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  • Bioethicists to ponder biotechnology and the brain April 12, 2005 Researchers at UW-Madison will be featured among several experts gathering at the Fourth Annual International Bioethics Forum on Thursday and Friday, April 21 and 22, to discuss a range of ethical issues.
  • Student entrepreneurs preparing for competition April 11, 2005 A competition showcasing student entrepreneurs' innovative business ideas - ranging from devices that can save firefighters' lives in blazing buildings to making online transactions more secure - will kick off on Friday, April 15.
  • WiCell Research Institute hires international PR firm April 6, 2005 In the upper Midwest, modesty is considered a virtue. But in the competitive world of stem cell research, not tooting your own horn enough can be counterproductive. That, in a nutshell, is why the five-year-old WiCell Research Institute on the UW-Madison campus has hired an international public relations firm and its Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech arm to tell the world about WiCell's stem cell work.
  • Revamped evening MBA program gets global infusion April 5, 2005 An intensive program review and student surveys have prompted major curriculum revisions in the Evening MBA program (EvMBA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business.
  • MBA program ranked 37th by U.S. News April 4, 2005 In its April 1 ranking of MBA programs, U.S. News & World Report ranked UW-Madison 37th among all U.S. programs. Last year the program jumped 10 spots to get to 36th.
  • U.S. News grad rankings show diverse strengths April 1, 2005 A range of academic programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are again near the head of the class in national graduate school rankings released today (April 1) by U.S. News and World Report.
  • CIBER announces international business case competition April 1, 2005 UW-Madison's Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) announces its inaugural MBA International Business Case Competition in April, plus other upcoming events.
  • Online banking services no longer a differentiator, but a necessity March 23, 2005 Credit union marketers no longer view offering online products and services as means of differentiating themselves from competitors, but as a necessity for doing business, according to a recently-released research report on online marketing trends by the UW E-Business Consortium.
  • School for Beginning Dairy Farmers calls for applicants March 11, 2005
  • March 21 deadline set for Small Business Tech Transfer award March 1, 2005 Nominations for the 2005 Governor's Small Business Technology Transfer Award are due by Monday, March 21.
  • Economists help business execs identify trends March 1, 2005 Four top economists will present their projections, insights and predictions at the UW-Madison's Economic Outlook at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave., on Friday, March 4.
  • Canada/Wisconsin technology roundtable set for March 15 March 1, 2005 Madison will be the site of a "Canada/Wisconsin Technology Roundtable" on Tuesday, March 15.
  • The stuff of dreams Feb. 21, 2005 How does one visualize thought? Well, by pressing the open tip of an electrolyte-filled glass pipette much thinner than a human hair against the membrane of an individual brain cell, researchers can isolate a patch and identify the current flowing through individual ion channels on a cell's membrane.
  • WARF to receive national medal of technology Feb. 15, 2005 The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) will be among the recipients of the 2003 National Medal of Technology, an annual award conferred by the president of the United States that recognizes significant and lasting contributions to the country's economic, environmental and social well-being through the development and commercialization of technology.
  • Veterinary school honored for dairy teaching herd Feb. 14, 2005 The School of Veterinary Medicine recently received a 2004 Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection's Division of Food Safety for maintaining outstanding milk quality and commendable farm conditions for more than three years with its dairy teaching herd.
  • Firefighter lifesaving invention wins top innovation days prize Feb. 11, 2005 The FireSite, a transmitter/receiver system designed to guide firefighters out of smoke-filled buildings, took the $10,000 top prize in the 2005 Schoofs Prize for Creativity.
  • Business degrees from public universities appeal to corporations Jan. 26, 2005 There’s more evidence that America's largest corporations increasingly look to public business school graduates to fill top leadership roles.
  • Job market bounces back for engineering graduates Jan. 21, 2005 Business is booming again at Engineering Career Services (ECS), and that's great news for student job-seekers.
  • Lawton to discuss women and prosperity project Jan. 21, 2005 Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton will report on her Wisconsin Women = Prosperity project on Thursday, Jan. 27, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Milk prices and state farm income hit record highs in 2004 Jan. 20, 2005 UW-Madison agricultural economists dusted off some long-idle superlatives to write their year-end review of the state’s farm sector, and they're fairly optimistic about prospects for the year ahead.