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Notable graduates: Joe Simler — Headed to the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium
When Wisconsin native Joe Simler stepped foot on the UW–Madison campus as a freshman in 2004, little did he know four years later he would be assisting a 30-member sales staff charged with filling seats at Dallas Cowboys Stadium, the largest stadium in the NFL at 3 million square feet. Read More
Notable graduates: Tiffany Trzebiatowski — A leader is born
An undergraduate double-majoring in management and human resources and economics, Tiffany Trzebiatowski has already shown a penchant for organizing and growing companies. Read More
Real estate conference to examine challenges, opportunities in today’s housing markets
The Wisconsin School of Business Graaskamp Center for Real Estate will host the conference "Challenges and Opportunities in Today's Housing Markets" on Friday, June 6, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. at the Fluno Center for Executive Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
Notable graduates: Bill Bettenberg — After four decades, a new career in law
In August 2005 Bill Bettenberg retired from a 40-year career in the U.S. Department of the Interior and enrolled at the UW–Madison Law School with a clear vision of where he wanted his law degree to take him. Read More
Notable graduates: Sara Greenslit — Novelist grabs second career in animal care
Sara Greenslit, a returning adult student, has always had dual interest in art and science. She completed a pre-veterinary degree in biology at the College of Charleston, S.C., in 1992. Read More
Notable graduates: Abdalla Saad — On the cusp of new biotech startup
Many scientists are content to spend their entire careers in the laboratory, chasing new insights into the way the world works. Not Saad. Though he admires the scientists he works with as a research specialist in the School of Medicine and Public Health, Saad has dreams of launching a biotechnology company some day. Read More
UW-Madison, Sertoma Club provide hearing aids to qualified recipients
A program through the Department of Communicative Disorders and the Sertoma Club of Madison turns used hearing aids into credits to purchase new hearing aids for qualified recipients. Read More
Institute sponsors symposium to explore integration of math, biology
The Morgridge Institute for Research and the Graduate School are sponsoring a two-day symposium open to faculty and academic staff interested in exploring the interfaces connecting the mathematic, computational and biological sciences, and the major impact of these evolving interactions on research, education, training and discovery. Read More
Jazz benefit honors four early childhood educators
Local jazz singer Jan Wheaton, with the Jan Wheaton Quintet, will perform in a fundraising event to benefit UW–Madison campus child care centers. Read More
Recent sightings: Sidewalk math
Mathematics teaching assistant Sam Eckels works with students from his second-semester calculus class during a “Sidewalk Math” session held May 13,… Read More
Engineering senior turns her hobby into cash
It started off pretty simply. Danielle McIntosh, a University of Wisconsin–Madison senior graduating in biological systems engineering, was intrigued by a friend who brought his hula hoop over to her apartment. She and her roommates would try out practicing with the hoop, and she found herself thinking about it even when her friend wasn’t around. Read More
Recent sightings: Twilight at the track
Photos by Jeff Miller. James Groce competes in the 400-meter dash during the Wisconsin Twilight, a… Read More
Med Flight crashes near La Crosse airport
Three crew members of UW Health Med Flight lost their lives late Saturday when the helicopter crashed a few miles outside of La Crosse. Read More
Couple ‘houses’ Frank Lloyd Wright legacy
John and Betty Moore Read More
Police respond to ‘hoax’ at Chadbourne Hall
On Friday, May 9, at 5:37 p.m., the UW–Madison Police Dispatch Center received a call from a student at Chadbourne Hall, 420 N. Park St. Read More
Invitrogen, WARF sign license agreement for human embryonic stem cells
Invitrogen Corp. and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation announced today (May 8) that they have signed a license for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) patents for the development of research tools. Read More
WARF licenses influenza vaccine technology to FluGen
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and FluGen have signed license agreements for a technology that has the potential to significantly improve the way influenza vaccines are manufactured. Read More
Professor wins inaugural Schuster Prize
Timothy Kamp, a professor of medicine and physiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, has been awarded the inaugural Schuster Prize for excellence in advancing cardiovascular medicine at the school. Read More