On October 15, four winners were honored from ten finalists and almost 400 nominees during the 2020 Wisconsin Innovation Awards which was broadcast live from Milwaukee. The ceremony, emceed by Wisconsin local Denise Thomas, President …
Campus Innovation Stories
UW researchers find more precise way to detect COVID-19 pneumonia
Using cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology, University of Wisconsin‒Madison investigators have developed a far more precise way to identify cases of COVID-19-induced pneumonia. Using a custom artificial intelligence algorithm called CV19-Net, the UW research team dug …
Badgers make 2020 Wisconsin Inno on Fire List
Wisconsin Inno has unveiled its Inno on Fire list, and several UW spinouts and companies founded by Badger innovators are featured, including: Curate Solutions (Co-founder Taralinda Willis is an alum) EnsoData is a UW spinout …
Boosted Chews chosen to participate in gBETA early-stage accelerator program this fall
Boosted Chews, a student startup creating bite-sized caffeinated snacks, has been chosen to participate in an early-stage accelerator program this fall. This program, gBETA, is a seven-week experience in which companies learn how to refine …
UW–Madison Hosts Campus-Wide Event Celebrating Innovation and Entrepreneurship
UW–Madison is hosting a series of free virtual events and programming for innovators and entrepreneurs during Startup Wisconsin Week, November 11 -18, 2020. The weeklong event takes place in communities across the state and aims …
An industry-backed partnership to lift startup companies tied to two highly ranked UW-Madison disciplines will be featured Nov. 10 during the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium.
With support from the Toronto-based Creative Destruction Lab and Madison-based American Family Insurance, the UW-Madison School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences and the School of Business are launching a risk management “stream” in the …
UW Spinout OnLume Awarded $2M Grant
OnLume has been awarded a $2 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to advance the development of its proprietary device for Fluorescence-Guided Surgery (FGS), the company announced today. “We …
Alumni Affirm Value of Entrepreneurship Major in Shared Experiences
Whether it’s starting out on your own or working for an established company, having an entrepreneurial skillset plays a crucial role in business. Recently, three Wisconsin School of Business alumni of the entrepreneurship program shared …
WEDC launches $3M competition to fund new business models created due to pandemic
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. has launched a statewide competition that would fund new business models and innovations that solve financial and operational problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The WEDC’s “We’re All Innovating Contest” …
UW’s Badger Seal promises to make masks work better
The engineers whose Badger Shield design drew worldwide demand are back with a new pandemic-inspired design, one they say will dramatically increase the effectiveness of standard face masks. The innovation came after a study by …