While Friday the 13th might not be the date many organizations would choose to celebrate their 25th anniversary, September 13, 2024 turned out to be a VERY lucky one for the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship. …
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VCR Brzezinska chosen for APLU Executive Committee and URP Board
Vice Chancellor for Research Dorota Brzezinska has been elected to Executive Committee members for the Association of Public & Land Grant Universities (APLU) Class of 2027 to serve for a 3-year term, starting this month. …
Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Showcase
The Wisconsin School of Business’ Plenary Room was the place to be on Wednesday, September 25th, when nearly 160 guests—students, faculty, staff and community members—gathered to gain entrepreneurial insights and inspiration from three distinguished UW-Madison …
Alumni Spotlight: Cassandra (Nissi) Madigan
“I think things like the Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development program are things you can take from and apply to any specialization or any type of business. Whether it’s one that you are starting on your …
Dan Olszewski Received the Excellence in Entrepreneurial Education (Triple E) Award at the Early Stage Symposium
We are thrilled to announce that Dan Olszewski, Goldberg Family Director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the Wisconsin School of Business, was honored with the prestigious Triple E (Excellence in Entrepreneurial Education) Award …
Edwards’ research team awarded DOE grant for heat pump tech
The Department of Energy (DOE) last month announced a $2 million grant for La Follette Assistant Professor Morgan Edwards and her collaborators from the College of Engineering to develop a more sustainable heat pump that …
Edwards’ research team awarded DOE grant for heat pump tech
The Department of Energy (DOE) last month announced a $2 million grant for La Follette Assistant Professor Morgan Edwardsand her collaborators from the College of Engineering to develop a more sustainable heat pump that can …
“Startup Advantage” offers user-friendly experience to university innovators
A better and faster user experience is the goal of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation’s new program called “Startup Advantage.” The initiative includes a standardized license agreement offering consistent royalty terms for University of Wisconsin-Madison …
Wisconsin’s biohealth industry saw $22B direct economic impact in 2023
A report from BioForward Wisconsin shows that Wisconsin’s biohealth industry had a roughly $22 billion direct economic impact across the state last year, according to WisBusiness. The data comes from the Madison-based group’s recently published …
How Wet is America’s Soil? Nobody Really Knows, But AI Can Help
From sudden floods to weeks of scorching heat, increasingly unstable weather is a headache for U.S. farmers. Known as “weather whiplash,” these disorienting swings between too much rain and not enough — from inundations to …