The Impact of Gifts

At the Wisconsin Energy Institute, innovation means sustainable clean energy that increases efficiency, diversifies the energy sector and supports the ecosysytem.

Donors make innovation happen in Mechanical Engineering. A $1.5 million gift helps better prepare students for a dynamic industry.

How does the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education support an innovative program? By assessing the success of hard-working high school students with college ambitions.

What does innovation mean at the School of Nursing? Online resources at school nurses’ fingertips with potentially life-saving benefits.

This summer’s Biking for Everyone course is a unique eight-week class that’s designed to help kids with disabilities learn how to ride. The program is run through the department’s adaptive physical fitness program, and is made possible by support from Pacific Cycle, which is headquartered in Madison and sells more bicycles than any other company in North America.

After surviving Stage 3C ovarian cancer, Alvina Runde and her husband, Pat, give what they can to promote cancer research.,

Tong Wang, a campus tour guide, encourages prospective students to get involved in research at UW-Madison. As a chemistry major, his research experience has allowed him to learn how to ask questions and investigate like a scientist.

Graduate students don’t rub shoulders with Nobel Laureates every day. But chemistry graduate student Alison Wendlandt did at the 2013 Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting. The experience confirmed for her the importance of fundamental science research.