This past summer, University of Wisconsin seniors Isaac Lee and Vinesh Janarthanan interned in Texas and California respectively. Both students found that it was quite difficult to find appropriately priced short-term housing for their time …
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Underdogs Fetch a Golden Opportunity
Successful business ideas come from all different corners of the world. Typically, the ones coming up with these ideas do so after years of experience and knowledge, but there are a select few who find …
Rowing in a new direction: BME design project supports adaptive exercise
One day, Tim Tran hopes to walk into a gym and see a rowing machine that’s easily convertible for people who use wheelchairs. Tran and four fellow biomedical engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison …
What is it to Think Like an Entrepreneur
What is it like to think like an entrepreneur? Is there anything that actually makes their mindset different from the rest of us? The Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship along with the BBA Program Office organized …
Biomedical engineering alums find rhythm at design program spinoff
Five years after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Matt Knoespel and Phil Terrien are co-founders and the engineering backbone of a medical device company that’s collected a slew of awards since spinning out of …
What to Consider About Entrepreneurship
For Latia Warren, a fulfilling career meant running her own business. But making the leap from working a comfortable corporate job with a steady income to the uncertainty of starting something from scratch was daunting …
Finding a more effective way to treat infantile hemangioma
Dr. Beth Drolet, chair of Dermatology at UW Health, believes her approach to treating these birthmarks may be safer and more effective for babies. A new business, Arkayli, hopes to bring this novel approach to …
Five projects selected for WARF Accelerator Big Data Challenge
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has announced that five projects have been selected to receive development funding through the WARF Accelerator Big Data Challenge Grant. The grant invited submissions for new technologies focused on processing …
Four projects selected for WARF Accelerator Mental Health Challenge
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has announced that four projects have been selected to receive development funding through the WARF Accelerator Mental Health Challenge Grant. From helping screen for eating disorders to tackling depression, these …
UW–Madison’s commitment to the state at the heart of new campaign
When it comes to helping Wisconsin residents and the state’s economy, you can’t stop a Badger. That’s just one of the messages the University of Wisconsin–Madison will share as it launches a new campaign to …