Stories indexed under: Student awards

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  • New Arts Venture Challenge awards student innovators Feb. 10, 2009 It's not every day that a judge is so torn between two competitors that he produces $500 out of his own pocket just so he won't have to choose.
  • Third annual 100-Hour Challenge stimulates student entrepreneurship Feb. 3, 2009 In the past, enterprising University of Wisconsin-Madison students have repurposed surplus materials to construct, among other things, a space heater safety alarm, a home reservoir system, a hand-cranking portable power generator and an artistic, wall-mounted light fixture.
  • Graduate student wins chance to perform at the Met Jan. 21, 2009 Singers around the world dream of taking the stage at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. On Sunday, Feb. 15, one University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student will do just that.
  • Students rewarded for entrepreneurial instincts Nov. 19, 2008 What do a youth sport officiating agency, a club dedicated to microfinance, a student-run bus company, a Chinese economic forum, and a Silver eBay PowerSeller business have to do with entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?
  • 'Polymazing' image Science photo takes second in national contest Sept. 25, 2008 With a photograph that embodies the unexpected - and sometimes breathtaking - outcomes of science, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Jenna Eun has won second place in the 2008 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Science magazine.
  • Women’s track leads nation with 13 on all-academic team Aug. 6, 2008 The University of Wisconsin women’s track and field program has placed a total of 13 student-athletes on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s All-Academic team, matching the highest total of honorees from a single program.
  • Eight UW-Madison graduate students receive international travel awards July 24, 2008 Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has awarded the Scott Kloeck-Jenson Award to eight outstanding graduate students whose work will deepen international understanding and global social justice concerns.
  • UW-Madison grad student to meet with Nobel laureates June 20, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison nuclear engineering doctoral student Rachel Slaybaugh never dreamed she'd have the opportunity to chat with a Nobel Prize-winning physicist - much less several of them.
  • Two students named top collegiate journalists May 23, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism students Amanda Hoffstrom and Alec Luhn were honored this week as two of the top 100 journalists on U.S. college campuses by UWIRE, an organization that supports college student media.
  • A weekend of success for UW-Madison engineering teams May 1, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison formula car, concrete canoe and steel bridge teams excelled in competitions the weekend of April 25-27.
  • Wisconsin Alumni Association awards scholarships to outstanding students April 30, 2008 The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) has awarded scholarships to 16 outstanding students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in recognition of their academic excellence, overall achievement and contributions to the campus community.
  • Returning adult students honored April 29, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison will honor more than 30 adult students at a reception on Wednesday, April 30, with awards and scholarships that recognize their academic excellence and contributions to the community.
  • University honors distinguished undergraduates April 28, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley will honor more than 100 of the university's most accomplished undergraduates tonight (April 28) at the Chancellor's Undergraduate Award Ceremony.
  • Student wins city management fellowship in Kansas City April 8, 2008 Throughout her academic career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Carissa DeCramer has been narrowing her focus. As an undergraduate, she double-majored in international relations and political science. As a graduate student at the La Follette School of Public Affairs, she followed the domestic track.
  • Student wins annual statewide poetry contest April 7, 2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate Christie Taylor took first place in an annual statewide poetry contest sponsored by Wisconsin People & Ideas magazine.
  • Undergraduate receives prestigious national scholarship March 25, 2008 It's not every day that University of Wisconsin-Madison Provost Patrick Farrell drops in on the class Introduction to Statistical Methods to make an announcement.
  • UW-Madison team ‘zaps’ competition with electric snowmobile March 18, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Clean Snowmobile team blew the competition out of the snow at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Clean Snowmobile Challenge (CSC) in Houghton, Mich., March 10-15.
  • Students, professors invited to apply for Hirsch Family Award Feb. 13, 2008 Undergraduate students and their professors still have time to apply for the inaugural Hirsch Family Award, created by alumnus Jim Hirsch and his wife, Judy. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 14.
  • UW-Madison makes presidential honor roll for community service Feb. 13, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison was named this week to the 2007 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction for its efforts to promote community service and service learning on its campus.
  • Catheterized system wins annual student creativity prize Feb. 12, 2008 A catheterized system to sense bladder pressure and control urine flow to prevent incontinence won the $10,000 top prize in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, an annual University of Wisconsin-Madison invention competition.