. 8, 2005 Molly Jahn, a Cornell University expert in plant breeding, gene discovery and genetic mapping of agricultural plants, has been named the new dean of the UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Chancellor John D. Wiley announced today.
  • Grant promotes faster application of health care technology Nov. 7, 2005 By fostering early-stage collaborations between UW-Madison biomedical engineering researchers and practicing physicians, a new initiative will enable researchers to deliver their advances more quickly to the patients who need them.
  • Learning the international language of science Nov. 4, 2005 Undergrads will get taste of research abroad at a Bangkok university
  • Project could reduce U.S. inventory of spent nuclear fuel Oct. 26, 2005 Hoping to reduce the nation's growing inventory of stored spent nuclear fuel, UW-Madison will team with scientists and students from Big Ten universities, the University of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory to develop innovative nuclear fuel cycles that will recycle and dispose of this high-level radioactive material.
  • Kauffman Foundation chief to speak on campus Oct. 21, 2005 Carl Schramm, president and chief executive officer of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, will speak at UW-Madison on Tuesday, Oct. 25, about successful entrepreneurship.
  • Electronic pruners: A worthwhile investment Oct. 19, 2005 Using an electronic pruner is more efficient than using a manual pruner, because it reduces hand fatigue and is faster.
  • Students to manage $40 million for UW System Oct. 19, 2005 Students in the Applied Security Analysis Program (ASAP) of the UW-Madison School of Business have been authorized to manage more than $40 million in fixed-income securities for the University of Wisconsin System.
  • Engineers help turn science into interactive exhibits Oct. 17, 2005 As part of a new National Science Foundation-funded network, UW-Madison engineering faculty, staff and students will work with some of the nation's top science museums to create hands-on exhibits about technology so small that even the tiniest human fingers can't touch it.
  • UW-Madison alumnus named 2005 e-Business Institute Distinguished Fellow Oct. 6, 2005 UW-Madison computer science graduate Matt Korn will receive the 2005 UW e-Business Institute Distinguished Fellow Award at the eighth annual e-Business Best Practices and Emerging Technologies conference on Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Monona Terrace, One John Nolen Drive, Madison. The award will be given at 11 a.m., followed by Korn's presentation, "Managing the World's Largest Network."
  • Report: Growing deficits jeopardize U.S. influence around world Oct. 5, 2005 The United States must confront the alarmingly high federal budget and current account deficits, according to a new report written for the Council on Foreign Relations in New York by Menzie Chinn, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of public affairs.
  • National Stem Cell Bank spins out first private sector work Oct. 4, 2005 Nimblegen Systems is the first Madison company to benefit from the Oct. 3, 2005 announcement by the National Institutes of Health to base the National Stem Cell Bank at the WiCell Research Institute.
  • New battery technology helps stimulate nerves Oct. 3, 2005 With the help of new silicon-based compounds, scientists - and patients - are getting a significant new charge out of the tiny lithium batteries used in implantable devices to help treat nervous system and other disorders.
  • WiCell receives $16 million NIH grant to create national stem cell bank Oct. 3, 2005 The WiCell Research Institute has been selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish the federal government's first and only National Stem Cell Bank (NSCB), it was announced today at a news conference in Madison.
  • Nanoscale research receives big boost Sept. 30, 2005 The National Science Foundation has awarded the UW-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) nearly $14.8 million over the next six years to continue its leading-edge research on the interfaces of materials at the nanoscale.
  • Marine toxins show promise as cancer drugs Sept. 26, 2005 Vibrantly colored creatures from the depths of the South Pacific Ocean harbor toxins that potentially can act as powerful anti-cancer drugs, according to research findings from University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemists and their Italian colleagues.