Madison– The Division of International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) are pleased to announce the awarding of ten International Collaboration Grants totaling more than $32,000. The awards are designed to “seed fund” UW-Madison researchers’ international partnerships with colleagues...
According to a recently released white paper written by IT Edge, understanding that the recession can actually be a strategic business opportunity and making the necessary adjustments, organizations can maintain business during a recession and, when it is over, emerge with more growth potential, loyal...
The telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks said Wednesday that it would cut its work force by 3,200 jobs worldwide. The company, based in Canada, said the new round of job cuts would be made over the next several months. The reduction is on top of 1,800...
Two of Obama's claims from the SOTU: "We invented solar technology, but we've fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan in producing it." and "I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it." After a period of prolonged study and meditation...
As the federal stimulus bill steamed down the track in Washington, a separate and (much) smaller state bill leapfrogged from formal introduction to passage by the Legislature to being signed by the governor - all inside a week. In the state Capitol, where virtually every...
Is it true that we're able to reach the same number of users in shorter and shorter time frames with each new technology. It certainly seems so when compared to the decades it took to get the telephone and electricity out to the world....
SAN JOSE, CA – The global hospital information systems market will climb past $35 billion by 2015, according to a new forecast by Global Industry Analysts. The United States represents the largest market in the world. The U.S. hospital information system market is experiencing...
Some ethanol plants were announced with a big splash, including a YouTube video featuring former Gov. Tommy Thompson. But now, Wisconsin's ethanol and biodiesel industries face some financial messes. The state's largest ethanol plant, Renew Energy in Jefferson, has filed for bankruptcy. A proposed $195 million plant that...
Twelve UW-Madison faculty members have been named finalists to compete for five spots in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, the public part of a $150 million public-private research building going up on the 1300 block of University Avenue. The institute, to focus on biotechnology, nanotechnology and...
The U.S. economic recovery is at least a year out, slamming the brakes on IT and other business capital initiatives, according to a broad-based survey of 200 companies conducted in the fourth quarter of 2008 by the Boston-based Delphi Group. Spending on information technology initiatives...