Women entrepreneurs, investors making tangible strides
Two standing ovations at the just-completed Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium help to explain the rising role of women in the related worlds of entrepreneurism and investing....
10 November, 2019
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Fighting a global health scourge
Schistosomiasis is a devastating tropical disease that affects the world’s poorest and most vulnerable. The Newmark Lab wants to discover drug leads that could protect people from being infected in the...
07 November, 2019
WARF announces 2019 Innovation Award winners
Two technical breakthroughs, from the realms of experimental physics and microscopic communities, have claimed top honors from WARF this year....
05 November, 2019
Madison #1 in Fundera’s List of Best Untapped Cities for Startups in 2020
The beautiful city of Madison, Wisconsin is number one on FUNDERA'S list, partly due to an excellent balance of startup-friendly factors including a well-educated population, and the highest concentration of millennials...
29 October, 2019
Google moves into new Madison office with sweeping views of the Isthmus
In an office twice the size of its old one, Madison’s more than 100 Google employees have ample space for working, meeting and partaking in the internet giant’s many employee perks...
25 October, 2019
Percentage of women on Wisconsin corporate boards reaches all-time high
According to the organization’s new research report, 20.8% of director seats on those companies’ boards are held by women, up from 18.9% in 2018 and surpassing Milwaukee Women inc’s initial goal...
16 October, 2019
Sen. Tammy Baldwin takes in ‘locally sourced science’ at Morgridge Institute
Today, metabolism research at UW-Madison is stronger than ever, and Baldwin took the opportunity to tour the lab of one of her grandfather’s scientific successors: Dave Pagliarini, a Morgridge metabolism investigator...
09 October, 2019
Here are the first four investments from Venture Investors’ new $75M health VC fund
Invenra Inc., a Madison startup that developed a drug discovery platform to identify human multi-specific antibodies for immuno-oncology, is one of the four startups to receive an investment from Wisconsin's Venture...
06 October, 2019
Better transit is key to keeping Madison strong, tackling challenges
Here are three reasons why investing in BRT, a high-frequency, high-capacity, limited-stop bus service, must be a critical economic development priority:...
28 September, 2019
FDA Decision Expands Market for Exact Sciences’ Cologuard Test
The FDA has approved the test, Cologuard, for eligible, average-risk patients ages 45 and older, which expands the market that Madison, WI-based Exact can address with its product....
23 September, 2019
Mallinckrodt Announces Positive Top-line Results from Pivotal Phase 3 Clinical Trial of StrataGraft® Regenerative Tissue
The study, which met both primary endpoints, evaluated the efficacy and safety of a single application of StrataGraft in the treatment of deep partial-thickness thermal burns....
23 September, 2019
Dr. Thomas ‘Rock’ Mackie receives gold medal from radiation oncology society
Dr. Thomas “Rock” Mackie, of the UW Carbone Cancer Center, will receive the Gold Medal Award for his contributions to cancer treatment from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the...
18 September, 2019