Shawn Michaels invented Steady Shot, an insulin injection device, in 2016 while he was an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin. By 2020, Michaels received a patent for the device, and he started selling …
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Kathleen Gallagher: We need to rethink the role of UW-Madison and Wisconsin’s economy. Chancellor Mnookin seems to be on the right path
Republican legislators’ assault on University of Wisconsin System campuses’ diversity, equity and inclusion offices failed to address the problem the politicians purportedly wanted to solve: Ensuring the state’s universities, particularly UW-Madison, help grow Wisconsin’s economy. …
Tom Still: Research funding has produced real human benefits, with the promise of more
There was a time when most people who underwent appendectomy surgery could expect to stay in the hospital for a week and not fully recover for up to a month, often experiencing pain along the …
Q&A with Prof. Steffi Diem, a UW–Madison fusion scientist and 2024 U.S. Science Envoy
Steffi Diem, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of nuclear engineering and engineering physics, has been selected to serve as a U.S. Science Envoy for the Department of State in 2024. The federal program empowers leading …
UW–Madison launches Sustainability Research Hub
In early February 2024, University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin announced a new cross-campus initiative focused on environmental sustainability, centered around five goals. Now, in keeping with those goals, the university has launched the …
Extension announces 2024 Wisconsin Idea Collaboration Grants
UW–Madison Extension is excited to announce the 10 projects selected to receive the 2024 Wisconsin Idea Collaboration (WIC) Grants. This year’s projects engage nine UW schools and colleges. Research topics include the economic benefits of …
Qin secures I-Corps funding for in-space printing tech
Hantang Qin, an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps grant to support his lab’s work developing a portable electrohydrodynamic inkjet …
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Jessica Martin Eckerly, Forward BIOLABS
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Jessica Martin Eckerly, CEO and co-founder of Forward BIOLABS. She shares some highlights from the group’s first impact report, which details the Madison-based co-working space’s role …
Forward BIOLABS: A Journey of Innovation and Growth
In Fall 2018, Forward BIOLABS took its first steps, opening a pilot lab operating out of WiCell. This initial endeavor laid the groundwork for the establishment of an independent facility in University Research Park in …
Odana Road project aims to meet ‘overwhelming’ demand for lab space
For the Madison-area businesses looking for answers to some of the most pressing health and science questions of our time, sometimes it can be tough just to find a place to work. Now, those businesses …