Innovation in the News
Entrepreneurship on Campus: Using Data to Identify Emerging Entrepreneurs
This post is the first in a series on Wisconsin School of Business Associate Professor Jon Eckhardt’s research on student entrepreneurship and university entrepreneurial ecosystems at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The research is made possible …
The heart in the machine: Madison startups combine free enterprise and public service
As an astrobotanist, Richard Barker’s job is to research how plants grow in outer space. He spends his days at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working on NASA-funded research, which includes bioengineering plants and rocketing them …
Starting Block Social Impact Initiative Startups Named
StartingBlock, a Madison-based tech hub and co-working space, recently named the eight startups that will take place in its inaugural Social Impact Initiative. Discovery to Product congratulates Alfonso Morales, a participant in our fall 2018 …
Game Developed at UW-Madison Helps Fight Opioid Epidemic
A new video game, in development under the direction of assistant pharmacy Professor Olufunmilola Abraham in collaboration with Gear Learning in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, is an innovative way to teach high schoolers …
Program Connects Students with Entrepreneurs
The Wisconsin Small Business Development Center (SBDC) announced a unique partnership that connects UW–Madison students with entrepreneurs-in-training. The partnership is part of SBDC’s successful Entrepreneurial Training Program, a grant-funded program for entrepreneurial businesses in Dane, …
Technology Developed at UW–Madison uses Breath to Track Athletic Performance
When one releases a breath, not much thought is given to the information being whisked away. With that rhythmic breath, an individual is exhaling a map to a healthier lifestyle — something to be navigated …
UW–Madison Researchers Develop Implantable Weight Loss Device
More than 700 million adults and children worldwide are obese, according to a 2017 study that called the growing number and weight-related health problems a “rising pandemic.” New battery-free, easily implantable weight-loss devices developed by …
Business School Partners with Clinton Foundation
The Wisconsin School of Business formalized an agreement to become the official UW–Madison liaison with the Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Global Initiative University. CGI U serves to “engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses …
UW–Madison Physics Professor Receives Moore Inventor Fellowship
Physics professor Victor Brar (left in photo above) is the second faculty member from the University of Wisconsin–Madison to be honored with the prestigious Moore Inventor Fellowship. Brar is one of just five Moore fellows …