Event examines entrepreneurial models based on social and economic change
Business beyond the usual is required to create new models of financial sustainability while benefiting society.
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Institute for Research on Poverty selected as national research hub
Officials from the federal Economic Research Service have chosen the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty to be a national center for research on nutrition assistance programs.
UW-Madison study has implications for understanding ion channel defects
A University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health team has made a discovery important to the millions of people who are on common medications for heart and neurological diseases.
Seminars will make teachers climate-change ambassadors
The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will join the Madison Metropolitan School District in a three-year project to prepare science teachers to be climate-literacy ambassadors in their schools and communities.
Students use computing skills to hasten Haiti relief efforts
“I have this bumper sticker that says, ‘Python will save the world. I don’t know how, but it will,'” says Nicholas Preston, a University of Wisconsin-Madison postdoctoral researcher.
New study rejects mortality-privatization link
A new study reconsiders and ultimately rejects a well-publicized claim that mass privatization of state enterprises caused a drastic increase in premature deaths after the fall of communism in ex-Soviet countries.
NIH approves Wisconsin H1 stem-cell line for continued use in federally funded research
The WiCell Research Institute can continue to provide stem cell scientists one of the earliest and most popular human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines in the field for their use in federally funded research projects.
Law students to help with foreclosure mediation
University of Wisconsin Law School students will help Dane County homeowners facing foreclosure take their cases through a mediation process with their lenders.
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Jan. 29, 2010
Recent sighting: Day of Action
Undergraduates Adelaide Davis (center) and Colleen Rooney (right) accept donations at a booth in the Memorial Union on Jan. 28, as part of the Haiti Relief Day of Action designated by the Associated Students of Madison (ASM). Photo: Bryce Richter
Madison to host youth poetry slam semifinals and finals
Dozens of students from across the state are gearing up to compete for a berth on the Wisconsin State Youth Poetry Slam Team, which will represent the state at the national Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival this coming summer.
Can blocking a frown keep bad feelings at bay?
Your facial expression may tell the world what you are thinking or feeling. But it also affects your ability to understand written language related to emotions, according to research that was presented today (Jan. 29).
Origins of Earth Day, environmental movement come to life on Web site
People around the globe will mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day (April 22) this spring. Countless activities related to Earth Day also will take place before and after April 22.
UW Habitat for Humanity hosts 14th Souper Bowl
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Habitat for Humanity chapter will host the 14th annual Souper Bowl fundraiser at Madison West High School on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Property tax credits offer inefficient tax relief, study says
Two Wisconsin property tax credits are not only expensive – nearly $900 million per year out of a $13 billion general fund budget – but they are a highly inefficient means of delivering property tax relief to the Wisconsin homeowners and renters for whom the property tax creates the greatest economic hardships, according to a new analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Jan. 27, 2010
Founders’ Day celebrations to mark UW–Madison’s birthday
It’s been 161 years since the first day of class at UW–Madison. This spring, alumni and friends in about 70 cities across the country are celebrating the occasion, known as Founders’ Day, and commemorative events on campus will include a touch of history and a taste of cake.
Madison police release sketch in bike path battery
Madison police have released an artist’s sketch of a man who allegedly tackled a 21-year-old UW-Madison student while she stopped to stretch on the Southwest Bike Path at 9:15 a.m. on Jan. 24.
Chazen exhibit cranks up the whimsy
From simple wind-up toys (chattering plastic teeth, anyone?) and cuckoo clocks to the creepy animatronic Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland, moving make-believe is fun to watch. The Chazen Museum of Art satisfies that fascination for moving parts and the fantastic in a new exhibit, “Automata: Contemporary Mechanical Sculpture.”
Heating plant renovation ushers in greener era
The Charter Street Heating Plant, an aging but critical source of energy for campus, is about to undergo a transformation that will take the state and university to the 21st century frontiers of cleaner, coal-free power.