In January, Vallabh “Samba” Sambamurthy was appointed the next Albert O. Nicholas Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business. He most recently had been associate dean of the MBA and professional master’s programs at the …
Stories
StartUp Builds Community One Meal at a Time
It takes more than munchies to motivate undergrads to attend events and programs, but we all know offering food never hurts. The StartUp Learning Community recognizes and embraces the vital community building aspect of a …
WAVE-ing Goodbye to a Great Practical Experience
Every spring semester, graduate students from many disciplines and degree programs come together in Grainger Hall to participate in the Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) class. This year, I had the pleasure of participating …
Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (MEB) 2019
It is hard to believe that another wonderful group of UW STEM-focused graduate students and postdocs completed a week of intensive hands-on learning through the Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (MEB) which took place from June 10 …
Helping women build successful startups
More and more women are building successful startups. Wisconsin School of Business Senior Lecturer for the Weinert Center of Entrepreneurship, Dr. Phil Greenwood, is in the studio to take a look at the trends — …
A coworking champion looks into becoming a coworking space founder
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth column in a series about UpStart, a free entrepreneurship program for women and people of color supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF. For almost 20 years, …
Delivering Therapies with Bioengineered Bacteria
UW-Madison scientists have bio-engineered bacteria to deliver certain therapies to patients with heart disease, obesity, diabetes and other conditions.
Weinert Center Announces Fall 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 …
Apply by September 19 for Fall Startup Trainings
UW–Madison’s Discovery to Product (D2P) is accepting applications for two fall semester programs that help campus innovators bring their ideas for groundbreaking products and services to the marketplace, Innovation to Market (I2M) and Igniter. All …
Two UW-Madison startups will compete during Forward Fest Pressure Chamber event
Noted: UW–Madison spinouts NovoMoto and OnLume will compete at the annual Pressure Chamber event, part of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce’s neXXpo event at the Forward Festival highlighting Madison’s most innovative companies.