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New biomedical institute aims to unite business and academia in SE Wisconsin

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National Academies induct five UW researchers

Election to the National Academies - comprised of the , the <a href="htt...

Wisconsin stands at the center of scientific efforts to avert flu epidemics

Don't take that title the wrong way and run screaming for the nearest border. Wisconsin has yet to become a hot spot for the spread of avian influenza and, it can be hoped, won't become one. However, it may be the place where a possible pandemic is monitored and even controlled. Wisconsin i...

IT critical in pandemic response, but many are not paying attention

Scientists say it's not a matter of if, but when. And when pandemic flu hits an event that could, at the least, keep large sections of the population from working, shut down travel and public institutions and cause infrastructure outages information technology may be called on to ease the burden of coordinating both public efforts and business. And if private companies do pr...

Demise of SkyCable is opportunity for TDS Telecom

"We've not had an opportunity like this for some time," said TDS spokeswoman DeAnne Boegli. She emphasized that TDS did not purchase <a href="http:/...

Academic R&D pays for itself in jobs and economic growth

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IQ Academies brings online learning into Wisconsin homes

Through Feburary 25, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction will foot the bill if high-school students enroll in a school outside their districts, including a completely online program offered by the Waukesha district called the IQ Academies, the largest accredited online high school in the state, is in its second y...

Academic R&D helps bring federal bucks back to Wisconsin

For reasons that range from the culture of its people to the size of its congressional delegation, Wisconsin is not a magnet for federal dollars. The state ranks 40th among the 50 states in federal balance of payments, meaning Wisconsin taxpayers send far more money to Washington than they get back. Wisconsin is 45th in per-capita federal spendin...

UW Academic ADL Co-Lab joins worldwide effort against slavery

MADISON The U.S. Department of Defense has chosen a University of Wisconsin lab to create the electronic training programs that will underpin the federal government's attempts to curb modern slavery worldwide. President Bush signed this February mandating zero tolerance toward <a href="http://www.sta...

Academic ADL Co-Lab moving to downtown Madison

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Wisconsin Manufacturing - demise or survival?

The manufacturing industry can benefit from technology breakthroughs, but government help is needed, both at the federal and state level. Our economic survival and development still depends on building wealth, for our citizens and our state. The manufacturing industry in Wisconsin currently employs more than 500,000 peo...

Wisconsin software companies aid epidemic detection

Milwaukee's municipal government uses an emergency room management application that includes a Web-based syndromic surveillance system for spotting potential epidemics, said Dr. Seth Foldy, the city's health commissioner. The emergency room application was developed by the <a href= "http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11919529&dopt=Abstract&hol...