Today the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce announced the five finalists competing in this year’s Pressure Chamber startup initiative, which returns Aug. 14 during Forward Festival, an eight-day celebration of entrepreneurship and innovation in Madison....
As a premier residential university, we believe deeply in the value of face-to-face instruction. We are doing everything we can to reduce health risks for students, staff and faculty. Our plans are informed by the latest science and public health information....
A new prevention research study at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health looking at whether commonly used oral and nasal antiseptic (in addition to personal protective equipment and hand hygiene) can help prevent COVID-19 infections in frontline healthcare workers....
The nation and the world have been severely tested in different ways in 2020, underscoring a need to invest in research and development for a safer, stronger future. The “Endless Frontier Act,” introduced in Congress by a bipartisan group that includes U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher,...
The team that developed the Badger Shield in a flash to meet the needs of hospitals, nursing homes and schools has created a new version - Badger Shield+...
During three months at the Engineers Without Borders office in Joyabaj in Guatemala’s Western Highlands in the summer of 2018—amid working on infrastructure projects and interacting with the local community and government—Alcock found the career inspiration she had been missing....
Paul Ahlquist: “Cryo-EM has recently gone through a quantum leap in its capabilities. In this study our research group combined multiple advances to greatly improve sample preparation, image acquisition and image processing, and to map the position of specific protein domains in the complex.”...
A nationwide research project to advance personalized medicine could end up playing a role in the development of COVID-19 treatments, the project's leaders in Wisconsin say, and even address racial disparities in outcomes among coronavirus patients....
By the beginning of the fall semester on September 2, UW–Madison will offer no-cost testing to all students, faculty and staff, with some testing set to begin in early August....
WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes speaks with Olver about the state’s technology ecosystem and how it remains successful during a pandemic....
Students and employees on University of Wisconsin campuses this fall must wear a face covering in classrooms and other indoor public spaces....
Dan Olszewski and Singari Seshadri provide advice and practical approaches to help entrepreneurs and small business owners survive the current environment and position their company to thrive in the future....