15 Jul Madison’s growing startups are helping more than one industry
Madison's growing startup sector is positively impacting industry outside of the entrepreneurial ecosystem....
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New summer menus available from 12th Sept.14 Jul UW-Madison makes Forbes Top 10 for public colleges
Forbes magazine has once again ranked UW–Madison as one of its Top Colleges in the United States. The university rose to 10th among public colleges, up from 11th last year, and 69th overall for the second year in a row....
14 Jul Exact Sciences’ Cologuard could be included in national quality guidelines
The use of Cologuard, the home-based stool test by Madison-based Exact Sciences, could be included in how doctors and clinics are evaluated for colorectal cancer screening nationally, which might prompt more use of the test, the company said Wednesday....
11 Jul UW-Madison scores high in world university rankings
For the third year in a row, the University of Wisconsin—Madison has been ranked 25th worldwide by the Center for World University Rankings....
11 Jul Madison chamber leader touts Wisconsin’s high-tech ‘Third Wave’
Rather than focus solely on established businesses, Madison Chamber president Zach Brandon has embraced startups and "scalable and salable" companies as the future....
11 Jul Wisconsin got more venture capital deals in 2015 but amount invested fell
At least 128 state companies raised more than $209 million of angel and venture capital in 2015, with the results indicating a generally improving picture for early-stage financing....
07 Jul Coordinating steps to a Cancer Moonshot
The Cancer Moonshot goal of making a decade’s worth of progress in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care in five years is both audacious and achievable....
06 Jul New startups ‘graduate’ from UW business accelerator
A second group of companies formed with assistance from the University of Wisconsin—Madison’s Discovery to Product (D2P) has “graduated” from a program designed to advance innovations based on research on campus....
28 Jun Exact Sciences CEO Conroy to join Bidens for White House cancer summit
Kevin Conroy, chairman and CEO of Exact Sciences Corp., will attend this week’s White House summit on the effects of cancer and how the nation can come together in an effort to battle the disease....
28 Jun Gulbrandsen reflects on 16 years shepherding information at WARF
Carl Gulbrandsen will retire June 30 after 16 years as managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the independent, nonprofit foundation that aids scientific research and education at UW–Madison....
23 Jun Cellular Dynamics makes hire to prepare for stem cell therapies
Cellular Dynamics hires Derek Hei, former director of Waisman Biomanufacturing, to lead its cell manufacturing....
23 Jun Cellular Dynamics & National Eye Institute announce new partnership
Cellular Dynamics and the National Eye Institute's partnership is aimed at making stem cells and retinal cells for use in the development of a therapy for retinal degenerative disease. ...