Have you ever wondered how an idea from a UW-Madison lab becomes a life-changing product? The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has produced a series of videos – WARF Essential Topics – intended to help you …
UW spinouts
Mineral coatings could enable shelf-stable mRNA therapies
A protective mineral coating identified by University of Wisconsin–Madison biomedical engineering researchers could allow powerful messenger RNA therapeutics like COVID-19 vaccines to be stored at room temperature, making them more accessible to lower-resourced communities across …
Trends in tech startups can be spotted in Biz Plan Contest entries
I could call the Governor’s Business Plan Contest a canary in the coal mine of entrepreneurship in Wisconsin, but coal mines are out of favor these days so perhaps the more apt analogy is a …
Ushering in a new era of innovation and economic growth
At the Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents meeting on Friday, Feb. 9, experts gathered to discuss the university’s strategy for maximizing federal funding through burgeoning public-private partnerships, a crucial component of the national push …
Chancellor Mnookin unveils bold new initiatives to innovate for the public good, address global challenges
On February 8, 2024, University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin addressed the Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents. In a talk titled, “Innovation for the public good: A bedrock value and launchpad to the future, …
Student Entrepreneur Profile: Jude Joerger
“I realized that there was this bottleneck that other people were facing. There is trash and recycling pickup but why was there no composting pickup? Especially when it is so much better than putting all …
Student Entrepreneur Profile: Maya Galpern
Entrepreneurship can open up a world of possibilities, and that is what we can see from Maya Galpern, a sophomore at UW-Madison with a sweet tooth. While Maya didn’t always envision herself as an entrepreneur, …
Alumni Spotlight: ImmutoScientific
“The initial vision was always to develop new therapeutics to help patients especially for diseases that there were no treatments for, some of the more intractable diseases that pharmaceutical companies haven’t figured out a cure …
Student Entrepreneur Profile: Andrew Shaw
Andrew Shaw, a student at UW-Madison, did not originally see himself as an entrepreneur. Originally as a pre-med major, he navigated through personal finance, nursing, and eventually found his passion for accounting at the Wisconsin …
Insect Eavesdropper: Digital Monitoring of Crop Pests Via Vibrational Signals
Last November at Entomology 2023 saw the return of the Antlion Pit, an innovation competition for entomology-related products and services. Six teams were selected to compete out of nine applications, with the “Insect Eavesdropper” team …