Education

A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and physician with ties to the entertainment industry is developing a software product to train medical students. The ultimate objective of Fred Kron, proprietor of Medical Cyberworlds, is to transform the doctor-patient relationship....

With a package of workforce advancement training grants set aside for the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, northern Wisconsin companies will be able to provide their workers with additional technical training....

With more than 50,000 jobs, Wisconsin ranks 10th among the 50 states in the number of people employed in the plastics industry. A state grant will be used to determine how much the development of biodegradable plastics can expand that industry. ...

UW-Madison and MATC are working together to promote alternative energy production. Their joint effort has yielded a biodiesel reactor that produces clean-burning fuel for laboratory training....

Born in Viroqua, Wisconsin, Mark Lee performed four missions in space in the 1980s and 1990s. He worked on the Hubble Space Telescope and was responsible for "extra-vehicular activities" requiring untethered flight. Now, as a member of the new Wisconsin Aerospace Authority, he is working...

The forthcoming "Extreme Entrepreneur Tour" of state colleges will feature a bus load of high-profile young entrepreneurs, and will attempt to raise awareness about the principles of entrepreneurial leadership. Tour luminaries will include Blake Ross, creator of the Web browser Mozilla Firefox, and noted "serial...