Tag The Wisconsin Idea

Students encouraged to register to be Badger Volunteers

January 23, 2012

The semester-long Badger Volunteers program offers UW–Madison students the training and support they need in order to provide meaningful public service to the Madison community.

Ward touts 100 years of the Wisconsin Idea on “For the Record”

January 12, 2012

UW–Madison Interim Chancellor David Ward discusses the Wisconsin Idea on WISC-TV's For the Record.

Wisconsin’s Great Idea (from Madison Magazine)

January 12, 2012

The philosophy that connects the university with the greater state is now a century old. What does the Idea mean today? And how about in the next hundred years?

Pilot project helps Latino and Latina families overcome the effects of parental depression

December 29, 2011

The effects of parental depression on a child can be many, varied and deeply rooted.

UW–Madison professors team up for milk quality

December 23, 2011

Rose Bowl-bound Badgers and Ducks fans team up for service project

December 23, 2011

Before competing in the 2012 Rose Bowl, fans, students, alumni and family members from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Oregon will be on the same team for a New Year’s Day community service project.

Wisconsin Innocence Project screens cases with an open mind

December 13, 2011

The first innocence case Tricia Bushnell, a staff attorney for the Wisconsin Innocence Project, ever worked on involved an inmate who had been convicted of murder after being found driving the victim’s car with her blood on his socks.

Exhibition celebrates the music, art and culture of Ghana

November 30, 2011

"In Ghana, textiles are absolutely integrated into every part of life," says Mary Hark. "You're bombarded with music and textile, color and pattern, while walking down the street."

Verona students take the stage with UW–Madison’s Wind Ensemble

November 29, 2011

For some Verona Area High School students, their next concert may offer a taste of their future.

Student startup aims to lift up Madison community through loans

November 25, 2011

After learning about how microfinance can increase small business revenue and uplift individuals out of poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison junior Alex Rosenthal knew that something had to be done locally.

Forage know-how gives Wisconsin farmers an edge in growing biomass

November 16, 2011

Wisconsin farmers have been growing biomass for generations, says Kevin Shinners. They just have a different name for it.

Wisconsin Idea Symposium focuses on partnerships for the public good

November 1, 2011

One of the featured events of UW–Madison's Year of the Wisconsin Idea will focus on "Principled Partnerships for the Public Good."

UW–Madison hosts Iraqi economic development delegation

October 19, 2011

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is one of two American universities to host a delegation of representatives selected by Iraq's Inter-Ministerial Committee on Innovation, Research, and Development (ICIRD) on universities and technology-based economic development.

Birds-eye view of Wisconsin’s past wins governor’s award

October 13, 2011

A popular website that draws from tens of thousands of rare aerial photographs of Wisconsin will receive the 2011 Governor's Award for Archival Innovation from the Wisconsin Historical Records Advisory Board.

New ‘microgrid’ test beds will foster state industry opportunities

October 3, 2011

Partner universities in the new Center for Renewable Energy Systems (CRES) are developing complementary facilities in Milwaukee and Madison to help corporate partners explore applications in the fast-growing microgrid industry, CRES leaders announced today (Oct. 3).

Macy’s executive to address record number of Wisconsin industry representatives at E-Business conference

September 22, 2011

More than 650 business executives and managers will attend the 13th annual Business Best Practices and Emerging Technologies Conference, which will be hosted Tuesday, Sept. 27, by the University of Wisconsin–Madison E-Business Consortium.

In Kansas, the Wisconsin Idea drives a spectacular restoration

September 22, 2011

For seven weeks this summer, UW–Madison graduate student Emma Silverman got the hands-on experience of a lifetime as she helped conserve a grass arts site in remote Kansas.

UW–Madison center hosts statewide online book club

September 9, 2011

The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will assume an administrative role of Read On Wisconsin, the statewide online book club for Wisconsin students and educators now in its seventh year.

Wisconsin Science Festival highlights connection between science, art

August 25, 2011

What happens when you mix one part Aldo Leopold, another part Frank Lloyd Wright and add a pinch of Indiana Jones? Anyone can find out with a visit to the first Wisconsin Science Festival, an educational and fun-filled exploration of science and art taking stage across several sites in Madison from Sept. 22-25.

DOE awards UW–Madison spinoff $1.5 million for dual-fuel engine optimization

August 15, 2011

A spinoff company created by two University of Wisconsin–Madison Engine Research Center (ERC) faculty members was awarded $1.5 million from the US Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wednesday.