Two of the state’s newest venture capital funds are looking for big opportunities in health care technology. The Wisconsin Technology Council recently hosted a panel discussion spotlighting these funds. Panelists included George Arida, managing director for 30Ventures, based at University Research Park in Madison; and Mike...
Rebecca Blank has now been chancellor of UW–Madison for five years. On this anniversary, she celebrated with Bucky Badger and shared some reflections about what's been accomplished during that time. "Everything here that gets done is a team effort," she says. READ FULL STORY...
Walk by Union South and you might hear the faint buzz of power tools. It’s the hum of creativity in the UW Makerspace next door in Wendt Commons, where students design and build whatever they can imagine in a collaborative environment with cutting-edge tools. Makerspace is...
With major expansion projects already underway at several of its Madison-area sites, Exact Sciences Corp. is also in line for a new corporate headquarters at University Research Park that could add 200 to 440 new jobs there over the coming years. Aaron Olver, director of University...
Landing the No. 7 spot on our list of the 2018 Top 100 Best Places to Live, Wisconsin's capital city has a fun, lively vibe that's drawing recent college grads in droves — and its economy is hot, with an employment rate of 98.5 percent...
Community support is key to some of the earliest-stage startups working in the recently opened StartingBlock space in Madison. “All the faces that you see everyday -- it keeps the mood up,” said Clay Burdelik, CEO of YoEats, which has been working out of the space...
As business leaders of Milwaukee and Madison, we bet every day on the future of this great state. Our members are among the most innovative and dynamic businesses in Wisconsin and are creating jobs at a robust pace in important sectors like advanced manufacturing, bioscience,...
Past milestones led to a booming arts scene today 1969 Broom Street Theater begins its long and prolific run as an avant-garde theater. 1974 City breaks ground on the Madison Civic Center, anchored by the Capitol Theater which is reborn as the Oscar Mayer Theater and Isthmus Playhouse. 1978 American Players...
Students studying science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) at a University of Wisconsin System two-year institution or Wisconsin technical college may have more help during the transfer to a four-year college thanks to a five-year, $1 million grant. The grant is geared toward increasing the graduation...
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today announced that it has completed enrollment of a Phase 1 clinical study of ARO-AAT, the company’s second generation subcutaneously administered RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic being developed. READ FULL STORY...
Every summer since 2007, students from some of the smallest high schools in Wisconsin descend on the Morgridge Institute for Research for some big-time scientific immersion. The Morgridge Rural Summer Science Camp allowed more than 500 high academic achievers from across the state to spend a...
The state’s bioscience industry is on the rise, employing nearly 35,000 in 2016. That’s according to a new report from the national Biotechnology Innovation Organization, which highlights the $2 trillion impact the industry has on the country as a whole. It shows Wisconsin has been performing above...