On February 10, Aldevron hosted a virtual celebration of its lab facility expansion in Madison. Aldevron produces the raw materials that allow clients to make groundbreaking therapies, and its protein business unit has operated within …
Kristina Levan
UW-Madison, affiliates and startups generate $30.8 billion annual statewide economic impact
Powered by a top-ranked research program, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, its affiliate organizations and the startup companies coming out of the university have a total $30.8 billion annual statewide economic impact, equivalent to nearly 9% …
American Family Insurance Data Science Institute awards $1 million in “mini grants” to advance data science
Nine teams of University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty and collaborators have been awarded nearly $1 million through the American Family Funding Initiative, a research competition for data science projects. The emerging field of data science is the study, development or application of methods that reveal new insights from data. The successful projects will further research ranging from third-wave artificial intelligence to student entrepreneurship.
A Guide to Internships in the Age of COVID-19
With many college internships canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic, a University of Wisconsin−Madison education researcher developed a new resource guide on a host of web-based alternatives for these important on-the-job learning opportunities. Matthew T. Hora, director of the Center for Research on College to Workforce Transitions (CCWT) and an assistant professor in the Division of Continuing Studies, designed the guide for colleges, students and employers.
UW–Madison researchers lead data science coalition to aid with coronavirus
A major collaborative data science effort now underway at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to aid understanding and response to COVID-19 began with an email from a yoga instructor. Brian Yandell, interim director of the American Family …
Plasma from recovered coronavirus patients tested as therapy at UW Health
A COVID-19 patient at UW Hospital has received the first transfusion of plasma from a local patient who donated it since recovering from the disease. The UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and …
Online platform from UW-Madison matches health care facilities with face shield manufacturers
Hospitals around the world are scrambling to secure enough personal protective equipment to safeguard their workers while treating COVID-19 patients, and manufacturers large and small are retooling their production lines to try to fill the …
UW School of Pharmacy Produces Hand Sanitizer For UW Health
With hand sanitizer in short supply around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy’s Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station team is producing hand sanitizer for UW Health. Although the Zeeh Station focuses on supporting drug …
UW–Madison, FluGen, Bharat Biotech collaborate to develop coronavirus vaccine
An international collaboration of virologists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the vaccine companies FluGen and Bharat Biotech has begun the development and testing of a unique vaccine against COVID-19 called CoroFlu. CoroFlu will build …
American Family Insurance announces creation of David R. Anderson Chair, builds on successful partnership with UW
As part of its generous $20 million gift to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, American Family Insurance announced the creation of the David R. Anderson chair to direct the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (DSI). …