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The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on Friday elected Regent Karen Walsh to a one-year term as president. Walsh, a graduate of UW-Madison and previously regent vice president, succeeds Edmund Manydeeds III, who has served as president since June 2021....
Business Wire: Renewable Sources Now Supplying Over 20% of Promega Global Electricity Use
Promega Corporation now draws over 20% of its global electricity from renewable sources. The 2022 Promega Corporate Responsibility Report, released today, details how the biotechnology company’s investments in solar arrays have led to a ten-fold increase in renewable...
BizTimes Milwaukee: SBIR grants helping several southeastern Wisconsin businesses commercialize their inventions
Five area businesses have received grants to help them commercialize their products through SBIR Advance’s latest funding round. The state matching grant program provides assistance to companies in the process of completing a project in the federal Small Business...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Wisconsin private college group names next president
The Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities has named Eric Fulcomer as its next president and chief executive officer. Fulcomer, currently president of Rockford Unviersity, will take over the top role at WAICU in mid-December. Rolf Wegenke, the...
InsideWis: On way to Northwestern, Blank urges more building project control
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...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Justin Mortara named president of EnsoData as company raises $20 million in funding
On the heels of Madison-based EnsoData announcing the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round, the company has also announced a noteworthy leadership change. Justin Mortara, the company’s executive chairman and an investor in the business, has also been...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Buckley Brinkman of WCMP, 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, Buckley Brinkman of the Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing & Productivity talks about challenges and...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Decentralization is the future, blockchain expert tells Milwaukee business community: Slideshow
While it may be hard to grasp buzzy concepts like Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and non fungible tokens (NFTs), the world is moving toward these decentralized blockchain-based technologies, entrepreneur and blockchain expert Samantha Radocchia said Tuesday in her keynote...
WisBusiness: UW Health and UnityPoint Health-Meriter: Launch Wisconsin’s only fetal diagnosis and treatment center
The UW Health Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Center, a collaboration between UW Health and UnityPoint Health–Meriter, was created to support pregnant patients and their unborn babies with birth defects before, during and after birth. Birth defects affect 1 in every 33...
WisBusiness: Marquette University: Receives over $1 million from Omron Corp. for the Omron Advanced Automation Lab
Omron Corp. has gifted over $1 million to Marquette University to establish the Omron Advanced Automation Lab in the Opus College of Engineering, which will further strengthen the connection between engineering and business by combining innovative industrial...
Fore! Central Wisconsin’s Lake Arrowhead site for Tech Council golf tourney in August
Join us Monday, Aug. 1, at the Lake Arrowhead Pines Golf Course for a “scramble” golf tournament to help celebrate summer in Wisconsin. Click here to sign up for the tournament, which will feature an 11 a.m. shotgun start, lunch, carts, prizes and an end-of-day...
WisBusiness: New business formations up 42 percent over two-year period
The head of WEDC says the state’s “entrepreneurial spirit” is reflected in the 42 percent boost in new businesses formed during the pandemic. “It’s actually really exciting, because you could imagine that in the face of a pandemic, folks would retract, right?” WEDC...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Oracle completes $28B purchase of Cerner, top competitor of Verona’s Epic Systems
Oracle Corp.'s $28.3 billion acquisition of Cerner Corp. is complete and set to formally close Wednesday, according to a Tuesday announcement. The deal was first reported in December and has been approaching the finish line for weeks. The two companies...
Epic Research: Babies Born Addicted: Most Cases Not from Mother’s Prescription
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) can be diagnosed in babies born with exposure to a variety of addictive substances, including opioids, amphetamines, and benzodiazepines. Because of the ongoing and worsening opioid epidemic and the established risk of NAS in babies...
Wisconsin Inno: Madison startup Benny secures $1M in pre-seed funding to boost employee stock purchasing
Benny, a platform that helps employees at companies like Salesforce and Microsoft afford their employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs), secured $1 million in pre-seed funding and plans to use the money for customer acquisition, product development and recruiting...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Wisconsin ranks third nationwide for small business hiring struggles. Here’s why.
Wisconsin had one of the largest shares of small businesses facing hiring difficulties in the U.S. in April, according to a new report from HelpAdvisor.com that analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey. The report finds that 43.9% of...
WEDC: Milwaukee firm wins Governor’s Business Plan Contest with technology for cleaner water
Rapid Radicals Technology, a Milwaukee company with a system to stop untreated sewage from being dumped into waterways, took the top prize in this year’s Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Each year, trillions of gallons of untreated sewage are discharged...
Spotz: More Communities to Use Single Online Platform to Host Local Facilities for Rent
From coast to coast, mid-size US communities are improving equitable access and use of their spaces by bringing the public rental and management experience to the cloud. Residents and tourists of these communities will gain instant access to view and rent any...
The Journal Times: Case graduate to pursue business, working on local app
Robert Barkley started on an engineering pathway at Case High School, but that changed when he took part in a state business competition as a sophomore. Barkley liked “that thrill of starting your own business and marketing it … and just the thrill of working with a...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Justin Mortara named president of Madison health care AI startup
Justin Mortara — former CEO of Milwaukee's Mortara Instrument Inc. that was sold for $330 million in 2017 — is now president of Madison health care artificial intelligence startup EnsoData, according to a Friday announcement. The announcement came alongside the news...