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Downtown development leaders for Madison and Milwaukee say business is booming in the state’s two largest cities as each continues to rebound from the pandemic lull. “Now is the time to really say, everyone in the community, let’s bet on downtown Madison, let’s bet on...
The New York Times: Schools Are Spending Billions on High-Tech Defense for Mass Shootings
Reid Bauer was finishing lunch period last year at his middle school in the Atlanta area when an alarm began blaring through the halls, warning of an emergency. Reid, then in sixth grade, had never heard the school’s “code red” alert before. It was part of a new $5...
PR Newswire: FluGen Announces First Subject Dosed in Phase 1b Clinical Trial of its Intranasal M2SR Flu Vaccine, Co-Administered with High Dose Vaccine, in Older Adults
FluGen, Inc., a clinical-stage vaccine company transforming vaccine efficacy in infectious respiratory diseases, today announced the dosing of its first subject in an unprecedented study of older adults ages 65-85 years. The study will evaluate the safety,...
Wisconsin Inno: MilliporeSigma opens $65 million facility in Verona
Life science company MilliporeSigma said Monday it opened its new $65 million, high-potent active pharmaceutical ingredients production facility in Verona, bringing 50 new jobs to the Madison area. MilliporeSigma, the Burlington, Massachusetts-based U.S. and Canada...
Wisconsin Inno: Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce completes first entrepreneurship boot camp with Harley-Davidson
The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce completed its first entrepreneurship boot camp June 23 with a graduation ceremony for its 17 participants at Harley-Davidson Inc.’s Milwaukee headquarters. The chamber teamed up with Harley-Davidson’s supplier diversity...
Wisconsin Inno: AI in ‘very early innings’ of unlocking business potential, former Fiserv CEO Yabuki says in UWM keynote
Artificial intelligence (AI) is key for companies creating movies to sports betting odds as the world undergoes a data-led economic transformation, former Fiserv Inc. chairman and CEO Jeff Yabuki said Friday at a UW-Milwaukee Artificial Intelligence and Analytics...
MKE Startup News: Stellar Tech Girls opens doors for future STEM career
The U.S. Census reports that 15% of engineers working in the nation are women, despite women making up 48% of the total U.S. workforce. Aerospace Engineer Marina Bloomer started experiencing this disparity in high school when she was the only girl enrolled in her AP...
Madison.com: Business Class: Tech companies see a role for their products in addressing mass shootings
The recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have prompted questions from business and law enforcement experts in Dane County and around the state about whether technology can help curb future massacres. It's possible that rapid response tech can...
PR Newswire: MilliporeSigma Opens US$ 65 Million CDMO Facility to Address Demand for Critical Cancer Therapies
MilliporeSigma, the U.S. and Canada Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, has doubled its high-potent active pharmaceutical ingredients (HPAPI) production capacity with the expansion of its facility...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Medical College receives $50 million gift from Kern Family Foundation
Waukesha-based Kern Family Foundation has pledged $50 million to the Medical College of Wisconsin, in its second major philanthropic contribution to MCW in the past five years. The gift builds upon $37.9 million give by the foundation to MCW in 2017 to establish...
InsideWis: Does economy spell gloom and doom for startups … or rethink and reset?
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...
Wisconsin Public Radio: Utilities say Wisconsin coal plants will operate longer due to COVID-19 supply constraints
Several Wisconsin coal plants will remain online years longer than planned as supply constraints caused by COVID-19 delay plans to transition away from fossil fuels, two of the state's largest utilities announced Thursday. Madison-based Alliant Energy and...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Max Duckworth of MaSa Partners, Tech Metrics and upcoming events
Welcome to “WisBusiness: The Show,” a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show, Max Duckworth of MaSa Partners talks about the Wisconsin-based “social impact” investing firm, what it looks for...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Milwaukee-based EmPower HR acquired by Phoenix-based HR firm
Milwaukee-based EmPower HR, a professional employer organization (PEO) and human resources outsourcing firm, has been acquired by Phoenix, Arizona-based Vensure Employer Services. Vensure also provides PEO solutions and human resource outsourcing to small and...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Joel Brennan on GMC’s role in the community, the push for a Milwaukee County sales tax referendum and more
This week’s episode features a recent program from our partners at the Rotary Club of Milwaukee with David Haynes, a Rotarian and editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Ideas Lab, interviewing Joel Brennan, president of the Greater Milwaukee Committee. Brennan...
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...