As part of UW–Madison’s UniverCity Year partnership with Green County, a team from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s senior capstone design course is proposing a renewable energy system to help offset Juda School’s …
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The Wisconsin Idea Seminar team is seeking a communications intern! Our communications intern will hone their writing and image-making skills and meet folks across the state who are making a difference in their communities. The …
WIS16 Alum James Tinjum Brings Light to Solar Energy in Puerto Rico
James Tinjum of the Department of Engineering Professional Development is biking around the Upper Midwest to increase awareness of solar energy and raise funds for a solar project at a shelter for abused children …
WIS Collaborator and Pediatric Immunologist Developing Genetic Screening Tailored to Amish Newborns In Wisconsin
Dr. Christine Seroogy, a pediatric immunologist and associate professor at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, heads a project funded by the UW-Madison Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, to pinpoint the unique genetic disorders …
WIS Collaborator Mystic Valley Dairy Recycles Silage Plastic
Mitch Bruenig, owner of Mystic Valley Dairy in Sauk City, is one of 5000 farmers in Wisconsin that have joined forces with Wisconsin-based Revolution Plastics to recycle plastic feed bags and other agricultural plastics. …
WIS17 Alum Philip Romero Receives Shaw Scientist Award
Philip Romero, a biochemistry assistant professor, receives a 2018 Shaw Scientist Awards from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. The awards come with $200,000 in seed funding to support innovative research approaches and the career development of …
WIS Collaborator Helps Study Irrigation in Central Sands
Justin Isherwood, farmer and writer living in central Wisconsin, is helping UW researchers study how much water from rain and irrigation enters the crop before being transferred into the atmosphere, and how much seeps deep …
Wisconsin Idea Seeded in Service
Public service has long been one of UW-Madison’s premier traditions and missions, and continues today, with the guiding principle of the Wisconsin Idea. The Wisconsin Idea inspires members of the campus community to improve people’s …
WPR’s ‘Central Time’ Interviews WIS Northwest Passage Collaborators
Our 2018 Wisconsin Idea Seminar collaborators Ian Karl and Toben Lafrancois talk to ‘Central Time’ about how youth in a an underwater therapeutic photography program at Northwest Passage, a residential mental health facility in northern …
Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program Featured in Isthmus
The Wisconsin Idea Seminar team is thrilled to see the Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program on the front cover of the Isthmus (April 5, 2018). The 2018 Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants will learn about the train-the-trainer …