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GetSocial: #PrideMonth At UW
June is Pride Month, and it's being celebrated in many ways at UW, as evidenced by this week's Get Social.
UW among recipients of grants from Evjue Foundation
The charitable arm of The Capital Times has announced that its directors have approved $1,812,000 in grants, including $370,500 to the UW for more than two dozen projects and programs during the coming year.
Mark Hill honored for improvements to vital computer memory systems
Hill has been analyzing and improving how computer memory functions since the 1980s. His developments became the basis of the memory models for the ubiquitous programming languages Java and C++.
UW–Madison and WARF again rank high in patents
A survey of the world’s top universities placed the University of Wisconsin–Madison as the seventh-greatest source of U.S. patents, with 157 issued in 2018 to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation for UW inventions.
‘The Girl in the Picture’ and photographer of iconic Vietnam War image to speak at UW–Madison
Kim Phúc, now 56, was known to the world as “Napalm Girl.” Now, she’s an author and an activist, winning the Dresden Peace Prize in February 2019. She will appear June 8 at the Pyle Center, along with the photographer of the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
UW strengthens policies to protect health and safety of youth in precollege programs
The effort will help ensure the health and safety of all youth under age 18 participating in academic programs, summer camps, sports clinics and other activities under the auspices of UW–Madison.
Berquam to depart for senior leadership post at Arizona community college
Following a year away from Madison on a national fellowship, former Dean of Students and Vice Provost for Student Life Lori Berquam will become executive vice president of academic and student affairs at Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona.
Two professors honored with Shaw Scientist Awards to support innovative research
Darcie Moore is studying adult stems cells in an area of the brain important for learning and memory. Zachary Morris plans to test whether brachytherapy improves a tumor’s response to certain immunotherapies.
UW Changes Lives: Handshake increases UW student access to jobs and employers
Since July, more than 15,000 UW students have activated their personal Handshake account connecting them to thousands of job listings individually tailored to their major, interests, and skills.
UW–Madison, chemical society partner to train underrepresented students
Aspiring scientists who previously experienced limited course or research opportunities will build stronger application portfolios for chemistry doctoral programs in the ACS Bridge Program.
UW Changes Lives: SuccessWorks guides L&S students to careers
A fast-growing number of students at the College of Letters & Science are turning to SuccessWorks to help prepare them for a career after college.
Sensor from Antarctic observatory IceCube joins Smithsonian collection
IceCube uses thousands of these sensors embedded in a cubic kilometer of ice underneath the South Pole to track neutrinos, invisible subatomic particles that traverse space at nearly the speed of light.
UW to digitize historic WHA rural and women’s programs
The UW–Madison Archives was awarded a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources to support digitizing 250 transcription discs from between 1920 and 1950.
UW Changes Lives: Business school expands reach with three new MS degrees
In Fall 2019, WSB will offer three new specialized master of science degree programs in business analytics, real estate, and supply chain management, helping to address a market need.
Wisconsin Union Theater director Ralph Russo retires
His accomplishments in his 15 years at the helm of the Wisconsin Union Theater include overseeing the theater's renovations and increasing the number of students participating.
Bruce Maas selected for IMS Global Learning Consortium annual leadership award
The award recognizes passion and commitment for innovation in bridging academia and industry and encouraging institutional leaders to apply technology to academic strategy.
UW Changes Lives: Campus-born fertility company seeks to improve women’s health care, Wisconsin economy
What started as a side project in a UW–Madison laboratory is now a successful business that’s closer than ever to giving women a way to help overcome difficulties in conceiving a child.
What they learned: Four UW entrepreneurs focus on the big question
As UW–Madison continues to gain recognition for fueling Wisconsin’s high-tech economy, four experienced entrepreneurs with UW roots shared the cardinal lessons they learned.
New “traffic lights” warn Lake Michigan beachgoers of rip currents
The new warning system was spearheaded by Yuli Liu, a Ph.D. candidate in civil and environmental engineering. It's dubbed BLINK - Beach LIghts and Notifying Kiosk.
UW Changes Lives: Wisconsin professionals gain new opportunities while they work
From insurance to manufacturing, to higher education and health care, Wisconsin Evening and Executive MBA students come from wide-ranging industries to grow their skills and earn their degrees while they work.