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.
In September, OBE partnered with UW–Madison’s Energy Analysis and Policy Program during a trip to Milwaukee. The trip included visits to Johnson Controls, Artisan Partners, and the City of Milwaukee’s Environmental Collaboration Office. Conversations focused on careers, innovations and industry trends.
UW–Madison’s assistant vice chancellor for industry engagement Chris Kozina notes, “Special thanks to our commercial partners, Artisan Partners and Johnson Controls, for bringing real-world energy analysis, investment and policy applications to life, and opening diverse doors to opportunities for our incredible EAP students.” View more photos and read more about the EAP outing.
October saw a daylong visit from the global biotechnology company Illumina. The meeting included discussions with faculty and staff across the School of Medicine of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), UW Health, and the Center for Health Disparities Research. Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and SMPH Dean Robert Golden also participated.
Over Homecoming weekend, OBE and colleagues in the College of Letters & Science and College of Engineering hosted long-time corporate partners Thermo Fisher Scientific and Kohler as they enjoyed a tailgate and watched the Badgers football team take on Purdue.
“Building these relationships with corporate partners – being able to understand their needs and establish campus connections – is fundamental to the work we do,” said OBE Managing Director John Garnetti. “We have so much expertise at UW–Madison, with such engaged internal partners, these visits are an important way to explore what opportunities exist.”