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New admissions initiative to boost production agriculture in Wisconsin
A fall 2007 pilot admissions initiative for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) is working to retain Wisconsin students who are both highly qualified and deeply committed to long-term careers in Wisconsin agriculture.
UW Business Resource Directory now available online
The UW Business Resource Directory is now available online to help businesses quickly search for resources throughout the University of Wisconsin System.
Office of Corporate Relations welcomes new hires
The University of Wisconsin–Madison's Office of Corporate Relations (OCR) recently welcomed two new hires to its staff. Cynthia Sweet and Brad Ricker both joined OCR as university-business liaisons last month.
UW-Madison’s accounting programs ranked in top 10
Both the undergraduate and graduate accounting programs of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business have been ranked in the top 10 in the nation by Public Accounting Report.
New approaches to environmental sustainability
The annual Engineering Executives Forum this Thursday and Friday, Nov. 30-Dec.1, will feature an extraordinary lineup of speakers focused on helping industry develop sustainable responses to global warming, oil and water constraints, and other global environmental threats.
Top investment managers named distinguished business alumni
Phill Gross and Paul Leff have been named winners of the Distinguished Business Alumnus Awards given by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business.
Kastenmeier Lecture focuses on tech transfer, national science policy
The importance of landmark federal patent legislation to the University of Wisconsin–Madison and to an effective national science policy is the topic of the 2006 Kastenmeier Lecture at the UW–Madison Law School on Friday, Nov. 3.
BusinessWeek ranks Wisconsin MBA No. 4 for fastest payback
In its latest biennial ranking of MBA programs, BusinessWeek rates the Wisconsin MBA program No. 4 in the nation in terms of fastest return on students' investment. According to the magazine's findings, students who earn an MBA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison have their costs of going back to school repaid due to higher salaries in less than five years, compared to more than 15 years for other MBA programs.
Cisco chairman Morgridge to speak at Directors’ Summit
Cisco Systems chairman and former president and CEO John P. Morgridge will address corporate directors and officers during a keynote speech titled "Building Something Special: Governance at Cisco" at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's annual Directors' Summit conference on Friday, Nov. 3.
Forage specialists apply their expertise to bioenergy research
Michael Casler and Paul Weimer are experts on matters related to forage digestibility in dairy cows. So how did they end up doing research on use of biomass crops for ethanol production?