The new position follows a working group’s recommendation to recruit and maintain a UW-Madison Entrepreneurship Hub. The University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to create a new administrative unit to collaborate with the business community amid campus-wide …
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Entrepreneurship Across Generations: Sari Ratner Judge Brings StartUp Energy to Grandparents University
This summer, the spirit of the StartUp Learning Community came alive in an unexpected place—Grandparents University (GPU), UW–Madison’s inter-generational learning program that welcomes Badger “Seniors” and their grandchildren from across the country. StartUp Program Manager, …
UW-Madison’s ClaimReady takes home Audience Favorite award and Third Place at DePaul University’s Pitch Madness competition
Three UW-Madison startup teams traveled to Chicago to participate in DePaul University’s 8th Annual Pitch Madness Competition. While all of the teams exhibited multiple strengths and delivered excellent pitches to audience members, ClaimReady was voted …
UW–Madison launching new hub to accelerate entrepreneurship
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is executing its campus entrepreneurship plan with the formation of a new entity, the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub. The Hub, aimed at strengthening entrepreneurial pathways, was approved by campus governance in May, …
How a Madison doctor is trying to help others find affordable housing
When Christina Henderson was a medical student in 2022, she found herself flying across the country to complete a required rotation at Duke University in North Carolina. The logistics were challenging. Without a car and …
Student Entrepreneur Profile: Lilia Juarez
A First-Generation Student Saying it with Flowers “Sometimes being comfortable isn’t always the solution…being curious leads you to trying something new.” Lilia Juarez, a first-generation student from Madison, is carving her own path as both …
How UW–Madison’s Startup Ecosystem is Shaping the Next Generation of Innovators: Faculty and Graduate Student Q&A
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), …
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 …