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Program connects community college instructors in high-tech fields

November 13, 2013

The National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program has given thousands of community college instructors the resources to develop new courses, provide professional development opportunities, and create industry-based internship programs - all with a focus in high-tech fields that produce particularly rosy employment prospects for well-trained graduates. Read More

Researcher says for 2-year-olds, touch screens may trump TV

November 13, 2013

Smartphones and tablets may be better learning tools for toddlers younger than 2 1/2 years old than "Sesame Street" and other educational TV programs, according to a researcher in the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Human Ecology. Read More

Mentors help inventors make the leap to entrepreneur

November 12, 2013

It’s a story that could become a company’s founding narrative. The two Steves built their first Apple computer in the garage. Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard to start a software company. And 4-year-old Patrick Heaney broke a plastic sword while play-fighting — and recognized that materials can always stand improvement. Read More

Pulitzer Prize-winner to explore future of journalism in digital age

November 4, 2013

Technology is changing how news consumers stay informed, shaping a new era of journalism that's faster, more interactive and more in-depth than ever before. Read More

Recent sightings: Baldwin talks tech

August 9, 2013

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin meets with UW–Madison researchers and representatives from Isomark, a company commercializing a Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation-licensed technology to detect patient infections sooner than is currently possible. Read More

App makes smartphone users ‘king or queen’ of weather satellites

July 16, 2013

Not long ago, Liam Gumley found himself in a meeting sitting between frustration and inspiration. Read More

Innovation institute to broaden U.S. palette of advanced materials

June 24, 2013

Sporting sleek cases, sensitive touch screens, and an ever-increasing array of features, today's smartphones and tablets provide consumers unparalleled mobile computing capability. Read More

Online + face-to-face = blended learning

June 11, 2013

Blended learning gets talked about a lot in today’s educational circles. But what is it? And why is everyone talking about it? Read More

RFID advance to improve safety of nation’s blood supply

June 3, 2013

A six-year collaboration between industry and the University of Wisconsin–Madison RFID Lab has achieved a major milestone with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearing the first RFID-enabled solution to improve the safety and efficiency of the nation's blood supply. Read More

Software Assurance Marketplace to host exposition

May 23, 2013

Top software analysis tool providers from around the world are being invited to run their latest assessment tools at the Morgridge Institute for Research on the UW–Madison campus in a months-long series of tests to improve the quality and security of software assurance tools and open-source software. Read More

Advanced manufacturing focus of June 10-14 conference

May 7, 2013

Featuring a broad swath of leading-edge research from around the world, an advanced manufacturing research conference June 10-14, 2013, will draw nearly 500 academic, industrial and governmental participants to the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. Read More

UW to offer new virtual internships to enhance women’s interest in engineering

April 26, 2013

The College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will offer for the first time a course entirely based on digital learning simulations in the fall of 2013. Read More

Investment Board, WARF launch $30 million venture fund to target early-stage companies

March 19, 2013

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation are creating an early-stage venture capital fund focused on information technology. Read More

Classroom give-and-take launches into Twittersphere

March 5, 2013

You can toss away that paper; Twitter just became your study guide. Read More

Production process doubles speed and efficiency of flexible electronics

February 18, 2013

Stretched-out clothing might not be a great practice for laundry day, but in the case of microprocessor manufacture, stretching out the atomic structure of the silicon in the critical components of a device can be a good way to increase a processor's performance. Read More

Journalism students learn ethics through online case study

February 8, 2013

You're a college student working for a news service, and your editor asks you to check out a breaking-news situation. Read More

UW faculty dissect growing relationship with China

February 1, 2013

In forging connections with China, the University of Wisconsin–Madison has created an international model for the university. An upcoming panel of UW–Madison faculty will examine how this partnership with China is evolving and what it means for the future of the university and the student experience. Read More

Campus plans migration to new email and calendar system

November 27, 2012

A campuswide team working to employ a single email and calendar software supplier for the campus has completed critical steps toward implementing Microsoft Office 365. Read More