February 15, 2021
UW-MADISON ECONOMIC IMPACT STARTS LOCALLY BUT SPREADS STATEWIDE
UW – Madison's recent economic impact report touts a $30 billion economic impact on Wisconsin. ...
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February 14, 2021
Gov. Tony Evers proposes a new $100 million venture capital fund, $200 million to assist small businesses
Gov. Tony Evers to propose more than $329 million in new economic development initiatives including a new $100 million venture capital fund...
February 12, 2021
UW–Madison’s Economic Impact
UW–Madison, UW-affiliated organizations and UW-related startups contribute $30.8 billion per year to the Wisconsin economy, according to a February 2021 report issued by Northstar Analytics, LLC....
February 10, 2021
Tech Council’s 2021 ‘white papers’ urge investing in workforce, capital and broadband
Improving access to investment capital for young Wisconsin companies, educating and training a strong workforce, making it easier to be an entrepreneur and building on the state’s tech infrastructure are four major themes of the Wisconsin Technology Council’s 2021 “white papers” report....
February 4, 2021
InsideWis: Some glitzier cities get ink, but Madison, Milwaukee gaining tech workers
Tom Still: "My “move to Wisconsin” list doesn’t include palm trees and Miami’s South Beach, but it does include a year-round attractiveness that can offer the right mix for many people."...
February 4, 2021
What makes Wisconsin attractive to tech talent? Feb. 10 Tech Council webinar to focus on policy
Join us for the first in a four-part webinar series in which we unveil the Wisconsin Technology Council’s 2021 “white papers,” a biennial publication that contains ideas related to human capital, investment capital, tech infrastructure and creating a healthy climate for young companies and tech...
February 3, 2021
WisBusiness: UW Foundation president says businesses with advanced technology will be economic winners
Mike Knetter: “When people are able to go back out again, they may not have the same number of choices they had before,” Knetter explained. “And that will drive up prices at the places that they can go to.”...
February 2, 2021
UW–Madison initiative to promote university-industry research and education partnerships
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education has launched a new funding effort to facilitate university research partnerships and graduate student internships in collaboration with the private sector. The strategic initiative, Promoting Industry Collaboration, is supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research...
February 1, 2021
UW retains top 10 national research ranking
The National Science Foundation has released its 2019 fiscal year Higher Education Research and Development Survey, or HERD, data, showing that the University of Wisconsin–Madison ranked 8th place in the national research rankings for public and private universities. UW–Madison also ranked 8th in the last...
January 28, 2021
UW Health Leaders Reflect on How COVID-19 Changed Healthcare
As we approach a year of caring for COVID-19 patients at UW Health amid an ongoing flurry of vaccine news, leaders at UW Health are reflecting on how this pandemic has permanently changed many aspects of healthcare. COVID-19 has changed the way we provide care. In...
January 27, 2021
Forward BIOLABS leverages coworking to support biotech startups
As coworking becomes more popular among freelancers and small business professionals, the biotechnology industry is also seeing new opportunities to leverage the model....
January 20, 2021
Building a better bioimaging community
Kevin Eliceiri, Morgridge Institute investigator and professor of biomedical engineering and medical physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the lead investigator on a $1.2 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) in support of the imaging expertise network known as BioImaging North America...