Stories indexed under: Undergraduate research

Total: 10

  • More than 500 students to present at Undergraduate Symposium April 13, 2010 With a larger sampling from the humanities combined with the traditional caliber of scientific research, the 400 or so projects at the 12th annual Undergraduate Symposium have little in common but the gifted students behind them.
  • Notable graduates: Leann Barden — Research leads to help for dysphagia sufferers May 13, 2008 UW-Madison food science graduate Leann Barden made a commitment to the field when she began researching and developing beverages suitable for people diagnosed with dysphagia, a swallowing disorder that affects nearly 18 million adults and children and is currently the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
  • Annual symposium celebrates undergraduate achievement April 9, 2008 While much of the diligent work of students takes place behind the scenes, the tenth annual Undergraduate Symposium will be an opportunity for achievement to publicly shine for more than 300 students.
  • Photo of students at a past Undergraduate Symposim Symposium opens world of research opportunity Feb. 19, 2008 With 10 years and hundreds of research projects in its history, the Undergraduate Symposium has been instrumental in showcasing undergraduates’ hard work. It’s also opened participants’ eyes to the possibilities of research — and even led some to continue the work they started with the event.
  • Students standing next to their wind turbine Freshman engineers seize the wind…and a new opportunity May 29, 2007 Inspired to reinvigorate his teaching after a yearlong sabbatical, electrical and computer engineering professor Giri Venkataramanan decided to try an experiment. During spring semester 2007, he challenged the freshman in his introductory engineering class to build a functioning wind turbine from scratch.
  • Student race car design team takes first place May 23, 2007 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Formula SAE Racing student vehicle team took first place at the international competition in Detroit.
  • University to honor distinguished students May 7, 2007 University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley will honor nearly 100 undergraduate recipients of the university's most prestigious scholarships, fellowships and awards.
  • Biomedical engineering competition stresses real-world challenges April 12, 2007 Part of a unique curriculum infused with real-world design opportunities, a new competition for University of Wisconsin biomedical engineering undergraduate students places an even greater emphasis on applying their engineering knowledge to actual problems in biology and medicine.
  • Students enhance undergraduate experience with research April 4, 2007 On Thursday, April 12, more than 200 undergraduate researchers from disciplines across campus will present their "ideas that matter" to the community at the ninth annual University of Wisconsin-Madison Undergraduate Symposium.
  • Students enhance undergraduate experience with research March 28, 2007 On Thursday, April 12, from 9:45 a.m.-4 p.m., more than 200 undergraduate researchers from disciplines across campus will present their “ideas that matter’” to the community at the ninth annual Undergraduate Symposium.