Category: Partnerships

Coca-Cola scholarship helps six first generation students attend UW

Six first-generation students were awarded $16,000 scholarships from The Coca-Cola Foundation. Introduced in 1993, The Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship program supports students who are the first in their immediate family to attend college. The program has paid upwards of $37.5 million in scholarships to more than 3,200 students at more than 520 campuses around the …

American Family Insurance and UW–Madison: Queuing up quantum computing research

As the field of quantum computing grows, American Family Insurance and the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Wisconsin Quantum Institute (WQI) keep pace, announcing plans to work together in partnership to expand quantum computing research at UW. American Family’s new relationship with WQI is part of the company’s ongoing partnership with UW–Madison supporting students, academic programs, research, …

Industry partners leverage UW-Madison for business success

Four large Midwestern businesses take the stage at Day on Campus event to give an inside look at how they established and profited from their partnership with UW-Madison.

Three companies share how UW–Madison students fit their talent needs

In the last year, nearly 8,500 companies have sought out students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison for their talent needs. This includes Chicago-based Morningstar Inc, contract research organization Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), Inc. and global medical technology and life sciences company GE Healthcare. Whether looking for students earlier in their college career to fill internships or recent graduates for full-time positions, these companies report that UW provides a goldmine to meet their workforce needs.

Industry-ready process makes plastics chemical from plant sugars

Companies often grapple with creating more sustainable and environmentally friendly products while also staying profitable. A team of researchers at UW-Madison and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) have responded. In new research published in Energy and Environmental Science, they describe an efficient and economically feasible process for producing HMF — 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, a versatile plant-derived chemical considered crucial for building a renewable economy.

American Family Insurance Data Science Institute adds an exciting chapter to a longtime private-campus partnership

Building on UW-Madison's current data initiatives, this expansion of the American Family Insurance partnership establishes a formal institute on campus fostering growth in data science, supporting work in artificial intelligence, genetics, drug development, material science, and business.

Industrial & Systems Engineering students tackle business challenges in senior design projects

When University of Wisconsin–Madison industrial and systems engineering student Andrew Ochoa left his group’s senior design project kickoff meeting, his mind was swirling. He and his four teammates had just listened to management from their assigned client, local trucking company BCP Transportation, detail gaps in the parts-tracking process in the enterprise’s service shop. Now it …

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.

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.

After 20 years, stem cells mean business

At least 10 Wisconsin businesses fundamentally depend, in one way or another, on pluripotent stem cells discovered at UW-Madison 20 years ago.