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The National Science Foundation has released its 2020 fiscal year Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) data and the University of Wisconsin–Madison has again ranked 8th in the national research rankings for public and private universities. UW–Madison ranked 8th in the last survey covering the 2019 fiscal yea
UW–Madison had a lot of reasons to celebrate this year. Students, faculty, and staff all reunited after more than a year of online work and learning, the university took the top spot in a Washington Monthly poll of best public universities, and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) announced its largest-ever annual investment in UW–Madison’s …
UW–Madison ingenuity was on display Friday, Dec. 17, as state officials and university leadership toured Stratatech Corp. in University Research Park in Madison.
University of Wisconsin–Madison professors Thomas R. “Rock” Mackie and Bulent Sarlioglu have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the organization announced today. The NAI program recognizes “academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.”
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The Office of Business Engagement (OBE) is often considered the “front door” to UW–Madison by connecting businesses with the university’s diverse community of resources, research and innovators. Managing Director John Garnetti sees OBE’s role as one that extends beyond the front door, helping foster meaningful, long-lasting partnerships between the university and industry. In this follow-up interview, …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues to strengthen its partnership with industry, from tech to manufacturing and everything in between, with the hiring of two industry veterans, Dean Welch and Sara Braas. Welch will join the Office of Business Engagement (OBE) and the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) as Business Engagement Manager, where …
Ten years after its launch, the Cool Science Image (CSI) Contest is as hot as ever. Sponsored by Promega Corporation with additional support from the UW–Madison Division of the Arts, the annual competition invites UW-Madison students, staff, and faculty to submit photos and videos that depict an object or phenomenon from any discipline. Like Promega’s …
Chancellor Rebecca Blank will leave the University of Wisconsin–Madison at the end of the 2021-22 academic year to assume the presidency of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Northwestern University announced Blank’s selection on Monday, October 11. She will succeed Morton Schapiro as the university’s 17th president in summer 2022.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences — a unique, forward-thinking collaboration focused at the intersection of technology and humanity — is announcing a $175 million private investment and launching an effort to raise an additional $50 million to establish a new beacon for high tech in Wisconsin housed in a state-of-the-art facility …