Stories indexed under: Student competitions

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• Contest: What does a new student need to know? April 10, 2009 UW-Madison is again asking students to write an essay about the things they've learned about life at the university.
• Table tennis club thrives at UW-Madison April 2, 2009 When talking with Andrew Knips, team captain and coach of the UW-Madison Table Tennis Club, try not to confuse the sport of with the mere game of "pingpong."
• Encouraging entrepreneurs: Undergraduate invention competition turns 15 Feb. 2, 2009 In 1995, the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering debuted the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, a competition that provides university undergraduates the tools and resources to develop an original, patentable invention or process.
• Sign up to audition for ‘UW’s Got Talent’ Oct. 8, 2008
• Fourth Annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta set for Oct. 4 at Memorial Union Sept. 29, 2008 A flotilla of sailing squash is headed toward Lake Mendota for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Fourth Annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta. The popular event - in which students paddle hollowed-out pumpkins between the piers at the Memorial Union Terrace - takes place at noon on Oct. 4.
• Notable graduates: David Blodgett — Concrete accomplishments on the water May 13, 2008 When competitors from other schools hear about David Blodgett of UW-Madison's Concrete Canoe team, they generally have the response: "That's not fair."
• 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 biomedical engineering students design meaningful medical solutions April 30, 2008 When University of Wisconsin-Madison junior Claire Flanagan graduates in May 2009 with bachelor's degrees in biomedical engineering (BME) and biochemistry, she might display her diploma next to an equally prestigious document: a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
• Recent sightings: Human Powered Vehicle Challenge April 29, 2008
• UW-Madison students again rise to the entrepreneurial challenge April 29, 2008 For the second straight year, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison flexed their entrepreneurial muscle as they turned surplus materials into new creations.
• Last chance to submit a convocation essay April 28, 2008 Outgoing Chancellor John D. Wiley is asking students to write an essay about their lives at the university, with the winner being given the honor of addressing 5,500 new students from the floor of the Kohl Center at the Chancellor’s Convocation on Aug. 29. The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 2.
• Veggies in the sky: Grocery business takes top honors in Burrill contest April 24, 2008 In an era of globe-trotting food, consumers sometimes need an atlas to navigate the produce aisle. But two University of Wisconsin-Madison students have an intriguing idea for how to get vegetables on grocery shelves without the jet lag. Their solution? Look up.
• UW-Madison will host human-powered vehicle challenge April 23, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison this weekend will host the 25th annual American Society of Mechanical Engineers Human Powered Vehicle Challenge.
• Recent sightings: In the form of a question April 3, 2008
• Students compete to promote NASA April 2, 2008 From creating a space-based reality show called "NASA's Next" to assisting local organic farmers, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's NASA Means Business team has a slew of ideas about how to promote NASA, leaving the spaceflight agency over the moon.
• Contest asks, ‘What does a new student need to know?’ March 31, 2008 What does a new student absolutely need to know about their first year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?
• All-Campus Idol to showcase UW-Madison talent March 25, 2008 The Wisconsin Alumni Student Board (WASB) is set to host the fourth annual All-Campus Idol, a campus version of "American Idol" that showcases the singing talent of University of Wisconsin-Madison students.
• Undergrad team debuts in genetic engineering competition Dec. 21, 2007 For the first time, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduates participated in the annual International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM), held this fall at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Twin brothers lead UW-Madison fishing team Nov. 2, 2007 With the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus just steps from Lake Mendota, the university has nationally recognized programs in rowing, sailing and limnology research. Add competitive fishing to that list.
• UW-Madison recognized by Truman Foundation Oct. 15, 2007 For a national scholarship that gives out 75 awards or less each year, Truman Foundation Executive Secretary Frederick Slabach says it is "rare" for a single university to have two scholars in the same year. That being said, when the University of Wisconsin-Madison did it earlier this year, he wasn't exactly surprised.