At the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Technology Entrepreneurship Office (TEO) plays a pivotal role in helping graduate students and faculty translate their research into real-world impact. Through programs like WARF Accelerator, Discovery to Product (D2P), …
Profiles
Badger beginnings to biomedical breakthroughs with John Martens
John Martens (BSChE ’68) built a career that spans polymer chemistry, defense, materials science, consulting, and now biochemistry and biomedicine—but it all started at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. As a chemical engineering and chemistry double …
Galasys, UW–Madison spinoff company, among winners of 2025 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest
Galasys, a University of Wisconsin–Madison based spinoff company, took first place in the Advanced Manufacturing category of the 22nd annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. The contest was developed to encourage entrepreneurs in the startup …
University Research Park and Forward BIOLABS Partner to Power Madison’s Science and Tech Startups
For the past 40 years, University Research Park (URP) has been helping emerging businesses in the sciences and technology fields grow and flourish. As UW-Madison’s internationally recognized hub for research and technology, URP also continues …
Robey named Wisconsin SBDC Network’s 2025 ‘State Star’
Stephanie Robey, Outreach Program Coordinator, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) State Office, was chosen by her peers as the Wisconsin network’s 2025 State Star. In her award nomination, Robey was described as demonstrating dedication and …
Fusion Starts Here: Wisconsin’s Bold Leap Into Clean Energy
Everyone thought the Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company was crazy. It was 1858 and energy was a solved problem. Mountains of coal powered the industrial revolution and lamps lit by clean-burning whale oil unlocked evening hours …
UW-Madison spinoff Type One Energy achieves milestone for fusion power plant
University of Wisconsin-Madison spinoff company Type One Energy has published a comprehensive and robust physics basis for a practical fusion pilot power plant. The advance is an important and promising milestone that brings fusion power …
A century of leadership: The WARF Board’s evolving role in advancing innovation
As the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) celebrates its 100th anniversary, we find ourselves reflecting on the profound impact this unique organization has had—not just on the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but on industries and communities …
$700,000 in state matching grants advance 8 innovative small businesses
Eight small businesses in Wisconsin will receive up to $700,000 to commercialize their innovations, thanks to the SBIR Advance program’s latest round of funding. The state matching grant program provides assistance to companies in the …
SLAC and Wisconsin-Madison scientists develop an attosecond atomic x-ray laser
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory(at Stanford University), and others have created what they describe as “the first attosecond atomic x-ray laser”. In a new study …