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IN THE HEADLINES

After a summer spent studying in China, UW-Madison undergraduate Ben Nyquist came back to Madison with more than just a suitcase full of souvenirs: he had an idea for a business.

 

Martin names business school dean to coordinate strategy, development
Chancellor Carolyn "Biddy" Martin announced the appointment of Michael Knetter, dean of the business school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as special assistant/liaison to the chancellor for long-term strategy and development.

Nicholas gift endows business school deanship
A gift from longtime university supporter Albert O. Nicholas and his wife, Nancy Johnson Nicholas, has created an endowed deanship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Wisconsin School of Business.

 

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EVENTS TO WATCH FOR

Monday, January 5, 2009: Intent to Compete Form Due

The UW–Madison New Arts Venture Challenge is a competition to encourage new thinking and innovative ideas. Entrants will develop and present a thorough proposal that will result in an arts event, exhibition, series or project. Proposals should demonstrate creativity, innovation, added value to the arts, and potential for success.

The Wisconsin Governor's Business Plan Contest

Now through January 31, 2009

The nation's first statewide, tech-based business plan competition is accepting entries online for the 2009 competition. Entries will be accepted now through 5 p.m. Jan. 31, 2009. The contest's Grand Prize is worth $50,000 in cash and services.  

 

January 14

This full-day program will help you understand business taxes based on different legal forms of business to minimize taxes and maximize liability protection.
 

Fall 2008 Jottings
The fall 2008 issue of Jottings, a publication by the UW School of Library & Information Studies, features a story about three masters’ students working with the Red Cliff tribe in northern Wisconsin. They spent the fall semester there trying to create a library for the tribe, funded by a grant from the Kauffman Foundation-supported Wiscontrepreneur Initiative. Click here to read the story.

Fall 2008 Research Digest
The fall 2008 Research Digest is now available on the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) Web site. In this issue, you'll read about the following topics -- and much more!
• PET scan images that will improve cancer care
• A study that links brain inflammation pathways and obesity
• How regenerative medicine may restore hearing
• New disease risks with global warming
• A Genomics initiative linking SMPH with other institutions.

Click here to read it (click fall ‘08).

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