OBE’s Spring 2022 Update

OBE’s quarterly e-newsletter keeps businesses connected to UW–Madison’s forward-thinking community of students, faculty, staff, and researchers. In this issue: Kemper Foundation champions diversity and inclusion work with five-year pledge; Industrial and System Engineering (ISyE) students learn while solving real-world business problems; Chancellor honors entrepreneurs; and more.

School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences Career Fair proves popular

The School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences job fair on Feb. 15 at Union South featured a variety of employers offering opportunities to talented, innovative UW–Madison graduates and recent alumni. This year’s participating companies range from rapidly growing start-ups to industry-leading enterprises, firms whose primary products are software to those using technology to support infrastructure.

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 …

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.”