UW-Madison Researchers Worry About Innovation In Wake Of EPA Grant Freeze
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The EPA freeze directly impacts our scientists and the work done at WID.
Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong, Alireza Javadi, Zhiyong Cai, Ronald Sabo, and Qifeng Zheng have developed hybrid organic aerogels with desirable insulation properties.
Systems Biology Theme Leader, John Yin, Optimization Fellow, Rebecca Willett, LEL alumna, Carrie Roy, and new LEL Principal Investigator, Karen Schloss explain their innovative research. Sit back, relax and massage your brain with WID science.
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) will have a new director: Jo Handelsman, a Yale professor and official of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Associate Professor Lynda Barry, an award-winning author and cartoonist with the School of Education’s Art Department, has been chosen as UW-Madison’s first recipient of the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art.
WID researchers share their summer exploits.
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery’s SILO and Qbio Seminars pull researchers from across campus for engaging interdisciplinary talks in mathematics and quantitative biology.
Zhenqiang Ma, Yei Hwan Jung, Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong, and Tzu-Hsuan Chang have developed substantially biodegradable microwave integrated circuits and methods for their manufacture.
Singing the praises of and reflecting upon a career rooted in optimization.
Allison Langham, graduate student in SLIS is interviewed by Research Data Services about curating Yin Lab data.
The big data phenomenon also begun to take hold in and around the city, from institutions like state and city government to the health care industry.
The University is now seeking applicants for a permanent WID Director, charged with continuing WID’s mission and pressing onward in innovation and discovery.
The Weaving Lab will be open Monday – Thursday from 9am – 4pm through August 25th.
In April, cartoonist and assistant professor of interdisciplinary creativity at WID Lynda Barry brought a heavy dose of creativity — and her unique perspective on storytelling — to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
From undergraduate Hilldale Fellows to national and international scholar awards, WID students and faculty gained significant recognition for their efforts and contributions.
Michael Ferris (Optimization) and Wendy Crone (BIONATES) receive 20/20 awards.
UW-Madison juniors affiliated with WID researchers, Eddie Ruiz and Stephanie Seymour, launch first issue of The Journal of Undergraduate Science and Technology (JUST).
Expert in the area of digital health information and communication begins new position August 15th.
New genome editing technique can target single letters of DNA sequence.
Mentoring 49 Ph.D. students during his active time at UW-Madison and shaping the careers of many more, including WID’s John Yin, Ed Lightfoot and his iconic textbook Transport Phenomena continue to push interdisciplinary research forward.