Tag The Wisconsin Idea
School of the Arts has large financial impact on Northwoods
July 14, 2012When UW–Madison School of the Arts in Rhinelander opens for business Sunday, July 22, some 300 students, faculty and artists will descend on the Hodag city, a fact not lost on Rhinelander Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lara Reed. Read More
Law that radically changed UW signed 150 years ago
June 29, 2012The 150th anniversary of a law that radically changed the mission of the University of Wisconsin and gave rise to the Wisconsin Idea is Monday, July 2. On that date in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, which established the nation’s land grant universities and broadened the UW’s academic scope beyond the liberal arts. Read More
Shelter cats benefit from vet’s long, close web of human relationships
June 27, 2012Karen Moriello, a clinical professor at the UW–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, has earned a devoted following among people who care for cats in animal shelters. Read More
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center marks first issued patent
June 18, 2012The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) is marking the arrival of summer with a milestone: the first patent issued on the center's technology. Read More
Aging at home: New project starts with community assets, not needs
June 8, 2012Students tend to fret when they are "invited" to the principal's office, and last April Tayler Nelson was no exception. Read More
Barrier-free technology coming of age in UW Trace Center project
June 5, 2012Despite the rapid increase in access to and use of the Internet, barriers still exist for a wide variety of users: people with disabilities, people who are aging, and people who have literacy challenges. Read More
Online courses offer foreign policy training for military leaders
June 1, 2012A series of online courses geared for members of the military to learn more about foreign policy and international relations is testing the geographic limits of one of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's guiding principles. Read More
UW-Madison to receive class gift honoring the Wisconsin Idea
May 7, 2012UW-Madison's long tradition of service to the state is being celebrated with a new plaque honoring the Wisconsin Idea, a gift from the Class of 2012 that will be dedicated by class officers and university officials on Wednesday, May 9. Read More
Science night fosters grade-schoolers’ natural curiosity
April 27, 2012A delighted murmur – a hybrid of “Wow!” and “Whoa!” -- arises as an ultraviolet light illuminates the invisible traces of chemicals on a chromatography paper, and Dave Stevenson knows he’s done his job at Family Science Night at Emerson School on Madison’s east side. Stevenson, a microbiologist at the federal Dairy Forage Research Center on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, gives an outline of chromatography for 22 students in first through fifth grades. Read More
“Calm After the Storm” event this Sunday
April 26, 2012A temporary housing shelter will be on display from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Arts as part of a special project by students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Human Ecology. Read More
Programs kept Wisconsin families from poverty, report finds
April 25, 2012Temporary increases in safety net programs and tax credits for working families helped keep many in Wisconsin from poverty during the recession and its aftermath, a new report by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison finds. Read More
La Follette School analysis course benefits state
April 11, 2012Public affairs students are helping state agencies and community organizations make better decisions and policies. Read More
Match Day 2012 includes largest class of rural medicine students
March 22, 2012About 160 graduates of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health - including the school's largest-to-date group of rural-medicine students - learned where they will begin their careers as doctors during Match Day, which was held March 16 at the Health Sciences Learning Center. Read More
Wisconsin technology powers California microgrid project
March 21, 2012California’s Santa Rita Jail just got a little more secure this week, thanks to the completion of a $14 million “microgrid” project that gives the facility its own autonomous power supply — a feat rooted in University of Wisconsin–Madison technology. Read More
UW-Madison invention basis for top honor in clean-energy competition
March 15, 2012A new company built to commercialize a green-energy discovery at University of Wisconsin–Madison earned the top honor - and a check for $100,000 - at this month's Chicago Clean Energy Challenge. Read More
Chazen plays key role in African art project in Madison schools
March 8, 2012For Susan Curtis, a retired school nurse, art appreciation is not just academic. Read More
Senior class of 2012 unveils Wisconsin Idea Scholarship
February 29, 2012The 2012 senior class officers have announced a new service-based scholarship to commemorate the Wisconsin Idea centennial and inspire the future of the university's time-honored service mission. Read More
Hunger Meal to raise awareness of social inequality and poverty
February 23, 2012At the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Hunger Meal, sponsored by students from the La Follette School of Public Affairs, whether you get a gourmet dinner, rice and beans, or something in between will be determined the same way many receive their lot in life: by chance. Read More
Airport exhibit marks centennial of Pro Arte Quartet, Wisconsin Idea
February 15, 2012The history of the University of Wisconsin's Pro Arte String Quartet and the Wisconsin Idea, both of which turn a record-breaking 100 years old this year, will be told through a public exhibit beginning Thursday, March 1, in the entry lobby of the Dane County Regional Airport. Read More
Cheap, printable prosthetic hand wins top prize at 2012 Innovation Days
February 10, 2012A prosthetic hand that could be cheaply created on a 3-D printer for amputees in developing countries won the top prize and $10,000 in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, one of a pair of competitions that make up Innovation Days. Held Feb. 9 and 10, the event rewards University of Wisconsin–Madison students for creative and marketable ideas. Read More