Dan Thoma is looking to redefine the technological age in which we live. “The ages of human development are based on the materials peoples of the day used: the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age,” he told the UW College of Engineering. “Technology is the driver. Materials are the enabler, so that discovery point is really what impacts society.”
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A Kingly Gift
With a $10 million gift to the Center for Healthy Minds, Bob and Dottie King promote the study of children’s emotional health. Mental illness is one of the most common afflictions affecting young Americans, with about one-fifth of adolescents suffering from a diagnosable psychological disorder. And yet as many as seven out of every ten… Read more »
A Monumental Achievement for the Department of Chemistry
A nine-floor, state-of-the-art addition — Chemistry Tower — is the perfect solution for the escalating challenges that the Department of Chemistry was facing.
Tom and Karen Falk Give $10 Million for Scholarships, Faculty Support
Tom Falk caddied his way into higher education. Karen Falk worked behind the counter of a Rennebohm Drug Store to help her pursue her degree. In the 1970s, when they attended UW-Madison, that was enough.
Wisconsin Ideas: New York City
Nearly 400 University of Wisconsin – Madison alumni gathered at Wall Street’s Cipriani for the third installment of Wisconsin Ideas: Let The World Know.