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  • New director to take over Research and Sponsored Programs Aug. 24, 2004 On Sept. 1, Kim Moreland will take over as director of Research and Sponsored Programs, the campus office that oversees the administration of outside grants and awards, which last year totaled more than $700 million.
  • UW-Madison, NRECA announce new working relationship Aug. 13, 2004 The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the University of Wisconsin-Madison will announce their new working relationship during a press conference on Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 10:30 a.m. at the Fluno Center on the UW-Madison campus.
  • Licenses for new HyRed cranberry now available Aug. 11, 2004 Licenses to produce and sell fruit from UW-Madison's HyRed cranberry - the first publicly developed cranberry variety in more than three decades - are now being offered through the university's patent and licensing organization.
  • SBC Foundation awards grant to PEOPLE Program Aug. 5, 2004 The SBC Foundation has awarded a $250,000 grant to the University of Wisconsin Foundation in support of UW-Madison's PEOPLE (Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) Program, an innovative partnership designed to encourage post-secondary education for Wisconsin disadvantaged and minority students.
  • UW veterinarians try new drug for equine heart fibrillations Aug. 3, 2004 Veterinarians at UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine believe they're the first to use the oral drug flecainide to resolve a chronic case of atrial fibrillation in a horse.
  • Wisconsin forum to examine U.S. transportation programs July 23, 2004 The nation's transportation programs and the status of federal budget authorizations to support them will be discussed Monday, Aug. 9, in Appleton at a forum sponsored by the Midwest Regional University Transportation Center at UW-Madison and the Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin.
  • Campus Center for Real Estate announces new leadership July 23, 2004 The UW-Madison Center for Real Estate (formerly the Center for Urban Land Economics Research) has announced Tim Riddiough is its new academic director.
  • UW alumnus endows human resources chair in business school July 20, 2004 Bruce R. Ellig, a graduate of the School of Business, has given the school the funds needed to attract and retain outstanding faculty in its human resources area.
  • Office of Corporate Relations reports 'solid progress' in its first year July 16, 2004 The year-old Office of Corporate Relations at UW-Madison made "solid progress in addressing its mission of serving the needs of business in Wisconsin and beyond," according to its Annual Review for 2003-04.
  • GenTel BioSurfaces awarded more than $900K in small business innovation research grants July 15, 2004 Five Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants totaling more than $900,000 have been awarded to GenTel BioSurfaces, Inc. in 2004 by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, company officials announced today (Thursday, July 15).
  • UW part of national pathogen bioinformatics center July 14, 2004 In an effort to speed up research on disease-causing pathogens, including ones that could be used as biological weapons, scientists at UW-Madison will team with an information technology (IT) company, SRA International, Inc., to build an online, publicly accessible library of data on these infectious agents and their genomes.
  • Briefing to explore manufacturing for biotech industry July 9, 2004 Biotech companies that are interested in achieving greater efficiencies in product development and manufacturing processes are invited to an introductory briefing by the UW-Madison's Center for Quick Response Manufacturing on Wednesday, Aug. 18.
  • Women business leaders take the UW 'LEAP' July 1, 2004 UW-Madison's innovative program to support women entrepreneurs -- known as LEAP, which stands for "Launching Entrepreneurial Advisory Panels" -- started its most recent class for women business owners in Grainger Hall in June. The new class consists of eight entrepreneurs and a panel of 35 professional men and women who have volunteered to serve as advisors.
  • New help for entrepreneurs: The UW Technology Business Development Institute July 1, 2004 Brilliance in science and technology doesn't always translate directly into successful and prosperous businesses. High-tech entrepreneurs who need practical business knowledge now have a new resource -- the Technology Business Development Institute.
  • Web site helps companies recruit at state campuses June 29, 2004 Companies in Wisconsin and beyond have been given a new Web-based tool that makes it easier to identify potential employees and interns among the graduates and students of Wisconsin's universities and colleges.
  • Campus energy-saving efforts yield national award June 25, 2004 Faramarz Vakili-Zadeh, a leader in energy-efficiency efforts at UW-Madison, received the 2004 Public Service Award at the Energy Efficiency Forum in Washington, D.C., for his efforts to manage energy use on campus.
  • UW center recognized for aiding international trade June 18, 2004 The UW-Madison Center for International Business Education and Research received a Governor's Export Achievement Award at the 40th annual Wisconsin International Trade Conference Tuesday, May 18.
  • UW-Madison wins national FutureTruck Competition June 17, 2004 The third time around produced another winning result for the UW-Madison FutureTruck team.
  • Student invention gives his brother new level of freedom June 10, 2004 Charged with creating a new device for a senior design course in mechanical engineering, a team of students immediately knew their goal.
  • Study: Cancer drug Erbitux nearly doubles survival June 5, 2004 Patients with head and neck cancer appear to survive nearly twice as long after receiving a new drug known as Erbitux (scientific name: cetuximab) in conjunction with radiation therapy compared with patients treated solely with radiation therapy.