Tag Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through service
January 20, 2013On Monday, Jan. 21, observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day will include a number of activities that encourage celebration and collaboration. UW–Madison will again host and support these activities, expressing the Wisconsin Idea through “a day on, not a day off.”
Morgridge Institute for Research welcomes new CEO
January 14, 2013The Morgridge Institute for Research, a private, nonprofit biomedical research institute affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, announced today the appointment of Dr. Brad Schwartz as chief executive officer.
Scholars call for new ethical guidelines to direct research on social networking
January 11, 2013The unique data collection capabilities of social networking and online gaming websites require new ethical guidance from federal regulators concerning online research involving adolescent subjects, an ethics scholar from the Morgridge Institute for Research and a computer and learning sciences expert from Tufts University argue in the journal Science.
Games+Learning+Society joins the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
December 18, 2012In a loftlike upper level of the purple building on the corner of University Avenue and Randall Street, people dart in and out of cubicles with NERF guns, forgetting deadlines and deliverables to wage playful battles for an hour or two with their colleagues and celebrate new office space.
Competitive prizes help move printable prosthetic hand closer to market
December 12, 2012With an inexpensive, body-powered prosthetic that replicates an amputee's lost hand, a University of Wisconsin–Madison mechanical engineering student earned second place in the undergraduate division of the 2012 National Collegiate Inventors Competition, held in Washington, D.C., in November.
Explore SoundWaves at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
December 11, 2012What do genetics, plant infections, West Nile virus, the human brain and Bach have in common?
Virtually healthy: ‘CAVE’ lets researchers experience patients’ behavior
December 4, 2012Every day, patients take prescription medications, monitor vital signs or blood glucose levels, and even administer their own preventative care in the form of exercise and diet choices. It’s important for health care providers to understand how their patients actually perform these activities — yet do so without invading patients' privacy. Virtual reality makes that goal a reality.
Talk examines American Indian agriculture and food systems
November 20, 2012American Indian tribes have plenty of challenges when it comes to food and food systems, says Dan Cornelius, ranging from environmental threats to traditional crops to the difficulties of getting fresh food to remote tribal communities.
New ‘Encounters’ series launches at Discovery with multi-sensory collaboration
November 13, 2012What if you could see music or hear a sculpture? A new series, Discovery Encounters, kicks off at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery with the debut of a collaborative exhibit created by a musician and local artist exploring that very question.
National cybersecurity effort launched to strengthen software infrastructure
November 1, 2012Scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Indiana University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have received a $23.6 million grant as part of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA 11-02) by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to address threats arising from the development process of software used in technology ranging from the national power grid to medical devices.
Class aims to birth software companies at UW–Madison
October 23, 2012Paul Barford, a UW–Madison professor of computer science, has a proposition, and he's got five minutes to make it.
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery receives innovative green building award
October 18, 2012The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been chosen for a top sustainability award for the innovative and sustainable design of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building.
Caltech physicist Carroll speaks on time, Big Bang, evolution
October 16, 2012Noted California Institute of Technology physicist, Discover magazine Cosmic Variance blogger and frequent television guest scientist Sean M. Carroll will discuss the scale of life and evolution of the universe during a program taking place from 7-8:30 p.m. this Thursday, Oct. 18, at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
Perkins Coie offers $10,000 prize to UW student innovators
October 9, 2012Perkins Coie LLP has announced a new Innovative Minds competition, offering a $10,000 prize to a University of Wisconsin–Madison student team that produces the year's most market-ready innovation.
Wisconsin Institute for Discovery adds CBS and WPR distinguished scholars to collaborative environment
September 27, 2012When Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) director David Krakauer arrived on campus, he envisioned creating a place where leading-edge science effortlessly flowed beyond the walls of the Discovery building and the university.
Seeing sound from all angles at Wisconsin Science Fest
September 26, 2012Sound can be an incredibly powerful experience, able to dominate our attention, convey information, transport us from the here and now or add or relieve tension and emotion.
TED creativity guru headlines science fest, Year of Innovation
September 25, 2012If Sir Ken Robinson has said it once, he's said it millions of times: "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."
Science in film: The ‘evil institute’ takes center stage
September 24, 2012For filmmakers, science has always set a sumptuous table for story telling. Characters, plots and settings drawn from science are all reliable grist for the celluloid mill.
Wisconsin Science Festival brings wonders of science to life for all ages
September 17, 2012After a rousing debut last fall, the Wisconsin Science Festival returns for its second year this Sept. 27-30 with an even bigger and bolder schedule of people, music, art and explosions bringing the wonders of science to life for all ages.
Prominent UW physicist describes Higgs search and discovery
September 13, 2012On July 4, 2012, the international science community exploded with excitement as physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced the discovery of a brand-new subatomic particle widely believed to be the long-sought Higgs boson.