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Through experience-based learning opportunities, UW–Madison School of Human Ecology students are sharpening their career skills by exploring career paths and stepping into roles that may lead into future careers.
A broad coalition of more than 20 organizations, institutions of higher education, and businesses — including BioForward Wisconsin and the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) — helped secure a $49 million Phase 2 investment supercharging Wisconsin’s 2023 federal designation as a Regional Technology and Innovation Hub (Tech Hub).
The UW–Madison Office of the Chancellor, in partnership with the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association, recognized Marcus Carpenter, Heather Hasson, and Greg Piefer as recipients of the 2025 Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Award. Established in 2011, the Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Award recognizes UW–Madison innovators and alumni who have contributed to economic growth and the social good, serving as entrepreneurial models for the UW community and inspiring the campus culture of entrepreneurship.
On Thursday, April 17, a crowd of several hundred students, staff, faculty, university leaders, alumni and dignitaries kicked off construction of the UW–Madison College of Engineering’s new building, the 395,000-square-foot Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center. Through experiential learning, emerging research, and dedicated industry partnership space, the Levy Center will stimulate discovery and spark new ideas that will fuel innovation and economic growth in communities across Wisconsin and beyond.
Devesh Ranjan, a mechanical engineer and a leader at one of the country’s largest and highest-ranked engineering programs, will be the 10th dean of the UW–Madison College of Engineering.
Dr. Nita Ahuja, a surgeon-scientist who has held top roles at some of the nation’s leading research universities and health systems, has been named the next dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and the university’s next vice chancellor for medical affairs.
Adding a second major can pay big dividends, broadening students’ perspectives and boosting their future career potential, according to academic advisors at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Last spring, two Wisconsin dairy companies garnered fresh ideas for innovation from UW–Madison seniors. The Renk Agribusiness Institute in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AAE) collaborated with the Dairy Business Innovation Alliance, a partnership between the Center for Dairy Research and the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, to connect classroom education with real-life business …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has moved up two places to sixth out of 920 public and private universities in the United States in university research expenditures, according to the National Science Foundation’s annual rankings. For the first time, the university has topped $1.7 billion in research expenditures, according to the NSF Higher Education Research and Development (HERD), released today, Nov. 25, 2024.
The comprehensive plan outlined in the study aims to create a thriving entrepreneurial environment, leveraging the university's existing strengths and capabilities along with its ongoing commitment to fostering entrepreneurship across campus.