Jake Pierkarski is the founder and CEO of Snow Scholars, a residential snow removal business that employs college students at six Midwest universities. I started the business in 2022 when I transferred to UW–Madison and …
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UW-Madison research is $1.7B operation ready to grow, new leader says
Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska wasn’t looking for a new job when a search firm asked if she’d be interested in leading research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Grejner-Brzezinska had spent about 28 years at Ohio State University, …
12 UW-Madison inventions that changed the world
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, known for helping UW-Madison commercialize discoveries such as vitamin D enrichment, a blood thinning drug and stem cells, may seem like a solid presence on campus whose existence was never …
Madison’s Hub for Research, Exploring, and Pushing Boundaries: Wisconsin Discovery Building
Just a few blocks west of Grainger Hall is the Discovery Building. This gorgeous space was built in 2010 and has been a space for collaboration and forward-thinking. It is home to two research institutes: …
Governor’s Business Plan Contest continues to produce successful graduates
Winning prizes is one major reason people enter contests, and the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest is no exception to that general rule. In fact, about $2.9 million in cash and other prizes have been …
WARF invests in quantum computing startup co-founded by UW-Madison professor
The patent and licensing arm of the University of Wisconsin—Madison has invested in a quantum computer startup co-founded by a UW-Madison professor. Gain access to the full article here: https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/inno/stories/fundings/2024/12/31/qolab-raises-16m-uw-madison-alumni-research.html
Students pitch Google at N+1’s AI sustainability competition
Increasingly, artificial intelligence (AI) informs, automates, and guides our lives. But to do so, it consumes increased amounts of power. Most of this happens in corporate data centers, where data storage and processing both facilitates …
WSB’s Small Business Development Center Offers Trusted, Transformational Support
There’s nearly a thousand small business development centers across the country, but ask anyone who has worked with the one at UW–Madison, and they’ll tell you that it’s something truly special. Located within the Wisconsin …
gener8tor Awarded $13.4M to Launch Great Lakes Innovation Accelerator
gener8tor, a global venture firm and startup accelerator, has been awarded $13.4 million from the Department of Commerce and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to launch the Great Lakes Innovation Accelerator. This initiative will …
InsideWis: Life sciences ‘family tree’ in Wisconsin has big branch in Third Wave
People searching for long-lost facts about their ancestors is a hobby that ranks close to gardening in popularity, but what if the “family tree” in question is corporate instead of human? Those stories can also …