The summer 2021 class of SuccessWorks Internship Fund awardees are working at a diverse mix of public and private institutions, with many working in-person, others working a hybrid or completely virtual schedule, and one student completing a remote international internship based in Ghana....
Several UW–Madison leaders, innovators and key partners will join the slate of entrepreneurial events presented during the annual, eight-day Forward Fest, Wisconsin’s largest celebration of innovation and entrepreneurship....
University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists report today in the journal Science Translational Medicine that combining targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy with immunotherapy significantly boosts eradication of metastatic cancer in mice, even when the radiation is given in doses too low to...
Pyran, Inc., a high-growth company that creates high-performing 5-carbon products made from renewable resources, today announced that it has closed its latest round of fundraising, bringing its total of investments and grants to nearly $4 million....
In 1990 the physician-scientist Jon Wolff and his University of Wisconsin colleagues injected mRNA into mice - a first step toward making a vaccine from mRNA....
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a Toronto-based nonprofit that facilitates free mentorship for highly scalable, seed-stage science and technology startups. It operates in 10 cities worldwide — including Madison — through partnerships with universities in each location....
An upcoming addition to the news menu for entrepreneurs in Madison is “Innovate 608,” a podcast hosted and produced by StartingBlock, one of the city’s most familiar startup hubs....
In 2011, just 200 students were Computer Science majors. A decade later, the number of students enrolled in the discipline has grown more than ten times—a direct response to significant student interest and industry demand in our increasingly technology-driven society....
Madison-based FluGen has been awarded a $11.4 million grant from the Department of Defense to study the ability of its experimental flu vaccine to protect against drifted flu virus strains in older adults, the company said Thursday....
Nimble Therapeutics and RayzeBio today announced the companies have entered a strategic collaboration to discover and develop novel peptide-based radiopharmaceuticals for treatment of cancer....
The latest edition of “The Wisconsin Portfolio” shows more than $483 million was raised by the state’s early stage companies in 2020, a record for any calendar year in Wisconsin but still not on par with other Midwest states....
Madison's engineering talent is showing the fastest growth in proportion to population size. Results range from 4.6% growth in the tech talent pool for top-ranked Madison, Wis., to about break-even for No. 10 Denver....