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All the news including "Tech Council News Service" and "Inside Wisconsin"Water tech innovation: A rising tide in the markets? Learn more at July 14 luncheon in Wauwatosa
Plentiful, cheap supplies of fresh water held back market-driven innovation for decades because businesses, cities and investors saw no need to change … or how to make it pay if they did. Until now. Learn how drought, floods, contamination incidents and more are...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Former head of Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association weighs in on police response to Uvalde shooting
The former president of the Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association said the law enforcement response to the Uvalde shooting was flawed. A gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in the school shooting last month. Questions have surrounded the police response after...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin Tech Council: Can Technology Curb Mass Shootings?
On June 21, 2022, recent mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, have reignited public concerns about such tragedies and raised questions how to prevent or mitigate them in the future. Is early-warning technology part of the answer? Hear from experts at...
WisBusiness: Experts tout tech aimed at helping first responders
Experts say detailed facility mapping and gunshot detection technology can help first responders react more effectively during a crisis. Joe Hanson, regional director of sales and implementation for the Critical Response Group, discussed the organization’s...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Marquette professor receives $4.2 million Department of Energy grant
A Marquette University faculty member has been named the recipient of a $4.2 million Department of Energy Grant. Adam Dempsey, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the Opus College of Engineering, will use the funding to further research technology to...
Exact Sciences: Ultima Genomics And Exact Sciences Enter Long-Term Supply Agreement Aimed At Improving Patient Access To Genomic Testing By Driving Down Sequencing Costs
Ultima Genomics, Inc. and Exact Sciences Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAS) have entered a long-term supply agreement for Ultima's next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies. Under the terms of the supply agreement, Ultima Genomics will provide access to its NGS products,...
Wisconsin Inno: Milwaukee should get federal tech hub funding: Congressional Black Caucus leader
Milwaukee should be among the U.S. places designated as a regional technology hub under pending federal legislation that would fund innovation and economic development efforts in those hubs, Congressional Black Caucus executive director Vincent Evans said recently at...
Post Crescent: Minority-owned businesses can struggle to start and grow in northeast Wisconsin. These groups are trying to change that.
Avery Rhenwrick expected to be another person on the safe, well-trod path from high school to college and, then, a job in corporate America. He applied for jobs after he graduated from St. Norbert College in December 2019, but the coronavirus pandemic’s arrival in...
BizTimes Milwaukee: More than 60% of Wisconsin bank CEOs expect recession in next six months
More than 60% of Wisconsin bank CEOs say a recession is likely or very likely in the next six months, according to survey results from the Wisconsin Bankers Association. The survey was conducted May 24 to June 10 with 56 respondents, including 45% who said a recession...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Innovations: Mequon company creates bullet-resistant table to help protect against gun violence
Many are concerned about gun violence and mass shootings in America. So, when Roger Clark, executive vice president of business development and co-owner of PS Furniture, was approached to help create a bullet-resistant table, he was convinced it was the right move. ...
WisBusiness: SHINE’s medical isotope facility set to go online next year
The head of SHINE Technologies says the company is “at the end of a long road” with its Janesville medical isotope production facility set to go online next year. But the journey won’t stop there, CEO Greg Piefer told WisBusiness.com in a recent interview, as this...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Milwaukee Brewers launch new fan engagement chat experience with AI technology
The Milwaukee Brewers are the first team in Major League Baseball to create a new fan engagement chat application through a partnership with GameOn Technology. The Brewers and San Francisco-based GameOn Technology will utilize AI technology that allow Brewers fans to...
Wisconsin Public Radio: UW-River Falls expected to break ground on $117M STEM building approved by regents
The University of Wisconsin-River Falls expects to begin construction next year on a $117 million academic building aimed at addressing growing demand for science and technology-related degrees. Now, the project must get the approval of the state Building Commission,...
Wisconsin Inno: Green Bay Packers’ VC firm TitletownTech names former Navy fighter pilot as new partner
Green Bay venture capital firm TitletownTech has added Edward Ward as a new partner, the firm announced Tuesday. Ward previously worked in product development at Kohler Co. and is a retired Navy Commander who served as a fighter pilot and later worked for the U.S....
Wisconsin Inno: Madison health tech company raises $30M, plans team expansion
Medical data company Moxe Health raised $30 million from investors to grow its team and improve its technology, the Madison firm announced earlier this month. The Series B financing round was led by growth equity firm Piper Sandler Merchant Banking and health tech...
Cap Times: Dane County’s broadband task force will continue its work through 2024
The Dane County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to continue the work of its broadband task force, expanding its research and recommendations beyond rural areas to broadband access in cities. Task force chair and Supervisor Melissa Ratcliff, District...
Associated Press: Teams organized to help with critical incidents at schools
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is creating 12 regional teams to support schools around the state deal with critical incidents such as shootings. Team members include law enforcement members, school administrators, counselors, social workers, nurses, teachers and...
Marquette University: Biomedical sciences professor receives $1.8m grant to study sex differences in brain mechanisms of seasonality
Dr. Jennifer Evans, associate professor of biomedical sciences in Marquette University’s College of Health Sciences, has been awarded an R01 research grant from the National Institutes of Health, with an expected value of about $1.8 million over five years, to study...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Millennium CEO named Entrepreneur of the Year Midwest by EY
James Kyle, founder and CEO of Delavan-based Millennium, was named the winner of the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2022 Midwest Award by Ernst & Young. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Midwest Award recognizes entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies in Illinois,...
MKE Startup News: COnovate announces growth
Milwaukee power pioneer COnovate has announced a number of scaling milestones. The company was founded in 2016 by UW-Milwaukee professors Dr. Marija Gajdardziska-Josifovska and Dr. Carol Hirschmugl, based on their 2010 discovery of the first known form of solid carbon...