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A new methane-powered tractor from CNH is giving UW–Madison students and researchers hands-on access to clean-energy equipment with applications in agriculture, alternative energy, and sustainable operations.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison now ranks fifth in the United States for university research expenditures, its highest ranking since 2014, according to the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development Survey. The annual ranking covers the amount of funding the university invested in research activities during fiscal year 2024 (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024).
On Friday, November 14, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies announced a research partnership with QTS Data Centers (QTS). The Virginia-based developer invested $1.5 million toward a new Advancing Data Center Sustainability initiative, which will leverage the university’s deep expertise to advance sustainable digital infrastructure through research and innovation.
The strong growth of Madison’s technology sector is drawing attention nationwide. The boom is fueled in part by UW–Madison, which provides cutting-edge research, entrepreneurial graduates and researchers, and a well-educated local workforce that motivates some employers to open offices in Madison. In 2020, the country’s biggest tech migration increase took place in Madison, according to …
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 University Research Park since 2009. The facility’s growth from 8,000 to nearly 30,000 square feet includes a new 3,500-square-foot fermentation …
For more than 25 years, UW-Madison has consistently ranked among the top five universities for research expenditures — money secured from all sources, federal, private and state. The university’s research enterprise is a powerful economic engine as well as a knowledge and innovation creator. The benefits are felt throughout the state and the world.
The opening of a new data center at UW–Madison will thrust Wisconsin into the forefront of a revolution in social science research, creating new opportunities for growth and collaboration – including drivers of new business startups, and the effect of state and federal fiscal policy on macroeconomic performance.