If there’s one Twitter account UW-Madison students should follow, it’s @UWMadison. UW-Madison has the top Twitter account in U.S. higher education, according to data released by social media research firm Engagement Labs of Toronto.
The University Book Store, a retailer selling University of Wisconsin-Madison apparel and gifts, plans to open its first permanent metro Milwaukee location at Brookfield Square this fall.
Noted: A representative of WARF — the university’s alumni research foundation — attended BIO and UW-Madison’s Office of Corporate Relations sent two people, including Kathy Collins, who describes herself as a business liaison for the university.
The business school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison no longer has a director for a program that admits academically accomplished high school students directly to the highly competitive Bachelor of Business Administration program.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is all over Twitter.
Wisconsin ranks last in the nation for startup activity and Milwaukee ranks second-to-last among large metropolitan areas, according a new report from the Kauffman Foundation. Interviewed: Jonathan Eckhardt of UW’s Weinert Center.
Nick Lindberg is young, highly educated and technically savvy — and he’s aiming to bring more people like him to southeastern Wisconsin. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a masters degree in computer engineering, Lindberg had internships with Cisco Systems and Lockheed Martin. Then he moved to Rochester, N.Y., where he designed next-generation processors for IBM.
The for-profit prison industry sells itself as a cost-effective option for cash-strapped states, but according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin, privatized prisons are keeping inmates locked up longer in order to boost profits.
Giving new meaning to the term “wood chip,” scientists in a woodsy part of the country have come up with a way to make biodegradable computer chips from trees. (Subscription required.)
Illumina, a San Diego-based company that moved into the Madison market in 2012, unveiled Thursday an $8 million, 13,000-square-foot addition to its University Research Park facility on the West Side.
Noted: Kohl has pledged $100 million to help build the new arena and also donated $25 million for the Kohl Center, where University of Wisconsin-Madison’s basketball and hockey teams play.
Noted: Wundrock, a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Pharmacy, acquired Wisconsin Pharmacal in the early 1970s.
Technically, Nicholas Smith’s title is simply “associate outreach specialist” in the Department of Food Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW–Madison is the fourth-largest research institution in the nation, with awards in 2013 reaching more than $1.1 billion. For the past 20 years, it has ranked among the top five universities overall for research funding from various sources. It also ranks sixth of all the nation’s universities for patents received.
Quoted: Hart Posen, a professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who watches Lands End, believes Marchionni was brought in mainly to focus on moving the brand upscale.
Noted: A native of St. Paul who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a history degree, Neren knows a thing or two about the delivery business. In 2006, he launched a late night online food delivery venture on campus called Madtown Munchies — later changed to Munchie Delivery — making all the deliveries himself on a bicycle.
A Madison startup whose device is aimed at helping women struggling with infertility took the grand prize in the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan contest.
Noted: It also would house offices for FaB Wisconsin, which has 135 companies among its members; support services, such as law and accounting firms; and possibly satellite offices for the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and other institutions, Jurewicz said.
Today’s cast-off gadgets are far more likely to end up in a landfill than they are being responsibly disposed of. In fact, 41.8 million tons of e-waste were scrapped last year alone. To combat this, a team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has invented a radically new kind of ecologically-friendly semiconductor chip made from wood. No, seriously.
Noted: At the School of Business at University of Wisconsin—Madison, MBA students choose a specialization, such as arts administration or real estate. They can immediately dive into classes that are of interest to them, says Blair Sanford, assistant dean for the full-time MBA program at the school.
Quoted: Now, once again, it looks like Charter will gain control of Time Warner Cable and much of Wisconsins market, said Barry Orton, a telecommunications professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
We’re one step closer to biodegradable gadgets. These computer chips are made almost entirely out of wood.
The Wisconsin Experience Bus Trip with 35 UW-Madison student leaders rolled into the Chippewa Valley Friday to learn from successful entrepreneurs.
Mark Gehring, a serial entrepreneur who is co-founder and chief strategy officer of HealthMyne, a Madison startup with technology to better analyze tumor images, said investors have come to realize Madison has unique health IT expertise — in large part because of the monumental growth of Epic Systems Corp., the Verona electronic health records giant, as well as longtime expertise from UW-Madison.
Engineers at University of Wisconsin-Madison who say frac sand leaking from train cars is harming rail lines in Wisconsin are studying a new, cost-effective fix.
NeuWave Medical, a company founded in 2008 based on UW-Madison research, has raised $25.3 million, according to papers filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. NeuWave has more than 75 employees, with nearly 50 of them in Madison.
For graduates of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the state appears to be fertile ground for business startups.
Quotes Randall Wright from the School of Business: “Our idea is that if people live in a country or a decade with high inflation/taxation they will be less disposed to use markets and bring more economic activity in house — which for us means setting up a house and that translates into marriage (as well as roommates, living with parents, etc.).”
Penn State University, which develops sensitive technology for the U.S. Navy, disclosed Friday that Chinese hackers have been sifting through the computers of its engineering school for more than two years.
Column by Exact Sciences CEO. Excerpt: “The cornerstone of Madison’s growth is the intellectual capital that fuels our region. This includes a world-class university, which raises more than $1 billion annually in scientific research funding. We believe by having a strong presence just a mile or so from UW-Madison, we can play an important role in encouraging more university inventions to turn into new companies, creating family-supporting jobs and accelerating the growth of our economy.”
The Wisconsin Alumni Association surveyed its members recently and found that about 90 percent of the more than 2,400 respondents had formed companies, with over 800 of those firms located in Wisconsin.
Noted: Marc V. Levine is professor of history, economic development, and urban studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Noted: Noah Williams is a professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: The company bought Cellular Dynamics International Inc. in Madison for $307 million this month. Cellular Dynamics International, known as CDI, employs about 150 people and was co-founded in 2004 by James Thomson, a scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and one of the most influential scientists in stem cell research.
Noted: Cellectar was founded in Madison in 2003 by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Jamey Weichert. Following a 2011 merger with a public company, Novelos Therapeutics, the corporate headquarters was moved to Massachusetts. The company moved back to Madison in 2014.
Sales is often associated with competition, which, in a sense, negates the idea of cooperation. But recent research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business suggests that incentives offered to teams might be more effective than those offered to individuals, when members of those groups have established a social connection.
Noah Lim and Hua Chen, both marketing professors at the school, were unsatisfied with existing research on incentives. Much of it suggested that groups enable freeloaders to thrive.
Noted: Networking is another must, adds the University of Wisconsin’s Tosan Olle. For Olle, networking – and the company intelligence you gain from it – is like currency. “The more you know about how your assignments fit within the overall organization and how different parts of the organization work to make a whole, more likely you are to build networks, possibly enhance job prospects both inside and outside the division and have a more enriched experience overall.”
The American Innovation Act co-sponsored by Senator Tammy Baldwin from Wisconsin will provide more money to a variety of research agencies to incentivize innovation across the country. UW–Madison is the fourth largest research institution in the nation, and would be a part of this funding bill.
Tixora, a ticketing service for intercity buses started by four University of Wisconsin – Madison students, has won first place and $10,000 in the school’s G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition.
Noted: Noah Williams is a professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Enologist Nick Smith and the 2015 vintage are both getting started in Wisconsin.
WISC Partners plans to establish a $25 million fund and use the money to invest in eight to 12 Wisconsin companies, at about $2 million to $3 million each. With its eye out for health care, information technology and the intersection between those two, the group will zero in on companies that are past the starting gate, that already have won over some individual The other thing that’s unique about WISC Partners: It was created by UW-Madison alumni.
Chancellor Blank has a blog that talks about the need to weaken the University of Wisconsin-Madison to make room for state budget cuts.
Noted: The candidates endorsed by the unions are: Ann Hoyt, a retired University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who is an expert on cooperative businesses; Bill Oemichen, president and chief executive officer of Cooperative Network; and Judy Ziewacz, a former Group Health director.
Jim Berbee, founder of Madison-based Berbee Information Networks Corp., will receive the 12th annual Ken Hendricks Memorial “Seize the Day” award at the 2015 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Conference, organizers said Wednesday.
Noted: The business school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a course tied to a $1.5 million fund, which can be invested in companies started by students in the class. The fund has made 20 investments since 1998—less than half of the startups have shut down, while a handful have been sold. “But it’s not as good as it may sound,” said Dan Olszewski, the program’s instructor. “Some companies that are two years old are still alive, but they’re not on the right track.”
Noted: Wall has been interested in development since earning an economics degree from UW-Madison in 1987. He then completed a master’s degree in real estate appraisal/investment analysis where he studied under Professor James Graaskamp, considered a leader in the field of urban land economics and risk management.
Discovery to Product, an experimental accelerator launched on University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus last year, is starting to churn out its first few companies, organizers say.
Noted: Then, about two years ago, the Allmans’ 21-year-old son Nathan, a University of Wisconsin student, turned his family’s longing into a business. He entered the idea for Chefs for Seniors into the University’s Burrill Business Plan Competition.
Where some see a tech bubble, University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Sam Jacobsen sees opportunity.
Want to keep track of how environmentally conscious you’re being? There’s an app for that. The MyEarth app launched this week in conjunction with Wednesday’s Earth Day holiday. The app, which was made available on the Apple and Android app stores on Monday, had already been downloaded by roughly 800 people as of Wednesday afternoon.
Nancy Wong, the app’s designer and professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said on the institution’s website that in many people what looked like a lack of concern for the environment was really “a failure to connect individual action to that bigger picture.”
A group of “hackers” are working hard for 24 hours straight in Madison at the first ever Madison Hack-A-Thon, to come up with new technology innovations.
Lee’s visit to Wisconsin — part of a Midwest tour that has included other patent hotspots — came at a time when Congress is again debating how to streamline the U.S. patent system … It also underscored why major research universities such as UW-Madison are vital to the innovation economy, not only nationally but in the states and communities they serve.
Noted: “We believe the deal flow in Wisconsin is more than sufficient,” said David Guinther, a founding member of WISC Partners, an early stage fund launched by UW-Madison graduates who made their mark in Californias Silicon Valley. “Ive seen amazing changes in our ecosystem in Wisconsin since I came back five years ago.”
A leader in the U.S. business world visited Madison on Wednesday in hopes of fostering more innovation. Michelle K. Lee, the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, toured the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
A leader in the U.S. business world visited Madison on Wednesday in hopes of fostering more innovation.
Michelle K. Lee, the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, toured the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
Lee said she wants to identify ways that her office can better serve the innovators and entrepreneurs in the Madison area.
For every taxpayer dollar spent on the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the university generates $24 for the state economy, according to a new consultant’s report.
The report from NorthStar Consulting said the number of jobs and the amount of tax revenue generated by UW increased since the last study in 2011. It includes UW Hospital and Clinics and the university’s affiliated organizations and startup companies.
Two UW grads are putting their degrees to good use. “When we tell people we sell sandals, and we’re from the Midwest, it’s a little bit contradictory,” says Matt McManus, owner and founder of Bokos Footwear Company. He and his brother, James, launched their staple rubber sandal two years ago this week.
