Tag Federal relations

Kulcinski awarded NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal

February 24, 2011

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering associate dean for research and Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering Gerald Kulcinski one of its highest honors for non-governmental employees. NASA Director Charles Bolden awarded Kulcinski the Exceptional Public Service Medal to recognize Kulcinski's leadership on the NASA Advisory Council from 2005 to 2009.

Drug courts test smart phone app to help addicted offenders

February 9, 2011

Smart phones make phone calls, play music, take pictures and keep track of your appointments. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are investigating ways in which smart phone applications can help people deal with a chronic illness such as addiction.

UW-Madison chemist wins innovation prize

February 8, 2011

University of Wisconsin–Madison Meloche-Bascom Professor of Chemistry Martin Zanni is being honored for contributions to the advancement of science within his laboratory and beyond.

UW-Madison ranks eighth in Peace Corps volunteers

February 3, 2011

For the 11th year in a row, UW–Madison has placed in the top tier of the Peace Corps' nationwide list of large schools producing Peace Corps volunteers.

UW-Madison fusion experiments earn nearly $11 million in grants

December 21, 2010

Researchers with two University of Wisconsin–Madison plasma fusion experiments have received $10.7 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fusion Energy Sciences. The Helically Symmetric eXperiment (HSX) drew $5.1 million, plus an additional $900,000, while two grants to the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment total $4.7 million.

Badgers’ Rose Bowl run praised on the floor of Congress

December 17, 2010

The 11-1 season that propelled the Wisconsin Badgers to a berth in the 2011 Rose Bowl won the praise of U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin during…

NSF signs operating pact with UW–Madison as IceCube nears completion

November 22, 2010

It is the start of the final Antarctic drilling season for IceCube, and as researchers descend on the South Pole, there is additional reason for celebration. The National Science Foundation has signed a five-year, $34.5-million agreement with the University of Wisconsin–Madison to operate the unique IceCube telescope - a cubic kilometer in volume - buried in the Antarctic ice sheet between 1,400 meters and 2,400 meters deep.

Tracing the “blurry line” between hospital and at-home care

October 26, 2010

When patients come home from the hospital after major surgery or a transplant, they often are not well enough to care for themselves, and more importantly, have complex medical needs that need to be monitored by others.

UW-Madison research expenditures top the $1 billion mark

October 7, 2010

For the first time, annual research expenditures at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have surpassed the $1 billion milestone.

Coming to a device near you: A safer, faster Internet

September 16, 2010

Like an aging bridge, the Internet is groaning under the weight of traffic that is growing by leaps and bounds and changing form under constant innovation.

Renewed partnership keeps $60 million satellite center in Madison

August 20, 2010

It was a deep history in satellite meteorology that first got the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration interested in Madison in the 1970s.

Keeping Midwest culture alive

October 29, 2009

As stimulus spending goes, the impact of the $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures is fairly easy to quantify. It’s worth one associate director.

Cleaner, greener drug manufacturing

October 29, 2009

Nearly all pharmaceuticals are derived from crude oil and other simple chemical feedstocks through a series of complex, wasteful conversion steps.

Scientists hope to mimic nature’s dynamos

October 9, 2009

In the cosmos, all celestial objects - planets, stars, galaxies and clusters of galaxies - have magnetic fields. On Earth, the magnetic field of our home planet is most easily observed in a compass where the needle points north.

Tracking bacteria evolution

August 11, 2009

Figuring out how unfriendly bacteria prepare themselves and future generations for life outside the friendly environment of their hosts could have a direct impact on public health.

Quantifying the lake food web

August 11, 2009

Wisconsin’s fish are what they eat, but is the pantry stocked exclusively from within the lake food web?

Harnessing an Alzheimer’s blocker

August 11, 2009

Regina Murphy, chemical engineering professor, and Jeffrey Johnson, pharmacy professor, are working together to disrupt a potential cause of Alzheimer’s disease.

GLBRC receives $8 million in Recovery Act funding

August 6, 2009

The Department of Energy (DOE) Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) has received $8.099 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Energy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to provide crucial support for plant cell wall imaging and sustainability research.