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  • Nanoscale electron island could lead to new efficient flat-panel displays Jan. 18, 2005 Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Robert Blick and colleagues in Germany have demonstrated a new nanoscale mechanism for field emission that could lead to a new type of energy efficient flat-panel display.
  • New center studies business and poverty Jan. 13, 2005 A new center, aimed at helping businesses improve the economic well-being of their low-income workers, has opened its doors.
  • WARF hires new director of investments Jan. 12, 2005 The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has hired a new director to manage the endowment it uses to help support university research.
  • LEAP program plans January networking session Jan. 11, 2005 A program designed to make women entrepreneurs more successful, called LEAP, will host a free social evening for participants and those interested in joining the program.
  • Medical School to offer master of public health Jan. 7, 2005 The UW System Board of Regents recently approved a new master of public health degree at the UW Medical School. This 12-month multidisciplinary program, which begins in fall 2005, aims to enhance the state’s public health workforce.
  • OCR welcomes Gov. Doyle's new Wisconsin Angel Network program Jan. 6, 2005 Charles Hoslet, managing director of the Office of Corporate Relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says that Gov. Jim Doyle's new Wisconsin Angel Network (WAN) program "is another positive step in our combined efforts to support new business startups in Wisconsin, as finding financial support for those emerging businesses is crucial."
  • Engineering department announces name change Jan. 4, 2005 For some, industrial engineering calls to mind factories and smokestacks, and time study, plant layout and work measurement, says Emerson Electric Professor in Total Quality Harry Steudel, who chairs the UW-Madison Department of Industrial Engineering. To respond to this antiquated perception of its field, the department has changed its name to the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, abbreviated ISyE -- although it will continue to offer the industrial engineering degree.
  • Accounting students make finals of tax competition Dec. 22, 2004 A team of accounting students from the School of Business has made the national finals of the PricewaterhouseCoopers xTAX competition. Only five teams out of 165 reached the finals. The xTAX (short for extreme tax) competition is designed to foster interest among students in tax issues and provide exposure to a "real-world" tax case.
  • Rittenberg to lead national effort on quality of financial reporting Dec. 22, 2004 Accounting Professor Larry Rittenberg has been named chair of a key national organization working to improve the quality of financial reporting.
  • Postal kiosks include UW accessiblity features Dec. 8, 2004 Postal patrons tired of standing in long lines to mail their holiday packages now can save time when they use one of the U.S. Postal Service's new automated postal centers to conduct transactions themselves. The kiosks incorporate the Trace Research and Development Center's EZ Access features.
  • Biotechnology training grant is renewed Dec. 3, 2004 A National Institutes of Health grant that promotes graduate training in biotechnology has been renewed for an additional five years, according to bacteriologist Timothy Donohue, who directs the program.
  • Engineering online program honored Dec. 2, 2004 An association of more than 900 institutions and organizations of higher education that offer online learning, The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C), has named the Master of Engineering in Professional Practice (MEPP) program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Engineering as the 2004 Most Outstanding Online Teaching and Learning Program.
  • Lands' End funds scholars award Dec. 2, 2004 Lands' End is the first corporate sponsor of the UW E-Business Institute Scholars Program. This new program will provide financial support for students to research strategic e-business challenges and questions that are important to corporate sponsors and the Institute.
  • Wisconsin poised to invest $750 million in biomedical research Nov. 20, 2004 Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, taking a swing at keeping Wisconsin competitive in the superheated world of biomedical research, announced today (Nov. 17) that over the next several years Wisconsin would invest up to $750 million, including more than $500 million in new facilities and direct research support for scientists at UW-Madison.
  • New technology predicts energy use, performance Nov. 19, 2004 Professional athletes, including cyclists and distance runners, will soon have a powerful new tool to predict energy expenditure and performance over a race, thanks to a unique collaboration between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Saris Cycling Group of Madison.
  • Dane County businesses expect a bright future in 2005 Nov. 18, 2004 Results of the just-released Dane County Economic Survey forecast a strong economic outlook for 2005.
  • Law School bloggers keep pace with business issues Nov. 16, 2004 For a cadre of Law School students, the business of business is, well, blogging.
  • New business-startup initiative announced Nov. 12, 2004 A nine-point program “to help create, support and sustain’”new startup companies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison was announced today (Nov. 12) by the university’s Office of Corporate Relations (OCR).
  • UW Board of Regents approves Healthstar research facility Nov. 5, 2004 Construction of a $133.9 million Interdisciplinary Research Complex, which will replace outdated research facilities and unify the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School on the west campus, won approval Friday (Nov. 5) from the UW System Board of Regents.
  • Arlington Dairy Day to showcase new UW research Nov. 3, 2004 The eighth annual Arlington Dairy Day will be held at the Arlington Agricultural Research Station Dec. 8 to provide an opportunity for dairy farmers and others interested in dairy to learn how University of Wisconsin-Madiosn research can help them increase profitability and improve cow health.