U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Tuesday joined Sen. Jacky Rosen and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to introduce the Tax Relief for New Businesses Act, legislation to provide a tax break to entrepreneurs looking to start a …
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ECE Professor Luke Mawst retires
After a remarkable career of teaching, research, and mentorship, Grainger STAR Professor in Engineering Luke Mawst is retiring from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A leading expert …
Tapping a new toolbox, engineers buck tradition in new high-performing heat exchanger
By combining topology optimization and additive manufacturing, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers created a twisty high-temperature heat exchanger that outperformed a traditional straight channel design in heat transfer, power density and effectiveness. And …
From Milwaukee to Marinette, local partnerships power real solutions
At a neighborhood pharmacy in Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is helping get life-saving opioid reversal kits into the hands of people who need them. In a Marinette shipyard, a partnership is opening new doors …
Bioenergy Research Centers mark discovery milestone
Scientists at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and three partner U.S. Department of Energy research centers recently achieved an important milestone by registering more than 1,000 inventions in their shared mission to support …
State lawmakers want to pave the way for Wisconsin’s unique nuclear power research
Researchers and state lawmakers want to make Wisconsin a leader in next-generation nuclear energy production, building on the state’s already robust nuclear research environment. Three of the country’s 25 nuclear fusion companies are located in …
Weinert Center Hall of Fame: Ross Freedman
Ross Freedman is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of 367 Ventures, a Chicago-based investment firm known for advising, mentoring, and investing in visionary founders of early-stage companies. Ross fundamentally believes that every company—regardless of its …
Tricky Foods: Bringing people together over playful, enticing food
In March 2023, Therese Merkel, owner of Tricky Foods, was preparing to expand her charcuterie and cheese styling business into a brick-and-mortar space at 121 E. Lakeside Street in Madison, and she needed to provide …
UW-Madison startup Ubicept secures $1 million investment in TitletownTech Startup Draft
Ubicept, a company with its foundational technology developed at University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been selected as one of two winners in the inaugural TitletownTech Startup Draft, securing a $1 …
Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub
These compound words encompass fundamental discoveries in biology that can help build tools to make research advance more quickly and efficiently; develop therapeutics through translational research; and manufacture those therapeutics at scale. Further benefits relate …