Noted: The University Research Park where Exact Sciences is building out its offices is run by a nonprofit corporation with ties to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and houses more than 140 companies.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say they’ve developed a video game that can help develop empathy in students.
LaShya Washington, an 11-year-old Mendota Elementary School student, sat with a laptop in a classroom in the School of Human Ecology building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Tuesday afternoon, typing instructions to a robot.
Interview with Dan Thoma, professor and director of the Grainger Institute for Engineering
Noted: Zeratsky moved to Milwaukee with his wife, Michelle Zeratsky, in June and lives on the city’s east side. An alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he lived in Chicago and San Francisco, and on his sailboat for eight months, before returning to his home state.
University of North Dakota President Mark Kennedy has appointed Meloney Golombiecki Linder to serve as Vice President for Marketing and Communications. Linder will begin her new duties Sept. 4.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has signed a new technology partnership with Oracle Cloud for its integrated health system, UW Health.
But in Denver, pot businesses boosted property values in their host neighbourhoods, according to a report last year from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business. In other words, the business of weed can be both a boon to homeowners and a source of stress on local renters.
Noted: The second-annual event is organized by the UW-Madison Department of Food Science. Enologist and outreach specialist Nick Smith is running the show with help from the Wisconsin Vintners Association, a Milwaukee-based organization for winemakers and enthusiasts that provided volunteers to serve as wine stewards for the competition. They’re busy backstage opening bottles, pouring flights and making sure that the nearly 500 glasses of wine are properly labeled before they’re delivered to the judges.
For UW–Madison, most conversations with Foxconn have focused on research and recruiting opportunities. From the College of Letters and Science to autonomous vehicles, Foxconn has expressed interest in drawing on some of UW–Madison’s unique assets. … “I think most people think of Foxconn [as] that place in Racine that’s going to manufacture big-screen TVs and large-scale tech screens, and they have a much broader set of interests than that [which] we’re working on,” says Charles Hoslet, vice chancellor of university relations at UW–Madison relations.
With five minutes left on the clock, the University of Wisconsin-Madison team needed to pass two tests in order to qualify for the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition finals.
Finding the funniest captions for hundreds of cartoons in The New Yorker magazine is not the ultimate application of an artificial intelligence tool developed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Quoted: “The technology keeps getting better and better — and, the most important thing, cheaper,” said Gary Radloff, who retired this year as director of energy policy analysis for the Midwest at the Wisconsin Energy Institute, a research center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
As trade tensions between Washington and Beijing escalate, the chairman of Foxconn Technology Group, Terry Gou, has managed to make the assembler of iPhones seem immune from the bitter tariff war — and he even has become a notable job creator in the U.S. despite the fact that his hardware empire faces mounting challenges at a critical stage.
The journey to becoming an authentic and effective leader starts by taking a moment to learn about yourself, says Jamie Marsh, director of BBA Career Services at the University of Wisconsin School of Business. “You must know yourself and what you’re made of to be an effective leader,” says Marsh, who addressed CUNA Management School Monday in Madison, Wis.
He’s a product geek and fanatic problem solver with a passion for improving efficiency and reducing ambiguity.
Interestingly, from last year to this year the same number of schools topped 40% international enrollment: seven … A pair of northern publics, the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management (20.5%) and Wisconsin School of Business (20.2%) were at the low end as well, though in Carlson’s case the total represented aa jump of 4.4 points from last year.
Q&A with St. John, a 2018 MBA recipient.
Noted: Inmates in private prisons appear to serve 4 to 7 percent additional fractions of their sentences, which amounts to 60 to 90 days for the average inmate, according to a paper released by Anita Mukherjee, Ph.D., an assistant professor of actuarial science, risk management and insurance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin School of Business.
Quoted: For those who study startups, there are question marks when it comes to the “everything under one roof” model itself. Jon Eckhardt, a startup researcher at the Wisconsin School of Business, said that “there’s an incredible amount of experimentation” happening around the U.S. with startup centers, but not a lot of research on them.
Wisconsin’s potential human resource shortage has been a topic of conversation even before Foxconn’s 2017 announcement that it would open the plant; it certainly seemed to be on Walker’s mind in 2015, when he attempted to change the University of Wisconsin system’s mission statement.
Noted: Hart Posen is a guest.
Quoted: Hart Posen, an associate professor of management and human resources at the Wisconsin School of Business, thinks that as a result, this could become a boon for Amazon. “It is easy for a seller using Amazon’s platform to collect and remit sales tax. This should further push small retailers toward Amazon’s platform,” he said. That gives the online giant even more leverage.
A collaboration between the UW–Madison Carbone Cancer Center, UW Health and Foxconn will explore standards of care and cancer treatments that may include an exchange with the National Taiwan University Cancer Center, UW-Madison spokeswoman Meredith McGlone said.
Noted: According to a Wisconsin School of Business study, people who learn how to use credit cards early in life are less likely to have “a serious default in the future” and more likely to have a high credit score.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Foxconn Technology Group and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are launching an internship program that will send engineering students to the company’s headquarters in Taiwan for a semester.
Even if video games, like Trix cereal, were ever really just for kids, those days have long since passed.
In spring 2015, two determined University of Wisconsin-Madison students, Aaron Olson and Mehrdad Arjmand, set a lofty goal: bring electricity to off-grid rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
The University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point is one step closer to earning accreditation to offer a Masters of Business Administration degree after receiving the green light from the UW system Friday.
The choice of materials used in e-commerce packaging makes a big impact on consumers’ perception of product value, claims a joint study by converter Pregis and the University of Wisconsin (UW).
Winners of the business plan competition were announced at the closing luncheon of the two-day Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference at UW-Madison’s Union South on Wednesday.
The conference starts at 8 a.m. Tuesday and runs through Wednesday at Union South on the University of Wisconsin campus.
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Technology Council is hosting a conference to help Madison residents launch their own start-ups.
Because of the new tax law, many companies got more serious about saving for retirement last year. According to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the GOP tax bill likely led some companies to increase their defined-benefit pension contributions in 2017.
According to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the GOP tax bill likely led some companies to increase their defined-benefit pension contributions in 2017.
Noted: According to a Wisconsin School of Business study, people who learn how to use credit cards early in life are less likely to have “a serious default in the future” and more likely to have a high credit score.
Eckhardt is an associate professor with the Wisconsin School of Business and the executive director of the school’s Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship.
A study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison released this week revealed that President Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act led to an increase in defined-benefit pension plans in 2017.
Companies substantially increased their contributions to defined-benefit pension plans in 2017, likely because of the new tax law that President Trump signed in December, according to a new paper from researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Is it a trade dispute with China, or is it a trade war? If the latter, is it on hold, or not? The flip-flops in America’s trade relationship with China are coming in ever more frequently, as President Trump issues and rescinds threats.
-Menzie Chinn is a professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin. His research examines the empirical and policy aspects of macroeconomic interactions between countries.
Companies substantially increased their contributions to defined-benefit pension plans in 2017, likely because of the new tax law that President Trump signed in December, according to a new paper from researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Kirk wasn’t exactly sure how to get his bread business started, but then a consultant from the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business told him to start with wholesale and get his bread into stores. “She told me to bake some loaves, walk in and ask for [the] manager. [She told me that] any meeting you go to, bring bread,” Kirk says. Soon, loaves of Kirk’s bread could be found on the shelves of the Jenifer Street Market, the Regent Market Co-op and Fresh Market. “I slowly figured it out,” he says.
Quoted: Tom O’Guinn, a University of Wisconsin expert on consumer behavior, said packaging issues aren’t enough to sway diners’ decisions on where to eat.”The average American doesn’t care lot about this,” he said. “People don’t want to sit there and think, ’Gee, this is a slight improvement in packaging.’”
Can the University of Wisconsin-Madison discover innovative ways to boost the incomes of 10,000 people in Dane County over the next two years?
Foxconn Technology Group has announced a $1 million “Smart City, Smart Future” competition to encourage innovative ideas from higher education students and faculty around the state of Wisconsin.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin School of Business has been using a collaborative structure since 2015, when it replaced computer workstations with round tables that seat six to create a collaborative learning space.
More than five decades ago, it was a University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus who helped a pop-culture phenomenon make its way into American homes.
Urban and Regional Economics: Jaime Luque, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison
On Sunday, Funk released the Arboretum Osage Orange beer. Stevens and Funk both wants the partnership to continue to showcase popular and unlikely fruits you can find in the Arboretum.
“Unexpected leader who draws on quiet strength, fierce courage, and thoughtful kindness to inspire others.”
Marco Werman speaks with Menzie Chinn about tariffs and global trade.
Students at the UW-Madison School of Business will have some cozier seats for studying and more outlets to plug in their electronic gear in a decor livened with splashes of Badger red, thanks to a nearly $10 million renovation at the school’s Grainger Hall.
The UW spins out ideas and products but, more importantly, it graduates 21st century talent, much of which tends to stay and make an impact on the state’s economy.
Even though today we can easily measure external forces during movement, we still lack the ability to measure the underlying muscle-tendon forces that generate human movement. Previous measuring methods have provided only limited information on the human tendons and muscles. Fortunately, new wearable device technology and research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)—led by mechanical engineering professor Darryl Thelen and graduate student Jack Martin—have determined a new non-invasive method of measuring human muscle-tendon force and movement.
UW’s Automated Vehicle Proving Grounds is one of 10 federally designated labs testing autonomous vehicle technology, a distinction Wisconsin should be proud of, and which could lead to spinoff businesses and jobs.
According to recent research by the Wisconsin School of Business, the use of emojis will likely continue to increase in marketing communications.
“Brands are trying to be authentic, to come across as personable, and project traits like warmth and competence,” Joann Peck, associate professor of marketing at the Wisconsin School of Business, said in the press release. “One way to do that is to mirror everyday conversation, and that means taking the non-verbal cues we use in face-to-face communication into the online environment.”
NovoMoto, a spinoff from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is finishing its first 100 solar lighting installations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A customized adhesive patch for use with insulin devices and a new way to make industrial metal parts using 3-D printing won big prizes in a college entrepreneurship contest in Minnesota for two teams with Madison-area ties.
Noted, Diop is an assistant professor at the Wisconsin School of Business: A second paper, by economists James Conklin, Moussa Diop and Herman Li, used a very interesting method to evaluate one aspect of legal weed’s impact — they looked at house prices. When recreational cannabis was legalized, many medical marijuana dispensaries converted to retail marijuana stores. Conklin et al. found that near these stores, housing prices almost immediately rose by about 8 percent relative to houses in other areas.
