by Tech Council | Jun 29, 2022 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – It was not a pleasant time in the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. The start of the COVID pandemic in early 2020 prompted a surge of unemployment claims as thousands of people lost their jobs, state call centers were...
by Tech Council | Jun 23, 2022 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Predictions abound that public markets have yet to hit bottom and the fallout may well extend to young companies seeking angel or venture capital, which is often financed by wealth created when initial public offerings pan out and market...
by Tech Council | Jun 16, 2022 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
By Tom Still In the spring of 2013, just before she was confirmed as the next UW-Madison chancellor by the Board of Regents, Rebecca Blank was criticized by some Republican state legislators for her “radical policies.” On her way out the door nine years later, she...
by Tech Council | Jun 9, 2022 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – There are many things Becky Blank will miss about her time as chancellor at UW-Madison, from game days to visiting Union Terrace to simply meeting with students and faculty. She won’t miss the red tape involved in repairing or constructing...
by Tech Council | Jun 1, 2022 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
In the closing round of the 2022 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, all three finalists in the “advanced manufacturing” category offered ideas for dealing with threats to water supply. During the recent “Research in the Rotunda” exhibit in the State Capitol...
by Tech Council | May 26, 2022 | Featured, Inside Wisconsin, NEWSROOM
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Brent Ridge worked for years just a few hundred yards from a nuclear waste storage site at the Columbia Generating Station near Richland, Wash. Because he was vice-chairman of the Nuclear Safety Review Board for Columbia, Ridge was...
