The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has seen the pandemic influence research happening on campus over the past year. “In support of that, we actually put together a challenge that we…
Building Momentum: A message from Greg Keenan
Welcome to our winter 2020/21 edition of the Accelerator Pipeline. Although we are still in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, our project teams continue to make significant progress in…
Technology Monitor: A new era of industrial hemp, transplant therapy, controlling quantum bits and more
FOOD & AGRICULTURE Hemp traits: Half a century ago the Badger state led the nation in hemp production. Today, a project by Mike Petersen and Shawn Kaeppler at the Wisconsin Crop…
One Shot: The future of transportation
The future of transportation – think urban air mobility – calls for a new generation of manufacturing. Grad student Buzz Rankouhi is building an audacious prototype and a company to…
WARF Venture Updates
WARF Ventures invests in select startup companies within the UW community. The team provides focused support and resources to advance technologies from UW–Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research. Since…
WARF’s UpStart program supports women and BIPOC entrepreneurs
Diverse boards and teams are known to collaborate more effectively and contribute to business success. Every fall and winter for ten weeks, WARF’s UpStart Program trains cohorts of women and…
UW-Madison driving Wisconsin’s economy, now and into the future
Powered by a top-ranked research program, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, its affiliate organizations and the startup companies coming out of the university have a total $30.8 billion annual statewide economic…
Crossroads of Ideas revisits the health of our democracy
UW experts weigh in with the latest status check at February 18 talk CONTACT: Jeanan Yasiri Moe Director of Strategic Communications [email protected] | (608) 960-9892 MADISON, Wis. – Our country…