Category: Research News

UW TEAM COLLABORATES WITH LAC COURTE OREILLES MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

From UW–Madison News, Aug. 17, 2007 In collaboration with Lac Courte Oreilles Community College, a team from the Department of Life Sciences Communication is spending a week at Lac Courte Oreilles Community College, collaborating with LCOCC staff on a youth science media camp for 24 middle- and high-school tribal students. “Land and Identity” is the …

RETINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION SUPPORTS DIRECTORSHIP OF UW EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The Retina Research Foundation, established by UW alum Dr. Alice McPherson in Houston, TX, will provide the Director of the UW Eye Research Institute with support for his or her research program. Daniel M. Albert, MD, MS, the inaugural Director of the ERI, will be the first recipient of the Retina Research Foundation (RRF) Emmett …

ARVO’S RESEARCH GRANT ADMINISTRATORS WORKSHOP

From ARVO News, Summer 2007 For the fourth time ever, at its 2007 Annual Meeting, ARVO held a Research Grant Administrators Workshop for grant administrators from universities, foundations, and institutions. The focus of this year’s workshop was (1) implementation of the year-old SFS 424 (R&R) grant application and (2) communications between and expectations of granting …