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UW-Madison engineering students win clean snowmobile challenge

March 18, 2015

With a highly efficient, powerful, clean-running sled, a group of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering students took first place in the highly competitive internal combustion division of the 2015 SAE International Clean Snowmobile Challenge. Read More

UW-Madison ranks highly in number of Fulbright awards

February 13, 2015

The University of Wisconsin–Madison ranks among the top six U.S. colleges and universities to receive 2014-2015 faculty Fulbright awards and among the top 20 institutions to receive student awards from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Read More

Full color 3-D printing takes top prize in Collegiate Inventors Competition

November 20, 2014

Innovative 3-D printing technology came out on top as Spectrom - developed by a University of Wisconsin–Madison team that includes Cedric Kovacs-Johnson, Charles Haider and Taylor Fahey - won first place in the undergraduate category of the Collegiate Inventors Competition. Read More

Student inventors get boost to commercialize color 3-D printing, iPhone app

October 31, 2014

Applying a similar approach to the 3-D printer, a group of University of Wisconsin–Madison students are commercializing a device that adds color to a printer that now dominates the market. Their business idea was one of two student projects to receive an Igniter grant from the university’s Discovery to Product (D2P) office. Read More

Seven receive Fulbright awards for doctoral research

October 21, 2014

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded grants totaling $306,628 to seven doctoral students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, through the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) program. Read More

UW-Madison student represents state as Miss Wisconsin USA

October 8, 2014

At first glance, UW–Madison junior Haley Laundrie may seem like your typical college student. The 20-year-old from Lake Mills, Wisconsin, studies communication arts and legal studies, works with the Wisconsin Business World, a summer business camp for high school students, and volunteers for UW–Madison’s chapter of Best Buddies, which connects students with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Outside of the classroom, however, Laundrie represents the state as Miss Wisconsin USA. Read More

Two UW student teams named finalists in national inventors competition

October 3, 2014

Two University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate teams are among only seven finalists for the 2014 National Collegiate Inventors Competition, which honors the latest in student creativity and innovation. Read More

UW–Madison Styrofoam reuse and recycling program wins competition

April 29, 2014

A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduates has won a $90,000 award to expand a novel Styrofoam reuse and recycling program in the Madison area. Read More

Winning teams address global food system challenges, from food spoilage to hunger

April 28, 2014

The national Agricultural Innovation Prize: Powered by 40 Chances announced winning student teams during a two-day competition held at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on April 25-26, where students, competition judges, experts from a range of backgrounds and the public explored finalists' projects and larger ideas in business, science and society. Read More

Student innovation sparks energy, sustainability solutions

April 24, 2014

An insect farming program to improve food security and a mobile-based ridesharing application were the winners in the Wisconsin Energy and Sustainability Challenge, designed to find student solutions to world energy and sustainability challenges. Read More

UV light-emitting bandage wins Qualcomm Innovation Prize

April 24, 2014

A smart, ultraviolet therapeutic bandage won the top prize and $15,000 at the 2014 Qualcomm Innovation competition at UW–Madison. The Power Wearables team of biomedical engineer Mehdi Shokoueinejad, electrical and computer engineers Akshay Kumar and Yei-Hwan Jung created the MicroViolet Patch to combine phototherapy with a typical adhesive bandage. Read More

Students take top honors at Chinese speech contest

April 22, 2014

Eight University of Wisconsin–Madison students spent Easter weekend showing off their Chinese speaking skills. The UW–Madison team won a haul of medals at the Midwest Universities Chinese Speech Contest Saturday at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. Read More

Phi Beta Kappa initiates 116 new members at UW–Madison

April 16, 2014

The Alpha Chapter of Wisconsin Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Wisconsin–Madison inducted 116 students into membership in a ceremony on Saturday, April 12. Read More

Student sustainability leader wins Udall scholarship

April 9, 2014

University of Wisconsin–Madison junior Colin Higgins has been selected as a 2014 Udall Scholar. Read More

Four UW–Madison students receive Goldwater Scholarships

April 9, 2014

Each year, an American university may nominate only four undergraduates for a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards in the U.S. conferred upon undergraduates studying the sciences. So it is a particularly special honor that all four of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s nominees have been selected to receive the scholarship. Read More

UW-Madison student innovators win Desire 2 Learn grand prize

March 5, 2014

An idea that began as a homework assignment for two UW–Madison sophomores living in Sellery Hall's Entrepreneurial Residential Learning Community, has since grown into a fully functional, award-winning website that serves hundreds of UW–Madison students. Read More