A New Tactic in the Superbug Battle

Vatsan Raman is “supercharging evolution” to create an army of bacteria-killing phages that can combat antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. During a 2015 trip to Egypt, Tom Patterson suffered a gallstone attack and soon fell terribly ill. But …

A Strong Start for StartUp

Sixty four extremely excited, self-selected first year students made the StartUp Learning Community their home this past September. Since its’ founding in 2008, StartUp residents have had the opportunity to live and learn together in …

Budding Matchmaker of Ideas

The Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, INSITE and the StartUp Learning Community invited entrepreneurially-minded students to attend a combined workshop entitled Winning Ways: An Overview of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competitions on Campus and PartnerUp! Winning Ways …

PhD student named ‘Rising Tech Leader to Watch’

Rebecca Alcock, a PhD student in industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been named among the “2022 Rising Tech Leaders to Watch” by Milwaukee Business Journal.   Read full story at …

Innovative New Diagnostic Test for Sjögren’s Syndrome

Meet the medical team and statisticians making it less painful to diagnose a debilitating autoimmune disorder. Sjögren’s syndrome is one of the most common systemic rheumatic diseases, affecting an estimated 4 million Americans. In roughly …