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Scientist brings international connections to UW stem cell work
Growing up in the Brazilian state of Goiana, Gabriela Cezar was deep in cattle country. And as far back as she can remember, she wanted to be a veterinarian. “My father was head of the national beef cattle research center in Brazil, so I was always exposed to animals,”said Cezar, who earned her veterinary medicine degree in her native country and has additional graduate degrees from Scotland’s University of Edinburgh and UW–Madison. But Cezar’s career path took a turn toward stem cell research early on.
UW professor wins top prize for corporate finance research
Toni M. Whited, an associate professor of finance at the UW–Madison School of Business, has won the top award for co-authoring the best paper published on corporate finance in the Journal of Finance.
UW scientists team up to battle food-borne illnesses
On its journey to your dinner plate, food is vulnerable to contamination along the way. Usually, it arrives at its final destination without picking up dangerous microbial hitchhikers—but not always.
Dane County economic outlook survey released
Higher energy costs are expected to dampen Dane County Businesses' economic outlook for 2006, a new survey has found. Fewer Dane County businesses expect increases in sales revenue, profitability and number of employees in 2006, according to the third annual Dane County Economic Survey. The survey is sponsored by First Business Bank and the UW–Madison School of Business.
Barrows, CALS associate dean, to retire
Richard L. Barrows, Associate Dean for Academic Student Affairs in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and professor of agricultural and applied economics, will retire from the university after the end of the academic year.
January: Reluctant businessman helps lead first Wisconsin stem cell business
Craig January, who comfortably wears the hats of both scientist and heart doctor at UW–Madison, has had numerous chances to go into business. But January, who developed a novel method to test drugs for heart toxicity in the late 1990s, resisted them - until recently.
INSITE receives grant for research into entrepreneurship
The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has awarded a three-year, $125,000 collaborative research grant to the Initiative for Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship (INSITE).
Grant promotes faster application of health care technology
By fostering early-stage collaborations between UW–Madison biomedical engineering researchers and practicing physicians, a new initiative will enable researchers to deliver their advances more quickly to the patients who need them.
Learning the international language of science
Undergrads will get taste of research abroad at a Bangkok university
Kauffman Foundation chief to speak on campus
Carl Schramm, president and chief executive officer of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, will speak at UW–Madison on Tuesday, Oct. 25, about successful entrepreneurship.
Electronic pruners: A worthwhile investment
Using an electronic pruner is more efficient than using a manual pruner, because it reduces hand fatigue and is faster.