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Wisconsin RISE initiative
RISE-EARTH lead and headquarters announced
Chris Kucharik will lead the RISE-EARTH Collaboration Headquarters in its mission to advance interdisciplinary scholarship in sustainable energy and reimagine economic and environmental systems.
RISE AI Collaboration HQ to build connections and advance research, teaching and engagement
The group will catalyze research communities centered on innovative focus areas and build connections among UW–Madison’s AI community, which includes the more than 35 new RISE-AI hires and current faculty, staff and students.
When it comes to sustainability, UW–Madison earns STARS Gold
STARS is the most widely recognized framework in the world for publicly reporting comprehensive information related to a college or university’s sustainability performance.
Campus invited to shape RISE Initiative through new positions, collaboration communities
To further expand research networks, strengthen collaboration and boost progress across the work, Provost Isbell and the Vice Chancellor for Research Dorota Brzezinska seek to appoint three faculty as scholarly collaboration leads, one for each of the initiative’s focus areas.
RISE-AI gets $15 million boost from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
WARF’s contribution will give the university additional leverage to make investments in very competitive markets for computer technology and skills, while also supporting the breadth of fields contributing to the study and advancement of AI, from medicine, philosophy, agriculture, sociology and more.
UW–Madison researchers use AI to identify sex-specific risks associated with brain tumors
UW–Madison researchers are using AI models to find patterns that could pinpoint characteristics that might help doctors forecast which tumors are likely to grow more quickly.
From stem cells to technology, the next Wisconsin RISE initiative focuses on improving health
The next focus area of the Wisconsin RISE Initiative, RISE-THRIVE, is set to harness and grow the university's reputation as a global powerhouse in interdisciplinary health research — translating both medical discoveries and innovative social science approaches into tangibly healthier lives for Wisconsinites and people and communities around the world.
Environmental sustainability is the next focus of RISE
RISE-EARTH will strengthen the university’s ability to address complex problems and opportunities related to the environment, translating discoveries into tangible benefits at home in Wisconsin and beyond.
RISE Initiative to focus on strategic faculty hiring to solve grand challenges
The new Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Initiative is designed to help address significant, complex challenges of particular importance to Wisconsin and the world, through accelerated and strategic faculty hiring, research infrastructure enhancement, interdisciplinary collaboration and increased student and educational opportunities.