The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been ranked 27th worldwide and 20th nationally by the Center for World University Rankings. Nearly 20,000 institutions were ranked, and those that placed at the top made the Global 2,000 list. Last year, UW–Madison ranked 25th overall and 19th nationally....
Innovators worldwide participating in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition are racing to develop technologies that can harvest that carbon dioxide efficiently and lock it away. Now, from an initial field of more than 500 entries, competition judges have chosen a University of Wisconsin–Madison team’s solution...
The 2022 Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards honor University of Wisconsin–Madison innovators and alumni who further the Wisconsin Idea through outstanding accomplishments in entrepreneurship. A ceremony honoring the recipients was held March 23 at the Discovery Building....
A university-industry collaboration has successfully run a quantum algorithm on a type of quantum computer known as a cold atom quantum computer for the first time. "There’s a race to build a useful quantum computer, and there’s a handful of different approaches that are being...
Combining special, high-energy X-rays with thermal imaging and visible light, engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are looking inside metal items made with a new 3D-printing technique to better understand (and eventually refine) the promising manufacturing method....
Assistant professor Jason Cantor has received a 2021 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award. His was among the ten award-winning proposals that represent early-stage, innovative and cutting-edge technology in medicine and biomedical engineering....
After nine years as chancellor, Rebecca Blank will leave UW–Madison in May to become president of Northwestern University. She admits to mixed feelings about packing up her Badger mementos....
Four University of Wisconsin–Madison students have been named winners of 2022 Barry Goldwater Scholarships, one of the most prestigious awards in the U.S. for undergraduates studying the sciences. The UW–Madison winners are sophomore Lucy Steffes and juniors Sarah Fahlberg, Elias Kemna and Samuel Neuman....
Gov. Tony Evers has signed into law AB 759, which will make it easier for young companies to stay put in Wisconsin as they grow and add jobs while expanding beyond its borders. The effort to pass the bill was led by the Wisc Tech...
Urban League of Greater Madison President and CEO Dr. Ruben Anthony said the Black Business Hub and the Urban League, which hopes to be ready to open in early 2023, will help create “a new pipeline of businesses to not only serve South Madison but...
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Ayla Annac, co-founder, president and CEO of Madison-based InvivoSciences. This pre-clinical stage biotech company is developing a method for creating tissue samples from patients’ blood, urine or skin to test treatments for heart failure....
Twenty-six entries representing sectors such as health care, cleantech, education, software and innovations in products or services are competing in the finalist round of the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest....