Plant pathology professor Claudia Solís-Lemus and climate scientist Michael Notaro, have received the Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Award. The award, in its third year, is named for Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, emeritus professor of …
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UW–Madison researchers and Wisconsin farmers work together to produce healthy potato harvests
Andy Diercks, a fourth-generation potato farmer from the small village of Coloma in central Wisconsin, is blunt about the difficult realities facing family-owned farms today. “There are days when the choices aren’t always good, and …
WisBusiness: The Podcast with Jeanine Burmania, WARF
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which handles patenting and licensing for UW-Madison research, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Burmania discusses the organization’s efforts to identify “the great innovations” being developed on campus with …
A Q+A With Kieran Furlong, CEO of Realta Fusion
The world needs more energy—we think we can all agree on that. That new energy ought to be clean, firm, and abundant. The fusion industry is rising to meet that challenge. Realta Fusion is tackling …
One of the state’s top investors says Wisconsin needs to ramp up its venture capital landscape to create and grow high-impact companies
John Neis, managing director of Venture Investors in Madison, spoke during yesterday’s Tech Council meeting. “We’re playing down here in this kind of $3 million per company, and on a national basis, it’s tens of …
Early-stage investment activity was down in 2024, Tech Council says
Wisconsin last year had its lowest levels of venture capital activity since 2018, with less than $360 million in deals captured in an initial tally by the Wisconsin Technology Council. Joe Kremer, director of the …
Realigning priorities to make Wisconsin’s ecosystem more supportive for entrepreneurs
Since joining WEDC in June 2024, Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Shayna Hetzel has been working to evaluate the gaps where Wisconsin could be doing a better job of supporting entrepreneurs and encouraging their …
Pursuing innovative treatment for Sjögren’s disease
McCoy runs one of two Sjögren’s clinics in the Midwest that serve patients from across the United States. Her pioneering research has led to greater understanding of the disease, as well as a new diagnostic …
New cancer imaging startup harnesses Wisconsin expertise
An adult elephant has the body mass of about 100 human beings. Despite their enormous size, these remarkable creatures defy the odds by almost never getting cancer. This paradox is still a mystery to scientists. …
Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree is bringing UW-Madison breakthrough to semiconductor industry
When Katy Jinkins graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a degree in engineering physics and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, she was only 19, a feat that merited coverage in the local …