Three University of Wisconsin–Madison students have received 2025 Goldwater Scholarships, considered the country’s preeminent undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. UW–Madison’s winners are juniors Alissa Choi and Pramana Saldin and sophomore Elliott Weix....
Abingdon Health plc (“Abingdon”), a UK-based leading developer and manufacturer of medical devices worldwide, just announced its expansion to Madison, WI. The company has signed a lease at University Research Park and expects to become fully operational in early 2025....
UW–Madison graduate programs are once again ranked among the nation’s best in a wide variety of fields and specialties, in the 2025 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”...
The Wisconsin Union team will begin its annual, months-long outdoor entertainment and dining festival, called Terrace Season, with the return of the terrace chairs to the outdoor space of the Memorial Union Terrace on April 16, followed by a Terrace Chair Return Party on April...
The latest episode features John Neis of Venture Investors LLC, which has offices in Madison and Ann Arbor, Mich. He talks about trends in early stage investing and what’s needed to help Wisconsin move ahead. The Show also reviews recent and upcoming Tech Council events....
The contestants have emerged after two rounds of judging in the contest organized through the Wisconsin Technology Council, its sponsors and volunteers. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is a major sponsor....
Press release: Exact Sciences Corp., a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced the launch of Cologuard Plus™, the most accurate noninvasive colorectal cancer screening (CRC) test reported in studies to date....
Here are 10 things to know about AI and data science in general and, more specifically, their influence on the agricultural and life sciences — at UW CALS and beyond....
Eight organizations supporting Wisconsin entrepreneurs with technical and financial assistance have received nearly $1.3 million in the latest round of Entrepreneurship Partner Grants (EPG) from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC)....
David Gamm, director of UW–Madison’s McPherson Eye Research Institute and professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, says that stem cell replacement therapy using lab-grown photoreceptors is a promising strategy to combat retinal disease....
Scientists at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) and the Morgridge Institute for Research at the UW–Madison have been at the forefront of stem cell research and regenerative biology since James Thomson isolated the first human embryonic stem cell in 1998....
Personal finance company WalletHub just released its rankings of America’s happiest cities. The company ranked cities based on 29 metrics of happiness, from depression rates to the income-growth rate to average leisure time spent per day. Each metric was ranked on a 100-point scale, with...
Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman and other representatives of the group spoke at a news conference at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health on Thursday, March 6, to reinforce the importance of NIH funding....
“My research seeks to challenge long-standing assumptions in computer architecture,” says George Tzimpragos, who joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the UW-Madison as the James E. Smith Assistant Professor in January 2025...
According to the 2024 Wells Fargo Impact of Women-Owned Business Report, the number of women-owned businesses between 2019 and 2023 increased at nearly double the rate of those owned by men; and from 2022 to 2023, the rate of growth increased to 4.5 times....
The entrepreneurial landscape continues to evolve with an impressive array of new ventures. Today, we're highlighting eight companies poised for significant growth in their respective markets who have earned their spot in the 2025 Madworks cohort....
Business owners of color are a large and growing share of the business community in Wisconsin, but they still face many barriers to growth, according to a series of new reports out of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Community Economic Development program....
While Wisconsin still has yet to see any cases of bird flu in dairy cattle, the head of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory warns the impact of the virus could hit rural communities hardest....
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which handles patenting and licensing for UW-Madison research, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Burmania discusses the organization’s efforts to identify “the great innovations” being developed on campus with prospects for commercialization....
Dear readers: We are very grateful for your continued interest in the Morgridge Institute for Research, and we hope this newsletter offers a useful snapshot of some of the remarkable work our scientists do every day to answer fundamental questions in biomedicine....