When Kit Chow BSx’21 decided to study biological systems engineering at CALS, he knew he would get to do one of his favorite things — devising creative solutions for real-world problems. But he had no …
Profiles
Fetch Rewards CEO on highs and lows as a startup, advantages of Wisconsin over the coasts (Video)
On the heels of raising $80 million in a Series C funding round, Wes Schroll, the founder and CEO of Madison-based app Fetch Rewards, talked with Wisconsin Inno in a virtual Bytes with the Beat …
Parthenon’s Yips Yogurt Chips reinvent Greek yogurt as a portable snack
For almost 50 years, Parthenon Gyros has been a Greek cuisine staple on State Street. It claims to be the first restaurant to bring Greece’s signature meat sandwich wrap to Wisconsin in 1972. Now, Parthenon …
The Future of Food
As society embraces maximum convenience, UW alumni are transforming the business of on-demand dining. In 2012, Doug Hamaker ’10 and Henry Aschauer ’10 opened Roast Public House with a fresh vision for the campus end …
Alum’s Startup Makes it Easier to Source Locally
It is tacit knowledge among Badgers that our state plays a critical role in food production and Wisconsin products are likely to be found in refrigerators across the country. Even those who have never set …
Starting Up While Staying In
Matt Burzec, a first year UW-Madison student living in the StartUp Learning Community, certainly knows how to make lemons out of lemonade—or at least how to build a thriving customized sneakers business in the face …
Reflecting on the First Year as Academic Director
Martin Ganco, the Robert Pricer Chair in Enterprise Development, has recently completed his first year as Academic Director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship. When asked what he enjoyed most about his first year in …
From Biking Around Town to a National Brand: an Interview with Jack Pawlik, Former Transcend Competitor
My name is Jack Pawlik, and I am originally from Minneapolis, but moved onto campus in Madison right after my high-school graduation. I was a business major at UW, although school has always been the …
Innovator Profile: Dr. Guelay Bilen-Rosas
Guelay Bilen-Rosas is the director of Pediatric Transplant Anesthesia at UW Health and an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the School of Medicine and Public Health, focusing on pediatric transplant and airway management. The research …
Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Maya Warren
For a lifelong dairy aficionado, where else could Dr. Maya Warren have been more at home than the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW)? When Dr. Warren graduated from UW with her Ph.D. in Food Science, she …