Explore this collection of stories highlighting the collaboration and innovation sparked in the Makerspace. UW students solve local problems in summer Makerspace course Engineering makerspace unleashes limitless student creativity Student projects in focus as campus …
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Customized training and professional development at UW meets employer needs
Quick: How do you say “firewall” or “database” in the variant of French spoken in Belgium? For employees of Epic, the Wisconsin health-care software giant that is building out its European beachhead, it’s necessary lingo. …
Unique way for employers to engage with UW-Madison students
A good resume is key, but what if you could show off the prototype Mars rover you developed when meeting with a hiring manager? That’s just one of the highlights from a reverse career fair held at UW. Check out this approach.
Ideas to reality, new initiative at UW tackles health innovation
A new “Innovation Hub” at UW Health and UW School of Medicine and Public Health led by Thomas “Rock” Mackie aims to unlock potential ideas and projects and channel them to industry-leading results.
Advanced alloy firm cuts costs with help from UW expertise
For 10+years, Winsert Inc. has brought professional development to leadership and to the machine shop floor. Learn how this commitment is impacting business, strategy, and success.
New outposts from Lands’ End, Oshkosh Corp. reveal closer corporate relationships with UW–Madison
Wisconsin companies are leveraging UW-Madison resources in their corporate strategy. Learn about the latest companies to set up offices near campus and how the Office of Corporate Relations is helping them find solutions.
Student project raises company visibility and finds solutions with UW
Businesses often ask our office how they can raise their visibility at UW-Madison. Here is one approach which provided real-world benefits to both students and the company.
Sparking healing: UW Engineers unveil an exciting tool in helping the body heal
UW Engineers have figured out a way to speed up the body’s natural healing time with a low-cost wound dressing. Learn how it taps energy generated from a patient’s own body motions to apply gentle electrical pulses at the site of an injury.
Badger entrepreneurs in the news
Badger wins Wisconsin Tech Council statewide ‘elevator pitch’ competition Learn more about Blexx Technology, a company founded by 21-year-old UW-Madison student Erin Tenderholt, which won the top prizes at the Elevator Pitch Olympics. EatStreet …
EatStreet snaps up campus award for entrepreneurship
The founders of EatStreet, a national food ordering and delivery company, were honored Nov. 14 with the UW–Madison 2018 Entrepreneurial Achievement Award. EatStreet is rooted in Madison, where in 2010 three UW–Madison undergraduates grew …