July 18, 2015
UW-Madison scores high in world university rankings
For the second year in a row, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been ranked 25th worldwide and 18th nationally by the Center for World University Rankings....
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July 14, 2015
The Bucky Effect: UW-Madison’s impact on Wisconsin’s economy
UW–Madison — along with its affiliated organizations and start-up companies — has a $15 billion impact on Wisconsin and supports 193,310 jobs, according to new data released this spring....
July 13, 2015
The SWAMP helps keep hackers at bay
The SWAMP, the Software Assurance Marketplace, gives developers a chance to run their software programs through a series of tools that can root out potential pitfalls — small gaffes that may cause hiccups in the way a program runs or bigger gaps that could let...
July 9, 2015
Federal funds to bolster food manufacturing, biotech headed to Madison region
A new federal designation will move 14 counties in south-central and southwestern Wisconsin to the front of the line for perhaps $75 million in federal grants over the next two years for a series of projects in the food manufacturing and biotech sectors....
July 7, 2015
Gift to Morgridge Institute ‘Fab Lab’ to boost medical device innovations
A gift to the Morgridge Institute for Research's 'Fab Lab' will help spur medical device innovations coming directly from doctors....
July 1, 2015
Exact Sciences outlines pipeline of diagnostics for deadliest cancers
Exact Sciences’ ambitious plan to commercialize molecular diagnostic tests for several of the deadliest cancers is starting to come into focus....
June 26, 2015
Innovation Needs a Neighborhood
URP Managing Director Aaron Olver delivered a keynote during the International Economic Development Council's Economic Future Forum that emphasized the fact that successful innovation requires communication and collisions of people to spark new ideas....
June 25, 2015
MadREP settles into its new home at URP
At the end of April, MadREP moved its offices from downtown Madison out to the University Research Park....
June 25, 2015
Invenra partners with U.K. company to research therapeutic antibodies
Invenra, one of the few companies working on new ways to make therapeutic monoclonal antibodies using cell-free protein expression, today announced a partnership with U.K.-based Oxford BioTherapeutics aimed at commercializing a new cancer treatment....
June 24, 2015
Exact Sciences CEO: Swiss model worth considering for economic development
Kevin Conroy, CEO of Madison’s fast-growing Exact Sciences cancer diagnostic company, said that Wisconsin could use Switzerland as a role model to grow its biotech companies, increase innovation and fuel economic development. ...
June 22, 2015
Helping startups ‘scale up’ is a vital strategy for Wisconsin
Is Wisconsin producing enough startup companies? No, especially when all startups are counted… whether those young companies are bakeries, burger joints, beauty salons or biotechnology firms. What often matters more than the sheer number of startups is the survivability and “scale up” stages for young companies,...
June 22, 2015
Madworks acelerator kicks off its new class
The Madworks accelerator program recently launched its fourth cohort, supporting startup companies through grants and mentorship....