Welcome to Madison and the University of Wisconsin

Welcome to Madison and the University of Wisconsin

Madison

Madison – 1 st or highly rated in: • • • • • Places to Educate Your Child (Forbes, December 2007) Best Outdoor-Oriented Towns (Yahoo! Real Estate, Fall 2007) “America’s Hottest Big State School” (Kaplan/Newsweek “How to Get Into College Guide”, Summer 2007) Most Livable Cities in the United States (2007 Places Rated Almanac) Best Place in America to Live (Money, August 2007) Best Cities in Which to Live (Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, June 2007) #1 Walking City (Prevention, April 2007) Best Places to Live in America (Money, August 2007) #1 City for Cycling, Population: 200, 000 -500, 000 (Bicycling, March 2006) Best Road Biking Town in America (Outside, August 2006) Best Metros for Business and Careers (Forbes, May 2005) Most Secure Places in the Country (Farmers Insurance Group, June 2004) Healthiest City for Men (Men’s Health Magazine, November 2003) Best Cities for Women (Ladies Home Journal, April 2001, March 2002) Best Cities for Families (Child, March 2001) Fittest City in America (Shape, September 2000) Healthiest City for Women (American Health, January 1997) America’s Safest Cities (Money, October 1996) Hottest City for Growth (U. S. News & World Report, April 1995)

Wisconsin

The Blackhawk War of 1832

State Capitol of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin-Madison

The University of Wisconsin-Madison • 41, 000 Students, of whom approximately 29, 000 are undergraduates • Generating more than $900 million in research, the National Science Foundation ranked the UW-Madison 2 nd in a list of top research universities for fiscal year 2006 • UW Madison is 2 nd in the number of alumni receiving doctorates • Leads the nation in number of alumni in the Peace Corps • Business, Law, Engineering, Education, Biological Sciences, Library and Information Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities, Public Affairs and Fine Arts are among top ranking graduate programs in U. S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools (April 2008)

University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union

Kohl Center

Camp Randall Stadium

The Wisconsin Idea UW President Charles Van Hise, who in a 1904 speech declared, “I shall never be content until the beneficent influence of the University reaches every home in the state. ” The application of the Wisconsin Idea has been seen through out the university in agriculture, architecture, art, ecology, education, medicine and neurosurgery.

The Wisconsin Idea as seen in Agriculture

Babcock Hall – Food Science

The Wisconsin Idea in Education and Government

The Wisconsin Idea as seen in Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright

The Wisconsin Idea as seen in Art Harvey Littleton Founder of the Studio Glass movement, established the UW Hot Glass Program, the 1 st of its kind in the United States

The Wisconsin Idea as seen in Art Dale Chihuly A student in the University of Wisconsin’s glass art program, who became influential in contemporary art and leader in the Studio Glass movement, Dale Chihuly received his M. S. in Sculpture in 1967.

The Wisconsin Idea as seen in Ecology John Muir

The Wisconsin Idea as seen in Ecology Aldo Leopold

The Wisconsin Idea as seen in Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum

The Wisconsin Idea as seen in the field of Medicine Meeting the health needs of Wisconsin and beyond through excellence in education, research, patient care and service.

Health Sciences Learning Center

Interdisciplinary Research Complex

The Wisconsin Idea as seen in the field of Medicine • Karl Paul Link – Discovery of coumarin, the basis for Coumadin, WARFin • Manucher Javid – Osmotic treatment of brain edema • Charles Mistretta and Paul Moran– MRI innovation and advances in digital angiography • Howard Temin – Reverse Transcriptase • James Thomson – isolation of human embryonic stem cells, led to treatments for Parkinson’s Disease and diabetes • Harold Rusch – identifies the wavelength of ultraviolet light that produces skin cancer • Fredric Mohs – microsurgery technique to treat skin cancer • Harry Waisman – research on mental retardation and human development • Harry Steenbock – irradiation of vitamin D, leading to vitamin D fortification in milk • Folkert Belzer and James Southard – storage solution for transplant organs, increasing the amount of time organs could remain viable outside the body • Dale Wurster – Pharmaceutical tablet coating technique to mask unpleasant taste of drugs and to control their release in the body • Edwin Hart – discovery that copper facilitates the assimilation of iron by the body, which led to a therapeutic agent for anemia • Hector De. Luca – vitamin D derivatives to treat bone disorders and other vitamin D deficiency diseases • Charles Strother – GDC coils