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‘Lucky Dog’ Scout and UW School of Veterinary Medicine star in WeatherTech Super Bowl commercial

‘Lucky Dog’ Scout and UW School of Veterinary Medicine star in WeatherTech Super Bowl commercial...

28 January, 2020

Third M+DEV Conference Planned for Valentine’s Day

The Wisconsin Games Alliance (WGA) and the Madison Region Economic Partnership (MadREP) announced that the Third Annual M+Dev Conference will be held in Madison on February 14, 2020....

05 January, 2020

Reports highlight the importance of Wisconsin’s knowledge economy

Wisconsin punches way above its weight when it comes to higher education. Wisconsin is right in the middle of the 50 states is population and wealth, yet we have one of the best universities in the country....

17 December, 2019

Clinical trial for Ebola vaccine developed at UW–Madison underway in Japan

As of this week, a phase one clinical trial to test a potential new Ebola vaccine developed by researchers at the UW–Madison is underway in Japan....

13 December, 2019

‘We need 10 more Madisons’ to foster tech growth in the heartland, Brookings and ITIF report says

The Wisconsin capital ranked as having the highest potential on the paper's listing of 35 promising metro areas for technological growth that could become the next San Francisco or Boston....

10 December, 2019

Wisconsin Policy Forum report: Madison tech job sector ‘booming’

Tech jobs in the Madison metro area increased by over 120% from 2008 to 2018, surging past growth in the sector in Milwaukee and Green Bay, according to a Wisconsin Policy Forum report....

08 December, 2019

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals makes $267 million public stock offering

A $267 million stock offering last week by Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, which has its main employment base in Madison, could help the company bring experimental drugs to market and lead to the purchase of other businesses....

08 December, 2019

UW System Awarded Grant To Improve Pathways To Degrees For People Of Color

The UW System has been awarded a $450,000 All Learning Counts grant from the nonprofit Lumina Foundation to build what the system calls "clearer pathways" to degrees and other professional credentials for adults and people of color....

06 December, 2019

DR. DAVID AHLQUIST, CO-INVENTOR OF COLOGUARD, NAMED A FELLOW OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INVENTORS

Exact Sciences announced Dr. David Ahlquist, co-inventor of Cologuard® has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)....

05 December, 2019

Madison added 54,000 jobs over past decade driven by tech sector

Between 2008 and 2018, Madison added 54,000 jobs overall, or about 16% growth, according to the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum....

02 December, 2019