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New material could efficiently power tiny generators
To power a very small device like a pacemaker or a transistor, you need an even smaller generator. The components that operate the generator are smaller yet, and the efficiency of those foundational components is critical to the performance of the overall device.
UW’s Fiore earns national honor for advocacy work
Michael Fiore, MPH, MD, a professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, is one of two physicians in the nation to receive the 2009 Physician Advocacy Merit Award from the Institute of Medicine as a Profession.
Festival leverages power of film for community action
The Tales from Planet Earth film festival takes center stage in Madison Friday-Sunday, Nov. 6-8, with something new: a built-in call to action.
For the Record
Call for support grant proposals for racial and ethnic studies Four categories of grant support are being made available by the UW System Institute on…
Festival leverages film for community action
The Tales from Planet Earth film festival takes center stage in Madison Friday-Sunday, Nov. 6-8 with something new — a built-in call to action.
No shortage of things to do and see on campus
One of the advantages to working on a university campus is the availability of free or inexpensive things to see and do.
Five questions with … Katrina Forest
Bacteriology professor Katrina Forest once considered studying architecture — and in a way she does, albeit on a very small scale. As a protein crystallographer, she studies the three-dimensional structures of bacterial proteins on an atomic level to understand how the proteins function.
Be the We: Oct. 21, 2009
At one time or another, chances are that most of us have had to deal with the guilt of throwing away something we know to be recyclable.
Milestones
Truman Graf, emeritus professor of agricultural economics, has been inducted into the National Dairy Shrine Hall of Fame. Shawn Kelly, faculty associate in the Department…
From the desk of the chancellor: Chancellor addresses Graduate School proposal
“UW-Madison is a research powerhouse. Once again, the university ranks third in the nation in research expenditures, a testament to the quality of our faculty and research staff, and a reminder of the importance of a responsive and supportive infrastructure for research and for graduate education.”
MathBio looks at ‘best picture’
If 2008’s inaugural MathBio Symposium was a big-picture look at collaboration, the focus of this year’s symposium is on the best picture.
Continuing Studies holds open house
The Division of Continuing Studies has moved to a new location and is holding an open house to celebrate.
Workshop to explore global labor standards
To advance university efforts in and provide a forum for discussion of labor licensing issues, the university will hold a one-day forum called “Improving Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains: Codes of Conduct, Monitoring and Beyond.”