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Faculty aim to strengthen technology, science education by blending them
A group of UW–Madison researchers and Thermo Fisher Scientific scientists will bring together high school students and teachers to build and use diagnostic equipment that would not be out of place in university research labs. Read More
Registration now open for Wisconsin Science and Technology Symposium
The second annual Wisconsin Science and Technology Symposium, to be held July 23 and 24, will bring together science and technology researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors from across the state to help them share ideas and spark new collaborations. Read More
Participate in implementing the IT Strategic PlanFramework
Shortly after the publication of the new Campus Strategic Framework, Ron Kraemer, CIO and vice provost for information technology, released a draft of the IT Strategic Plan Framework. The plan highlights approximately 25 strategic priorities for improving campus IT services and infrastructure. Read More
Can you see me now? Flexible photodetectors could help sharpen photos
Distorted cell-phone photos and big, clunky telephoto lenses could be things of the past. Read More
Stretching silicon: A new method to measure how strain affects semiconductors
UW-Madison engineers and physicists have developed a method of measuring how strain affects thin films of silicon that could lay the foundation for faster flexible electronics. Read More
Wisconsin online career-matching resource launched
A new online career-matching initiative aims to promote job opportunities across Wisconsin for young people and build the state's information technology workforce. Read More
High-schooler teams with UW researchers to help Madison improve bike parking
It wasn't a bad gig for Kira McCoy. The high school student from Denver spent two weeks in July bicycling the length and breadth of Madison, getting plenty of sun and exercise and a good look at a community where she may attend college. But those were the perks, not the mission. Read More
Study: College students prefer classes with online learning
Online lectures are a priority for undergraduate students, according to a new study released by the University of Wisconsin–Madison E-Business Institute. Read More
UW students move easily to emerging technologies
New technology tools have broad appeal to University of Wisconsin–Madison students. Already heavy users of technology for learning, communication and social interaction, students seem eager to explore new directions and take advantage of the latest tools. Read More
Theory meets practice in second annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
This week (July 20-25), the Wisconsin School of Business will direct the second annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Bootcamp (WEB) for graduate students in chemistry, biology, law and engineering, among others. Read More
ISIS begins final phase of upgrade
Between 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, and 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 11, the Integrated Student Information System (ISIS) will be unavailable to campus as it enters the final implementation phase of a major upgrade, which started in late 2007. Read More
University launches new Web content management project
A new Web content management system that will be made available to a group of selected “early adopters” starting this summer will allow more of a focus on content, rather than maintenance, on campus Web sites. Read More
Technology to predict strain gets a perfect model: Michelangelo’s ‘David’
For statues, stress injuries come from standing in place for hundreds of years. Using a novel technique, researchers have now developed a way to predict such fracturing, applying the procedure to Michelangelo's famous statue "David" in an analysis that proved simpler, faster and more accurate than previous methods. Read More
Miernowski wins national online education award
The 2007 "R1edu Award" for Distinguished Faculty Contributions to Online Learning has been presented to Professor Jan Miernowski of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read More
New Web site makes it easier to find, analyze dairy market data
Crunching the dairy numbers is a lot simpler than it used to be, thanks to one of the most comprehensive collections of dairy marketing information going online. Read More
UW-Madison receives academic technology excellence award
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been named as a 2007 Center of Excellence, the highest honor bestowed by the national New Media Consortium (NMC). The award recognizes UW–Madison's demonstrated excellence and outstanding achievement in the application of technology to learning or creative expression. Read More
Middle-schoolers to give Madison neighborhoods a virtual overhaul
Some Madison middle school students will have a pretty impressive subject for their "What I did on my summer vacation" essays - developing their own plan for making over the capital city's most famous street and some of its key neighborhoods. Read More
UW Digital Collections puts Wisconsin Blue Book online
More than 150 years of the Wisconsin Blue Books go online starting today in the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. The digitization project provides worldwide open access on the Internet to facts and figures on the government, people, industry, lifestyle and history of the state of Wisconsin. Read More