Abram Becker, innovation and commercialization specialist at Discovery to Product (D2P), has been appointed interim director of D2P by Steve Ackerman, vice chancellor for research and graduate education. Becker, who mentors faculty, staff and students …
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Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (MEB) 2023
June at the Weinert Center/INSITE means another Morgridge Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (MEB) is upon us. From June 5 through June 9, MEB welcomed a record-breaking 78 students to its new home, Grainger Hall’s Plenary Room, to …
Wisconsin Surgery Faculty Awarded Grant from UW-Madison Entrepreneurial Organization
Congratulations to Hau Le, MD, FACS, FAAP, in the Division of Pediatric Surgery, who recently received a one-year, $20,000 Robert Draper Technology Innovation Fund award from UW’s Discovery to Product (D2P). Dr. Le’s project will …
Advances in nanotechnology through UW-Madison research
SixLine Semiconductor, a Middleton startup whose product could someday improve the speed and battery life of your cell phone, won the grand prize in the 20th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. SixLine wants to …
Emerging STEM research gets a boost from a new initiative
Five emerging research areas at University of Wisconsin–Madison are getting a boost from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education’s (OVCRGE) $6M STEM Research Initiative. OVRGE funding in each of these …
Medical physics names first entrepreneurial fellowship recipient
The Department of Medical Physics has selected Victor Santoro-Fernandes as its inaugural Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program recipient. This program was created to fast-track selected senior Ph.D. students and postdocs towards startup incubation. It focuses on customized …
Emerging technologies at UW–Madison get boost from state funds
Discovery to Product Awards Funds Seven Campus Startups Emerging technologies developed at UW–Madison will receive funding assistance as the result of an on-campus grant program administered by UW–Madison’s Discovery to Product (D2P) and a matching …
At UW–Madison, startups thrive — and win
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues its streak of entrepreneurial excellence as five startups developed at the university received recognition as part of the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, a statewide competition for early-stage tech-based businesses. …
Identify Pest Issues by Listening to Plants
Emily Bick develops tools and strategies supporting precision management practices for insect pest control. She tells Brownfield that microphones have long been used to study insects. “Oftentimes, these are above-ground kind of audio recordings. What …
WARF board welcomes three new trustees
MADISON, Wis. – Asha Collins, Paul Leff and Thomas Tefft, three leading executives in the fields of biomedical research, investments and corporate medical device innovation, have joined the board of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). …