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Innovative and sustainable lighting solutions with global impact illuminated at Nov. 18 talk
November 17, 2010While in the United States lights and electricity are ubiquitous, oil lamps and candles serve as the sole source of light for a quarter of the world's population.
World War II veteran gets his degree 69 years after leaving UW
November 10, 2010In June of 1941, Lyle Francis Robert Knudson, a University of Wisconsin senior from Racine, was called to active duty in the U.S. Navy. He was told to report to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois on June 13, the same day on which his last two final exams were scheduled.
UW-Madison to again celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week
November 10, 2010The University of Wisconsin–Madison - along with more than 1,500 organizations worldwide - will mark Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Nov. 15-21.
Wisconsin MBA students to meet with Warren Buffett
October 20, 2010Twenty students from the full-time University of Wisconsin–Madison MBA program will travel to Omaha on Thursday, Oct. 21, to share a meal and an experience of a lifetime with Warren Buffett, chair and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway and one of the world's most successful investors.
Grainger Goes Pink to support breast cancer awareness
October 8, 2010October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and the Wisconsin School of Business is spreading awareness with an innovative week of programming as part of Grainger Goes Pink, a celebration and fundraiser founded by alumnus Jon Fasoli, who had a family member with the illness.
In Wisconsin, 75 percent of economic benefit of Bt corn goes to farmers who don’t plant it
October 7, 2010Widespread planting of genetically modified Bt corn throughout the Upper Midwest has suppressed populations of the European corn borer, a major insect pest of corn, with the majority of the economic benefits going to growers who do not plant Bt corn, reports a multistate team of scientists in the Oct. 8 edition of the journal Science.
Team receives funds to advance development of production method for medical isotopes
October 4, 2010An acute shortage of a medical isotope needed by tens of thousands of medical patients daily will be addressed through a federal funding agreement reached Sept. 30 to advance pioneering technology developed at a Middleton, Wis., company and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Political features writer, Silicon Valley business reporter to visit campus
September 28, 2010A writer who chronicles the personalities in the nation’s capital and a reporter on the world’s biggest technology companies will visit campus as writers in residence.
Google executive to address Wisconsin industry at e-business conference
September 24, 2010Record attendance is expected at the 12th annual Business Best Practices and Emerging Technologies Conference, which will be hosted Thursday, Sept. 30, by the University of Wisconsin–Madison E-Business Consortium.
UW-Madison entrepreneurship programs make top 25 list
September 22, 2010The Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin–Madison was recognized by The Princeton Review for Entrepreneur magazine as having one of the top 25 entrepreneurship programs at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in the country.
U.S. Bank scores with UW–Madison Great People Scholarship support
September 9, 2010U.S. Bank, a sponsor of Wisconsin Badger football radio broadcasts, will make a gift of $2,500 to the U.S. Bank Great People Scholarship at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for each Badger touchdown scored this season at Camp Randall Stadium.
UW-Madison applauds Nike response on Honduran factories
July 26, 2010The University of Wisconsin–Madison's decision to end its licensing agreement with Nike over the treatment of Honduran factory workers has had a major, positive impact.
UW-Madison program recognizes Wisconsin companies committed to sustainability
July 21, 2010When it comes to sustainable business practices, Serigraph has done everything from finding less environmentally hazardous ink solvents to charging employees for a cup when getting coffee from the vending machine.
Students take third in national advertising competition
June 15, 2010A team of UW–Madison students took third place in the American Advertising Federation's National Student Advertising Competition June 11 in Orlando, Fla.
QRM center gives Wisconsin company a bright future
June 14, 2010Five years and a series of joint projects later, an ongoing partnership between the UW–Madison Center for Quick Response Manufacturing and a Milwaukee company is having significant results.
New businesses get a boost from entrepreneurial law clinic
June 14, 2010The UW Law School's Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic has served up advice and assistance to more than 40 clients since it was launched last fall.
Wisconsin Alumni Association seeks nominations for awards
June 2, 2010Ever since the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) created the Forward under 40 award three years ago, great things continue to happen: Award winners have heard…
eBay founder’s investment model for social impact examined
May 28, 2010The economic climate of the past several years has fueled interest and innovation in investments and philanthropy.
UW-Madison students face off in expanded business plan competition
April 22, 2010From high-tech wound care and eco-friendly apparel to social media software firms and biofuels, students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are pursuing solutions to everyday problems as part of the annual G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition at the Wisconsin School of Business.