Category State & Global

Students create new environmental strategy for Lake Ripley

May 17, 2007

With the help of University of Wisconsin–Madison students, communities around Lake Ripley in southeastern Wisconsin are among the first in the state to use an innovative social strategy known as community-based social marketing, or CBSM, to deal with an environmental problem. Read More

History professor to receive WAA Outreach Excellence Award

May 16, 2007

The Wisconsin Alumni Association will honor University of Wisconsin–Madison history professor and department chair David McDonald with the Ken and Linda Ciriacks Faculty Outreach Excellence Award on Thursday, May 10. Read More

GE Healthcare, UW partnership sharpens medical imaging advances

May 11, 2007

When one of the nation's top medical imaging research programs sits less than 80 miles from one of the world's largest medical technology manufacturers, it's no surprise the two institutions would frequently join forces. Read More

Wisconsin Partnership Program advances Wisconsin Idea

May 10, 2007

From combating childhood obesity to creating a geriatric center serving Milwaukee's Latino population, the Wisconsin Partnership Program distributed more than $16 million in grants in 2006, according to the program's third annual report to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. Read More

Seventeen state government officials complete Certified Public Manager program

May 7, 2007

Seventeen managers from Wisconsin state and local government will become Wisconsin Certified Public Managers at a ceremony at the State Capitol on May 11. The nationally accredited certification is achieved through completion of 300 instructional hours in the Wisconsin Certified Public Manager Program administered by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More

UW study tests topical honey as a treatment for diabetic ulcers

May 2, 2007

Jennifer Eddy, a physician at UW Health’s Eau Claire Family Medicine Clinic and an assistant professor of family medicine at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, is conducting the first randomized, double-blind controlled trial of honey for diabetic ulcers. Read More

Resident bacteria may help clean phosphorous from lakes

May 2, 2007

UW-Madison engineer Katherine McMahon is integrating her expertise in wastewater engineering and in biological systems to study the bacterial community in different eutrophied lakes — two in Madison and one in China — to learn more about how those bacteria affect phosphorus cycling in the lakes. Read More

Climate change exhibit opens May 5 in Ashland

May 1, 2007

A traveling art and science exhibition focusing on climate change in the Lake Superior region will open Saturday, May 5, at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland. An opening reception will be held at the center at 4 p.m. that day. Read More

New Web site of K-12 resources launched

April 26, 2007

Information on summer sports camps and music clinics, lesson plans on everything from reading to genetics, parenting newsletters, a virtual museum of minerals - these are but a few of more than 250 University of Wisconsin–Madison resources for educators, parents, and students accessible on a new Web site. Read More

Professor plants seeds of forgiveness in Belfast, Milwaukee

April 24, 2007

Bob Enright, a professor of educational psychology and his wife, Jeanette Knutson Enright, have been leading initiatives in Northern Ireland and Milwaukee to develop, introduce and assess a comprehensive curriculum for introducing children to the idea of forgiveness. Read More

Student study-abroad awards announced

April 18, 2007

Fifty University of Wisconsin–Madison students have been awarded prestigious study-abroad scholarships, the Division of International Studies' International Academic Programs (IAP) announced. Read More

World Languages Day brings the world to Wisconsin

April 12, 2007

On Thursday, April 19, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Language Institute will host over 700 high school students and their teachers for World Languages Day, an all-day event that aims to raise awareness of diverse languages and cultures in Wisconsin and around the world. Read More

Jazz, spoken word shows coming to Music Hall

April 12, 2007

Jazz and spoken-word performances will heat up Music Hall on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus later this month. Read More

Program partners international and American students to enhance learning

April 11, 2007

UW–Madison is home to more than 3,000 international students from more than 100 countries. As new international students arrive on campus each year, many are confronted with language barriers, culture shock, loneliness and academic difficulties, among other worries. Read More

Susan Paddock: Making government work for people

April 11, 2007

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Susan Paddock founded Wisconsin’s Certified Public Manager Program in 1990, giving students a chance to see how branches of government operate and how the decisions they make at their level affect people who work at other levels and settings. Read More

World Cinema Day connects Wisconsin high school students to the world

April 9, 2007

Several hundred Wisconsin high school students and teachers will be in Madison April 13, 2007 to participate in World Cinema Day. World Cinema Day is an outreach program of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Language Institute and Arts Institute, presented in conjunction with the Wisconsin Film Festival. Read More