New shield couples COVID-19 protection with a clear view of the face
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+...
22 July, 2020
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Detailed view of viral replication machinery lends new insights into infection
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.”...
21 July, 2020
Research On Personalized Medicine May Help COVID-19 Treatments
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....
20 July, 2020
UW–Madison establishes free, campus-wide COVID-19 testing to support campus reopening
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....
17 July, 2020
Focus Forward Podcast Ep 5: The Power of a Tech Ecosystem with Aaron Olver
WEDC Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes speaks with Olver about the state’s technology ecosystem and how it remains successful during a pandemic....
16 July, 2020
Masks mandatory inside all UW campus buildings this fall
Students and employees on University of Wisconsin campuses this fall must wear a face covering in classrooms and other indoor public spaces....
10 July, 2020
Alumni Webinar Series: The Entrepreneur’s Playbook
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....
09 July, 2020
Podcast: Developing Future Leaders of Family-Owned Businesses, with Jim Hartlieb
Family-owned businesses are unique in that the mantle of leadership is most often passed down from one generation to the next rather than passed along to an executive who has come in from outside the company....
07 July, 2020
Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce: Accepting applications for seventh annual Pressure Chamber competition
The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce announced today it is accepting applications for this year’s Pressure Chamber startup initiative, which returns Aug. 13 during Forward Festival....
07 July, 2020
UW-Madison labs slowly reopening, but scientists fear virus’ ripple effects on research
UW-Madison began opening up some labs in June, adding about 2,000 researchers on top of the roughly 2,000 who worked through the pandemic. The university moved Thursday into its “second phase” of rebooting research....
06 July, 2020
Full recovery from pandemic will take more than 2 years in Wisconsin, WEDC says
According to WEDC report, it will take slightly more than two years for Wisconsin and the U.S. to recover to the pre-Covid-19 level of employment....
01 July, 2020
Tommy Thompson takes office as UW System President, seeks feedback
As Tommy Thompson takes office today as President of the University of Wisconsin System, his transition team is announcing creation of the “Listening Post” for Wisconsin residents and UW students, faculty, and staff to ask questions and offer ideas....
01 July, 2020