As interest in entrepreneurship continues to soar, the sixth annual Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Showcase event provided an opportunity to learn from and be inspired by successful entrepreneurs. Attendees, including undergraduates, graduates, faculty, staff, alumni, and community …
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UW Madison Students Compete in Clinton Global Initiative
Passion and progress motivated the two UW-Madison students and a recent alum this fall selected by the Clinton Global Initiative – University (“CGI-U”) program to participate in the organization’s annual conference held at the University …
Exploring Innovation at the Discovery Building
Right across West Johnson Street from Union South lies a building that, to many, around campus, is shrouded in mystery. Although the Discovery Building has plenty of windows and is designed for collaboration, community and …
UW Madison Retains Research Ranking
EatStreet Wins Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Award
The founders of EatStreet, a national food ordering and delivery company, were honored Nov. 14 with the UW–Madison 2018 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award. EatStreet is rooted in Madison, where in 2010 three UW–Madison undergraduates grew frustrated …
UW Discoveries Drive Drug Development
The reinvention of a photographic film company has transformed a pioneering stem cell startup into a biotech leader with an eye toward regenerative medicine and drug discovery. The former Cellular Dynamics International Inc., with deep …
Madison Companies Dominate Deloitte Fast 500 Technology Firms
Two companies based in Madison and one with most of its operations here are among the top 10 businesses in the Deloitte 2018 North America Technology Fast 500 rankings for staging the biggest revenue jumps …
Small miracle: Stem cells drive research and entrepreneurship in Madison
In 1998, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers made waves in the worlds of biology and medicine, revealing they had five examples of human embryonic stem cells — biological building blocks at the foundation of cellular development …
UW Med School Leads the Way in Commercializing Research
Robert Golden, dean of the UW-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health for the past dozen years, leaned into the question as if he wanted no doubt to exist on where he stood. We were …
Applications for Transcend UW’s Student Innovation Competition Open
Transcend Madison’s Innovation Competition is a student-led effort to bring students all across UW–Madison together to demonstrate their novel ideas and creations. The event was created by Transcend UW, a student organization focused on providing …