Category: Business/Technology

Bruce R. Ellig, a graduate of the UW-Madison School of Business, has donated an unspecified amount to establish the Bruce R. Ellig Chair in Pay and Organizational Effectiveness in the school’s Department of Management and Human Resources.

GenTel BioSurfaces Inc., Madison, said Wednesday that in 2004, it has been awarded five Small Business Innovation Research grants totaling more than $900,000 by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. GenTel BioSurfaces is a privately held University of Wisconsin spin-off company.

The University of Wisconsin health care system will buy a health maintenance organization serving 80,000 people, university officials said Monday.

The UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations has begun an online UW Business News Wire.

Not to be deterred by a drink special lawsuit already pending against local bar owners, the chair of the Alcohol License Review Committee is floating a citywide ban on happy hours and drink specials. Ken Kamp said Thursday morning that he’s going to present the idea to his colleagues, but is not inclined to fight if there is opposition. (See Capital Times home final print edition for more details.)

MADISON ââ?¬â?? The University of Wisconsin-Madison has launched a new service to help the Wisconsin business community keep abreast of university happenings.

The best recent news is that University Book Store is moving its general book department in its 711 State St. location from upstairs to the first floor of the three-story building.

At age 21, entrepreneur Daniel Guerra Jr. knows firsthand how difficult it can be to succeed in a business community dominated by well-established, older professionals.

Five months into a 12-month scholarship campaign, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundation members find their message is resonating with alumni and businesses.

The improved ranking of the MBA program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business earlier this year affirms the school’s progress since the hiring of dean Michael Knetter two years ago, school alumni and faculty say.

Half Price Books will be presenting 8,500 books to the UW Children’s Hospital.

Nobody has to remind David McCune about the frustrations of flying into Madison.

Madison is poised to make a huge cash investment that could create a “village square” with shopping, learning and social services on the resurgent South Side.

When Stephanie Cota received her master’s degree in business administration from UW-Madison this May, she almost immediately took a high-paying job and bought a four-bedroom house

Diversity, congestion and free events are among the keys to the economic success of Madison’s Downtown, according to attendees of a public meeting Tuesday at the Concourse Hotel, 1 W. Dayton St.

More than 200 people attended a Tuesday forum on state finances sponsored by UW-Madison’s Center on Wisconsin Strategy and the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families at Memorial Union.

Plans to spruce up an area one person called the “gateway to the university” were scrutinized at an open house Tuesday.

Third Wave Technologies is “having a great year,” president and chief executive officer John Puisis told about 50 people at the company’s annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday.

What do a pizzeria owner, a historic preservationist and a mass transit advocate have in common? Like most of us, they’re fans of a vibrant Madison.

(Madison) A newââ?¬â??andââ?¬â??improved shopping mall, a children’s spray park and better roads, that’s what two redevelopment committees say South Madison needs. Mayor Dave Cieslewicz gave the group $2.5 million to work with to improve the face of the south side of the city.

Don’t expect to hear a lot of carping about retail turnover, historic preservation, chain stores and restaurants, panhandling or other issues this week during Downtown Madison Inc.’s Business Summit.