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), …
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UW Tech Exploration Lab student projects highlight innovation, emerging technologies
At a recent open house for the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Tech Exploration Lab at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID), Alzheimer’s app creator Aarya Deshpande was continually approached by individuals eager to connect with him …
CS Nest Pitch Competition
CS Nest is a venture creation program designed to help entrepreneurially-minded students, postdocs, recent alumni create high growth startups. CS NEST is a partnership between UW Computer Sciences, WARF, and gener8tor. This program is held every fall …
In Wisconsin, Great Lakes partners are powering the next manufacturing revolution
An aggressive push to advance fusion from university experiments into energy for the real world. A new group aims to tap experts in the Midwest and beyond to capture the momentum of fusion energy and …
Building Community Through Entrepreneurship: Spring Highlights from the StartUp Learning Community
This spring, the StartUp Learning Community brought entrepreneurial learning to life through a dynamic mix of guest speakers, student-led programming, professional development workshops, and community-building events. After a fantastic winter break which included a career …
NIH funding drives life-saving innovation and economic impact in Wisconsin. University, biomedical and industry leaders issue call to protect it.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison and Universities of Wisconsin, along with industry, university, hospital and health system partners, are urging Wisconsin’s Congressional leaders to protect funding for the National Institutes for Health (NIH), which drives groundbreaking …
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 …
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 …