University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: October 2021

The Future of University-Industry Engagement: Catching up with OBE Managing Director John Garnetti

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The Office of Business Engagement (OBE) is often considered the “front door” to UW–Madison by connecting businesses with the university’s diverse community of resources, research and innovators. Managing Director John Garnetti sees OBE’s role as one that extends beyond the front door, helping foster meaningful, long-lasting partnerships between the university and industry.  In this follow-up interview, …

Office of Business Engagement welcomes two industry veterans to support growing high-tech and engineering partnerships

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The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues to strengthen its partnership with industry, from tech to manufacturing and everything in between, with the hiring of two industry veterans, Dean Welch and Sara Braas. Welch will join the Office of Business Engagement (OBE) and the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) as Business Engagement Manager, where …

With support from Promega, UW-Madison Cool Science Image Contest promotes convergence of art and science

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Ten years after its launch, the Cool Science Image (CSI) Contest is as hot as ever. Sponsored by Promega Corporation with additional support from the UW–Madison Division of the Arts, the annual competition invites UW-Madison students, staff, and faculty to submit photos and videos that depict an object or phenomenon from any discipline. Like Promega’s …

Chancellor Rebecca Blank to become president of Northwestern University

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Chancellor Rebecca Blank will leave the University of Wisconsin–Madison at the end of the 2021-22 academic year to assume the presidency of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Northwestern University announced Blank’s selection on Monday, October 11. She will succeed Morton Schapiro as the university’s 17th president in summer 2022.

$175 million commitment helps launch UW–Madison School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences, support transformative mission

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The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences — a unique, forward-thinking collaboration focused at the intersection of technology and humanity — is announcing a $175 million private investment and launching an effort to raise an additional $50 million to establish a new beacon for high tech in Wisconsin housed in a state-of-the-art facility …