From November 9-13, 2023, the StartUp Learning Community hosted its annual 100-Hour Challenge, a signature innovation contest, popular with undergraduates and graduate students alike. The purpose of the fully virtual Challenge is to help participants discover …
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Forward BIOLABS unveils advisory board, recognizing leaders in state biohealth industry
Forward BIOLABS is touting the expertise of its newly unveiled advisory board, which offers insight and support to the Madison-based organization’s leadership. The co-working space, which specializes in life science laboratories, first launched its pilot …
30 Under 30 Energy 2024: Meet The Young Entrepreneurs Leading The Charge Toward A Greener Planet
From electric school buses to swanky carbon credit platforms, these under 30s are using their talents and ideas to shape the future of energy. On this year’s list is Grace Stanke, a 21-year old nuclear …
Studies find methods for removing carbon dioxide must develop faster to meet climate goals
UW researchers say novel carbon dioxide removal technologies only make up 0.1 percent of emissions removed from the atmosphere. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say new technologies for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere …
Expert on AI jitters — Calm down, learn to use it, keep people at its center
The world of artificial intelligence seems to involve more drama today than a daytime soap opera. The unexpected ouster of OpenAI executive Sam Altman by the company’s board of directors — followed by Altman’s equally …
CDR Receives Federal Grant to Scale Up Innovative Technologies to Utilize Dairy Co-Products
The Center for Dairy Research (CDR) is one of 60 organizations, and the only one in Wisconsin or in the food industry, to receive a “Build to Scale” grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s …
There’s No Place Like Home for Innovation
On October 25th, the MBA Fellowship students were treated to a behind the scenes tour of the Discovery Building, organized by the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship. The Discovery Building stands out on campus as an …
Cracking the da Vinci chronology: System tries to bring order to the works of a Renaissance genius
Leonardo da Vinci may have been a genius, but he was also a hot mess — at least in terms of organizing his works. When he died in 1519, the Renaissance master left behind 7,000 …
Madison startup harnessing quantum sensors wins Wisconsin Tech Council’s Pitch Olympics
A Madison startup building quantum sensors to help the mining industry accurately locate rare-earth metals like copper, nickel and cobalt won the Wisconsin Technology Council’s recent Elevator Pitch Olympics. The startup, Dirac Labs, was among …
Student Entrepreneur Profile: Nick Hruskoci
“I grew up in a golfing family. Our neighbors gave us their putting green and I remember my brother and I begging our mom to keep it in our basement so we could play,” recalls …