University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: November 2022

OBE’s Winter 2022 Update

OBE keeps you up to date through our quarterly e-newsletter; here's the latest issue, featuring UW–Madison's recent designation as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University, the new Technology and Entrepreneurship Office, and a flurry of industry-university partnership activity.

Industry-university connections pick up this fall

It’s been a busy fall for the Office of Business Engagement (OBE) and its corporate partners, with on and off-campus meetings focused on sustainability, engineering research, genomic innovations, talent and—of course—Badger football.

UW–Madison named an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has designated the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) University. This designation reflects UW–Madison’s commitment to economic engagement, including its focus on innovation, workforce development, public service, and community engagement. Nominee institutions undergo a rigorous self-study and stakeholder engagement process to identify their economic development strengths and areas of growth and improvement.