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• Engineering professor to help guide safety in next generation of space exploration Aug. 22, 2011 Following the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's decommissioning of its 30-year space shuttle program earlier this summer, the agency will be looking in new directions for the future of space exploration - with University of Wisconsin-Madison expertise on board.
• DOE awards UW-Madison engineers $5.6 million for future reactor technology Aug. 11, 2011 The U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Program awarded five out of 51 grants nationwide to University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers in the Department of Engineering Physics.
• UHS seeks $23.5 million in public health funding July 18, 2011
• Senate confirms UW-Madison emeritus professor as deputy director of NSF June 6, 2011 Cora Marrett, an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 26 to serve as deputy director of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• Bresnick earns MERIT Award from National Institutes of Health June 2, 2011
• Engineering grads working at NASA will come to campus April 12, 2011 They teach people how to walk in space, protect astronauts from decompression sickness and ensure spacecraft hardware is safe in flight. Three University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnae will visit campus this week to talk to students of all ages about their careers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
• UW-Madison nuclear expert to testify April 6 about U.S. reactor safety April 5, 2011
• UW-Madison celebrates 50 years of Peace Corps, Wisconsin Idea with events March 14, 2011 Celebrating 50 years of the Peace Corps and the state of Wisconsin's history of volunteerism and public service, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a variety of free and public programs featuring stories, film, poetry and some well-known former Peace Corps volunteers on Friday and Saturday, March 25-26, as part of "Peace Corps and Africa: 50 Years," an event honoring and assessing a half-century of volunteer service.
• Kulcinski awarded NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal Feb. 24, 2011 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering associate dean for research and Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering Gerald Kulcinski one of its highest honors for non-governmental employees. NASA Director Charles Bolden awarded Kulcinski the Exceptional Public Service Medal to recognize Kulcinski's leadership on the NASA Advisory Council from 2005 to 2009.
• Drug courts test smart phone app to help addicted offenders Feb. 9, 2011 Smart phones make phone calls, play music, take pictures and keep track of your appointments. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are investigating ways in which smart phone applications can help people deal with a chronic illness such as addiction.
• UW-Madison chemist wins innovation prize Feb. 8, 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison Meloche-Bascom Professor of Chemistry Martin Zanni is being honored for contributions to the advancement of science within his laboratory and beyond.
• UW-Madison ranks eighth in Peace Corps volunteers Feb. 3, 2011 For the 11th year in a row, UW-Madison has placed in the top tier of the Peace Corps' nationwide list of large schools producing Peace Corps volunteers.
• UW-Madison fusion experiments earn nearly $11 million in grants Dec. 21, 2010 Researchers with two University of Wisconsin-Madison plasma fusion experiments have received $10.7 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fusion Energy Sciences. The Helically Symmetric eXperiment (HSX) drew $5.1 million, plus an additional $900,000, while two grants to the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment total $4.7 million.
• Badgers’ Rose Bowl run praised on the floor of Congress Dec. 17, 2010
• NSF signs operating pact with UW-Madison as IceCube nears completion Nov. 22, 2010 It is the start of the final Antarctic drilling season for IceCube, and as researchers descend on the South Pole, there is additional reason for celebration. The National Science Foundation has signed a five-year, $34.5-million agreement with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to operate the unique IceCube telescope - a cubic kilometer in volume - buried in the Antarctic ice sheet between 1,400 meters and 2,400 meters deep.
• Tracing the “blurry line” between hospital and at-home care Oct. 26, 2010 When patients come home from the hospital after major surgery or a transplant, they often are not well enough to care for themselves, and more importantly, have complex medical needs that need to be monitored by others.
• UW-Madison research expenditures top the $1 billion mark Oct. 7, 2010 For the first time, annual research expenditures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have surpassed the $1 billion milestone.
• Coming to a device near you: A safer, faster Internet Sept. 16, 2010 Like an aging bridge, the Internet is groaning under the weight of traffic that is growing by leaps and bounds and changing form under constant innovation.
• Renewed partnership keeps $60 million satellite center in Madison Aug. 20, 2010 It was a deep history in satellite meteorology that first got the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration interested in Madison in the 1970s.