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• UW–Madison increases research expenditures by $67 million, retains top 10 national research ranking

  The National Science Foundation has released its 2020 fiscal year Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) data and the University of Wisconsin–Madison has again ranked 8th in the national research rankings for public and private universities. UW–Madison …

• Two UW-Madison teams chosen 2021 WARF Innovation Award winners

  A team that created a device for detecting explosives and a cross-disciplinary team working at the frontiers of medicine and nanotechnology have taken top honors from WARF.  Read the full story at https://www.warf.org/news/two-uw-madison-teams-chosen-2021-warf-innovation-award-winners/

• Two UW researchers named National Academy of Inventors fellows

  University of Wisconsin–Madison professors Thomas R. “Rock” Mackie and Bulent Sarlioglu have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the organization announced today. The NAI program recognizes “academic inventors who have demonstrated a …

• UW team among winners of Musk Foundation’s XPRIZE for Carbon Removal Student Competition

  A team from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is one of the top winners in the $5 million XPRIZE for Carbon Removal Student Competition. The contest is kickstarting projects that could mitigate the impacts of climate …

• Weinert Center Wins Prestigious Global Award for Entrepreneurship Education

  The Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the Wisconsin School of Business was the recipient of the 2021 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching and Pedagogical Innovation Award at the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) conference in …