Madison, Wis. ââ?¬â? Students at the University of Wisconsin’s biomedical engineering department will have a chance to bring a semesterââ?¬â?¢s worth of work into the spotlight on Friday at the Biomedical Engineering Design Expo.
Carl E. Gulbrandsen, managing director of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and president of WiCell Research Institute, spoke recently with WisBusiness.com’s Brian Leaf about recent developments involving stem cells and their implications for Wisconsin.
Bill Steckel and his wife were planning a spring trip to Europe, but a hitch recently developed in their plans: The dollar has fallen to historic lows, making their vacation potentially much more expensive than they had anticipated.
“The short-term effect is going to be that it makes imported goods more expensive,” said UW-Madison economics professor Charles Engel.
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board is evaluating whether it should invest more in new Wisconsin companies, the agency’s top executive told a group of money managers in Milwaukee Tuesday.
The state Department of Commerce will spend $5 million over the next five years to set up and run a statewide network aimed at spawning more small businesses in Wisconsin, Gov. Jim Doyle announced.
Doyle said the program, authorized by legislation he signed earlier this year, will serve more than 10,000 people and contribute more than $500 million to the state’s economy in its first year.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Mentor Corp. announced that it has begun operating its new manufacturing facility at 535 Science Drive in University Research Park.
The plant was designed specifically for the production of products utilizing the botulinum toxin technology that Mentor licensed from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation last December.
New apartments for more than 300 students would become available near the corner of Broom and Gorham in August 2006 if the plan of two Madison developers passes the scrutiny of Madison Plan Commission members and the City Council. Some are objecting, however.
Gov. Jim Doyle, right, is joined by Commerce Sec. Cory Nettles to talk about aiding entrepreneurs.
Madison, Wis. ââ?¬â? Wisconsinââ?¬â?¢s Department of Commerce will fund a public-sector coalition to provide entrepreneurs with business planning and other assistance at centers around the state, Governor Jim Doyle announced on Monday.
Urban Processing is bringing its sweetened dried cranberry flair to ice cream. Cranberry cheesecake ice cream that is.
The timing couldn’t have been more perfect when staff members from the University of Wisconsin’s Babcock Hall Dairy in Madison came calling for a cranberry product to use in a new ice cream, said Cheryl Urban, president of Urban Processing.
Mentor Biologics has moved into University Research Park. Mentor will make a form of botulinum toxin designed to compete with the popular Botox.
Mentor has patents licensed from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
Despite a fourth-place finish in the Big Ten Conference, the University of Wisconsin volleyball team earned the right to host first- and second-round NCAA Tournament games by being awarded one of the tournament’s top 16 seeds.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 26 – As California moves to begin a lushly financed program of embryonic stem cell research, medical ethicists and other skeptics are concerned that the $3 billion that state voters approved for the endeavor could become a bonanza for private profiteers. (Login required.)
Colleges and universities in the 2003 fiscal year filed for more patents, identified a greater number of scientific discoveries with commercial potential than ever, and signed a record number of licenses with companies seeking to turn academic inventions into drugs, devices, and other products, according to a report released this week. (Subscription required.)
Family-owned or – controlled businesses total at least 70 percent of all businesses nationwide. Rather than the usual round of executive education classes you might find at other college campuses, UW-Madison’s Family Business Center, which runs out of the Fluno Center, offers a membership program with a slew of services that incorporate best business practices with the academic research possibilities that only a world-class university can offer.
If you allow your imagination to wander, you can imagine a world ten, 15 or 20 years from now that is quite different from what we know today. Imagine a world where we are not going to our doctors to find out how to treat heart disease or diabetes, but how to prevent them
Michigan officials ponder the effects of California’s stem-cell initiative there.
Gov. Jim Doyle put on a game face of major league proportions when he rolled out Wisconsin’s response to California’s approval of $3 billion in state funds for a decade of stem cell research. He did what he had to do to keep Wisconsin in the forefront of bioscience. California’s initiative will be hard for a smaller state to match, especially one with a major deficit.
Both the Senate and House have passed key patent legislation backed by the UW-Madison and several state politicians, with President Bush expected to sign the bill in the next few weeks.
Mike M. Knetter, Dean, UW-Madison School of business: “I’m thankful for the 34,000 loyal alumni of our business chool and the many other friends of the school (who) helped us achieve our mission.”
Carle E. Gulbrandsen, manager director, Wisconsin Alumni Reserch Foundation: “I’m thankful that our mission of taking (UW-Msn) inventions to the marketplace has generated real exicitement at the university, in the Madison community and with our partners at the state and federal government.”
Nov. 23, 2004 ââ?¬â?Ã? Much has been made of President Bush’s 2001 executive order limiting the use of federal funds for human embryonic stem-cell research. With Bush now slated for another four years in office, researchers and stem-cell supporters are seeking private investment to drive the science and the industry forward.
Legislation that would eliminate a barrier to collaborative research involving universities and companies is headed to President Bush after the U.S. House of Representatives gave it final approval on Saturday. (Subscription required.)
It was inevitable that Governor Jim Doyle’s proposal to build a $375 million interdisciplinary research center on the UW-Madison campus would be characterized as a ââ?¬Å?responseââ?¬Â to California, where voters passed a $3 billion, 10-year initiative to fund human embryonic stem cell research.
Kevin Reilly, the new president of the University of Wisconsin System, cites an 80% retention rate in the state for UW graduates but acknowledges that an even better track record is needed. The university system has embarked on pilot programs to pull back students who failed to graduate and get them to a diploma. It also is working to increase the percentage of freshmen who graduate.
Wisconsin has excellent schools, technical colleges and public and private colleges and universities. The state has two nationally ranked medical schools, now well-endowed with more than $600 million from the Blue Cross conversion. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the country�s leading research universities. However, Wisconsin lags in transferring technology to the private sector, says Thomas Hefty, co-chair of the Governor�s Economic Growth Council.
The customer is always right. Cliche? You bet. But Madison business consultants and UW-Madison School of Business academics say clients and companies share equally in the delivery of customer service and consumer satisfaction.
Gov. Jim Doyle’s new point man on attracting businesses to Wisconsin has no formal background in biotechnology or stem cell research. But with sales stints at two major corporations, followed by 13 years in the front office of the Milwaukee Brewers, Eugene “Pepi” Randolph brings plenty of real world experience to his new position as president of Forward Wisconsin.
Low wages and a lack of benefits are problems that women face in Wisconsin’s work force, but there are solutions, attendees heard Wednesday at a forum at UW-Madison.
The UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations announced that it will start a program next year to help create, support and sustain start-up companies that are based on research and technology developed at the UW.
Wisconsin women fall far short of men when it comes to pay equity, and that’s not sitting well with people who took notice of a report out this week mapping the gap. Louise Root-Robbins, UW System coordinator for the status of women and director of the Sloan Project for academic career advancement, and Joe Soss, an associate professor of political science at UW-Madison, are quoted.
Gov. Jim Doyle is ready to take on California to defend Wisconsin’s crown as king of the stem cell states. About two weeks after California voters approved a $3 billion, 10-year referendum for stem cell research, Doyle responded by putting together a comprehensive package to showcase and build on Wisconsin’s investment in biotechnology.
UW-Madison School of Business professor James M. Johannes has been named senior associate dean of the school.
Dane County businesses expect to see their profits grow twice as fast in 2005, according to a study released Wednesday.
Companies expect profits to increase 3 percent in 2005, more than double the rate they forecast a year ago, the Dane County Economic Survey found.
Most area businesses are expecting bigger sales in 2005 but that won’t necessarily mean a fatter paycheck for workers. The annual Dane County Economic Survey released today shows that 78 percent of firms here are projecting increased revenues next year. That’s up from 65 percent in 2004. The survey was conducted by the UW-Madison A.C. Nielsen Center for Marketing Research.
Mentions a 2000 survey of 421 executives by University of Wisconsin-Madison emeritus professor Jon Udell that found that corporate and personal income taxes were a small factor in how businesses rated the state’s competitiveness, with other factors accounting for 89% of their rating.
Drugs to treat cancer and epilepsy, and sugar substitutes that can be used to fight bacteria were some of the products touted by 33 companies seeking to match up with potential investors at the Wisconsin Life Sciences and Venture Conference on Tuesday at Monona Terrace.
MILWAUKEE ââ?¬â?? At the State University of New York in Albany, Carlos Santiago helped forge a partnership between IBM and the campus that led to the creation of a $1.5 billion “center of excellence.”
Now that he’s taken up residence in Wisconsin, Santiago sees no reason why UW-Milwaukee can’t aspire to do the same.
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s stem cell research is taking a big step forward. News 3 has learned Gov. Jim Doyle will announce Wednesday a plan to construct a research facility for stem cell work on the UW campus, geared toward keeping medical researchers in the Badger state.
Entrepreneurs on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will have a new resource to help them navigate the process of starting a company and the many related centers on campus.
The Office of Corporate Relations is heading the New Business Start-Up Initiative, which is to include events, publications and both one-ond-one and class-based training. This assistance will be available to UW=-Madison faculty, staff and students.
Will all human embryonic stem (hES) cell research move to California in light of the recent passage of a $3 billion bond initiative that is intended to make California the leader in a technology discovered by UW-Madison researcher Dr. James Thomson?
Starting up a business takes money, but too often, Wisconsin entrepreneurs are starved for cash needed to build a business.
Is there anyone who couldn’t usa an extra million dollars?
Leaders of 33 young technology companies are practicing their pitches as they prepare for the Wisconsin Life Sciences & Venture Conference in Madison on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Quoted: Allen Phelps, director of the Center on Education and Work at UW-Madison.
Gov. Jim Doyle is expected to announce soon a strategy to keep Wisconsin at the forefront of stem cell research, despite a California vote to spend billions in public dollars on the effort.
Some of the brightest stars of investing emit false light. Finding and avoiding such fakers has become of increasing concern in the wake of the corporate scandals of the early 21st century. Missing the next Enron Corp. has become as important as hitting the next Microsoft Corp. Story focuses on a presenter at the UW-Madison Directors’ Summit.
A new initiative designed to help University of Wisconsin students, staff and faculty create, support and sustain new companies was announced Friday.
Starting up a business takes money, but too often, Wisconsin entrepreneurs are starved for cash needed to build a business.
MADISON – Gov. Jim Doyle is expected to soon announce a strategy to keep Wisconsin at the forefront of stem cell research, despite a California vote to spend billions in public money on the effort.
The UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations will launch a program today that aims to create and support start-up companies that would capitalize on the research and technology produced at the university.
The new mantra among the nation’s rising medical researchers may sound like this: Go west, young scientist. Or, more to the point: Follow the money.
MADISON ââ?¬â?? Faculty, staff and students at UW-Madison who want to start their own companies will soon have more help, thanks to a new program being unveiled today
An investment of $8.5 million from a venture-capital syndicate has drawn a St. Louis biotech company to Wisconsin, where it will inhabit brand-new lab facilities at Milwaukee County Research Park, the Wisconsin Technology Network reported.
Although a number of national policies are set to go under the Bush administration�s microscope during his second term, one initiative is likely to remain untouched for the next four years: regulations and limitations over the federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research.
Madison, Wis. ââ?¬â? The University of Wisconsin-Madison was one of seven U.S. research universities to receive a grant from the Intel Advanced Computing Center on Monday at the SC2004 high-power computing conference in Philadelphia.
The best way to improve corporate accountability would be for the Securities and Exchange Commission to make it easier for shareholders to nominate directors, SEC Commissioner Harvey J. Goldschmid said Wednesday. His remarks were made in an address to the annual Directors’ Summit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 21st century gold rush is on in California after voters approved $3 billion for human embryonic stem cell research. At least one out-of-state biotech company is already making plans to move to California…And universities are hoping to recruit some of the field’s brightest minds to take part in the biggest state-run research project in U.S. history. (Provost Peter Spear is quoted in this article in the 11/10/04 Capital Times print edition.)
Mentions a study published last year by Terry Warfield, assistant professor of accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Qiang Cheng, assistant professor of accounting at the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business, that found that managers with high equity incentives are more likely to report earnings that meet or just beat analysts’ forecasts than are managers who have low equity incentives.
People with glaucoma, a disease that can lead to blindness, might some day be better able to treat their illness, thanks to an agreement between UW-Madison and a North Carolina biopharmaceutical company.
California scientists and university officials last week celebrated a major victory after voters there approved a ballot measure to provide $3-billion in state funds over 10 years for stem-cell research. Officials were already planning to set up a mechanism to distribute the money.
(Madison) With a 9-0 team Badger’s fans are loving this football season, and celebrating right alongside them are businesses and vendors near Camp Randall. For the last home game, the bars were full, brats were selling, and game goers were loading up on Badger’s gear. Some business owners feel the team’s winning streak is a boost to business.
