30 Nov Nimble Therapeutics names Pete Gough as Chief Scientific Officer
Nimble Therapeutics, an industry-leading peptide therapeutics company, today announced the appointment of Pete Gough, D. Phil. as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)....
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29 Nov Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics to expand in Madison with new headquarters
Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics, the company founded 18 years ago by UW-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson, plans to triple its footprint in Madison by building a new headquarters on the Far West Side....
23 Nov UW–Madison senior was a finalist this year for a Rhodes Scholarship
University of Wisconsin–Madison senior Sarah Almutawa was a finalist this year for a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious and selective undergraduate academic honors in the world. By the end of this year’s awards process, more than 100 Rhodes Scholars will have been selected...
23 Nov When Gen Z goes job hunting, doors open widest in these college towns
A new analysis by LinkedIn’s Economic graph team highlights the 15 U.S. metro areas with the largest percentages of Gen Zers — aged 25 and under. ...
23 Nov New approach could push limits of immunotherapy for difficult-to-treat cancers
A recent study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison points toward a potential new approach for pushing the limits of immunotherapy, opening a door to more effective treatment of inoperable tumors and metastatic cancer....
22 Nov These 15 Wisconsin Inno Fire Awards finalists are igniting the state’s tech scene
In its fifth year, the Wisconsin Inno Fire Awards honors individuals, companies and organizations across the state that are setting the technology ecosystem ablaze....
22 Nov Businesses that used WEDC programs created $1.2 billion in new capital last year
New data released in the WEDC’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Report for 2021 shows the millions of dollars being invested in Wisconsin businesses are having a measurable impact....
22 Nov UW-Stout Assistant Professor Wheeler helps unlock a key to energy-efficient skyscrapers
“It is not obvious that replacing ordinary windows with ones that improve the thermal performance and adds PV generation to a building in New York City can add as much benefit as doing so in sunny Tucson, but that is exactly what we found,” Vincent...
21 Nov From isotopes to internships, UW-Madison partnership energizes growing Wisconsin company
In late 2019, staff at NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes opened a package filled with radioactive materials. The delivery sparked an ongoing research collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison that’s accelerating the company’s emergence into an increasingly important healthcare market....
17 Nov InsideWis: Why venture capital is vital to economy: A national view brought home
About three-quarters of the record $333 billion invested in 2021 wound up in three states – California, New York and Massachusetts. A number of focus for the rest of the United States, however, is where jobs created by venture-backed companies can be found. Nearly two-thirds...
15 Nov UW Madison ranks 17th on list of 100 best colleges for startup founders.
PitchBook's annual university rankings compare schools by tallying up the number of alumni entrepreneurs who have founded venture capital-backed companies. The undergraduate and graduate rankings are powered by PitchBook data and are based on an analysis of more than 144,000 VC-backed founders....
15 Nov Skala named inaugural Carol Skornicka Chair
Melissa Skala, an investigator in biomedical imaging and professor of biomedical engineering, has been named the Carol Skornicka Chair at the Morgridge Institute for Research. The chairship honors Carol Skornicka (BS’62, English; MA’64, Education; JD’77), a trustee who served on both the Morgridge and Wisconsin...