Each year, more than 550 employers—from local startups to national corporations—make the University of Wisconsin–Madison a part of their recruitment strategy. With 21 career fairs ranging from advertising to STEAM, it’s easy to see why. …
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UW–Madison increases research expenditures by $67 million, retains top 10 research ranking
The National Science Foundation has released its 2020 fiscal year Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) data and the University of Wisconsin–Madison has again ranked 8th in the national research rankings for public and private universities. UW–Madison ranked 8th in the last survey covering the 2019 fiscal yea
Our Favorite Stories of 2021
UW–Madison had a lot of reasons to celebrate this year. Students, faculty, and staff all reunited after more than a year of online work and learning, the university took the top spot in a Washington …
Gov. Evers, state leaders tour UW biotech spinoff Stratatech
UW–Madison ingenuity was on display Friday, Dec. 17, as state officials and university leadership toured Stratatech Corp. in University Research Park in Madison.
UW-Madison researchers named National Academy of Inventors fellows
University of Wisconsin–Madison professors Thomas R. “Rock” Mackie and Bulent Sarlioglu have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the organization announced today.
The NAI program recognizes “academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.”
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The Future of University-Industry Engagement: Catching up with OBE Managing Director John Garnetti
The Office of Business Engagement (OBE) is often considered the “front door” to UW–Madison by connecting businesses with the university’s diverse community of resources, research and innovators. Managing Director John Garnetti sees OBE’s role as one …
Office of Business Engagement welcomes two industry veterans to support growing high-tech and engineering partnerships
The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues to strengthen its partnership with industry, from tech to manufacturing and everything in between, with the hiring of two industry veterans, Dean Welch and Sara Braas. Welch will join the …
With support from Promega, UW-Madison Cool Science Image Contest promotes convergence of art and science
Ten years after its launch, the Cool Science Image (CSI) Contest is as hot as ever. Sponsored by Promega Corporation with additional support from the UW–Madison Division of the Arts, the annual competition invites UW-Madison …
Chancellor Rebecca Blank to become president of Northwestern University
Chancellor Rebecca Blank will leave the University of Wisconsin–Madison at the end of the 2021-22 academic year to assume the presidency of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
Northwestern University announced Blank’s selection on Monday, October 11. She will succeed Morton Schapiro as the university’s 17th president in summer 2022.