Kyle Cranmer, a University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus who played a significant role in the discovery of the Higgs boson, will become the next director of the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute....
Collaborations between industry and academia are necessary to drive technology development, according to a panel representing universities in the state and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation....
Madison company that makes purifying equipment used in developing life-saving drugs could expand its workforce after being purchased by the subsidiary of a Japanese conglomerate....
Wisconsin companies attracted a record $436 million in venture capital dollars across 62 deals in the first three quarters of the year, according to data from PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)....
Amy Weeks, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of biochemistry, has been selected as a Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering. The fellowship is awarded annually to early-career scientists from across the United States and provides $875,000 of funding over five years. Weeks is one of...
A biotechnology company started out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has raised $2.3 million almost entirely from investors within the state. Immuto Scientific Inc. plans to use its $2.3 million in seed funding for equipment and staffing needed to take its analytical research services to...
A new survey of small and mid-size American cities confirmed what we all knew: Madison is the best place to live. The Wisconsin capital capped off its climb to the top of the Livability.com rankings of 1,000 cities this year after taking the bronze medal...
The UW Board of Regents today approved a memorandum of understanding between the Board of Regents and the University Research Park (URP) to strategically utilize UW–Madison’s real estate assets to advance its public academic and research missions....
University of Wisconsin–Madison Waisman Center researchers are creating a new approach to study how changes to brain development in the womb result in intellectual disability in people with Down syndrome....
Supporting both innovative and established ways to aid Wisconsin entrepreneurs is key to building a vibrant economy, and a new $2 million grant program is encouraging programs that help emerging businesses thrive....
“I know a lot of people I love would be here today, if their cancers had been detected early.” – Katie Couric...
This year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is welcoming the largest and most racially diverse freshman class in the institution’s history....