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All the news including "Tech Council News Service" and "Inside Wisconsin"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Deloitte ranks Wisconsin’s 75 largest privately-owned and closely-held companies
Leaders of Wisconsin's 75 of Wisconsin's largest companies will gather in Milwaukee Tuesday to celebrate the central role of privately-owned companies in the state's economy. The occasion is the release of the Deloitte Wisconsin 75 list, an annual compendium of the...
WisBusiness: Madison named top Midwest metro for tech workers in new report
Madison has been named the top Midwestern metropolitan area for technology jobs, according to a recent report. The rankings were compiled by a CommercialCafe, a real estate listing service that frequently produces market analyses and other industry reports. Its latest...
First woman Public Defender Thompson to reflect on job, health, more at Sept. 28 W·O·M·E·N reception
Kelli Thompson, the first woman to serve as head of Wisconsin’s public defender network and a cancer survivor of seven years, will speak Thursday, Sept. 28 at the annual W•O•M•E•N reception in Madison. Thompson oversees an $133-million-per-year agency that provides...
BizTimes Milwaukee: 7Summits founder Paul Stillmank launches new AI-focused startup in Milwaukee
Two years ago, New York-based tech giant IBM acquired Milwaukee-based 7Summits, a Salesforce consultancy founded by entrepreneur Paul Stillmank. Now, Stillmank is back with a new startup that aims to help businesses understand the latest advancements in artificial...
Blacks in Technology: BIT Launch Accelerator
October 2, 2023 – October 30, 2023 | Application Deadline September 25, 2023 Startup founders in the idea and pre-revenue phase, we want you. This initiative addresses the following: founder mindset, scalable business model design, pre-accelerator training, mentoring,...
Wisconsin Inno: Pittsburgh digitization firm opens $5 million facility near Green Bay
A Pittsburgh-based digitization services firm has debuted a 25,000-square-foot facility near Green Bay that will help scale the company's operations. Forever Inc. said its new $5 million digitization building in Hobart will add to the company's ability to convert over...
Cap Times: AI creates challenges for journalism, news consumers
Dietram Scheufele has a “nightmare scenario” for next year’s election. Just days before Election Day, “we’re going to see some piece of deep fake or really well-produced piece of information” based on artificial intelligence that influences voters enough to change the...
PR Newswire: 7Rivers Launches in Milwaukee with Snowflake Partnership
Tech entrepreneur and 7Summits founder Paul Stillmank, along with a team of seasoned industry veterans, announces the launch of his latest venture, 7Rivers. The Milwaukee-based startup is helping businesses understand and embrace the latest advancements in artificial...
WisBusiness: UW–Madison: Ranks 35th in 2024 U.S. News ‘Best Colleges’ rankings
The University of Wisconsin–Madison was ranked 35th out of 437 public and private doctoral institutions, and 12th among public universities in the 2024 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” rankings. It is UW–Madison’s highest overall U.S. News...
MadREP announces entrepreneur bootcamp in partnership with Lightship Foundation & the American Family Institute
Lightship’s Bootcamp is a free entrepreneurship education program, serving underrepresented early-stage business founders. Madison Region Economic Partnership (MadREP) and Lightship Foundation unveiled plans to bring the Lightship Bootcamp program, powered by the...
BizTimes Milwaukee: UW-Parkside names finalists for chancellor’s post
Three finalists have been chosen as potential candidates for the chancellor position at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, including Phyllis King, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and vice provost for partnerships and initiatives at the University of...
WisBusiness: UW System, tech colleges developing STEM pathway transfer program
Leaders of the UW System and Wisconsin Technical College System are developing a new pathway transfer program for students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math. Speaking yesterday during a Wisconsin Technology Council event in Wauwatosa, WTCS...
Business Wire: Agilent Technologies and Exact Sciences Agree to Terms of Sale for Resolution Bioscience
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) and Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of Resolution Bioscience to Exact Sciences. Financial...
Insight on Manufacturing: Engine of innovation
In conjunction with the National CHIPS and Science Act, the National Science Foundation last year created its new Regional Innovation Engines program to catalyze critical technology ecosystems across the U.S. that are stimulating economic growth and creating jobs....
MKE Startup News: Pitch at the Early Stage Symposium
Are you interested in pitching your company at the Wisconsin Technology Council's Early Stage Symposium November 8-9 in Madison? Applications are now open for the Tech Council Investor Networks (TCIN) track and the Elevator Pitch Olympics (EPO) tracks. Midwest...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: UW System enrollment holds steady, with most universities reporting modest declines
Enrollment largely held steady at most of Wisconsin's public universities this fall, bucking a downward trendline that has plagued institutions across the demographically challenged Midwest. The campus-by-campus breakdown, however, shows many of the state's smallest...
WisPolitics: UW-Madison: New technique creates tolerance of transplanted kidneys
Successful kidney transplants rely on the biological compatibility of the donor and recipient but still require long-term use of drugs to tamp down the recipient’s immune system and prevent donor organ rejection. Finding a method to increase compatibility can help...
InsideWis: Range of rankings exist on whether Wisconsin is good or bad for small business
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Is Wisconsin a good place to start and grow a business? The answer likely depends on who’s asking the question, where that business is located within the state, and what factors are measured. Wisconsin is either second best, third from the...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Exact Sciences plans acquisition of Washington-based biotechnology company
Madison-based Exact Sciences, a provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, has entered into an agreement with Santa Clara, California-based Agilent Technologies to acquire one of its portfolio companies: Kirkland, Washington-based Resolution Biosciences....
BizTimes Milwaukee: Baird acquires minority stake in Minneapolis-based financial services firm
Milwaukee-based financial services firm Baird has acquired a minority stake in Minneapolis-based Octavus Group, the parent company of LoCorr Funds. LoCorr Funds is headquartered in Excelsior, Minnesota and is a leader in low-correlating alternative investments. The...