Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems: Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas

Fans of locally grown Wisconsin food now have an easier way to find the victuals they crave this spring and summer: the seventh edition of the Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas is available at numerous farmers’ markets, food co-ops and public libraries, as well as on online. The free, 40-page publication lists more than 150 farms, farmers’ markets and other locations that sell locally grown foods in Southern Wisconsin.

Those vendors listed in the atlas pledge to protect land and water resources, treat animals with care and respect, and provide safe working conditions for their employees.

The publication is a collaborative work among UW–Madison’s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, the REAP Food Group, the Dane County Farmers’ Market and the Friends of the Dane County Farmers’ Market.

For a full listing of distribution sites and an online version of the atlas, visit the REAP Food Group Web site. Those interested in become distributors of the atlas should contact Miriam Grunes, 608-294-1114.

University Research Park: The First Fifteen Years

UW–Madison’s University Research Park (URP) recently published a retrospective history spanning from its creation in 1984 through 1999. Written by Arthur Hove, the publication takes readers through the URP’s first 15 years and highlights efforts to grow the park from an idea to an international award-winner.

URP, a nonprofit research and technology park, has 34 buildings that house more than 114 companies and more than 4,000 employees. It received the Outstanding Research Park Award from the International Association of University Related Research Parks in 1996.

The history can be viewed on the University Research Park Web site. Hard copies are available weekdays from 7:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at the URP’s offices in the MGE Innovation Center, 510 Charmany Drive, Suite 250, Madison.

School of Business: Update Magazine

The Wisconsin School of Business has published its latest edition of Update Magazine.

The magazine is published in print and online by Wisconsin Business Alumni to inform alumni and friends about the school’s programs, activities and alumni. The recent edition highlights the ongoing renovations at the school, which are nearing completion, and features campus events, alumni notes, faculty and staff news, and a “From the Dean” message.

See the School of Business Web site for past editions of Update.

College of Engineering: Research Review

UW–Madison’s College of Engineering has released the winter edition of its electronic newsletter, Research Review.

The newsletter focuses on the college’s research and patent news. This issue includes stories on a new material-properties database, which welders and engineers can use to help avoid cracks in their welds; research on asphalt to develop a more sustainable process for production; and the UW’s national research ranking.

To sign up for an e-mail subscription for the quarterly newsletter, visit the Research Review Web page. For more information about the College of Engineering, visit http://www.engr.wisc.edu/.

Campus Connections: Winter 2008

The Winter 2008 edition of Campus Connections, the School of Education’s newsletter, is available in print and online. Published three times each academic year, the newsletter features an in-depth cover story, as well as features/updates on learning, frontiers, arts, people and access.

This issue’s feature story focuses on research by Allan Odden and Colleen Capper, professors in UW–Madison’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. In separate studies, Odden and Capper identified successful ways to improve education in schools, thus boosting student performance and helping close the gap between socioeconomic groups.

For a PDF file of the newsletter, visit the School of Education Web site. For a printed copy, send an e-mail with your name and address to soenews@education.wisc.edu or call (608) 265-2831.

Wisconsin Engineer: February 2008

The February 2008 edition of Wisconsin Engineer, the School of Engineering’s student magazine, is available online. Published twice a semester, the 100-year-old magazine focuses on people with engineering and science interests.

This issue features student-written articles on topics such as open-source files, new fees associated with mp3 song files and new storage devices for computers. An editorial addresses engineering and the public welfare.

To read the magazine online, visit the Wisconsin Engineer Web site. For more information or to request a printed copy, call (608) 262-3494.

Mechanical Engineering Newsletter

The Fall/Winter issue of ME, a newsletter published by UW–Madison’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, features improvement of a low-cost alternative to welding; a collaboration between the department and General Motors to research a cleaner, more fuel-efficient combustible engine; updates on the new Mechanical Engineering building; faculty news; and a student team that is hoping to develop an earth-friendly snowmobile that could be used in scientific research in Greenland and Antarctica. The newsletter is available on the Mechanical Engineering Web site.

Engineering Physics Newsletter

The Fall/Winter issue of EPisode, a newsletter published by UW-Madison’s Department of Engineering Physics, features astronomical experiments that help researchers to better understand processes that shape the universe; applications of micro-fabrication technology, which has the potential to reduce cell phone power consumption; and how students can be introduced to engineering early in life. The newsletter is available on the Engineering Physics Web site.

Working Paper Series

La Follette School of Public Affairs
The Working Paper Series makes research by faculty at UW–Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs available online before it is presented at conferences or published in journals or book chapters.

The latest installment, “Demand Pull, Technology Push, and Government-Led Incentives for Non-Incremental Technical Change,” by Gregory F. Nemet, uses patent-citation data to examine the strength of incentives for inventors created by government policy. Nemet discusses three explanations for what he believes is an apparent contradiction of the demand-pull hypothesis. His paper can be viewed on the La Follette School of Public Affairs Web site.

The opinions expressed in the working papers reflect the views of the individual authors and researchers; the La Follette School takes no stand on policy issues.

Some papers in the Working Paper Series are available through the Social Science Research Network. For more information, visit the Social Science Research Network Web site.

Research Digest: Fall 2007

The fall edition of Research Digest, an online newsletter describing research advances and related programs and activities at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, is now available. Published quarterly, the newsletter includes feature stories on research findings, summaries of patents, descriptions of new clinical trials, notices about events of interest and other relevant information.

Visit the School of Medicine and Public Health Web site to download this edition. To be placed on the mailing list or contact the editor, e-mail researchdigest@hosp.wisc.edu.

Continuing Education Catalog

The Winter/Spring Continuing Education Catalog is now available in print and online. It contains hundreds of credit and noncredit program offerings. New courses for 2008 include digital photography, introduction to Quebec’s cultural life and more.

Call (608) 263-6960 for a printed copy or visit the Continuing Studies Web site to view the catalog online. For more information, e-mail info@dcs.wisc.edu.

Research Review: Fall 2007

The fall 2007 edition of Research Review, the UW–Madison College of Engineering’s electronic newsletter that features the latest research and patent news, is now available. Among this issue’s highlights:

• A technique that enables researchers to confer the properties of a semiconductor onto nanomechanical devices
• An inexpensive, palm-sized drug-delivery device
• Funding for translational research, applications of recycled materials in transportation infrastructure and more
• Patents: a means for using multicast to reduce streaming-media server and network bandwidth requirements, a better process for investment-casting metal objects and more

To subscribe, visit the College of Engineering Web site, or contact researchreview@engr.wisc.edu.

Environmental Leadership in Action

Environmental Leadership in Action, the 2006–07 Annual Report of UW–Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, is now available online. Printed copies, which are paid for with private funding provided through the University of Wisconsin Foundation, are also available at no charge; call (608) 265-5296, e-mail tksincla@wisc.edu or write to Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, 122 Science Hall, 550 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706-1491.

College of Engineering Annual Report 07

The UW–Madison College of Engineering’s 2007 Annual Report is now available online. In addition, printed copes of the annual report, paid for with gift funds administered through the University of Wisconsin Foundation, are also available at no charge from Engineering External Relations. For your free copy, call (608) 263-5080; e-mail perspective@engr.wisc.edu, or write Engineering External Relations, 433 Wendt Library; 215 N. Randall Avenue, Madison, WI 53706.

La Follette School of Public Affairs: Workshop Reports 2007

The Public Affairs Workshops are the capstone courses for the La Follette School's two master's degree programs, the Master of International Public Affairs and the Master of Public Affairs. The students produce research-based, analytical, evaluative and prescriptive reports for real-world clients who range from municipal government offices to international development organizations. Through these reports, students contribute to the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s outreach mission and to the Wisconsin Idea.

To view the reports, visit the La Follette School of Public Affairs Web site. For more information, contact Terry Shelton, (608) 262-3038, shelton@lafollette.wisc.edu.

Campus Connections: Fall 2007

The Fall 2007 edition of Campus Connections, the School of Education’s newsletter, is available in print and online. This issue’s feature story focuses on the work of the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment Consortium to develop effective ways to educate English Language Learners.

All issues of the School of Education newsletter can be found online on the School of Education’s Web site. For a print copy, send an e-mail with your name and address to soenews@education.wisc.edu, or call the editor at (608) 265-2831.

Research Digest: Summer 2007

The fifth issue of Research Digest is now available on the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) Web site. Published quarterly, Research Digest features SMPH scientists and describes novel research findings, new clinical trials, special grant awards, research facilities, patents, research-related events and metrics. Coverage in this issue includes:

• An NIH grant of $41 million to expand clinical and translational research
• A new project exploring the use of stem cells to treat ALS
• A new treatment for glaucoma that has been patented
• A milestone in the construction of the new Interdisciplinary Research Complex

Issues of the Research Digest are available for download in PDF format on the SMPH Web site. For more information, or to be added to the mailing list, send an e-mail to researchdigest@hosp.wisc.edu.

Research Review: Summer 2007

The summer 2007 edition of Research Review, the College of Engineering electronic newsletter about its latest research and patent news, is now available. Among this issue’s highlights:

• Blueprint for a nanomechanical computer
• Sugar high: Creating a path to carbon-neutral fuel
• Fast, efficient MR imaging
• Patents: X-ray system for use in image-guided procedures; engine testing device that simulates dynamic gas exchange and more.

Visit the College of Engineering Web site to read this edition or subscribe to the newsletter to receive future issues. For more information, e-mail researchreview@engr.wisc.edu.

Fall Continuing Education Catalog

The Continuing Education Catalog for fall 2007 is now available in print and online. It features all program offerings, ranging from a workshop on building effective nonprofit-business partnerships to a seminar on blogging for professionals in politics, media, education and business.

Call 608/263-6960 if you would like a printed copy or view the catalog online. For more information, e-mail info@dcs.wisc.edu.

ME Newsletter

The spring / summer issue of ME, a newsletter from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is now available online. ME features research and news for UW-Madison alumni, students and friends. Articles include:

• Research team works to improve informatics education
• Mechanical Engineering Building construction: finishing touches
• Frank Fronczak receives Benjamin Smith Reynolds award
• Racing team zooms into first place in international competition

Update Magazine

The June 2007 edition of UPDATE, the Wisconsin Business Alumni magazine, is now available in print and online. Each issue, published in June and December, contains information on programs and activities of the UW–Madison School of Business and its alumni. This issue’s features include:

• Brands Are Everywhere: New Frontiers in Product Placement
• Why Not Better Bosses?
• Pros & Cons of Corporate Cleanup
• The Buck Stops Here?
• Honor Roll of Contributors

Printing is funded by private contributions. Correspondence about the magazine should be sent to lfanlund@bus.wisc.edu or mailed to UPDATE, 5151 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706-1323

La Follette Policy Report

The Spring-Summer 2007 edition of the La Follette Policy Report, a biennial publication, is a compendium of research by faculty at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs and the school’s affiliates. Articles include:

• How Successful are Research Universities in Enrolling Low-Income Students?
• The Performance of Charter Schools in Wisconsin

To subscribe to the printed version, send an e-mail to publications@lafollette.wisc.edu or view the current edition online.

UW–Madison Summer Programs

UW–Madison’s summer Continuing Education Catalog is now available in print and online. It describes summer 2007 program offerings ranging from a forum on “The Culture of Sport and Its Commercialization” to the award-winning School of the Arts at Rhinelander. Call 608/263-6960 to request a printed copy or visit the Continuing Studies Web site to view the catalog online. For more information, e-mail info@dcs.wisc.edu.

Research Review: Spring 2007

The spring 2007 edition of Research Review, the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering electronic newsletter, which covers the latest research and patent news, is now available. Among this issue’s highlights:

• A feat in plasma fusion research
• Wind power goes global
• Novel nano DNA films for gene therapy
• Patents: two applications for microfluidics, a solution that simplifies signal processing in wireless communication systems, and more

To subscribe, visit the College of Engineering Web site or contact researchreview@engr.wisc.edu.

2007 Southern Wisconsin Farm Fresh Atlas

This publication lists more than 150 area farms, farmers markets and related businesses that have pledged to protect land and water resources, treat animals with care and respect, and provide safe working conditions for their employees. The atlas is a collaborative project of the REAP Food Group, the Dane County Farmers’ Market, the UW–Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems and the Friends of the Dane County Farmers Market. It is underwritten by Heartland Credit Union and local businesses and organizations.

For more information, contact Cris Carusiat (608) 262-8018 or Miriam Grunes at (608) 294-1114. For an online version and a list of places where the printed atlas is available, visit the REAP Food Group Web site.

Summer Timetable

To help you make UW–Madison your headquarters for summer learning, check out the Summer Timetable. It includes course listings and other information about Summer Sessions. Don’t forget the innovative summer progrmas that include free public forums, classes for teachers and other professionals, and noncredit classes for people of all ages.

Summer enrollment began March 26, so don’t delay. Call 608-263-6960 for a printed copy or visit the Summer Sessions Web page.

Research Review: Winter 2007

The winter 2007 edition of the College of Engineering’s quarterly electronic newsletter, Research Review, is available online. The newsletter covers recent research advances and patents, and new grants.

Visit the College of Engineering Web site to view the report (PDF) or contact Jim Beal at jbeal@engr.wisc.edu.

Engineering quarterly report highlights research progress

The UW–Madison College of Engineering’s “Research Review” looks at some recent advances from engineering labs, including a new microbial improvement in wastewater treatment, new online strategies to manage traffic safety, and approaches to making environmentally friendly plastics. Also, readers get a rundown of recent patents awarded to college researchers.

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The Next Step in Continuing and Professional Education

Continuing education has always offered people the opportunity to improve their skills, forward their careers and expand their horizons. This year, the UW–Madison Division of Continuing Studies has taken the next step with several new initiatives, including work helping at-risk children, promoting healthy retirement and extolling the arts in rural Wisconsin.

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The Wisconsin Idea: A Century of Progress

A century after President Charles Van Hise gave name to the problem-solving spirit of UW–Madison faculty and staff, the university is addressing how the Wisconsin Idea will remain vital in the new century. This Web publication will provide biweekly profiles of the Wisconsin Idea in action and highlight ongoing projects to improve health, enhance education and build the economy in Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Idea Web site

2006 College of Engineering Annual Report

This comprehensive report looks at some of the 2006 highlights for the College of Engineering, including the development of a new energy research institute, a $15 million nanotechnology initiative and more than 130 new invention disclosures.

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Vet School Report Reviews 2005-06

The School of Veterinary Medicine continued to make strides forward during the past fiscal year. Its new report highlights a few of the year’s major accomplishments. As the school finds new ways to improve animal health, educate future veterinarians and share new discoveries with the public, it continues to serve an important role in the state of Wisconsin, the nation and the world.

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College of Engineering’s Summer 2006 Research Review

The current edition of the College of Engineering’s electronic newsletter includes a wealth of news and in-depth reports on topics such as how autonomous lenses may bring the microworld into focus.

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The Status of Wisconsin Agriculture, 2006

From the Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics in the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and from the Cooperative Extension of UW-Extension, this annual report on the status of Wisconsin agriculture is a cornucopia of highly useful, relevant information, including the fact that there were more cows in the state at the end of 2005 than at the beginning. “This is a positive sign of a turnaround beginning in Wisconsin’s dairy sector,” the report notes.

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News from Engineering Research: The College of Engineering’s Spring 2006 Research Review

In its current review of research, UW–Madison’s College of Engineering serves up a full plate of in-depth reports on topics such as nanostructures and flexible semiconductors, and how chemical and biological engineers are squeezing secrets from proteins.

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‘Congratulations: You’re a CEO’

So begins “Strategic Management: A Dynamic Perspective,” a new textbook coauthored by Mason A. Carpenter, Pyle Bascom Professor of Leadership in the School of Business at UW–Madison.

Imagine starting a new job and then finding out that your job description includes the following items:

• You’ll be personally responsible for the entire company’s performance — success or failure.
• You’ll be relatively powerless to control most of what goes on in the organization.
• You’ll have more authority than any other employee, but in using that authority, you’ll make some people so unhappy that they’ll harbor personal grudges against you.

Carpenter wrote the book with Wm. Gerard Sanders of the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.

Carpenter says he developed the book when he was unable to find a textbook for his classes that contained enough current information on strategic management.

“I wanted to explore the link between strategy formulation and its implementation,” Carpenter says. “ I was particularly interested in showing the key role strategic leadership plays at many levels of management.”

Carpenter uses the textbook, which covers both concepts and cases, to teach the strategic management module in the Executive MBA program.

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The 2006 UW–Madison Executive Education’s Program Catalog

This is an incredible career development resource for companies and individuals. It has one of the largest course offerings among top-ranked business schools in the United States, more than 200 open enrollment programs, more than 80 business topics and in-depth certificate series in 10 program areas.

Visit the site

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences “Science Report 2006-07”

“From the earliest days, when it consisted of little more than a handful of professors, a bit of cramped lab and office space and a small experimental farm, this college has been on a journey of never-ending growth and reinvention.” So begins the introduction to this latest report from one of UW–Madison’s oldest and largest colleges, now led by Dean Molly Jahn.

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Learning to Talk the Talk

Language Resources for Business

More than 60 languages are taught at UW–Madison. The university is home to 11 internationally prominent departments of languages and literatures, 11 prestigious area studies centers covering every region of the world, and two national programs, the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages and the National African Languages Resource Center.

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School of Business Annual Report

In Report to Investors, the 2005 Annual Report of the UW–Madison School of Business, Dean Michael Knetter comments, “I am pleased to report the quality of our programs has never been higher. As we enter 2006, our top priority continues to be the successful implementation of a retooled MBA program.”

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College of Engineering’s 2005 Annual Report

“The future of engineering education is taking shape on our campus,” writes College of Engineering Dean Paul S. Peercy in the introduction to the school’s report at the end of the 2005 fiscal year.

College of Engineering faculty, staff and students made 116 invention disclosures in fiscal year 2005, with 91 U.S. patent applications filed and 29 patents issued. This is the fifth consecutive year the college has reported more than 100 disclosures. Total research expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30 reached $110,084,000.

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A New Book on Risk Management

By UW–Madison Professor Dan Anderson

“Corporate Survival: The Critical Importance of Sustainability Risk Management” by
Dan Anderson, the Leslie P. Schultz Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at the UW–Madison School of Business.

His just-published book analyzes the increased pressures brought on U.S. based multi-national corporations from global competition and regulations, particularly in the European Union and Japan. He gives strategies for developing sustainability risk management systems and explores their considerable advantages, which he believes include decreasing risk costs, increasing competitive advantage, improved community image, enhanced reputation, and increased profitability and stock performance. Details

College of Engineering’s Latest Research Review

Delve into research reports on making proteins, recycling nuclear wastes, transferring technology and a host of the other subjects in the fall 2005 issue of Research Review.
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Looking for a Lawyer?

Check out the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School’s Web site, Information for Employers, and see why law firms and others in the business world come to Madison for some of the best and brightest newly hatched legal eagles in the nation. According to a recent survey of employers who hire the school’s graduates, these students are highly regarded, well-prepared for practice and particularly strong in legal analysis and creative thinking.
UW–Madison Law School: Information for Employers

Here a Cow, There a Cow…

They used to be called "experiment farms," but that term no longer conveys the breadth of activities at the Agricultural Research Stations operated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. They are outdoor laboratories, classrooms and education centers, used by scientists and students studying the biological and social sciences, natural resources and, of course, the agricultural sciences. To help all Wisconsin farmers and others who depend on the state’s natural resources, scientists must work in all parts of Wisconsin. That’s why the UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences has agricultural research stations throughout the state. Researchers can try new ideas under a variety of conditions. And every station can focus on the needs of its area.
Agricultural Research Stations Web site

COE’s Research Review, Summer 2005 (PDF)

“Bandaged Bridges” and other subjects are presented in the College of Engineering’s latest Research Review. Read how mechanically fastened polymer strips can be used to strengthen aging rural bridges and concrete culverts, and find out how research on such topics as why nanostructured ceramic materials -- some of the hardest structures known — also exhibit unusual pliability.

Learning the Lingo

The UW–Madison Language Institute’s Web site is an excellent resource for companies with international operations. Over 60 languages are taught at UW–Madison. The university is home to 11 internationally prominent departments of languages and literatures, eleven prestigious area studies centers covering every region of the world, and two national programs, the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages and the National African Languages Resource Center.
UW–Madison Language Institute

Wisconsin TechSearch

Wisconsin TechSearch offers document delivery and reference services to business and industry, including online literature, patent and trademark searches. WTS is the fee-based information outreach program of UW–Madison’s Kurt F. Wendt Library, which contains outstanding collections in science and engineering and is a U.S. Patent and Trademark Depository Library. In addition, WTS offers access to the more than 40 libraries and information centers on the UW–Madison campus.
Wisconsin TechSearch Web site

Reorganizing the Factory: Competing Through Cellular Manufacturing

Co-authored by Nancy Hyer and Urban Wemmerlöv
Cellular manufacturing principles, applied to either administrative work or production, are fundamental building blocks for lean and quick-response organizations. "Reorganizing the Factory" is the definitive reference book in this area. Wemmerlöv is the Kress Family Wisconsin Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, where he directs the Erdman Center for Operations and Technology Management

UW–Madison College of Engineering Research Review - Spring 2005

The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering’s Spring 2005 Research Review (144 KB PDF) contains several reports and other information of interest to the business community, including an article on "Positive (RF) ID" and how a recently formed UW–Madison work group enables corporate representatives to study radio-frequency ID tags in a campus lab and learn ways to exploit the tags’ potential for their own businesses.

How desktop search tools boost productivity in today’s information economy

The University of Wisconsin-Madison e-Business Consortium’s "Benchmark Study of Desktop Search Tools" (2.3 MB PDF) evaluates 12 leading vendors. The study is available free through the UW e-Business Institute Web site. The study was conducted solely by the UW e-Business Consortium and was not funded or supported by desktop search companies or institutions.

Local Players in Global Games: The Strategic Constitution of a Multinational Corporation

By Peer Hull Kristensen and Jonathan Zeitlin
What happens when previously autonomous firms from different countries, each with their own identities, routines and capabilities, come together inside a single multinational corporation? Can a cooperative strategy be established that advances the development of the multinational as a whole, or do mutual misunderstandings and the unintended consequences of strategic interaction among the players lead instead to endemic conflict and disintegration?

Continuing Education for Engineers

Visit the Web site of the Department of Engineering Professional Development in the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering for a menu of more than 400 short courses in continuing education for engineers, architects, contractors, consultants, managers and other technical professionals.

A New Look at a Great Place

University Research Park’s new Web site is packed with useful information about this unique research and technology park, whose primary mission is to encourage partnerships between businesses and University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. Located 3 miles west of the campus, University Research Park is the home of 107 companies employing nearly 4,000 people.

Return on your investment

The Office of Corporate Relations is listed among the "Breakthroughs in the Wisconsin Idea" in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Annual Report, published in February 2005.

Information Services for Businesses and Industry

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries offer your company the world of science, engineering, business, medical and law literature.

UW–Madison College of Engineering Research Review - Fall 2004

"Alloys That Bind, Loosely," is just one of the research topics covered in this quarterly report from the College of Engineering.

DCS Winter/Spring 2005 Programs

Select from a full menu of continuing education courses offered on such subjects as business, engineering, languages, law, nonprofit development and writing — plus a great deal more — through the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies.
Continuing Studies Web site

"Seven Reasons Why Real Estate Prices Will Hold Up for Now...

But Five More Reasons Why You Should Sit Up Straight and Pay Close Attention" is the title of the introductory article in the current PREA Quarterly by University of Wisconsin-Madison real estate expert Timothy J. Riddiough. He is the E.J. Plesko Chair, director of the Center for Real Estate and professor of real estate in the Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business. Full article (152K PDF)

UW–Madison College of Engineering 2004 Annual Report

Engineering education is beginning to undergo a tremendous transformation," writes Paul S. Peercy, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering in his introduction to the college’s 2004 Annual Report. To learn more about the college’s performance over the past year and how it is, in Peercy’s words, "creating a curriculum for the new interdisciplinary, global engineer," visit http://www.engr.wisc.edu/news/ar/2004/.

"A Third-Year Progress Report on the Strategic Plan"

This summary of the UW–Madison Strategic Plan offers a representative sample of how faculty, staff, and students have addressed each of the plan’s five components during the third year of the plan. Strategic Plan Web site

Jobs in the New Millennium

Report by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, presents data about declines in employment in Wisconsin between 1999 and 2003, but points out, "Dane County is the one region that seems to have positioned itself to continue to grow economically in the new century." Full report (172K PDF)

The Small Business Development Center’s Fall, 2004, Program

A handy directory to all the programs being offered this fall by the SBDC in the UW–Madison School of Business, covering such issues as managing finance and human resources, starting a business successfully, growing and improving a business, and opportunities to network with other small business owners. Small Business Development Center Web site

Marketing & Distribution Seminars for Executives

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has designed these executive marketing programs and the Excellence in Marketing Certificate series to help experienced marketing professionals build upon their foundation of knowledge and become a recognized leader in the marketing profession. Details

College of Letters & Science Annual Report 2003-2004

The College of Letters & Science is one of UW–Madison’s largest research units, and its 2003-04 Annual Report provides a wealth of information of interest to businesses, including a special section on how its research benefits the Wisconsin economy. Full report (436K PDF)

A Primer on U.S. Housing Markets and Housing Policy

This new book provides a broad review of the market for housing services in the U.S., including a conceptual framework, an overview of housing demand and supply, methods for measuring prices and quantities, and sources of basic data on markets. Details

Annual Review:
2003-04 A Year of Progress and Accomplishment

The year-old Office of Corporate Relations at UW–Madison made "solid progress in addressing its mission of serving the needs of business in Wisconsin and beyond," according to its Annual Review for 2003-04. Full report (92K PDF)

The Managers Guide to Distribution Channels

A new look by three Executive Education faculty at UW–Madison examines how today’s most innovative corporations are rewriting the rules for distribution strategies. Details

Asking the Right Questions

The Science Report 2004-2005 from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences explores a range of topics and issues from the insurance choices facing farmers to how researchers are turning discoveries into useful technologies. Full report

At Work for Wisconsin

The health of Wisconsin’s economy depends on innovative, cost-effective solutions to industry problems. This report details how teams of UW–Madison College of Engineering faculty, staff and students work hand in hand with Wisconsin industry to meet its challenges. Full report