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Registration now open for Wisconsin Science and Technology Symposium

July 2, 2009

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.

Participate in implementing the IT Strategic PlanFramework

April 22, 2009

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.

Can you see me now? Flexible photodetectors could help sharpen photos

January 13, 2009

Distorted cell-phone photos and big, clunky telephoto lenses could be things of the past.

Stretching silicon: A new method to measure how strain affects semiconductors

November 3, 2008

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.

Wisconsin online career-matching resource launched

October 29, 2008

A new online career-matching initiative aims to promote job opportunities across Wisconsin for young people and build the state's information technology workforce.

High-schooler teams with UW researchers to help Madison improve bike parking

October 29, 2008

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.

Study: College students prefer classes with online learning

September 23, 2008

Online lectures are a priority for undergraduate students, according to a new study released by the University of Wisconsin–Madison E-Business Institute.

UW students move easily to emerging technologies

September 17, 2008

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.

Theory meets practice in second annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

July 21, 2008

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.

ISIS begins final phase of upgrade

July 2, 2008

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.

University launches new Web content management project

June 18, 2008

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.

Technology to predict strain gets a perfect model: Michelangelo’s ‘David’

March 19, 2008

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.

Miernowski wins national online education award

September 7, 2007

The 2007 "R1edu Award" for Distinguished Faculty Contributions to Online Learning has been presented to Professor Jan Miernowski of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

New Web site makes it easier to find, analyze dairy market data

August 27, 2007

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.

UW-Madison receives academic technology excellence award

July 25, 2007

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.

Middle-schoolers to give Madison neighborhoods a virtual overhaul

June 14, 2007

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.

UW Digital Collections puts Wisconsin Blue Book online

June 7, 2007

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.