Tag Student awards

Students win policy challenge with solar energy initiatives

May 25, 2012

Two La Follette School students won the U.S. Department of Energy portion of the Startup America Policy Challenge with their proposal about how to make solar energy more affordable.

UW-Madison student named one of the 2012 Luce Scholars

May 15, 2012

Lauren Buckley, a UW–Madison undergraduate student majoring in chemistry, biochemistry and French, was recently named one of this year's Luce Scholars.

UW-Madison student among winners in UW System essay contest

May 11, 2012

Jacquelyn Bonavia is among three winners of the UW System Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship.

UW-Madison student named to magazine’s “Top 10 College Women” list

May 3, 2012

Pictured in the glamorous setting of Manhattan, one of a select few who have a special wardrobe from Ralph Lauren and graced the set of the national "Mo'nique" television talk show as a guest performer, in person Jasmine Mans is disarmingly humble and grounded.

UW-Madison students to compete for Qualcomm Wireless Prize

April 13, 2012

Nearly 30 University of Wisconsin–Madison students will compete, with their smartphone apps and other wireless technology products, for more than $17,000 in prizes in the second Qualcomm Wireless Innovation Prize to be held Wednesday, April 18.

UW students to represent USA in Hong Kong accounting competition

April 12, 2012

A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison students has been awarded the national title for the KPMG International Case Competition, and will be representing the U.S. this April when they take on teams from more than two dozen nations in Hong Kong.

McBurney scholarship deadline is April 15

April 10, 2012

General scholarship applications for the McBurney Disability Resource Center are due April 15 for disabled students seeking financial aid for the next academic year, 2012-2013.

Student sustainability competition a springboard for local development, global solutions

February 15, 2012

The contest is in its fourth year and open to all UW–Madison undergraduate and graduate students. Previously known as the Climate Leadership Challenge, the competition has been renamed the Global Stewards Sustainability Prize to reflect a broader focus on real-world solutions to sustainability.

Cheap, printable prosthetic hand wins top prize at 2012 Innovation Days

February 10, 2012

A prosthetic hand that could be cheaply created on a 3-D printer for amputees in developing countries won the top prize and $10,000 in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, one of a pair of competitions that make up Innovation Days. Held Feb. 9 and 10, the event rewards University of Wisconsin–Madison students for creative and marketable ideas.

Water filtration, smart phones, LED lights showcased in student invention competition

February 2, 2012

University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate innovators will present 14 inventions on Feb. 9-10 in Engineering Hall on the College of Engineering campus as part of the annual Innovation Days.

Products for hockey, shelter win engineering design competition

December 20, 2011

Under the right circumstances, the undergraduate student teams that won a University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering design competition can either help protect a family from the elements or a hockey team from a scoring play.

UW-Madison graduate wins Mitchell Scholarship

December 16, 2011

University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate Catherine Skroch is now part of a select group of Mitchell Scholars who will pursue postgraduate study in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

From wind turbines to inflatable interim housing: Engineering undergrads display products

December 9, 2011

Deriving their inspiration from fields ranging from music and ice hockey to cross-country skiing and wind energy, eight University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate engineering student design teams will compete Wednesday, Dec. 14 for a top cash prize of $2,500.

Big Ten Network offering scholarships for outstanding service

November 28, 2011

Applications for the inaugural Big Ten Network (BTN) LiveBIG Scholarship for Outstanding Service are now being accepted.

UW undergraduate Alexis Brown named Rhodes Scholar

November 22, 2011

University of Wisconsin–Madison senior Alexis Brown is one of an elite group of American students to be awarded a 2012 Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most coveted honors in the world of higher education.

Microformer team wins second place in student humanitarian competition

September 30, 2011

Three University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering graduate students won second place and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 2011 Distinguished Student Humanitarian Prize for their work on the Microformer, a low-cost transformer built with recycled electrical components.

UW-Madison undergrads win NASA habitat design competition

July 1, 2011

It's an inflatable home fit for an asteroid: Designing a prototype habitat that looks like giant tent for the next generation of space explorers, an interdisciplinary team of University of Wisconsin–Madison undergraduate students has won the NASA eXploration Habitat Academic Innovation Challenge.