Foxconn sponsored competition encourages technological innovation, collaboration
Smart Cities Competition selects 14 UW Madison students as first round winners
Badger Herald
Category: Business/Technology
Interview: Entrepreneurship
NBC-15
Interview with Phil Greenwood, senior lecturer at the Wisconsin School of Business.
Tony Evers: Expand economic development to include affordable worker housing
Wisconsin State Journal
About 40 members of the 54-member Wisconsin Technology Council attended the session in University Research Park, in one of Exact Sciences’ buildings.
How cities like Detroit and Pittsburgh can new tech hubs?
Fast Company
Similar to Pittsburgh, Madison, Wisconsin is another city relying on its university community for its bread and butter. The city’s nonprofit Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Accelerator Program is the nation’s first designated patent and licensing organization. Since 1925, the organization has provided everything from funding to advice to turn research and innovation that comes out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) into commercially promising technologies.
Yet Another Reason to End the Shutdown
Atlantic Monthly
Noted: Jirs Meuris, of the University of Wisconsin Business School, explains why this cautious approach is even more important than it may seem. In a research paper last fall, he discussed studies showing that the more worried employees were about their personal finances, the more accident- and error-prone they were in their work.
UW announces Michigan State professor as new School of Business dean
Badger Herald
Vallabh Sambamurthy has also served business schools at Florida State University, University of Maryland.
UW-Madison selects new dean for School of Business
NBC-15
Sambamurthy is currently an Eli Brad Professor and associate dean of the MBA and professional master’s programs at the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.
Apple Victory Over Wisconsin University Will Stand, Court Says
Bloomberg Law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said Jan. 7 it wouldn’t reconsider its September ruling that cleared Apple of a claim it infringed a University of Wisconsin-Madison patent for a way computer processors execute instructions.
Kwik Trip’s Big Rise To The Top
Wisconsin Public Radio
Noted: Hart Posen, an associate professor of management and human resources, is the guest.
FCDI to build $21M stem cell production facility in Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison cardiologist Timothy Kamp, director of the UW Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, was a co-founder of Cellular Dynamics and said the expansion is a significant development for the company and for the community.
Momo and more Hungry Badger Cafe aims to feed hungry Badgers
Isthmus
Noted: Deepak Shrestha went to school at UW-Madison, but the couple met in Nepal when he was home on summer break. They settled in Madison in 1988, and Archana says her family has felt “really welcome here.” She and her husband both work other jobs — he’s an engineer, she works for UW-Madison’s University Research Park. Adding a restaurant to the mix will keep them busy, but they’re up to the challenge. “We’ll see how it goes,” Archana says.
UW-Madison’s patent-licensing arm ‘actively concealed’ info from research partner, judge says
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s patent-licensing arm actively concealed information from another university about their shared patent, misled its research partner about the patent’s true financial value and kept 99 percent of the patent’s royalties to itself, according to a federal judge’s ruling.
Implantable device could help treat obesity, UW researchers hope
The Cap Times
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers may have come up with a new solution for treating morbid obesity: A small device that when surgically attached onto a person’s stomach can make someone feel more full after eating.
Implantable device could someday help people lose weight, UW researchers say
Wisconsin State Journal
A tiny weight-loss device developed by UW-Madison researchers could someday be implanted on people’s stomachs to trick their brains into thinking they’re full.
WARF appeals court-ordered payment
Daily Cardinal
Attorneys for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation recently appealed a court ruling that said the organization owed Washington University $32 million.
A new ‘Uber for Poop’ in Senegal is creating competition to pick up waste from people’s homes
Business Insider
Noted: Lipscomb said she and her team — Terence Johnson at the University of Notre Dame, Laura Schechter at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Jean-Francois Houde at the University of Wisconsin-Madison — did not set out to oversee the system long-term. The professors worked with an NGO and handed the project off to Senegal’s government after finishing their research in 2016.
New Weight-Loss Device Aids Rats In Losing Nearly 40% Of Their Body Fat
Forbes
University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists believe they may have come up with a way to stem the tide of obesity-related disease and illness and improve quality of life for hundreds of millions of people worldwide who suffer from weight problems. These scientists have created what they say is a safe and easily implantable weight-loss device that in lab experiments, aided rats in shedding nearly 40% of their body weight.
Sending electrical signals from the stomach to the brain can trick the brain into feeling full
Boss Magazine
Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a small implant that could prove to be a major breakthrough in the battle against obesity. Using the recent strategy of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), the implant has led to a 40 percent body weight loss in rats.
World steps up to study India’s cash ban while Modi looks away
Qrius
Noted: Rikhil R. Bhavnani and Mark Copelovitch, associate professors of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, say:
- The economic impact was felt most acutely in relatively “unbanked” and cash-dependent areas.
- Still in elections held soon after, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party was penalized the least in relatively unbanked districts. This shows that a substantial share of voters supported demonetization despite its negative economic effects.
- If Modi hadn’t framed demonetization as a fight against corruption, there might have been a loss of support to the BJP.
Wisconsin lands in 25th place in a state science and technology ranking
Wisconsin State Journal
Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce president Zach Brandon said the Milken report shows the value of “supporting and investing in a world-class research university” and the importance of learning through experience.
Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials
AP
We have seen Foxconn make plans for “innovation centers” here in Racine, in Madison, Green Bay, Milwaukee and Eau Claire to support its high tech plant plans; we have seen it partner with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and with local universities and colleges to enhance training and skill development for workers and system processes; we have seen Foxconn pledge to mitigate environmental impacts by developing a zero liquid discharge wastewater treatment system that will more than halve its water needs at the Mount Pleasant campus — a state of the art system that was not required in its contract with Wisconsin.
Foxconn announces 1st-round winners in Smart Cities/Smart Futures contest
During a ceremony Thursday at Carthage College, Foxconn recognized the best ideas submitted by students, faculty, and staff from the University of Wisconsin System, the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and the Wisconsin Technical College System.
Man with a plan
Isthmus
For an executive who just watched a half-billion dollars swirl down the drain, Erik Iverson is a cool cucumber. Just maybe the right guy at a crucial moment for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
EatStreet founders, UW alumni ‘honored’ to win 2018 UW Entrepreneurial Achievement Award
Badger Herald
EatStreet CEO says UW, gener8tor cultivated environment for massive success.
UW Engineering Professional Department looks to bridge industry gaps with railroad courses
Badger Herald
Maintaining state infrastructure deemed crucial to Wisconsin, Mississippi Export Railroads.
Make a good decision by pretending to choose for someone else
Business Insider
The author, Evan Polman, an assistant professor of marketing at the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, cites a paper he co-wrote about the different ways people make decisions for themselves and for others.
Madison levels up: A guide to the exploding game development scene
Isthmus
You don’t really see it until it’s all in one place.
That was certainly the case in mid-October, when more than 400 game developers from Madison and the Midwest converged at the second edition of M+Dev, the game developers’ conference held annually here. As the assembled masses networked and swapped personal stories, it was hard not to feel — and impossible not to see — an ongoing sense of critical mass.
UW-Madison’s patent-licensing arm ordered to pay $31.6 million to St. Louis university
Wisconsin State Journal
A federal district court this week ordered UW-Madison’s patent-licensing arm, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), to pay another university $31.6 million for breach of contract.
Model of dysfunction
Isthmus
UW-Madison’s Discovery To Product program was launched in 2013 asking the still vital question: What could be done to bring the great breakthroughs produced by the nation’s sixth largest research university to the broader public?
Model of dysfunction: UW-Madison startup program founders as years tick by
Isthmus
UW-Madison’s Discovery To Product program was launched in 2013 asking the still vital question: What could be done to bring the great breakthroughs produced by the nation’s sixth largest research university to the broader public?
UW-Madison startup lets businesses ‘chat’ with their data
Capital Times
Jignesh Patel, a University of Wisconsin-Madison computer scientist, wants to make understanding data like turning on lights in a house.
How too much confidence can benefit entrepreneurs
Futurity
Elfenbein and Hart Posen of the University of Wisconsin first struck upon this course of study while together at the Darden-Cambridge Judged Entrepreneurship Conference in London in 2015. Over dinner in Cambridge’s Christ’s College dining hall, they decided to put a team together to emphasize their scholarly strengths.
Firm relies on innovation, UW discoveries to drive drug development
Wisconsin State Journal
One of many stories from a special section marking the 20th anniversary of stem cell discovery.
Foxconn Institute of Technology at the University of Wisconsin
VOA Chinese
In addition to establishing the Wiscon Valley Technology Park in Racine County, Wisconsin, the Hon Hai Foxconn Group in Taiwan is also cultivating more scientific and technological talents through cooperation with local universities. This is the School of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We interviewed the Dean of the School of Engineering and asked him to talk about cooperation with Foxconn. (In Chinese.)
Cooperative to expand food distribution
Ag Update
Partners in the project are the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, Willy Street Co-op, Epic Systems and Second Harvest Food Bank and others.
UW dairy researchers partner with Wisconsin cheesemaker to create award-winning cheese
Badger Herald
Roelli Cheese Haus has been keeping up with overwhelming demand of cheese since 2016.
The top business schools for high-paying tech jobs
eFinancialCareers
Noted: Wisconsin only ranked as the 42nd best overall business school in the U.S., with its compensation figures in other industries falling well below the $130k average for tech. For example, Wisconsin Business School grads who took a job in finance earned a median salary of roughly $90k, well behind the $150k average for Stanford and Harvard MBAs. But Wisconsin appears to be your best bet in the Midwest for a high-paying tech job. And tuition is only around $38k, half that of Harvard.
Blexx, a startup whose tool destroys used hypodermic needles, wins Madison pitch contest
Wisconsin State Journal
Blexx Technology, a company started by a 21-year-old UW-Madison student with a new tool to dispose of used hypodermic needles, picked up the top prizes at the Elevator Pitch Olympics on Thursday.
UW’s innovation leader
Isthmus
Robert Golden, dean of the UW-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health for the past dozen years, leaned into the question as if he wanted no doubt to exist on where he stood. We were in his office in a campus building located a stone’s throw away from University Hospital.
Foxconn’s $100M deal with the University of Wisconsin has students worried
The Verge
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison in late August, chancellor Rebecca Blank and Foxconn chairman Terry Gou announced the largest industry research partnership in the school’s history.
Foxconn Considers Bringing Chinese Workers to Wisconsin as U.S. Labor Market Tightens
Wall Street Journal
Ian Robertson, head of the engineering school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that even without Foxconn, the state has a challenge attracting enough engineers.
Foxconn considers bringing Chinese personnel to Wisconsin as US labor market tightens
Fox Business
Ian Robertson, head of the engineering school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that even without Foxconn, the state has a challenge attracting enough engineers. “If you look at our numbers, the answer is no,” said Mr. Robertson, about whether there are enough engineers to supply Foxconn at this stage. The school of engineering currently has 4,500 undergraduates and 1,400 graduate students, he said.
Food ordering apps like EatStreet are growing. Not everyone in the restaurant industry likes it.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: EatStreet, founded in a University of Wisconsin-Madison dorm room in 2010, is in more than 250 cities nationwide with more than 15,000 restaurant partners.
Why do we have a 30-year mortgage, anyway?
Marketplace
Then came the Federal Housing Administration, which insured mortgages against default and set new standards for those loans. Hello, 15-year mortgage. “And then basically the FHA kind of keeps pushing it to 20 years, and then 25, and then 30,” said Andra Ghent, who teaches real estate finance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
15 estudios científicos que demuestran que el nombre que le pones a tus hijos marca su éxito o fracaso
Business Insider España
Noted: Investigadores de la Wisconsin School of Business hallaron que los miembros de grupos que compartían las mismas iniciales trabajan mejor juntos que los que no, lo cual conllevaba mejor rendimiento, eficacia colectiva, adaptación al conflicto y precisión.
UW’s challenge: Why does the world-class research institution struggle to work with industry?
Isthmus
Noted: Part I in a series.
It’s a story that Madison loves to hear.
Two plucky entrepreneurs, Kevin Conroy and Manesh Arora, are hired in 2009 to revive a moribund health-tech startup in Boston. They have the temerity to move it from the best-known metropolis in the country for medical innovation to the much smaller Madison, where Conroy had run Third Wave Technologies. Their company had but two employees.
UW’s challenge
Isthmus
It’s a story that Madison loves to hear. Two plucky entrepreneurs, Kevin Conroy and Manesh Arora, are hired in 2009 to revive a moribund health-tech startup in Boston. They have the temerity to move it from the best-known metropolis in the country for medical innovation to the much smaller Madison, where Conroy had run Third Wave Technologies. Their company had but two employees.
Madison is among top 20 ‘tech towns,’ according to study
Wisconsin State Journal
It said university towns performed particularly well, and cited Madison’s recent No. 10 ranking by commercial real estate firm Cushman and Wakefield on a list of educated tech cities.
Immuto Scientific seeking to speed up drug development
Wisbusiness.com
An engineering research team at UW-Madison has invented a device which could dramatically speed up drug development.
‘It’s a big deal’: UW-Madison students, staff react to Foxconn recruiting on campus
WISC-TV 3
Students, staff and community members have a chance this week to learn about the opportunities that Foxconn Technology Group will provide to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tech giant looking to tap into UW’s young talent at Foxconn Day
WKOW-TV 27
Foxconn is looking to tap into young talent when it opens its new plant in Wisconsin.
Foxconn Days to bring job search to UW campus
WISC-TV 3
Foxconn is currently recruiting for several hundred positions in Wisconsin. This week, they’re bringing that job search to the UW campus.
Foxconn returns to campus to promote job creation, enhance innovation
Daily Cardinal
After announcing the partnership with UW-Madison, Foxconn will provide an opportunity for students and faculty to engage with the company’s new technology and discuss job outlook.
Goldie Initiative raises $425,000 to advance women leaders in CRE
RE Journals
The Goldie Initiative has assisted over 90 Goldie Scholars at numerous institutions, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business.
Should $1.7 Billion In Research Funds Produce More Marketable Ideas and Goods?
WUWM
About $1.7 billion is spent on academic research every year in Wisconsin, with the funding coming from a mix of government agencies and private investors. Some people who follow the money say more could be done with it.
UW-Madison,Wisconsin Brewing team up to create first wild lager brewed in North America
Wisconsin State Journal
For more than a decade, UW-Madison students studying food science or microbiology have had an on-campus brewery to study fermentation processes and conduct quality-control experiments. And in 2015, the university began partnering with Wisconsin Brewing Co. in Verona to bring student recipes to market.
UW-Madison introduces of MFA to further secure personal information
Daily Cardinal
Multi-factor authentication process will be implemented at UW-Madison in order to create a safer online experience for students and staff.
Madison brewery, UW-Madison students brew first North American wild lager
WISC-TV 3
Wissconsin Brewing Co., Heineken and University of Wisconsin–Madison students are partnering to brew the first wild lager brewed in North America.
Free program supports women in building construction trades
NBC-15
Getting more women into construction, that’s the goal of new pre-apprenticeship program in our area.
The UW School for Workers and Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin (WDBSCW) is introducing Madison Women In Trades, a series to recruit more women into careers like electricians, carpenters and heavy equipment operators. Applications are being accepted now and the program is free for up to 20 women. It is sponsored by grant money from the state to the University of Wisconsin system.
Up-close view of Foxconn site shows massive project coming into focus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Money spent by the firm elsewhere in Wisconsin, such as the $14.9 million it paid for a downtown Milwaukee office building or the up to $100 million it has pledged to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will not count toward the investment tax credits.