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Mellon Foundation Grant Helps Sustain DARE to Completion

DARE - Frederic G. Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall

The completion of the print and digital editions of The Dictionary of American Regional English is being aided through a recent $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York. continue reading »

Posted: November 1st, 2011

Oscar Rennebohm Foundation made $1 Million Gift to School of Nursing near Spring Game

School of Nursing building

The secret is out. The Oscar Rennebohm Foundation made its second $1 million gift to the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing in advance of the Badgers’ Spring Football Game. The gift was announced at the May game, but it was anonymous. continue reading »

Posted: October 14th, 2011

Donors Honor Professor Emeritus with Creation of Carstensen Chair

Rennebohm Hall

Mahendra Patel, founder and CEO of Navinta LLC, and wife Jayshree Patel have made a $1 million gift to establish the Jens T. Carstensen Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy. continue reading »

Posted: September 21st, 2011

The Bucky Challenge: Connect with UW-Madison, Help Students

Bucky Challenge

Here’s a challenge that’s easy to undertake. Connect with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Wisconsin Alumni Association, or both, on Twitter and Facebook and help students. continue reading »

Posted: September 16th, 2011

Endowed Lectureship Honors Influential Economist, Artist Wife

William H. Sewell Social Science Building

Susan Feigenbaum, professor of economics at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, has established a lectureship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in honor of a mentor and his wife. continue reading »

Posted: March 24th, 2011

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