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 …
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UW Earns Grant to Build Opioid Relapse App
The University of Wisconsin announced recently that it received a $3.42 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an app to prevent opioid relapses. The goal of the project is to …
Pressure Chamber contest returns at 10th annual Forward Festival
The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce’s business pitch competition, Pressure Chamber, will be returning this year with five companies focused on very different ventures — chemical-free toiletries, political purchasing, solar energy, cancer surgery and 3-D …
Two campus spinouts achieve major milestones
AIQ Solutions was formed by UW Madison researchers who pioneered methods to quantitatively assess changes in cancerous bone lesions in response to cancer treatment. On campus, they received early support from Discovery to Product’s Igniter …
Get to know incoming Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business Vallabh Sambamurthy
In January, Vallabh “Samba” Sambamurthy was appointed the next Albert O. Nicholas Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business. He most recently had been associate dean of the MBA and professional master’s programs at the …
StartUp Builds Community One Meal at a Time
It takes more than munchies to motivate undergrads to attend events and programs, but we all know offering food never hurts. The StartUp Learning Community recognizes and embraces the vital community building aspect of a …
WAVE-ing Goodbye to a Great Practical Experience
Every spring semester, graduate students from many disciplines and degree programs come together in Grainger Hall to participate in the Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) class. This year, I had the pleasure of participating …
Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (MEB) 2019
It is hard to believe that another wonderful group of UW STEM-focused graduate students and postdocs completed a week of intensive hands-on learning through the Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (MEB) which took place from June 10 …
Helping women build successful startups
More and more women are building successful startups. Wisconsin School of Business Senior Lecturer for the Weinert Center of Entrepreneurship, Dr. Phil Greenwood, is in the studio to take a look at the trends — …
A coworking champion looks into becoming a coworking space founder
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth column in a series about UpStart, a free entrepreneurship program for women and people of color supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF. For almost 20 years, …