Outreach Activities

Projects

• Arts Outreach Program

  The Arts Outreach Program, established in 1979, works hand-in-hand with the School of Music to share the expertise of its three faculty ensembles-in-r...

• Wisconsin Englishes Project

  The WEP is working to understand regional differences in English across the state, such as distinct vocabulary, pronunciations, idioms and ethnic infl...

• Earth Partnership for Schools

  Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS) builds the capacity of pK-16 students, teachers, non-formal educators, natural resource personnel, and citizens to...

• Curb Magazine

  Students in Journalism 417 each fall semester produce a magazine circulated throughout the state in print, and without boundaries online and through m...

• Wonders of Physics Traveling Show

  The Wonders of Physics program was created in 1984 to generate interest in physics among people of all ages and backgrounds. In 2005, the show travele...

• University of Wisconsin Speech and Hearing Clinic (UWSHC)

  Individuals from at least 15 Wisconsin counties ranging in age from infants through octogenarians have received speech, language and audiology service...

• ARMS After School Science Clubs/WISCIENCE

  The Adult Role Models in Science (ARMS) program at WISCIENCE develops materials and training workshops for after-school providers and volunteers to le...

• Biocore Outreach Ambassador Program

  The Biocore Outreach Ambassador (BOA) Program was founded in 2004 by UW-Madison Biocore undergraduate students to promote an authentic, research-based...

• ARMS Family Science Nights

  The Adult Role Models in Science (ARMS) program at WISCIENCE provides resources for schools and community centers to coordinate Family Science Events....

• Annual Colloquium on Aging

  The Annual Colloquium on Aging is held each fall in Madison, Wisconsin. It includes talks given by UW-Madison faculty and nationally known keynote spe...

• Washburn Observatory Public Nights

  The UW Astronomy Department offers free public viewings at the Washburn Observatory located on the Madison Campus area. The Open House sessions contin...

• Expanding Your Horizons Conference

  Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) has a mission to provide young women with career information, role models, and positive hands-on experiences through a o...

• Small Business Development Center at UW-Madison

  The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UW-Madison has helped create and grow successful businesses since 1979. The SBDC staff of experienced...

• Kemp Natural Resources Station

  UW-Madison's Kemp Natural Resources Station is an off-campus research, teaching and outreach facility dedicated to environmental stewardship and the s...

• Legal Assistance To Institutionalized Persons Project (LAIP)

  In the Frank J. Remington Center's Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons Project (LAIP), students work under the supervision of clinical facul...

• Wisconsin Innocence Project

  In recent years, numerous wrongly convicted individuals have been released from prison after new evidence, often in the form of scientific evidence su...

• Community Supervision Legal Assistance Project (CSLAP)

  CSLAP provides a wide range of legal assistance to clients who are on community supervision through the Wisconsin Department of Corrections' Division...

• Family Court Clinic

  The Family Court Clinic (FCC) was developed to address the needs of unrepresented family law litigants. In the FCC law students provide legal informat...

• Neighborhood Law Clinic

  The Neighborhood Law Clinic (NLC) is a community-based poverty law clinic located on Madison's South Side. NLC's service mission is to provide a broad...

• Center for Professional and Executive Development

  The Center for Professional and Executive Development's mission is to help individuals and organizations through the professional and market transitio...

• Transportation Information Center (TIC)

  The Wisconsin Transportation Information Center (TIC) was created in 1983 to help local highway officials manage their road systems. There are more t...

• Engineering Professional Development

  Engineering Professional Development (EPD) is a global leader in engineering continuing education. With more than 400 professional development courses...

• Understanding Dairy Markets

  The "Understanding Dairy Markets" Web site was developed by the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research and the Department of Agricultural and Applied Eco...

• Social Work 672: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment (PAVE)

  The PAVE (Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment) Peer Education program educates students on issues relating to sexual assault and dating violence,...

• Great World Texts in Wisconsin

  The mission of the Great World Texts in Wisconsin program is to encourage more high school and university students to read the classic world texts of...

• Wisconsin Native Plant Garden

  At the UW-Madison Arboretum Wisconsin Native Plant Garden, students and citizens of all ages participate in land care and learn about native plants, r...

• Wolf conservation in Wisconsin and beyond

  UW-Madison Associate Professor Adrian Treves conducts research, teaching, and outreach about the conservation and recovery of wolves in Wisconsin and...

• Carnivore coexistence and the public trust

  In addition to work on wolf conservation, Dr. Adrian Treves conducts outreach, research, and teaching on bears, big cats, and other large carnivores i...

• Project Assistantships for Arts Administration MBA Students

  MBA students in the Arts Administration program participate in hands-on project assistantships with leading nonprofit arts and cultural institutions....

• University of Wisconsin Press

  Since 1937, UW Press has published thousands of books, including hundreds that document the culture, heritage, natural history and people of Wisconsin...

• Raising Hell for Justice: An Autobiography of Congressman Dave Obey

  David R. Obey (D-Wausau, retired) is the longest-serving member of the U.S. Congress in Wisconsin history and the former chair of the House Appropriat...

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• Putting the Public in Wisconsin Public Opinion: Listening to Wisconsinites' Concerns

  UW-Madison Professor Katherine Cramer traveled around the state between May 2007 and November 2012 visiting places where local residents gather on a r...

• Lakeshore Nature Preserve

  The UW-Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve permanently protects the undeveloped lands along the shore of Lake Mendota, where members of the campus commu...

• Humanities Exposed (HEX)

  In 2005, the Center for the Humanities began supporting a select number of graduate student projects, convened outside the boundaries of academia. Eac...

• Careers Institutes

  The Careers Institutes are a series of trainings for career counselors, educators, and career specialists of all kinds, offered through the Center on...

• Allied United for Health

  Allied United for Health (AUH) organizes health outreach programming for the community-campus partnership between the UW-Madison School of Medicine an...

• Exploring Materials Science and the Nanoworld: Research Experiences for Teachers

  The Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program is funded by the National Science Foundation and is hosted by the UW-Madison Materials Research Sc...

• Grandparents University

  Grandparents University® (GPU) is an award-winning program hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Association every July on the University of Wisconsin-Madiso...

• University Preschool Laboratory

  The UW-Madison Preschool Laboratory is part of the education and research program of the School of Human Ecology. Laboratory staff are committed to us...

• Achievement Connections

  Achievement Connections pairs UW-Madison students and other community volunteer tutors with area high school students who are low-performing in math,...

• Sharing in the Discovery (featuring the UW-Madison Stem Cell Learning Lab)

  Sharing in the Discovery invites citizens of Wisconsin to take a stake in health sciences research by providing experiences in communities and on camp...

• Evaluation Research Program

  The Evaluation Research Program in the UW-Madison Population Health Institute conducts program evaluations and evaluation research studies related to...

• Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)

  The Wisconsin AHEC System is part of a national initiative, begun in the 1970s, for improving the accessibility and quality of primary health care. Th...

• Reach Out and Read in MEDiC Free Clinics

  Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national program that supports children’s language and literacy development, which is essential for young children to be...

• J. F. Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution (formerly Evolution Initiative)

  The Crow Institute was launched in 2010 in honor of the world-renowned UW-Madison geneticist, James Crow. The Institute provides training opportunitie...

• Community Service Programs - School of Medicine and Public Health

  The mission of UW-SMPH Office of Community Service Programs is to create, provide and support service and civic engagement opportunities for and by me...

• Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center — Regenerative Medicine Speakers

  The Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center sends speakers by request to a variety of venues.

• Wisconsin Network for Health Research (WiNHR)

  The mission of WiNHR is to foster collaborative, multidisciplinary research throughout Wisconsin by aligning WiNHR objectives with state and national...

• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Town Center

  The Town Center, located on the main floor of the Discovery building, welcomes visitors to Explore.Engage.Discover and fits with both the campus strat...

• Metropolitan Unified Fiber Network Project (MUFN)

  The Metropolitian Unified Fiber Network (MUFN), is a public-private partnership to enhance broadband capacity, affordability and access in the greater...

• WiscNet

  WiscNet is a non-profit, membership-based cooperative association comprised of nearly 75% of WI's K-12 schools, the WI Vocational Technical College Sy...

• Midwest Rural Energy Council (MREC)

  The Midwest Rural Energy Council (MREC) is a 50+ year cooperative educational effort between electric utilities and land grant universities in the upp...

• UW Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic

  Started in 2009, the UW Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic is a clinical program in which law students provide essential legal services to start-up entre...

• New Legislators Orientation

  Biennially since 1991, the La Follette School of Public Affairs, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Joint Legislative Council, has held an orientatio...

• TESci

  Now in its second year, the Technology and Science workshop, TESci, was created by UW-Madison chemistry professor Josh Coon with a grant from the Nat...

• Canine Owners & Breeders Symposium

  The symposium is designed to educate owners and breeders on up-to-date important and relevant canine health care topics.

• UW-Madison Biotechnology Center (UWBC)

  The University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center (UWBC) is Wisconsin's catalyst to advance biotechnology research, education and industry for the bene...

• UW Center for Nonprofits

  The Center for Non-profit Leadership was established at UW-Madison in 2008 through the School of Human Ecology. The center coordinates faculty intere...

• Supernatural Presences in East Asian Culture

  Part of the Year of Humanities, Supernatural Presences in East Asian Culture is a year-long series of interdisciplinary events exploring manifestation...

• Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit (WCWRU)

  The US Geological Survey Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit (WCWRU) is one of two federal cooperative units in the state. The Cooperative Un...

• Family Voices Community-University Partnership Project

  Family Voices is a partnership program of several University of Wisconsin-Madison units with the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County. The partnership p...

• African Storytelling on Wheels

  The African Storytelling on Wheels program was designed to create a greater appreciation of the legitimacy and vibrancy of African cultures and the ca...

• UW Educational and Performance Outreach Program

  The UW Educational and Performance Outreach program is devoted to bringing the University and community together through collaborative musical events....

• GardenFit Program

  UW-Madison's GardenFit program was designed to help kids avoid a big summer jump in weight, a trend that nutritionists and physicians have been observ...

• Wisconsin Idea Science Constellation

  The Wisconsin Idea Science Constellation is designed to be a way of mapping and connecting UW-Madison's science facilities. While the University hous...

• Madison Early Music Festival

  The Madison Early Music Festival was created in 2000 to provide an opportunity for musicians, scholars, teachers and early music enthusiasts to gather...

• Facilitating Self Advocacy

  The Facilitating Self Advocacy course is designed to prepare special education professionals to teach a competency-based curriculum in self advocacy f...

• Annual Feline Conference

  Each year the Office of Continuing Veterinary Medical Education holds a Feline Conference that is designed to provide the most up-to-date information...

• Wildlife Health Event Reporter (WHER)

  The Wildlife Health Event Reporter (WHER) is a website that enables anyone with an Internet connection to report sightings of sick or dead wildlife. I...

• Climate Leadership Challenge (CLC)

  The Climate Leadership Challenge (CLC) is a philanthropically funded annual student innovation competition, open to all students at UW-Madison. The c...

• Arboretum I-MAP

  The Arboretum I-MAP is an interactive website that offers users a new way to connect with the Arboretum. Users have the opportunity to acquire general...

• Biochemistry in the Kitchen

  Biochemistry in the Kitchen was a Girl Scout event held in the Bio Trek laboratories at UW-Madison. Graduate students and post-docs helped over 35 yo...

• Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office

  The Wisconsin State Cartographer’s Office fosters the advancement of the state’s geospatial community by facilitating the equitable and efficient crea...

• REACH BC+: Retention and Enrollment to Achieve Children’s Health and Build Capacity

  This project will expand on the work of the program Covering Kids & Families, which informs Wisconsin residents about BadgerCare Plus (BC+), a state-f...

• German Day

  Each spring, the Department of German hosts its annual German Day. Hundreds of students from Wisconsin middle schools and high schools come to Union S...

• Small Business Venture Development Plans

  For over 40 years, the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship has prepared Venture Development Plans for small businesses and non-profit organizations th...

• UW-Madison Geospatial Alliance

  The Geospatial Alliance is a group of faculty, staff and students at UW-Madison involved in the field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and rela...

• UW-Madison Science Alliance

  The University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Alliance organizes public science outreach events and programs through collaborations with Wisconsin scien...

• Science Expeditions

  Science Expeditions is an annual event held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery which invites lifelong learners...

• More for Kid$! Collaborative Strategies Project

  The More for Kid$! Project, a joint initiative between UW researchers at IRP and Wisconsin Department of Children and Families officials, was designed...

• National child support research meeting of the minds

  IRP researchers Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian with Urban Institute fellow Elaine Sorensen organized an informal meeting Nov. 3, 2011, of national...

• Slow Food UW Educational Outreach and Social Justice Initiative

  The purpose of the Slow Food Educational Outreach and Social Justice Initiative is to create a lasting connection between UW students, the South Madis...

• Expanding Your Horizons

  Two community members, John Glaeser and Dave Watson, are aquatic life experts and have designed and built "Mini-Aquaria" at various outreach events. T...

• Wisconsin Leads in Math and Science

  Wisconsin Leads in Math and Science is a professional development model that includes collaboration between external partners and UW-Madison to co-des...

• Wisconsin CARES: Creating A Responsive and Effective System for Protecting and Promoting our Children’s Well-Being

  The Wisconsin CARES initiative represents a collaborative effort between the UW-Madison, UW Cooperative Extension, county child and family serving age...

• Health Impact Assessment of Climate Change in Wisconsin

  The overall goal of this research project is to develop predictive models of climate change-related precipitation variability that pose environmental...

• Madison Neighborhood Indicators

  The Madison Neighborhood Indicators project seeks to quantify the diverse and changing social conditions in Madison neighborhoods. The project staff h...

• A Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention through Community Organizing and Youth Engagement

  This project focuses on Southwest Madison, in partnership with SouthWest Madison Community Organizers and Public Health of Madison and Dane County. To...

• Community Advisors on Research Design and Strategies (CARDS)

  Our project has developed two groups of Community Advisors on Research Design and Strategies (CARDS) in Madison. The CARDS are a trained and readily m...

• 19th Annual WEZAM Exotics Conference: Feathers, Scales & Dragon Tails! Avian, Amphibian, and Reptile Medicine

  The mission and goal of the Office of Continuing Veterinary Medical Education at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine is to provi...

• Small Animal Wound Management: Techniques and Problem Solving in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

  The mission and goal of the Office of Continuing Veterinary Medical Education at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine is to provi...

• Nature Talks for Children

  UW Honorary Fellow and recent graduate student Brian Walsh leads scientific presentations and demonstrations to children in summer camps and public sc...

• Enhancing Participation in Employment Settings Through AAC

  UW Clinical Professor Jamie Murray-Branch and her team have developed a project that uses innovative methods like podcasting to provide critical infor...

• Foreign Language Program at Leopold Elementary School

  UW Professor Francois Tochon through the UW French Education department is offering free French language classes Mondays and Wednesdays at Aldo Leopol...

• LGBTQ Narratives

  UW PhD Candidate Kristina Kosnick has developed LGBTQ Narratives, a queer activist-writer's group created in collaboration with OutReach and initial f...

• Acceptance Journeys

  The Acceptance Journeys social marketing campaign incorporates both mass-mediated and interpersonal communication channels. The messaging provided thr...

• LACIS brings Cartoneras to Lincoln Elementary School

  Graduate student Djurdja Trajkovic used her ‘Humanities Exposed’ (HEX) grant awarded by the Center for Humanities, and her research of cartoneras to h...

• Bringing Music to underserved students: Piano Pioneers Program

  The UW's Piano Pioneers program provides scholarship piano lessons (and practice instruments if needed) to children and adults in the community who ca...

• Podiatry Solutions to Improve Your Horse's Performance

  Farrier Dean Johanningmeier and Dr. Jacob Goodin will lead an equine podiatry clinic at the Morrie Waud Equine Clinic in Delavan, Wis. Using local hor...

• Tibial Tuberosity Advancement in the Dog

  This one-day course presented current concepts in the management of cranial cruciate ligament rupture using TTA. The rationale for use of the TTA proc...

• Fracture Repair with the Advanced Locking Plate System (ALPS)

  This one day course presented current concepts in the management of fractures in small animals using locking plates. Each DVM participant practiced pr...

• A Day of Toxins and Environmental Exposures

  Student members of the Student Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (SVECCS) at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine ha...

• A Day on Drugs

  Prescription and over-the-counter medications are utilized daily in a small animal veterinary practice, either to treat the acutely ill patient or man...

• In the Head of Cats and Dogs: Common Neurologic Disorders of the Brain

  This seminar reviewed common neurologic disorders of the brain. The neurologic examination was reviewed in order to understand how to localize a lesio...

• Computed Tomography Course

  This is a practical course for veterinarians with access to computed tomography (CT) to improve study quality and reading skills of neurologic, vascul...

• Clinical Communication Skills

  The objective of this seminar was to improve interoffice communication as well as improving communication between staff and clients. Participants lear...

• Feline Shelter Medicine

  Understanding and managing the factors that contribute to feline URI; designing a preventative vaccination, monitoring and cleaning program, as well a...

• Clinician Scientist Training Workshop

  The goals of this workshop are to enhance interest and applicable skills in applied research among veterinary residents, and to promote collaborations...

• Cytologic Evaluation

  This beginner to intermediate level cytology course will use simulated and preserved clinical samples, projected images, and multi-headed and paired m...

• Designing Supplemental Positive Pressure Ventilation Systems for Calf & Heifer Barns

  Participants will learn to design systems to deliver appropriate volumes of fresh air to calves without creating drafts. Problems with fluttering tube...

• Emergency & Medical Conditions in Alpacas & Llamas

  This comprehensive conference was developed especially for camelid owners/producers and veterinary professionals who want to learn more about health p...

• Advanced Small Animal Ultrasound

  This program will offer the small animal clinician an advanced level introduction to diagnostic ultrasound of important “small parts,” including scann...

• Advanced Dentistry Skills for the Veterinary Technician

  This lecture and laboratory series will focus on how the veterinary technician can excel in practice. The focus will be on how the technician can assi...

• Intermediate Dentistry Skills for the Veterinary Technician

  This lecture and lab is designed for the veterinary technician interested in achieving a better understanding of veterinary dentistry. The focus of th...

• Nutrition and Cancer Therapy and Prevention: A Balanced Look at All Nutritional Options

  This course is designed to give a balanced approach to all nutritional options for small animals. This course will investigate many options in alterna...

• Transition Cow Facility Planning

  Using the new Dairyland Initiative program, which stores in one easy-to-access location all the information you need to build or remodel a new cow bar...

• Cold Hard Facts on Hot Topics: Case Discussions on Dentistry, Anesthesiology, Radiology and Informed Consent

  Case presentations will be presented interactively in the areas of dentistry, anesthesiology, radiology, and informed consent. Speakers will organize...

• Orthopedics Workshop for Veterinary Technicians

  Participants will explore veterinary orthopedic conditions ranging from ligament and tendon damage to severely comminuted fractures. Participants will...

• Small Animal Behavior: Cats & Dogs

  Participants attending this conference will come away with expanded knowledge and skills that will allow them to address behavior consultations in a v...

• The Veterinarian's Conference on Practice Management: Building a Thriving Practice

  Participants will learn how to achieve successful practices utilizing: social media to brand their practices & generate new business; successful pract...

• Horse Conformation: Expelling the Myths

  This program will lead discussions on how to expel the myths of "ideal conformation." Participants will also receive step-by-step analysis of conforma...

• WEZAM Conference: Cockatiels and Clinical Spiels - Exotic Mammal and Bird Medicine

  Experts in the field of exotic animal care to will provide veterinary professionals and veterinary medical students with current and practical informa...

• Art graduate connects campus, schools with outreach endowment

  Developed by Tom Loeser and funded by Helen Burish, these art workshops seek to provide high school art teachers with hands-on professional developmen...

• Infectious and Immune Mediated Disease

  Participants attending this seminar received the most up-to-date information on: the diagnosis and treatment of infectious and immune mediate diseases...

• Emergency & Critical Care: Abdominal Emergencies

  Student members of the Student Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (SVECCS) at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine ha...

• Spinal Cord Disorders in Dogs & Cats

  This conference focused on the neurologic examination and the neuroanatomic localization. A few differential diagnoses were covered through clinical c...

• Dental Radiography

  This interactive course will review essential intraoral radiographic anatomy of the canine dentition and supporting structures. Focus on honing the pa...

• Osteoarthritis and Analgesia in Cats

  This seminar will provide practical approaches to recognize, accurately diagnose, and manage osteoarthritis, a common disease that decreases the quali...

• New businesses get a boost form entrepreneurial law clinic

  The Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic of the UW Law School (L&E) provides quality legal services to nascent businesses on a wide range of legal issues inc...

• UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee Intercampus Research Incentive Grants Program

  The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the UW-Milwaukee have partnered to provide the first UW-Madison/UW-Milwaukee Intercampus Research Incentive Gr...

• Hip-hop workshop focuses on teaching tools

  The UW-Madison Office of Multicultural Initiatives has teamed up with Urban Word NYC to offer a weeklong program for teachers, educators, community le...

• UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee Intercampus Research Incentive Grants Program

  The University of Wisconsin-Madison and UW-Milwaukee have partnered to provide the first UW-Madison/UW-Milwaukee Intercampus Research Incentive Grants...

• Science of Fireworks presentation

  Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, the William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea and professor of chemistry, leads this annual presentation befo...

• Veterinary student hosts symposium

  The Student American Veterinary Medical Association had its annual symposium at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. The symposium brings tog...

• Grant for international business education and research

  The UW-Madison Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) received more than $1.5 million to support its activities between 2010...

• Celebrate Read an E-book Week with a free e-book from UW Press

  The University of Wisconsin Press celebrated Read an E-Book Week by highlighting the hundreds of titles it has available in e-book formats. Read an E-...

• Careers Conference

  The annual Careers Conference, hosted by UW-Madison's Center on Education and Work, focuses on assisting practitioners, working at levels K-12 through...

• Undergraduate Symposium

  The annual Undergraduate Symposium showcases the achievements, creativity and original research of UW-Madison undergraduates. Campus and community mem...

• Sound Health at UW Hospitals and Clinics

  UW-Madison graduate Mary Perkinson (DMA '11, Teachers Certificate '07, MM '05) founded Sound Health in 2009. The mission of Sound Health is to enrich...

• Housing assistance research

  Three UW-Madison research affiliates received a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to examine the effects of Section 8 housi...

• Canine Shelter Medicine Conference

  Dr. Sandra Newbury will present topics relevant to humane officers, shelter staff, rescue worksers, veterinary medical professionals and others concer...

• Veterinary Anesthesia Principles for the General Practitioner

  Includes discussion of common anesthetic misconceptions, monitoring and troubleshooting; anesthetic management of geriatric patients and pocket pets;...

• Holistic and Traditional Approaches to Camelid Health

  Dr. Don Thompson from Vermont Integrative Veterinary Associates will give an introduction to the Theory of Yin and Yang as it applies to veterinary me...

• Oiled Wildlife Clean-Up Lab

  This seminar will address the health and safety concerns common to humans working with wildlife during an oil pollution event. Participants will devel...

• Canine & Feline Parasitology

  This program will: review of canine and feline endo- and ectoparasites relevant facts and life cycles; discuss the most current treatment strategies f...

• No Guts-No Glory: Intestinal, Pancreatic & Liver Disease Seminar

  Focus will be on the digestive system. Diseases involving the intestinal tract, pancreas and liver are among the most commonly seen in small animal pr...

• Canine Meningoencephalitis

  This conference will cover the clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis for the most common causes of infectious and non-infectious m...

• East Meets West: Osteoarthritis

  This short course will discuss osteoarthritis. The first half of the course will cover the pathophysiology, detection and conventional management of o...

• Veterinary Dentistry Techniques for the General Practitioner

  The conference will focus on simple and surgical tooth extractions, periodontal therapies, and tips to make small animal dentistry easier. It will giv...

• Veterinary Dentistry Techniques for the Veterinary Technician

  The conference will focus on canine radiograph positioning, oral charting, instrumentation and oral examination. It will cover sharpening of the denta...

• Mobile Markets: Education with Healthy, Affordable Food at the Neighborhood Level

  In spring of 2009, SHARE Wisconsin established a Mobile Market (MM) program to begin to address food deserts in Milwaukee. The Mobile Markets partner...

• Feline Respiratory Medicine

  Practical approaches to recognize, accurately diagnose and manage respiratory distress in cats.

• Grace Episcopal Church Rhector's Guild Presentation

  Professor Leonora Neville made a presentation on the ritual practices of medieval eastern Christianity to members of Grace Episcopal Church as part of...

• Forgiveness Education in Milwaukee's Central City

  Since 2003 Robert Enright and his colleagues have been providing forgiveness education programs for charter schools in Milwaukee's central city. Resea...

• No Limits Kids Fitness

  This is an adapted fitness program for disabled children ages 7-17. Children with physical disabilities have very few opportunities to participate in...

• Service Learning in Cambodia

  This outreach project, developed in partnership with a Madison-based NGO, Cambodian Schools Project, gives UW students the opportunity to engage in gl...

• Wisconsin Congressional "Energy Update" on Capitol Hill

  On July 10, 2013 the Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) hosted an energy briefing in Washington, D.C., in collaboration with Wisconsin legislative staff...

• Wednesday Nite @ The Lab on the Air

  Wednesday Nite @ The Lab is a public science series offered every Wednesday night, 50 times a year. WN@TL invites Wisconsinites to experience science...

• UW System Women's Studies Consortium

  The Women's Studies Consortium was established as a part of the UW System in 1989 and expanded its programs and collaborations in 2013. WSC is a colla...

• Wisconsin Energy Institute/Bioenergy Research Centers host Science Café briefing before the House Senate and National Labs Caucus

  On July 22nd, 2013, more than 80 congressional staff members gathered in Washington, DC for a Q&A-style briefing intended to update the House Science...

• The Mapuche Indigenous Community of Nicolas Ailio and the Chilean State

  Professor Florencia Mallon carried out a collaborative ethnography with the people of the Mapuche community of Nicolas Ailior and the Chilean State. S...

• Transfer Advisors Update Meeting

  Held annually since 2000, this popular and informative one-day conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison welcomes new and veteran advisors fro...

• Write-by-the-Lake Writer's Workshop & Retreat

  Public school teachers and writers from across the state attend this annual June writing week sponsored through UW-Madison Continuing Studies to impro...

• Wisconsin Regional Artist Program

  The Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) provides statewide art workshops and exhibits for nonprofessional artists. It was begun in 1940 (by the nati...

• Criminal Justice Certificate Program

  The centerpiece of the Criminal Justice Certificate Program is an intensive field internship. These internships allow students to connect to the commu...

• National Alliance on Mental Illness

  Dr. Gooding, an internationally recognized expert on schizophrenia and other forms of psychotic disorders, serves as a consultant for the state and lo...

• Teacher Training Workshop: The Hmong in Contemporary and Historical Perspective (Appleton/Madison)

  In June 2013, UW-Madison's Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Center for East Asian Studies collaborated with the Appleton, Oshkosh, and Madison H...

• Wisconsin Idea Scholar Program (2012-13)

  From Feburary 3, 2012 to February 15, 2013, a group of 31 community leaders from all over the state convened at the University of Wisconsin-Madison an...

• Women's Studies Consortium

  The UW Board of Regents established the Women’s Studies Consortium in 1989 to support efforts to establish and maintain strong Women’s Studies Program...

• UW-Madison Division of Diversity Equity and Educational Achievement and the L&S Center for Academic Excellence

  Researcher Steve Kosciuk works with both DDEEA and CAE programs as an analyst to discover, design and develop strategies that promote the academic ach...

• Rheumatology Outreach

  Dr. Jon Arnason, a UW Health specialist in rheumatology and arthritis, visits Portage and Johnson Creek one day a month at each site to provide clinic...

• Paddle Boards on Parade:The Engineering Summer Progam

  As social-media and technology expands, we must look at different approaches to express the Wisconsin Idea. During the summer of 2014 26 strangers cam...

• Understanding Primate Communication

  Dr. Coen's research group has established ongoing research collaborations with the Racine Zoological Society and Henry Vilas Zoo studying the vocal co...

• CIMSS Student Workshop on Atmospheric, Satellite, and Earth Sciences

  The CIMSS Student Workshop on Atmospheric, Satellite, and Earth Sciences features an exciting five-day agenda in meteorology, astronomy, remote sensin...

• BCERP: Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program

  This program, centered at UW-Madison, investigates the environmental and genetic causes of breast cancer and translates them to cancer prevention. Kno...

• Great Lakes Early Detection Network

  The Great Lakes Early Detection Network (www.gledn.org) is a website for reporting invasive plant locations. The website is free for anyone to use. Us...

• American Council on Exercise Exam Preparation Courses

  The Division of Recreational Sports offers outreach courses that prepare individuals for national certification. The American Council on Exercise (ACE...

• Wisconsin Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan

  The quality of Wisconsin's parks and trails largely results from excellent planning, much of which originates within Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor R...

• Earth Partnership Multicultural Initiatives

  Since 1991, Earth Partnership for Schools (EPS) has been training educators to incorporate ecological restoration into curricula through more than 100...

• Reach Out and Read Wisconsin

  Started after a local demonstration program which was funded by the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, Reach Out and Read Wisconsin is the state-wide e...

• St. Croix Tribal Health Center Head Start Physicals

  Started by Dr. Murray Katcher and continued by Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, this annual two day trip to the St. Croix Band of Chippewa's Tribal Health Center...

• Ride the Drive Helmet Fitting Stations

  Stemming from the project leader's observations at early events that many children had poorly-fitting bicycle helmets, this event takes place at Madis...

• Promoting Double Reed Instrument Culture in Wisconsin Schools

  The oboe and the bassoon play a key role in most musical repertoires since the birth of the modern orchestra in the mid 18th century. They are both ab...

• GLS Center Playsquads

  Through games, the Games Learning Society Center makes scientific discovery visible to the public by creating digital games for learning science. Whil...

• Science on a Sphere

  In 2007, The Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) received a Baldwin grant purchase a 3D globe to create a intriguing view into the work done a...

• Wisconsin Express

  This week long immersion program, held annually in May, brings health professions students from all majors into Wisconsin communities to explore the c...

• Community Health Internship Program (CHIP) - Wisconsin AHEC

  Student interns are placed across the state for an eight week summer position in public health departments and local community organizations. In a typ...

• UW Press

  The UW Press publishes books (including ebooks) for Wisconsin and internationally. This page (http://uwpress.wisc.edu/WIRegional.html) contains a smal...

• Clinician Scientist Training Workshop (CSTW)

  The goals of this workshop are to enhance interest and applicable skills in applied research among veterinary residents, and to promote collaborations...

• Wisconsin Telepsychiatry Project

  Since 1995 Dr. Ronald Diamond has hosted a bi-weekly teleconference that covers a wide variety of mental health topics, including updates in psychopha...

• Wisconsin Public Psychiatry Statewide Training Project

  Since 1995 Dr. Ronald Diamond has been providing mental health related training to public mental health clinicians, police, emergency room staff, judg...

• NOW (Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin) Coalition for Bipolar Disorder Initiative

  Dr. Ronald Diamond participated in developing a multi-state curriculum on bipolar disorder, and then provided on-site training to physicians and nurse...

• HVDC Power Transmission: Line Commutated Converter (LCC) and Voltage Source Converter (VSC) Technologies and Applications

  Electric power generation, transmission, distribution and utilization in Wisconsin has utilized the traditional alternating current (AC) technology si...

• Wisconsin 511 Construction Projects Website

  The 511 Projects Website came online in summer 2012 as a major extension of Wisconsin DOT’s 511 Traveler Information Program to provide expanded infor...

• Pennsylvania Dutch Documentation Project

  Pennsylvania Dutch is one of America's oldest thriving heritage languages, spoken by over 300,000 people, mainly Old Order Amish. Wisconsin, with the...

• Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Wisconsin WIC Program

  This field course introduces UW-Madison students to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), a program that h...

• Pro Arte Quartet and UW Arts Outreach

  Each year the Pro Arte Quartet makes a minimum of ten excursions throughout Wisconsin. These excursions range from recitals at arts venues to performa...

• Wisconsin 101: Our History in Objects

  Wisconsin 101 is a statewide collaborative public history project based on an interactive website (www.wi101.org) and featuring radio programs and pod...

• Gloves-On Course and Carotid Course

  University of Wisconsin Division of Vascular Surgery offers both a Gloves-On course (where attendees scrubbed into the operating room or catheterizati...

• Community and Regional Food Systems

  Dr. Steve Ventura's focus is on sustainable community and regional food systems (CRFS). His group works to increase the understanding of how to build...

• UW Geology Museum Tour Program

  The Geology Museum is a popular tour destination on the UW-Madison campus. From kindergarten classes through adult civic groups, the tours are tailore...

• Rock and Fossil Identifications

  It often begins with an email or phone call with, "I found this strange rock...". The UW Geology Museum and its staff serve as resources for Wisconsin...

• Wisconsin ADRC Participant Appreciation Breakfast

  This event recognizes the many people who are participating in Alzheimer's research through the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. In addi...

• Solomon Carter Fuller Memory Screening Day

  More than 110,000 people in Wisconsin have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. African Americans are approximately two times more likely than Cau...

• Wisconsin ADRC Community Lecture

  This free annual conference brings the latest findings in Alzheimer’s research to medical professionals and our community. The presentation features t...

• "Dig into Reading" Library Program

  In the summer of 2013 UW Geology Museum personnel traveled throughout south central and south western Wisconsin to public libraries as part of their S...

• High-precision analysis of GPS data from WISCORS

  In an ongoing, collaborative project with the state Department of Transportation, Professor Charles DeMets of UW Geoscience Department analyzes daily...

• Milking Research and Instruction Lab

  The UW Milking lab has been in operation since 1990. The lab has been engaged in a number of technical issues related to milking machines, including r...

• K-12 Family Science Nights

  In collaboration with the Adult Role Models in Science (ARMS) group at UW-Madison, UW genetics faculty organize a series of Family Science Nights at K...

• 27th Annual Feline Conference: Feline Respiratory Medicine

  This seminar will provide practical approaches to recognize, accurately diagnose and manage respiratory distress in cats.

• Wilmar Community Center Tai Chi Classes

  Professor Robert Yu teaches Qi Gong/Tai Chi at the Wilmar Community Center. These gentle exercise classes are available for neighborhood seniors. Morn...

• Assessment and Treatment of Latino Families

  Professor Carmen Valdez gives a lecture every year to community mental health, health, and educational professionals from all over the state as part o...

• The Global Marketplace: A One Day K-12 Teacher Workshop (April 2011)

  This teacher workshop was developed (in collaboration with the DPI and the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium) to provide K-12 educators from...

• The Global Marketplace II: A One Day K-12 Teacher Workshop (April 2012)

  This teacher workshop was the second annual one day workshop organized to provide K-12 educators from around Wisconsin with resources and information...

• European Union Day: The European Union - Boundaries and Barriers

  An event designed for high school students, this one-day workshop was held on the UW-Milwaukee campus and was attended by 179 high school students fro...

• Italian Day

  In April 2015 the Center for European Studies will host the sixth Italian Day for high school students. In 2013 Over 180 students from Wisconsin high...

• Innovating through materials and exploring the nanoworld with the UW-MRSEC Education Group

  The Interdisciplinary Education Group of the UW Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (UW-MRSEC) teaches the greater Wisconsin community a...

• Lived Religion in Wisconsin

  This is a new collaborative, multidisciplinary effort to support the documentation and study of ways in which Wisconsinites (historically and currentl...

• UW-Madison Math Circle

  The Math Circle is a weekly meeting for middle and high-school students in which a professor or mathematics graduate student introduces the group to a...

• Getting the Euro to Work: Social, Economic and Political Dimensions (K-16 teacher Workshop)

  The Center for German and European Studies collaborated with multiple regional organizations to develop and offer a major regional workshop for K-16 e...

• Nonprofit Board Leadership and Development

  This course is designed to provide an opportunity for graduate students to serve on nonprofit boards, learn about the roles and responsibilities of bo...

• Medical Imaging Research Partnership

  Our Medical Physics and Radiology departments are among the highest producers of invention disclosures and successful patent applications at UW-Madiso...

• Community-University Exchange - South Madison

  In partnership with the Office of University Relations and Assistant Vice-Chancellor Everett Mitchell, the Community-University Exchange funds two gra...

• Trails Forward

  The Games Learning Center is currently developing a game titled "Trails Forward" which is an ecological, multiplayer strategy game currently in develo...

• Citizen Science

  Citizen Science is an online flash-based computer adventure game in which the player is a young adult who becomes concerned about the health of a loca...

• Wisconsin Planetarium Connections

  The Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) has forged multiple partnerships in an attempt to create high-quality productions and build...

• Upward Bound at UW–River Falls

  Faculty and staff at the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC) help organize and implement math and science content in the Upward Bou...

• Bringing the Universe to Wisconsin

  Bringing the Universe to Wisconsin is a two-year (2012-2014) public program funded by the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. The p...

• Transportation Options for Volunteers

  Transportation Options is a service for any UW-Madison student looking to get off campus to volunteer. In order to serve the city of Madison and meet...

• Www.volunteeryourtime.org

  VolunteerYourTime.org is an on-line database that features hundreds of local non-profit agencies and over 800 current volunteer opportunities in Dane...

• Theatre for Young Audiences at Taliesin

  This project offers a quality multicultural theatre program to underprivileged rural schools. The program is an extension of the annual Theatre for Yo...

• WebEx Journal Club

  Each month, the Division of Vascular Surgery hosts an outside speaker to present materials on vascular issues via WebEx which is accessible via comput...

• Manifest Service

  The Manifest Service enables any UW-Madison faculty and staff member to grant group access to campus services or local web applications. Simply create...

• Giving Life to LiFE: Lifestyle and Functional Exercise Program to Reduce Falls in Wisconsin Communities

  The Lifestyle and Functional Exercise program (LiFE) is an innovative, six month, in-home fall prevention program that integrates exercises into daily...

• Badger Volunteers™

  Badger Volunteers™ is a semester-long program that gives students the training and logistical support they need to provide meaningful and consistent s...

• Canine and Feline Vaccines and Vaccination Programs

  The three most important things to give a puppy are training, love and vaccines. In this half-day conference, canine vaccination authority, Dr. Ron Sc...

• What Canine & Feline Owners/Breeders Should Know About Vaccination Programs for Pets

  The Canine and Feline Owners and Breeders Symposium is designed to educate owners and breeders on up-to-date important and relevant health care topics...

• Oncology Updates for the General Practitioner

  This course will provide attendees with: updates on recent advances in cancer diagnosis and therapy, a refresher course on cytology of common cancers...

• Medical Oncology: Tips for the Veterinary Technician

  This Oncology Continuing Education course will focus on providing technicians with an understanding of how common cancers are diagnosed, treated and t...

• Transition Cow Facility Design

  This workshop will help you learn how to ask your lender for money to build a barn and not add any additional milking cows. Using the Dairyland Initia...

• Design of Positive Pressure Tube Systems for Improved Ventilation of Calf Barns

  Dr. Ken Nordlund will present on the deficits of common ventilation systems in calf barns, management of air quality and cold stress to minimize respi...

• Design of Positive Pressure Tube Systems for Milking Center Holding Area Heat Abatemen

  Drs. Ken Nordlund and Nigel Cook will present problems in holding area cooling and how positive pressure tube systems provide a lower energy effective...

• Science on Tap - Minocqua

  Science on Tap provides a forum for an informal two-way conversation between UW scientists and the local community about topics pertinent to the north...

• Central Sands Water Initiative

  Numerous lakes and streams are drying up in the farm-rich Central Sands region of Wisconsin, but there’s little agreement on what’s causing it. Expert...

• Helping Farmers Cope with Changing Climate

  Drought, flooding, new pests brought on by temporal changes in the onset and duration of the growing season—these are only a few climate related chall...

• Protecting Our Pollinators

  More than two-thirds of the world’s crop plants—including many nuts, fruits and vegetables—depend on animal pollination, most of it provided by bees....

• From Field to Food Bank

  Hunger is a growing problem in Wisconsin, with some 20 percent of Wisconsin children living in "food insecure" households. Wisconsin growers often hav...

• Hunter's Network of Wisconsin

  Hunting is an important part of Wisconsin’s history and culture and plays a crucial role in wildlife management. It has a $1.4 billion impact on the s...

• Arts Outreach

  The Arts Outreach Program, established in 1979, works hand-in-hand with the School of Music to share the expertise of its three faculty ensembles-in-r...

• Slow Food UW History

  Since 2007, Dr. Zepeda has provided leadership and supervision to the Slow Food UW student organization. The organization promotes good clean fair foo...

• Project CRYSTAL

  Project CRYSTAL provides a hands-on laboratory experience for middle school students in an active, state of the art research laboratory. Through teach...

• International Politics and Practice Capstone Certificate (IPPCC)

  The Department of Political Science designed the IPPCC to educate online learners who lead and serve professionally in the international arena. The pr...

• ITA Tribal Technology Institute (TTI)

  In alignment with the UW-Madison's "Inclusive Excellence" diversity initiative, the Tribal Technology Institute, a program under the direction of the...

• WPT Broadcast of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visit

  The Center For Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center and Dr. Richard Davidson recently hosted His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other though...

• Compassion Project, Center For Investigating Healthy Minds

  Based on the findings of Dr. Richard Davidson (who has found a link between the practice of compassion and healthier brains) the Appleton Compassion P...

• Native American Center for Health Professions (NACHP)

  The Native American Center for Health Profession's vision is to improve the health and wellness of American Indian people. The mission is to enhance t...

• TED-Ed: What are Stem Cells?

  This collaborative effort in stem cell education for teachers throughout the state — in fact, for the nation and world — was published on Sept. 10, 20...

• Advancing Health at UW-Madison: Exploring Solutions for Parkinson's Disease

  Spearheaded by Dr. Marina Emborg, M.D., Ph.D., at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center and School of Medicine and Public Health, and realize...

• Anesthesia Boot Camp

  This conference will focus on the basics to advanced anesthesia protocols, from premedication through to the recovery period. Attendees will learn abo...

• Inter-Cultural Dialogues course at the Sociology Department

  Inter-Cultural Dialogues (ICD) is a unique, student-run and peer-facilitated diversity education program promoting civic engagement among the undergra...

• Wiigwaasi-Jiimaan: These Canoes Carry Culture

  Wayne Valliere was the Windgate artist in residence from September to November 2013. He built a birchbark canoe in the woodshop in the Art Department,...

• Richland FIT (Fitness in Total)

  Richland County Public Health was awarded a $400,000 grant in 2013 from the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) at the UW-Madison School of Medicine a...

• Compassion Fatigue: The Cost of Caring

  Upon completion of this presentation by Kathy Nelson, participants should be able to define burnout and compassion fatigue; identify the symptoms/caus...

• Applied Animal Behavior Conference

  In a joint presentation, Doctors John Ciribassi, Terri Derr, Judi Stella and Temple Grandin offer their expertise on animal behavior. Dr. Ciribassi te...

• Medical student service projects AHEC/PCC

  Many communities across the state of Wisconsin host third-year students from the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, for an 8-week rotation in th...

• Vernon County Farm to School

  The Vernon County Farm to School Initiative works to improve southwest Wisconsin's health and environment by educating local students on healthy eatin...

• Phosphorus and water quality of the Yahara Lakes

  Phosphorus runoff causes algae blooms and other harmful changes in the Yahara lakes (Mendota, Monona, Waubesa, Kegonsa and Wingra near Madison, Wis.)....

• Resilience of walleye fisheries in Wisconsin

  Walleye, an important sport fish, is undergoing population declines in some Wisconsin lakes. This project investigates the possible roles of fish harv...

• Waisman Center

  The Waisman Center, located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, is one of only 14 centers in the United States dedicated to the advancement...

• Oakhill Prison Humanities Project

  OPHP is a collective of volunteers who provide educational programming to individuals incarcerated at Oakhill Correctional Institution, a minimum-secu...

• Southeastern Wisconsin SBIRT Project

  Six communities in southeastern Wisconsin will be among the first in the nation to implement Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (...

• Reducing Alcohol Abuse among LGBTQ Youth in Wisconsin

  This project will replicate a culturally-competent alcohol harm reduction and prevention model tailored for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and qu...

• Dementia Wellness Project for Underserved African American Elders

  This project, focused on underserved African-American elders, will improve the health and well-being of their families by expanding and extending the...

• Bilingual Healthy Choices Project

  The Bilingual Healthy Choices Project, or Elecciones Saludables, is a 12 week program for Milwaukee families to help them fight obesity with a "learni...

• Safe Schools for Wisconsin’s Transgender Youth

  Safe Schools for Wisconsin’s Transgender Youth (SSWTY) will conduct and disseminate research, assist in school district policy change, and develop a m...

• Lifestyle Initiative for Fitness Empowerment Foundation Cross Plains Community Project

  The Lifestyle Initiative for Fitness Empowerment (LIFE) Foundation Cross Plains Community Project members unite in purpose with the Village of Cross P...

• Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Monona

  The Natural Step Monona (TNSM) is a nonprofit grassroots community organization in city of Monona. We collaborated in a total of three service learnin...

• Beyond Blood Work

  This program will provide practical tips for getting the most from ancillary diagnostics at the microscope and in the radiology suite. Tips will be pr...

• Taking Everyday Dentistry to the Next Level

  This three-part series will consist of two lectures (each lasting two hours) and will culminate in a five-hour hands-on practical lab session. The foc...

• Public Humanities Fellowship

  The Center for the Humanities’ Public Humanities Fellowship Program provides humanities graduate students with enriching experiences outside of academ...

• YumButter: Day Without Food Campaign

  Yumbutter is a young startup in the nut butters industry. They are a registered B Corp and have a Buy One Feed One aspect to their sales. The team wor...

• Parenthetical

  Parenthetical is an online learning community for parents of 10-16 year old tweens and teens designed to improve the quality of parenting through educ...

• Empowering Consumers with Financial and Health Insurance Literacy

  Wisconsin residents face opportunities and challenges with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and changes to BadgerCare eligibility....

• Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers School

  The Wisconsin Cut Flower Growers School provide technical training for people interested in starting a business growing and selling cut flowers and ot...

• Potawatomi language project

  I have been working with the Forest County Potawatomi to create a dictionary of their language, and to record narratives, stories, and conversations t...

• Endangered Language Fund

  I am President of the Endangered Language Fund, a non-profit which supports endangered language preservation and documentation efforts world-wide.

• Lands' End: Textile End of Life Recycling Program

  Lands' End, the global, Wisconsin based retailer, is looking to minimize their impact on the environment by continuing their journey towards sustainab...

• Wisconsin Science Festival

  The award-winning, annual Wisconsin Science Festival, based on the UW-Madison campus and featuring events in more than 30 locations around the state,...

• 7th Annual Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council Conference

  For the last six years, a team of students has created the conference for the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council, which over 400 people annually a...

• Building Capacity of Wisconsin Producers to Access Wholesale Markets

  I am providing technical assistance support to current producer members of the Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative (WFHC), particularly in the areas of pos...

• Public Humanities Exchange

  In 2005, the Center for the Humanities began supporting a select number of graduate student projects, convened outside the boundaries of academia. Eac...

• Out of Hospital (OOH) Hearing Clinics

  Many Amish and Mennonite families in remote areas of Wisconsin do not have access to newborn hearing screenings and other hearing health care due to m...

• UWSHC Symposium on Hearing and Hearing Loss

  This is an annual, free event for the public on topics within the field of audiology. These have included hearing loss, hearing technology, tinnitus,...

• Wisconsin Global Youth Summit

  The UW-Madison International Division collaborates with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction on an outreach event that brings to campus teac...

• Engaging students in Wisconsin dementia friendly community efforts

  Since 2014, the Center for Aging Research and Education (CARE) has supported students volunteering with and learning from Wisconsin community efforts...

• Health fairs for older adults

  The Center for Aging Research and Education (CARE) developed training materials to build communication and advocacy skills to respectfully engage peop...

• Educational opportunities for nursing assistants and personal care workers

  The Center for Aging Research and Education (CARE) organizes one-day conferences for healthcare paraprofessionals – certified nurse assistants (CNAs),...

• Immune-Mediated Disease

  A review of the immune system will start the day. Immunosuppressive therapy will discuss old standards (glucocorticoids, azathioprine & cyclosporine),...

• Public Archaeology: Unearthing Wisconsin's First Town in Trempealeau, WI/ The Trempealeau Interpretive Path (TRIP)

  The Trempealeau Interpretive Path (TRIP) is a series of three inter-­connected exhibit venues that explores the unique archaeology of the Trempealeau...

• Putting You to Work: Employment Writing Workshops Across Madison

  To help address the problems of unemployment and underemployment in our community, the Madison Writing Assistance (MWA) program offered a two-year ser...

• The Bubbler: Making Justice with Court-Involved Teens

  This campus-community initiative addresses the educational opportunity gap for youth entangled in the Dane County justice system, who are overwhelming...

• Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School

  In this joint summer course held alternatively at UW-Milwaukee and UW-Madison, students, faculty, scholars and community members explore ways to see a...

• Kickapoo Valley Tourism Project

  The Kickapoo Valley, a prime tourist destination during the summer months, experiences a drop in visitors once the weather cools. UW-Madison researche...

• Wisconsin Pollinator Plan

  Without pollinators, we would no longer be able to take a sip of coffee or ask for guacamole on our burritos. Flower-loving bats, birds and bees are n...

• Student Hometown Projects - Cross Plains

  Four undergraduate students have been given the opportunity to identify and solve an issue in their hometowns by partnering with a community organizat...

• Student Hometown Projects - Hudson

  Four undergraduate students have been given the opportunity to identify and solve an issue in their hometowns by partnering with a community organizat...

• Student Hometown Projects - Green Bay

  Four undergraduate students have been given the opportunity to identify and solve an issue in their hometowns by partnering with a community organizat...

• Student Hometown Projects - Kenosha

  Four undergraduate students have been given the opportunity to identify and solve an issue in their hometowns by partnering with a community organizat...

• Midwest Grape Growing School

  The Midwest School for Beginning Grape Growers, headed by John Hendrickson, outreach program manager for the center for integrated agricultural system...

• Pennsylvania Dutch Communication Project

  German Professor Mark Louden is improving the lives of Amish and Old Order Mennonites in Wisconsin through serving as a linguistic and cultural mediat...

• Water Sustainability and Climate Project

  The Water Sustainability and Climate project is examining how changes in climate, land use, and human demand could impact water quality, food producti...

• Wisconsin Idea Exchange Database

  The Wisconsin Idea Exchange Database is an interactive database designed to help community groups and UW-Madison faculty and staff find collaborative...

• Chorus for Alzheimer's Patients

  The Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute, part of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public health, is giving Milwaukee residents affected...

• Rural Nursing Shortage

  A three-week Rural Community Health Immersion Clinical program is helping nursing students gain a new perspective on health care that can only be foun...

• First Enologist at UW-Madison

  There are currently 110 wineries and commercial cider makers in Wisconsin, and that number will only continue to grow. This is why Nick Smith was hire...

• Computer Modeling Helps to Prepare for Large Storms

  In order to help decision-makers understand the potential effects of extreme precipitation events, Kenneth Potter, professor of Civil and Environmenta...

• Measuring the Impact of Farmers Markets

  In order to improve farmers markets not only in Wisconsin but throughout the U.S., Alfonso Morales, associate professor in urban and regional planning...

• Climate Change Research in Northern Wisconsin

  With the help of students and faculty from the College of Menominee Nation, Ankur Desai, Associate Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and a...

• Plastics Research Enhanced by University Resources

  With the help of Tim Osswald, UW-Madison plastics engineering Professor, Teel Plastics has been able to have a competitive edge over other companies b...

• Vegetable Research Analyzes Best Growing Practices

  The Hancock Agricultural Research Station has allowed UW-Madison researchers to explore the vegetable industry in order to sustainably increase produc...

• GlovesOn Surgeon Training

  The best way for practicing surgeons to better their skills is through hands-on education, which is why the UW-Madison Department of Surgery began the...

• Eco-Fruit Program

  The Eco-Fruit Program, a collaboration between the UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems and several apple growers around Wisconsin, i...

• Microgrids Help Power Milwaukee Industry

  UW-Madison researchers are developing a microgrid-based electric power and distribution system that has the potential to help bring economic stability...

• Reducing Dementia Stigma in Watertown

  By the year 2035, it is projected that 200,000 people in Wisconsin will be living with dementia. With two-thirds of these people living within communi...

• Uncovering the Mystery Behind the Trempealeau Mounds

  With the help of 11 UW-Madison students and six local volunteers, Danielle Benden, senior curator in the UW-Madison Department of Anthropology, is wor...

• Geosynthetic Bridges

  When the material used to make a bridge differs from that used to make the roadway, the road leading up to the bridge is compacted while the bridge te...

• Climate Change Outreach

  The Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI) is working to use research happening at UW-Madison to inform the public about the impacts o...

• Badger Reach: Impactful Summer Internships in Milwaukee, Chicago and the Twin Cities

  This 3-year project designs and implements ‘impactful’ UW-Madison summer internships in Milwaukee, Chicago and the Twin Cities. Impactful internships...

• Improving Wellness Knowledge and Practices in Persons with Disabilities

  In this project, graduate students and faculty from the Dept. of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at UW-Madison collaborated with Disab...

• UW Center for Cooperatives

  Since 1962, the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives (UWCC) has served formally as an interdisciplinary teaching and research center for al...

• Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946

  James Leary, UW-Madison professor of Folklore and of Scandinavian Studies, is a native of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and has been documenting the music and...

• Music Engagement and Outreach Program

  A component of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Music, the Music Engagement and Outreach Program works to share the expertise of its thre...

• Little Aldos

  Sarah Krier, an undergrad, received an award from the Wisconsin Open Education Community Fellowship offered by the Division of Continuing Studies and...

• Department of Surgery Regional Services

  The Department of Surgery provides specialized clinical and surgical services to communities throughout the state and region through an expansive netw...

• Specialty Care Training in Speech Pathology

  Speech-language pathologists from around the state can partner with specialized speech-language pathologists in the UW Voice and Swallow Clinics for h...

• The Quill literary journal

  The Quill, a literary journal for middle school and high school students in Green Bay, was one of four projects selected by the Wisconsin Open Educati...

• Cultural mediator for Amish and Old Order Mennonite communities

  Mark Louden, Professor of German and Co-director of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, is a cultural mediator for the Amish and Old O...

• Farm to School, Center for Integrated Agricultural Studies

  The Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems is a lead partner in Wisconsin Farm to School (F2S), promoting projects that connect Wisconsin farmers...

• Strategic Impact Consulting Projects

  2nd year Bolz Center for Arts Administration MBA students, in the Wisconsin School of Business, serve statewide communities and their creative organiz...

• Building Capacity for Mosquito-borne Disease Surveillance in Santo Domingo, Ecuador

  This project will convey UW expertise and skills for trapping and identifying mosquito vectors that spread many important public health pathogens, inc...

• Uncovering Ancient Life at Aztalan: New Explorations at One of Wisconsin’s Most Important Prehistoric Native American Communities

  Aztalan State Park, outside of Lake Mills, WI, was inhabited by two distinct groups of Native Americans nearly a millennium ago. Over three years, we...

• Assessing User Needs for Improved Access and Visualization to Statewide Historic Natural Resource Data

  The Wisconsin Historic Landscape Database was derived from the 1832-1866 General Land Office survey of Wisconsin, which collected detailed information...

• Girls Math Night Out!

  Girls Math Night Out! is an outreach program through the UW Department of Mathematics. The program involves high school females interested in pursuing...

• Flambeau River Community Growing Center

  The Flambeau River Community Growing Center is located in the Northern Wisconsin city of Park Falls. It is a collaborative community project headed by...

• African Studies Program Outreach

  The African Studies Department offers an outreach program for Wisconsin schools and community events. The Outreach Scholars Program comprises both gra...

• Fortalezas Familiares

  Fortalezas Familiares, Spanish for “family strengths,” is a program designed in response to increasing rates of depression among Latinos. Fortalezas F...

• Green Lake

  Green Lake, home to lake trout and other species, was deemed “impaired” by the DNR in 2014 because of its low levels of dissolved oxygen. Faculty memb...

• Great World Texts

  Great World Texts is a program through the Center for the Humanities. It creates a relationship between scholars at the university and high school tea...

• Gener8tor

  Started in Wisconsin, gener8tor is a nationally ranked seed investment fund and business accelerator that invests in high-growth startups. The company...