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. …
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Tiny mineral particles are better vehicles for promising gene therapy
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 …
UW–Madison and UW Health quickly launch a number of COVID-19 clinical trials
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 …
Morgridge Institute for Research investigates methods to control COVID-19 and future pandemic
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 …
Nine projects selected for UW/WARF COVID-19 Accelerator Challenge
$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 …
Entrepreneurons explores Wisconsin’s food supply chain during the COVID-19 crisis
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 …
UW Professor to develop rapid COVID-19 test for large institutions
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 …
Wisconsin School of Business faculty discuss COVID-19 and the American Workplace
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 …
Opinion: The University of Wisconsin and other public universities are on the front lines of the battle against coronavirus
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 …
WARF Accelerator: Industry-academic collaborations go virtual
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, …