Federally funded community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans, most of them low-income and many underinsured. The health centers are under stress as they work to meet the specific needs of each community they …
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Bhargava earns WARF Cardiology Challenge Grant
Aarushi Bhargava, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is one of three University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers receiving Cardiology Challenge Grant funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Route 66 Ventures. The grant invited submissions …
Partnerships and Breakthroughs
Wisconsin is expanding into healthcare research in a big way. In November 2023 — a month after Wisconsin was named a regional tech hub for biohealth — GE HealthCare and UW-Madison announced jointly an expansion …
6 Madison-area companies among 9 statewide to get SBIR Advance funding
Nine small businesses in Wisconsin will receive up to $800,000 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 …
RABBIT a Leap Forward for Campus Collaboration and Industry Engagement
The Office of Business Engagement(OBE) and Data Science Institute(DSI) have launched a new tool that helps university faculty and staff discover relevant research, shared interests and potential collaborators across campus. RABBIT (Research and Business-Bridging Intelligence …
The Podcast with Katie Lorenz, Campo Alpaca
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Katie Lorenz, founder and owner of Campo Alpaca. This Madison-based fair trade clothing company was founded in 2018 after Lorenz traveled to Peru several years before …
Nine grad students to compete in Three Minute Thesis final competition
On February 14, nine graduate students will take the stage to explain their research and win the hearts of the judges and the audience at UW–Madison’s annual Three Minute Thesis competition. Three Minute Thesis is …
The Podcast with Erik Iverson, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation; Advocacy group aims to stall bill to require local signoff for clean energy projects
WARF this year is celebrating its 100th anniversary, putting a spotlight on its role in supporting and commercializing UW-Madison research. Iverson shares his thoughts on the organization’s history, its wide-ranging impacts in Wisconsin and where …
Tom Still: Getting more business ‘starts’ for Wisconsin requires action on several fronts
Those who regularly follow economic dynamics in Wisconsin (present geek included) are accustomed to seeing steady under-performance when it comes to comparing the state and the region to other parts of the country. A recent …
UW–Madison-incubated quantum computing startup joins CQE as corporate partner
Qolab, the first quantum computing startup incubated at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has joined the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE) as a corporate partner. The company, which has obtained millions of dollars in financing and is …