Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics Inc. is one of at least 10 stem cell companies in Madison, most started by UW-Madison researchers.
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UW-Madison Named a Top 15 School for Startup Founders
Most startup founders weren’t born being business-savvy professionals. Those skills are often nurtured during college. And a new list published Monday that ranks the higher-ed programs producing the most VC-backed startup founders includes a Wisconsin institution. …
A New Study On Fortune 100 CEOs: The (Surprising) Undergraduate Institutions They Attended
What does it take to become the CEO of one of the 100 largest U.S. firms? More specifically, where do they come from, and does the undergraduate alma mater matter?
New UW–Madison school sets emphasis on computing, data fields
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has established a School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) in the College of Letters & Science to strengthen research and education on campus, prepare tech-savvy graduates to fill new …
StartingBlock unveils ‘last piece of the puzzle’ with larger, later-stage startups
Fifteen months after its opening, the Madison entrepreneurship center StartingBlock has announced that it will soon have “the last piece of the puzzle” in place: a previously empty floor occupied by six of the city’s …
Entrepreneurons series launches with an introduction to UW–Madison’s new Innovate Network
Aspiring innovators on campus and in the community are invited to attend the Entrepreneurons lecture series, kicking off on Thursday, September 12 at the Discovery Building on the UW–Madison campus (330 N. Orchard St.). Beginning …
UW Researchers Develop Camera That Can ‘See’ Around Corners
Technology Could Have Impact On Everything From Surgery To Defense And Disaster Relief Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Universidad de Zaragoza in Spain have developed a new kind of virtual camera that …
Professor finding new ways to improve medical imaging
A professor at UW-Madison is developing new methods for reducing errors in CT scans, MRIs and other imaging techniques. Guang-Hong Chen is a medical physics specialist at the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research with a …
Entrepreneurs compete in Pressure Chamber business contest
Noted: competition winner American Provenance got support from the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center at UW–Madison.
AIQ Solutions of Madison raises $3.2 million for cancer treatment assessment software
A Madison company that makes software approved to gauge treatment response in breast and prostate cancer patients plans to submit a second product, for blood cancers, for approval by early next year. AIQ Solutions, which …