A “capstone class” taught at the Wisconsin Energy Institute is helping the Wisconsin city of Waterloo evaluate whether it could generate all its electricity from renewable sources on city-owned land. Read more.
Updates
UniverCity Year celebrates yearlong partnership with Monona
The partnership brought knowledge and discoveries off campus and into a community. Learn more about the outcomes and how ideas will take shape into action.
Simpler detection for ketosis helps support state dairies
Discover how a UW dairy science professor and her students set out to tackle a silent killer and improve outcomes for the state’s dairy production.
UW–Madison’s UniverCity Alliance helps Wisconsin communities innovate, grow
The program is well underway in the city of Monona and now other Wisconsin communities are encouraged to apply for the next round to become a UniverCity. Learn more about the Alliance.
Crystal Potts joins University Relations as the director of state relations
Crystal Potts will join University Relations as the director of state relations for UW–Madison in November.
Potts comes to UW–Madison from Wisconsin state Sen. Howard Marklein’s office, where she served as his chief of staff and supported the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee.
2016–2017 Budget In Brief
This resource illustrates the university’s funding sources, expenditures, student financial aid, fund balances and economic impact. Chancellor Rebecca Blank states, “It is my hope that this document helps us build the case for why UW–Madison should be a priority for investment by the state of Wisconsin.”
Wisconsin partnership program awards community improvement grants
The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has awarded nine grants totaling more than $400,000 to organizations throughout Wisconsin. One project aims to increase access to nutritious summer food program for students including access to fresh fruits and vegetables.
Chancellor Blank: UW System budget request looks to future
UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank writes in her blog that the System budget request aligns well with the institution’s goals.
“I’m happy to support this request, and I hope you will join our efforts over the next nine months as part of the state budget process,” Blank says.
Chancellor Blank highlights progress, need for investment to UW System Board of Regents
Chancellor Blank highlighted student and faculty achievement saying that in many ways 2015 was a record-setting year for the state’s flagship university. She urged a renewed commitment to keeping UW–Madison among the top public universities at a time when peer institutions are seeing greater investment from their respective states.
UW medical students work in Milwaukee to ‘TRIUMPH’ over urban health problems
Chancellor Rebecca Blank recently paid a visit to the students of the TRIUMPH and the community leaders they work with to learn what they’re doing to improve health care and train to practice medicine in the underserved areas of Milwaukee.