Computer-assisted technology for recycling plastics, a technique for producing a valuable chemical from agricultural waste, and genetic mutations that can turn trees into carbon-sucking chemical factories are among the innovations by Wisconsin Energy Institute investigators …
Patenting and Licensing
Fueling the future of brain health
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Nexus NeuroTech Ventures have awarded $100,000 in development funding to three innovative research projects aimed at transforming the diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders. Selected from a competitive pool …
Mastering the Journey: The Future is Bright for our WAVE & Fellowship Students
It is that bittersweet time of the year again when we celebrate the achievements of our WAVE & Fellowship students. The spring season marks the end of hard work, dedication and growth. As another academic …
ECE Professor Luke Mawst retires
After a remarkable career of teaching, research, and mentorship, Grainger STAR Professor in Engineering Luke Mawst is retiring from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A leading expert …
Venturing Into Venture Capital
Exploring the current landscape of funding for women-led startups and the impact of female venture capital and accelerator programs in Madison. Featuring: Richelle Martin of Winnow Fund, Darcey Nett of HealthX Ventures, Katie Rice of …
Excellence in outreach recognized with Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award
Plant pathology professor Claudia Solís-Lemus and climate scientist Michael Notaro, have received the Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award. The award, in its third year, is named for Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, emeritus professor of …
UW–Madison researchers and Wisconsin farmers work together to produce healthy potato harvests
Andy Diercks, a fourth-generation potato farmer from the small village of Coloma in central Wisconsin, is blunt about the difficult realities facing family-owned farms today. “There are days when the choices aren’t always good, and …
WisBusiness: The Podcast with Jeanine Burmania, WARF
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which handles patenting and licensing for UW-Madison research, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Burmania discusses the organization’s efforts to identify “the great innovations” being developed on campus with …
A Q+A With Kieran Furlong, CEO of Realta Fusion
The world needs more energy—we think we can all agree on that. That new energy ought to be clean, firm, and abundant. The fusion industry is rising to meet that challenge. Realta Fusion is tackling …
Pursuing innovative treatment for Sjögren’s disease
McCoy runs one of two Sjögren’s clinics in the Midwest that serve patients from across the United States. Her pioneering research has led to greater understanding of the disease, as well as a new diagnostic …