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.
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We Hope They Find Out What Causes It
After surviving Stage 3C ovarian cancer, Alvina Runde and her husband, Pat, give what they can to promote cancer research.,
Meet Tong Wang (’15)
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.
Meet Alison Wendlandt (’15)
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.
Potato Industry Helps Create New Professorship to Lead UW’s Potato Breeding Program
Jeff Endelman was hired through a partnership between the university and the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association. Taking advantage of a new option to fund UW professorships, the WPVGA agreed to provide $370,000 over the course of five years to support Endelman’s position and research.