“We wanted to develop a product that would help the people of Wisconsin,” says Rebecca Willett, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UW–Madison.
Updates
UW-Madison event hosts businesses from around Wisconsin and beyond
It was a day designed for businesses. Day on Campus shared the opportunities and benefits that exist in partnerships with UW-Madison. Learn more about the day and how UW works with business.
Biochemistry labs mentor Wisconsin high school youth apprentices
UW–Madison is committed to helping keep homegrown talent here at home through the Wisconsin Idea bringing high school students on campus to get acquainted with a Wisconsin-based career in science and technology.
Great Lakes Educators to Sail Lake Michigan
Teachers from Green Bay, Merrill, Sheboygan Falls, Palmyra-Eagle and Madison set sail with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant to study Lake Michigan.
Isotope maker breaks ground in Janesville: UW-Madison spinoff to employ 150
SHINE Medical Technologies, breaks grounds on “Building One” at its new location just south of Janesville. What began as a UW spinoff is now fueling economic growth and creating jobs in Wisconsin.
Making their way, finding their place
During a six-week summer program, incoming students from Wisconsin get a sneak peek into university life and gain confidence in knowing UW-Madison is where they belong.
Schofield Wisconsin Greenheck leading the market with help from UW-Madison resources
Three times named Wisconsin manufacturer of the year, find out why Greenheck continues to turn to UW-Madison business resources to help refine and improve their processes.
UW–Madison’s Lancaster ag station celebrates half-century study of crop rotation
Site is one of twelve across the state where researchers test, improve and adapt techniques to meet the needs of Wisconsin farmers.
UW center plays key role in finding Zika-transmitting mosquito in state
The identification was made possible because the new CDC supported center has the people and the capacity to do more surveillance, for Zika and other diseases, mitigating health risks.
Medical students join program to get more physicians into rural Wisconsin
Learn how the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine initiative at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health is preparing physicians to meet the needs of the residents in rural Wisconsin.