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Wisconsin dairy barns are a bit fuller this year
Some Wisconsin dairy cows may find themselves with less elbow room this year. The number of dairy cows in the state grew by 3,000 last year. This was only the second year since 1985 that Wisconsin’s dairy herd didn’t shrink (the other was 1994). From 1985-2001, Wisconsin lost an average of 33,000 cows per year. Read More
Five track athletes named academic all-district
Five members of the University of Wisconsin men’s and women’s track and field teams have been named to their respective 2006 College Sports Information Directors of America/ ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District 5 teams. Read More
Love for Madison brought Biz School’s new addition back to UW
This is a Madison boomerang story. Times two. Dan Olszewski is back in the state capital, for the second time. This time around, the Harvard MBA is heading the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the UW–Madison School of Business. Read More
Mueller family to give $1 million
Curt Mueller, CEO of Mueller Sports Medicine and a former Wisconsin men's basketball player, has pledged a $1 million gift to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, UW Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez announced. Read More
UW ranks third in Directors’ Cup
On the strength of national titles in men's and women's hockey, the University of Wisconsin ranks third in the latest 2005-06 U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup standings, released on Thursday. The Badgers’ total of 616 points ranks behind only Stanford (737 points) and Texas (647.5). Read More
Men’s hockey wins sixth national championship
Senior Tom Gilbert’s goal 9:32 into the third period proved to be the winner as the Wisconsin men’s hockey team defeated Boston College 2-1 Saturday night in the NCAA Championship Game at the Bradley Center. Read More
Three to be inducted into Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame
Carl Chellevold of Richland Center, Carl Kuehne of Green Bay and Jack Link of Minong will be inducted into the Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame on May 4 at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Livestock and Meat Council in Madison. Read More
Wisconsin MBA ranks 31st in U.S. News ranking
U.S. News & World Report released its rankings for full-time MBA programs on March 31. The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business was ranked 31st among all business schools in the United States. The school moved up six places from a ranking of 37th in 2005 to achieve its highest ranking in this publication since 1990. Read More
Event will kickoff new agroecology master’s program
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will celebrate the approval of a new agroecology master’s program on Thursday, March 30 at 4:30 p.m. in the D.C. Smith Greenhouse conservatory, located at 465 Babcock Drive. The event is free and the entire Madison community is invited to attend. Read More
Women’s hockey wins national championship
The Wisconsin women's hockey program won its first NCAA championship with a 3-0 victory over two-time defending champion Minnesota in the title game Sunday afternoon at Mariucci Arena. Read More
Advance could help reduce cost of auto radar
Just as auto-makers are rolling out futuristic, radar-guided safety systems in their top-of-the-line models, UW–Madison researchers have made an advance that could help extend radar to all cars. Read More
Thin is in: Engineering tool targets plastics, other slender parts
The world abounds with objects that are thin and lightweight, yet strong, including cell phone cases, car body panels, and aircraft hulls, just to name a few. But engineering these parts isn't as easy as their commonness might suggest, says UW–Madison mechanical engineering professor Krishnan Suresh. Read More
Wisconsin triples investment in annual biotech expo
Wisconsin’s academic and commercial biotech community plans to pull out the stops for BIO 2006, which will run from April 9-12 in Chicago. The budget to showcase the Badger State’s biotechnology prowess has risen to nearly $270,000 this year – nearly three times what was spent last year at BIO 2005 in Philadelphia. Read More