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Randolph Ashton and Collaborators Win WARF Innovation Award
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Randolph Ashton and Collaborators Win WARF Innovation Award

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WID's Randolph Ashton, Gavin Knight, Benjamin Knudsen, and Nisha Iyer take top honors from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's Innovation Awards. Their work, Superior Neural Tissue Models for Disease Modeling, Drug Development and More, was selected from more than 400 innovation disclosures.

Randolph Ashton and Collaborators Win WARF Innovation Awardarchive_admin2024-11-14T21:54:52-06:00

Professor Stephen Wright Announced Winner of the Test of Time Award at 2020 NeurIPS Conference
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Professor Stephen Wright Announced Winner of the Test of Time Award at 2020 NeurIPS Conference

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Professor of Computer Sciences at WID Stephen Wright and three colleagues were announced winners of the prestigious Test of Time Award at the 2020 Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems.

Professor Stephen Wright Announced Winner of the Test of Time Award at 2020 NeurIPS Conferenceppointer2024-11-14T21:55:17-06:00

Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
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Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Celebrates Tenth Anniversary

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WID and its home, the Discovery Building, opened in December, 2010. A decade later, the institute is celebrating success and looking to the future.

Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Celebrates Tenth Anniversaryarchive_admin2024-11-14T21:55:59-06:00

UW–Madison to Continue Fundamental Data Science Research with Phase II Award from NSF
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UW–Madison to Continue Fundamental Data Science Research with Phase II Award from NSF

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The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery is home to the Institute for the Foundations of Data Science, which has received Phase II funding from the National Science Foundation.

UW–Madison to Continue Fundamental Data Science Research with Phase II Award from NSFarchive_admin2025-01-27T14:42:03-06:00

Solís-Lemus Awarded Grant to Develop Statistical Theory for Soil Data

Solís-Lemus Awarded Grant to Develop Statistical Theory for Soil Data

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Assistant professor of plant pathology Claudia Solís-Lemus is a recipient of funding from the Department of Energy to develop statistical theory and tools for computational biology.

Solís-Lemus Awarded Grant to Develop Statistical Theory for Soil Datappointer2024-11-14T21:58:03-06:00

With NASA Award, PhD Student Seeks Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions
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With NASA Award, PhD Student Seeks Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions

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Lena Vincent is a graduate student in David Baum's lab at WID. She studies the origin of life by searching for life-like behaviors in systems of molecules.

With NASA Award, PhD Student Seeks Answers to Life’s Biggest Questionsppointer2024-11-14T21:58:24-06:00

Sridharan Earns Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award
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Sridharan Earns Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award

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Rupa Sridharan was among 24 UW professors to earn Vilas professorships and awards. The Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award recognizes research and teaching excellence and provides flexible research funding for three years.

Sridharan Earns Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Awardarchive_admin2024-11-14T21:59:05-06:00

WID Researchers Among Data Science Institute Mini Grant Recipients

WID Researchers Among Data Science Institute Mini Grant Recipients

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Jon Eckhardt, Robert Nowak, and Kevin Ponto were among the recipients of nine mini grants from the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute to advance data science.

WID Researchers Among Data Science Institute Mini Grant Recipientsppointer2024-11-14T21:59:18-06:00

InBusiness Madison Professional of the Week: Ginger Ann Contreras

InBusiness Madison Professional of the Week: Ginger Ann Contreras

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InBusiness Madison features Executive Director of WID's Illuminating Discovery Hub, Ginger Ann Contreras.

InBusiness Madison Professional of the Week: Ginger Ann Contrerasppointer2024-11-14T22:01:02-06:00

Handelsman Talks Soil on Podcast & WUWM
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Handelsman Talks Soil on Podcast & WUWM

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WID Director Jo Handelsman shared a conversation on Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda and on WUWM about soil and microbes.

Handelsman Talks Soil on Podcast & WUWMppointer2024-11-14T22:03:06-06:00

Handelsman Among Brava Magazine’s “STEM Superstars”
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Handelsman Among Brava Magazine’s “STEM Superstars”

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WID director Jo Handelsman was among four women profiled by Brava Magazine as STEM Superstars at UW–Madison.

Handelsman Among Brava Magazine’s “STEM Superstars”archive_admin2024-11-14T22:03:51-06:00

NSF Grant Takes Scientific Approach to Public Engagement with Science
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NSF Grant Takes Scientific Approach to Public Engagement with Science

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A grant from the National Science Foundation will help a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison discover the factors that contribute to successful public engagement with science endeavors. In particular, the team is interested in learning what motivations and experiences mold the profiles of scientists who engage successfully with the public.

NSF Grant Takes Scientific Approach to Public Engagement with Scienceppointer2025-01-27T11:40:37-06:00

Next Gen Scientists Assemble in Madison to Bring Science to the Policy Table
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Next Gen Scientists Assemble in Madison to Bring Science to the Policy Table

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The National Science Policy Symposium will take place at the Discovery Building and in Union South at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2.

Next Gen Scientists Assemble in Madison to Bring Science to the Policy Tablearchive_admin2024-11-14T22:04:41-06:00

New Faculty Bring New Possibilities to WID, UW
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New Faculty Bring New Possibilities to WID, UW

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Claudia Solís-Lemus and Daniel Pimentel-Alarcón are experts in statistics and machine learning, augmenting WID's data science expertise.

New Faculty Bring New Possibilities to WID, UWarchive_admin2024-11-14T22:05:40-06:00

WID Researchers Collaborate on UW2020 Projects
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WID Researchers Collaborate on UW2020 Projects

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Researchers at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery are co-Principal Investigators and co-Investigators on four UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative projects.

WID Researchers Collaborate on UW2020 Projectsarchive_admin2024-11-14T22:05:59-06:00

Wisconsin School of Business’s Jon Eckhardt Named Discovery Fellow at WID
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Wisconsin School of Business’s Jon Eckhardt Named Discovery Fellow at WID

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Eckhardt is also the Executive Director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship and the Robert Pricer Chair in Enterprise Development. His research includes the use of information in entrepreneurship, firm formation, venture finance, and initial public offerings.

Wisconsin School of Business’s Jon Eckhardt Named Discovery Fellow at WIDppointer2024-11-14T22:06:30-06:00

UW–Madison Researchers Earn Army Research Office Grant to Study Microbial Communication

UW–Madison Researchers Earn Army Research Office Grant to Study Microbial Communication

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WID Director Jo Handelsman and biochemistry professor Ophelia Venturelli are part of a multi-university interdisciplinary team awarded a grant to study information transmission in microbial communities and how biological networks communicate.

UW–Madison Researchers Earn Army Research Office Grant to Study Microbial Communicationarchive_admin2024-11-14T22:07:24-06:00

WID Director Jo Handelsman Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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WID Director Jo Handelsman Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Her election—alongside 200 other newly-elected members—recognizes her contributions to science.

WID Director Jo Handelsman Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciencesppointer2024-11-14T22:07:34-06:00

WID Hubs Launch at Illuminating Connections Event
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WID Hubs Launch at Illuminating Connections Event

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WID's new hubs—Data Science, Multi-Omics, and Illuminating Discovery—represent a new path forward for collaborative research projects and fields.

WID Hubs Launch at Illuminating Connections Eventppointer2025-01-27T14:39:33-06:00

Wisconsin Public Television and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Announce the Timothy William Trout Education Innovation Lab
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Wisconsin Public Television and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Announce the Timothy William Trout Education Innovation Lab

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Gift of $2.1 million from Dr. Monroe and Sandra Trout creates partnership among Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Morgridge Institute for Research, UW-Madison School of Education, and Wisconsin Public Television

Wisconsin Public Television and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Announce the Timothy William Trout Education Innovation Labarchive_admin2024-11-14T22:08:22-06:00

Randolph Ashton Named SCRMC Associate Director
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Randolph Ashton Named SCRMC Associate Director

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WID's Randolph Ashton, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is the new associate director for UW–Madison’s Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center.

Randolph Ashton Named SCRMC Associate Directorarchive_admin2024-11-14T22:08:48-06:00

Data Science Initiative Supports Faculty Research at UW–Madison
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Data Science Initiative Supports Faculty Research at UW–Madison

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Ten highly innovative projects have been chosen to receive University of Wisconsin–Madison Data Science Initiative funding, including two led by Wisconsin Institute for Discovery investigators.

Data Science Initiative Supports Faculty Research at UW–Madisonppointer2024-11-14T22:10:41-06:00

Air Force-Backed Center to Make Machine Learning More Independent, Predictable, Secure

Air Force-Backed Center to Make Machine Learning More Independent, Predictable, Secure

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Much remains mysterious in the realm of machine learning. The next generation of machine learning algorithms is expected to not only bolster national defense capabilities, but also benefit civilians.

Air Force-Backed Center to Make Machine Learning More Independent, Predictable, Secureppointer2025-01-27T14:34:44-06:00

WID Researchers Looking to the Future with UW2020 Awards
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WID Researchers Looking to the Future with UW2020 Awards

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Investigators from WID are among the recipients of the latest round of UW2020 awards.

WID Researchers Looking to the Future with UW2020 Awardsppointer2024-11-14T22:11:39-06:00

UW Carbone Scientists Present at Annual Cancer Research Conference

UW Carbone Scientists Present at Annual Cancer Research Conference

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One of the UW Carbone Cancer Center members presenting is WID's Peter Lewis. His work focuses on how genes are turned on and off during embryonic development, and how misregulation in those genes can lead to some childhood cancers.

UW Carbone Scientists Present at Annual Cancer Research Conferenceppointer2024-11-14T22:11:58-06:00

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