Annie Pankowski, a student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, never expected to add co-founder of a tech startup to her list of accomplishments. However, during the pandemic, veterinarians noticed a sharp …
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Madison venture capital group’s parent company fined $700K for misleading investors on fees
The parent company of a Madison-based investment group that claims to solicit money for UW-Madison alumni-connected ventures even though it isn’t affiliated with the university settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission late last week …
Multiple Morgridge Investigators received prestigious awards in early 2022
Melissa Skala was awarded a grant from the National Eye Institute to develop a new imaging method for quantifying melanin in the human eye. With this two-year, $480,135 grant, Skala and her team will develop a technique called …
What higher education can learn from the business world: Takeaways from Showcase 2022
OBE Managing Director John Garnetti joined fellow business professionals at the UW–Madison Office of Strategic Consulting Showcase 2022 to discuss the differences—and some surprising similarities—between working in a corporate setting and higher education. The online …
Madison cancer research company seeks to improve treatment
A cancer research company on Madison’s Far West Side, started in “stealth mode” two years ago and led by a former executive at Exact Sciences, is announcing initial results of its live tumor imaging technology …
How one university established a way of monitoring IP leakage
Leakage of intellectual property is not usually considered a major issue for most universities, but the prospect of its consequences is compelling enough that many may wonder about it and ponder how to deal with …
Ella, Nosbusch, Grant to receive honorary degrees from UW–Madison
Three global leaders with careers of extraordinary accomplishment will be awarded honorary degrees at spring commencement this May at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The recipients are Krishna Ella, a groundbreaking vaccine scientist and entrepreneur; Keith …
Madison companies, colleges work to embrace the metaverse
UW-Madison engineering major Alex Janis uses her hands to bend an aluminum rod, testing how much force it takes to change the shape of the malleable metal. But while the pressure she feels in her …
Former All-Big Ten Wisconsin Badgers kicker launches ‘LinkedIn for athletes’
Rich Thompson’s vision for his new technology platform, Podium X, is for current and recent former student athletes to have a “podium” that gives them the confidence and connections Thompson himself didn’t have coming out …
A science trailblazer retires: Stem cell researcher James Thomson’s legacy changed the future of biology
James Thomson helped the scientific world turn its attention to the shape-shifting stem cells that give rise to all of the building blocks of complex living organisms, from skin and bone, to hearts and blood, …