Chalk this up as another one of those facts about the heartland that may go underappreciated on the coasts: The No. 1 university in America for turning out current CEOs of Fortune 500 companies is not Harvard, not Stanford, not Notre Dame. It’s the University...
Bonnie Bachman, an economics professor with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship from Missouri University of Science and Technology, is the inaugural director of the newly formed Technology Entrepreneurship Office (TEO) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
This year’s new freshman class of 8,628 is the largest in the institution’s history, up 1.9% over last year’s class of 8,465. The university did not set out to break this record — it offered admission to almost 3,000 fewer freshman applicants this fall than...
At the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents meeting last week, the Capital Planning and Budget Committee recommended and the full Board approved a request for UW–Madison to enter into a lease for nearly 51,000 square feet at the anticipated Element Labs location at...
Since leaving America Online in 2003 after its merger with Time Warner, AOL co-founder and former CEO and chairman Steve Case has turned to venture capitalism....
A $1 million initiative was announced Tuesday to provide resources, support and technical assistance to rural entrepreneurs across the state. Governor Tony Evers announced the partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation....
The University of Wisconsin–Madison welcomed 49 new faculty who identify as people of color who joined the campus community over the past year at the annual Faculty of Color Reception, held Oct. 3 at the Pyle Center....
A team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Argonne National Laboratory has identified particular 17-4 steel compositions that, when printed, match the properties of the conventionally manufactured version....
Not every small community in Wisconsin is fortunate enough to have a Jeremiah Donohue fall into its lap, but Platteville did, and all involved are making the most of it. Wisconsin native Donohue (he goes by “Maia”) lived for eight years in Austin, Texas, working...
In 2002, collaborators from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and leading regional biotech companies, with support from then-Governor Tommy Thompson, launched the Master of Science in Biotechnology. The wide-ranging curriculum in science, business, regulatory policy and law aimed to prepare...
Epic’s research division aims to improve treatments for rare diseases through a large database drawing from millions of patients’ electronic health records. Panelists representing the Verona-based company discussed Epic’s rapidly growing Cosmos database during a Wisconsin Technology Council luncheon held yesterday in Madison....
Danielle Desa was awarded the inaugural Melita F. Grunow Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Morgridge Institute for Research — a new fellowship honoring Melita Grunow of Fontana, Wisconsin that funds early career scientists....