UW–Madison and the State
On June 6th, Dean Robert Golden of UW School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) visited Aurora Baycare Sports Medicine Center with a team from UW-Madison including Director of State Relations Crystal Potts. During the visit Sen. Dave Hansen, Rep. John Nygren, Rep. David Steffen, Rep. Gary Tauchen, Rep. Eric Genrich, and Rep. Joel Kitchens …
On June 4, Dean Karl Scholz from the UW–Madison College of Letters & Science led a delegation, including Crystal Potts from State Relations, to tour university partner Johnson Controls in Milwaukee. UW–Madison collaborates with Johnson Controls on numerous cutting-edge research projects aimed at improving fuel efficiency and performance of battery energy storage systems. They have …
The Wisconsin Language Roadmap Initiative aims to ensure that Wisconsin’s future citizens are able to effectively compete in interconnected global markets, engage with diverse local communities, and participate in professional and personal networks that cross linguistic, cultural, and national boundaries. More.
Gautam Malik, COO of Stevens Point-based manufacturer Gamber-Johnson, has witnessed first-hand how a multilingual workforce can provided a competitive edge for business. “The bigger market opportunities today exist outside of America,” Malik said. “Some of these emerging markets like Brazil, India, and China are huge for us, and for us to penetrate those ma rkets, …
More than 14,000 years ago, receding glaciers left a broad, deep swath of sand and gravel across central Wisconsin. Today, the Central Sands region hosts a thriving agricultural economy, but the sandy soil renders most of the crops dependent on irrigation that originates in groundwater. About 13 years ago, streams, lakes and marshes in the …
In its second year, UW–Madison’s UniverCity Year program directed 305 students and 16 faculty members across 11 departments to come up with ways to address Dane County’s housing gap, improve economic development, and protect its water quality. On May 4, students, faculty members and the Dane County Board of Supervisors celebrated the year-long UniverCity collaboration. …
New research out of the University of Wisconsin–Madison has, for the first time, detected prions responsible for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in samples taken from sites where deer congregate. Scientists searched for prions at mineral licks — areas where deer seek out essential nutrients and minerals — in the CWD endemic area across south-central Wisconsin. …
On May 3, representatives from UW–Madison, led by Dean Kate VandenBosch from the UW College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, visited southwest Wisconsin and toured Tranel Family Farms outside of Cuba City with university partner Organic Valley. The farm is a supplier for Organic Valley and is owned by State Rep. Travis Tranel and his …
Mark Markel, Dean of the UW–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine along with Crystal Potts, Director of UW–Madison State Relations visited the Plymouth/Sheboygan area to connect firsthand with businesses and farms working with UW–Madison, and to learn more about the needs of the community. The group was joined by other faculty and staff from UW–Madison Vet Med as well as …
Badger Ready will create new opportunities for adults eager to earn a UW–Madison degree in spite of previous academic challenges. Say you completed one or more semesters of college several years ago but had to withdraw for personal reasons. Resuming an academic career at your dream school—the University of Wisconsin–Madison—seems out of reach because your …