THE NEWSROOM

The committee tasked with finding a new UW System president has selected two finalists: the leader of a top Wisconsin law firm; and the chancellor of the Eau Claire campus. Jay Rothman has been chair and CEO of Foley & Lardner since June 2011. Meanwhile, James...

Islands of Brilliance and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to establish a new research lab that will study the impact of creativity and creative technologies on people with autism. The Milwaukee-based...

Transfur Inc. has closed a pre-seed round of funding with an investment from Madison-based WARF Ventures. Transfur, a Minneapolis-based software company, said the funding will allow it to complete beta testing on the way to launching its first product, aimed at...

The UW Board of Regents will choose between a Milwaukee law firm leader and one of its own chancellors to be the next president of the University of Wisconsin System. Jay Rothman, chair and CEO of Foley & Lardner, and UW-Eau Claire Chancellor Jim Schmidt were...

Company will invest $350 million in new Madison facilities, create 1,300 more jobs Exact Sciences, a leading global cancer screening and diagnostics company, is expanding its presence in Wisconsin by investing an additional $350 million in its Madison campuses — a...

Wauwatosa-based CyteGen has raised another $1.1 million to fund their research into extending human life and reversing age-related decline. A Jan. 13 SEC filing shows the company raised the $1.1 million in equity through three investors. This is their second funding...

Exact Sciences Corp. plans to make a $350 million investment in its Madison campuses that could create more than 1,300 new jobs, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. announced Thursday. The cancer screening and diagnostics company plans to develop a new Research...

The Melia Orlando Celebration hotel has contracted a Wisconsin tech firm to help keep its guest rooms Covid-clean. The 289-room hotel at 225 Celebration Place in Orlando, Florida, is the first hotel in the U.S. to team with Waukesha-based manufacturer of robotic UV...

Exact Sciences, a cancer screening and diagnostics company widely known for its Cologuard test, has announced a $350 million expansion in Madison that could create more than 1,300 jobs. Hiring will take place in research and product development, laboratory work,...

The Center for Technology Commercialization announced recently that five Madison-area businesses have earned SBIR Advance matching grants. Cellular Logistics, Nano RED and Steam Instruments won Phase 1 grants of $75,000. Meanwhile, Stem Pharm and Voximetry won Phase 2...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Erin Ogden, managing attorney with the Madison law firm Ogden, Glazer and Schaefer. She discusses her work with growth-focused businesses, including both startups and established businesses, as well as how her...

Johnson Controls has acquired FogHorn, a California-based developer of edge AI software for industrial and commercial IoT applications. Johnson Controls, which is based in Ireland but has operational headquarters in Glendale, said the acquisition would accelerate its...

In a new model ultimately aimed at generating revenue to supplement tuition and philanthropy, Concordia University Wisconsin has launched the Concordia Angel Network to invest in faculty and student innovations. Formed in the fall, the network has 13 members so far...