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‘Hands-on’ makerspace summer series reaches students remotely

July 8, 2020

In late spring 2020, the engineers who run the University of Wisconsin-Madison Makerspace began contemplating how to continue delivering the facility’s signature hands-on seminars and activities to students who were now learning at a distance. …

Posted in COVID, Stories

Tiny mineral particles are better vehicles for promising gene therapy

July 1, 2020

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have developed a safer and more efficient way to deliver a promising new method for treating cancer and liver disorders and for vaccination — including a COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Therapeutics …

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UW–Madison and UW Health quickly launch a number of COVID-19 clinical trials

June 24, 2020

As the outbreak of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was deemed a pandemic, research institutions across the United States rapidly shifted focus to studies aimed at understanding the virus and finding treatments. The University …

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Morgridge Institute for Research investigates methods to control COVID-19 and future pandemic

June 4, 2020

Virologists at the Morgridge Institute for Research are investigating the biology of viruses and their diseases in order to develop powerful new methods to not only control COVID-19 but stem the next pandemic. According to …

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Nine projects selected for UW/WARF COVID-19 Accelerator Challenge

June 2, 2020

$100K fund to accelerate solutions being developed by UW–Madison researchers MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation announced that nine highly deployable projects have been selected to receive development funding through the UW/WARF COVID-19 …

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Entrepreneurons explores Wisconsin’s food supply chain during the COVID-19 crisis

June 1, 2020

MADISON, Wis. – How can Wisconsin producers, distributors and retailers be effective in our COVID-19 world and what we can leverage to be at the forefront of addressing the many challenges? Join Pam Jahnke, the …

Posted in COVID, Programs, Stories

UW Professor to develop rapid COVID-19 test for large institutions

May 22, 2020

A professor in the UW-Madison Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David O’Connor, is working to develop a COVID-19 test to be used in institutions such as nursing homes or large workplaces. O’Connor was a …

Posted in COVID, Stories

Wisconsin School of Business faculty discuss COVID-19 and the American Workplace

May 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has touched virtually every aspect of our working lives, imposing a new set of challenges for employees and employers alike. WSB faculty recently examined these workplace issues in a live panel discussion …

Posted in COVID, News, Stories

Opinion: The University of Wisconsin and other public universities are on the front lines of the battle against coronavirus

May 12, 2020

In the middle of March, as hospitals in the Midwest began to see an uptick in COVID-19 cases, a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineer and faculty member named Lennon Rodgers received an urgent message from a …

Posted in COVID, News, Stories

WARF Accelerator: Industry-academic collaborations go virtual

May 12, 2020

MADISON, Wis. – As university labs across the world wrestle with setbacks due to COVID-19, several teams of UW–Madison researchers had the opportunity to interface with leading industry mentors thanks to WARF Accelerator. The sessions, …

Posted in COVID, News, Stories
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