Bringing your dream to market is hard work. Navigating resources shouldn’t be. An interview with Discovery to Product (D2P) director Andrew Richards about leading the redesigned D2P program at UW–Madison, which is working to build …
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Entrepreneurship on Campus: Using Data to Identify Emerging Entrepreneurs
On the surface, young student entrepreneurs on college campuses might look like any other students. But delve a little deeper and their patterns might be markedly different.
UW Alum featured in Forbes for Social Entrepreneurship
Read how Georges Clement, cofounder of the nonprofit JustFix.nyc, works as an advocate helping to empower New York City tenants.
Starting Block Social Impact Initiative Startups Named
Congratulations to UW Professor Alfonso Morales for being among those selected to participate with his Farm to Facts project, as well as to NovoMoto, another UW–Madison spinout company taking part in the new initiative.
Weinert Center Announces Distinguished Entrepreneurs Lunch Series
The Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship offers a weekly Distinguished Entrepreneurs Lunch program where local experts on entrepreneurship tell their unique story and answer questions from students on the UW campus. The sessions occur during the …
Program Connects Students with Entrepreneurs
The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SBDC) announced a unique partnership that connects UW–Madison students with entrepreneurs-in-training. The partnership is part of SBDC’s successful Entrepreneurial Training Program, a grant-funded program for entrepreneurial businesses in Dane, …
Game Developed at UW-Madison Helps Fight Opioid Epidemic
A new video game, in development under the direction of assistant pharmacy Professor Olufunmilola Abraham in collaboration with Gear Learning in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, is an innovative way to teach high schoolers …
UW–Madison Researchers Develop Implantable Weight Loss Device
More than 700 million adults and children worldwide are obese, according to a 2017 study that called the growing number and weight-related health problems a “rising pandemic.” New battery-free, easily implantable weight-loss devices developed by …
Technology Developed at UW–Madison uses Breath to Track Athletic Performance
When one releases a breath, not much thought is given to the information being whisked away. With that rhythmic breath, an individual is exhaling a map to a healthier lifestyle — something to be navigated …
Business School Partners with Clinton Foundation
The Wisconsin School of Business formalized an agreement to become the official UW–Madison liaison with the Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Global Initiative University. CGI U serves to “engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses …