Stories indexed under: Milestones

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• Contest celebrates 100 years of 'On, Wisconsin!' Oct. 16, 2009 It is 32 bars of hummable, toe-tapping Badger spirit and it turns 100 years old this year. Yes, the song "On, Wisconsin!" has hit the century mark, and Badger fans with spirit to spare can create their own versions of the song and submit them to a contest that will run throughout the academic year.
• Spooner research station marks centennial Oct. 14, 2009 On Tuesday, Oct. 20, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Spooner Agricultural Research Station will celebrate its 100th birthday and commemorate a milestone in the history of Wisconsin agriculture.
• Celebrating 100 years of ‘On, Wisconsin!’ Oct. 14, 2009 It is 32 bars of hummable, toe-tapping Badger spirit and it turns 100 years old this year. Yes, the song “On, Wisconsin!” has hit the century mark and gives no sign of slowing down or unclenching its hold on the hearts of all who love it.
• UW Foundation names chief investment officer Oct. 13, 2009 Tom Olson has been selected as the new chief investment officer for the University of Wisconsin Foundation.
• Wisconsin Innocence Project marks 10th anniversary Oct. 13, 2009 When Keith Findley and John Pray founded the Wisconsin Innocence Project, they weren't sure it would even go anywhere.
• CALS dean to serve in USDA post Oct. 12, 2009 Molly Jahn, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS), has been appointed to a senior position in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), university officials announced today (Oct. 12).
• UW-Madison named 'Developer of the Year' by Wisconsin Builder magazine Oct. 12, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison, which has been a hub of construction activity in recent years, has been named the "Developer of the Year" by Wisconsin Builder magazine.
• Financial security center receives Social Security Administration award Oct. 7, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security has received first-year funding of $1.48 million to participate in the Social Security Administration's new Financial Literacy Research Consortium (FLRC).
• First Wave wins state arts award Oct. 1, 2009 A top Wisconsin arts honor - the 2009 Governor's Award in Support of the Arts - has been given to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), which oversees the First Wave Learning Community.
• UW-Madison entrepreneurship programs ranked 11th Sept. 23, 2009 Entrepreneurship programs at the Wisconsin School of Business rank among the best in the nation, according to a recently published survey conducted by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine.
• UW-Madison named military-friendly school Aug. 26, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been named to the first-ever list of military-friendly schools.
• Milestones Aug. 26, 2009
• UW-Madison ranks ninth in U.S. News report Aug. 20, 2009 The University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked ninth among public institutions in annual rankings released Aug. 20 in the U.S. News and World Report's 2010 edition of America's Best Colleges.
• Chemistry faculty, staff named inaugural fellows of chemical society Aug. 13, 2009 Four University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry faculty and staff are among a group of 162 distinguished chemists, teachers and entrepreneurs selected by the American Chemical Society (ACS) as the inaugural class of ACS fellows.
• Mass communications students and faculty reap bumper crop of awards Aug. 6, 2009 Graduate students and faculty in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Joint Program in Mass Communications landed several awards - the most in recent memory - at a national conference for journalism educators this week.
• UW-Madison medical ethicist heading to FDA July 31, 2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of law R. Alta Charo has accepted a position as senior adviser in the Office of the Commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration, effective Aug. 30.
• UW-Madison announces biological safety officer July 30, 2009 Jim Turk has been named biological safety officer in the Environment, Health and Safety Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• SOAR star retires after 51 years at UW-Madison July 30, 2009 Student finances aren't supposed to be funny. Wally Douma decided to change that.
• Database architect wins IEEE award July 30, 2009 David DeWitt, professor emeritus of computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been honored for his work with database systems.
• Wisconsin Innocence Project announces charges dropped against man wrongfully incarcerated for 23 years July 27, 2009 More than 23 years after his 1985 homicide conviction, a Milwaukee man, Robert Lee Stinson, is scheduled to appear in a Milwaukee courtroom this morning (July 27) at a hearing in which prosecutors have indicated they will drop all charges.