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Investors also usually have to buy more than one discovery to work on a single project. This “stacking” of patents is highly likely in the stem cell field, in which the University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has already patented some of the essential technology.

Quoted: Edward Friedman, a China specialist at the University of Wisconsin.

College administrators call them “helicopter parents” and say their numbers are on the rise: moms and dads who persistently hover around their children during orientation, hampering efforts to help new students begin the transition to life away from home.

The University of Vermont decided to do something about those well-meaning troublemakers: hire “parent bouncers.” The bouncers, who are students, delicately keep parents at bay during orientation sessions as incoming students consult with academic advisers or participate in panel discussions about alcohol and sex.

MIDDLETOWN, Virginia (AP) — During commencement here at Lord Fairfax Community College this spring, M. Gayle Crowder not only stole the show but, for a memorable moment, stopped it

If beer is your beverage, chances are you can relate to the frustration of a slow flow. And if so, you can certainly appreciate the plight of a former University of Wisconsin student who has spent years pouring over the problem.

Today, his solution is certain to leave many a glass half-full. “I got the idea for the product while standing in a beer line at the UW Terrace,” says Matt Younkle.

Matthew Younkle was a senior at the University of Wisconsin in Madison when inspiration struck. What the world really needs, he decided, is a three-second beer.

Ten years later, Younkle, 31 years old, is president and chief technology officer of TurboTap, a company marketing a finger-sized nozzle that attaches to standard beer faucets and pours draft beer at least twice as fast as traditional systems do, and with less spillage.

Mice engineered to grow old and gray two to three times faster than normal are providing UW-Madison scientists insights into the aging process.
Research on the prematurely old mice may one day lead to genetic intervention as humans age, allowing doctors to treat some of the curses of advancing age, such as hearing loss, which was studied in the lab mice.

Madison is on the right track with its effort to ensure a safer and saner Halloween bash on State Street this fall. Officials should continue to focus on establishing standards of behavior, encouraging swift and absolute enforcement of those standards, and creating a well-lit, well-policed environment that discourages mayhem.

The state is finally auditing a $100 million program that has failed to reduce overall energy use in state-owned buildings.
The Wisconsin Energy Initiative has paid for energy-efficient lighting, temperature controls, high-efficiency motors and low-flow plumbing fixtures since 1992 to try to save energy and money in the long run.

Quoted: Dr. John J. Magnuson, an emeritus professor of zoology at the University of Wisconsin.

Hollis-Eidsmoe is represented by the Consumer Law Litigation Clinic, a project of the University of Wisconsin Law School.

GREEN BAY – At a time when some legislators and citizens are questioning whether the University of Wisconsin System is still in touch with the needs of the state, the new Paper Technology Transfer Center in Green Bay is a reminder that the “Wisconsin Idea” is alive and well.