Tag: impact of gifts

Watchdogs on Beat Thanks to Internship

For the last three years, UW-Madison interns have worked with the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative team at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel thanks to support from Sharon Stark.

Drugs Under the Microscope

Pharmacy research targets Central Nervous System Disorders at the source, in the brain. Assistant Professor Robert Thorne studies how to deliver medication across the blood-brain barrier.

Unitrusts Benefit Donor, University

With the proceeds from selling two condominiums in Vail, Colorado, Ed Drager created charitable remainder unitrusts through the UW Foundation. The unitrusts help his current financial situation and eventually will benefit UW-Madison.

Guatemala Experience Changes Career Path

Abby Kalscheur may never forget following the spry Guatemalan farmer up the side of a volcano to his milpa, a small subsistence farm. Twenty students and three faculty members struggled to keep up with the father of 10, during an international learning trip.

Human Ecology Building Named for Nancy Nicholas

The renovated School of Human Ecology building will be named for Nancy Johnson Nicholas, a 1955 graduate of the school and the major donor along with husband Albert “Ab” Nicholas for the new facility. Nancy Nicholas Hall, opening in 2012, will be the first facility on campus to be named for a female donor.