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The Innovate 608 podcast is for professionals on the go. It’s about entrepreneurship — the journey, the community and a place to hear about bold new things happening in Madison and Wisconsin. Hosted by Nora Roughen-Schmidt and produced by StartingBlock, Madison’s...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: MKE Tech Hub and HERA partner to offer pre-internship to students in data and AI
As data becomes a major part of business, so is the need to find data-literate workers. The Milwaukee Tech Hub Coalition and the Higher Education Regional Alliance have partnered to create a free pre-internship program aimed at teaching students how data and...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers seeks 100 FEMA workers, utilizes National Guard nurses for hospital staffing shortages as COVID-19 surges
Gov. Tony Evers is asking the Biden administration to send 100 federal health care workers to Wisconsin and is utilizing National Guard nurses in state mental health hospitals as hundreds of health care facilities say they need help to combat staffing shortages and a...
First Business Bank: 92% Of Dane County Businesses Expect Same Or Better Performance In 2022
Despite persistent challenges stemming from COVID-19, business executives in the Greater Dane County area and around the state expressed optimism about what lies ahead in 2022, according to First Business Bank’s 19th annual survey of businesses. Completed at the end...
Wisconsin Inno: Hitting 800 companies served, gener8tor adds startup community director to support alumni
Wisconsin-based startup accelerator operator gener8tor Management LLC has now served 800 startups across all of its programs since its founding in 2012. Those alumni include some of the Milwaukee area's most successful startups, such as education technology platform...
UW-Madison Discovery to Product: Apply for spring Innovation to Market (I2M)
The Innovation-to-Market course is intended as an entry point for innovators, seekers of a creative solutions, designers of novel approaches to social problems or makers of impactful products at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. You’ll begin by forming a hypothesis...
WisBusiness: Representatives of Canadian, Mexican consulates in Midwest critical of electric vehicle tax credit proposal
Representatives of Mexican and Canadian consulates in the Midwest say electric vehicle tax credit provisions in the Build Back Better Act conflict with the USMCA. “Of course we’re all in favor of clean cars, but by bringing in these kinds of subsidies, we’re...
WisBusiness: ‘USMCA Post-COVID: How Trade Helps the North American Recovery’ webinar video
While the U.S., Canada and Mexico continue to grapple with the COVID pandemic, policymakers across the Americas must find ways to implement and advance the “new NAFTA” in order to aid the economic recovery. Canadian and Mexican officials and the Wisconsin Economic...
USDA: USDA to Make Up to $800 Million Available to Provide Economic Relief to Biofuel Producers and Restore Renewable Fuel Markets Hit by the Pandemic
Up to $800 Million Will Help Biofuel Producers and Rural Americans Build Back Better U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA will make up to $800 million available to support biofuel producers and infrastructure. Today’s...
UW System: UW scientists, innovators poised to accelerate U.S. competitiveness
By Tommy Thompson, President, University of Wisconsin System In recent years, Wisconsin’s two public research universities, UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee, have aggressively and strategically built a faculty roster with a wealth of expertise in some of the world’s most...
WisBusiness: Exact Sciences developing support framework for blood-based cancer screening test
Through a partnership with Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, Exact Sciences is creating a support framework for a blood-based cancer screening test in development. “We’re trying to really understand behaviors, attitudes, and potentially fears about this kind of new...
Dairy Business Innovation Alliance: Prepare to Apply for $1 Million Round of DBIA Grants
The DBIA is excited to announce that small- to medium-sized dairy farmers, entrepreneurs, and processors in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin can prepare now to apply for a new, $1 million round of grants administered by the Dairy Business...
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation: Countdown to 2021 WARF Innovation Awards
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has nominated six outstanding UW-Madison technologies for its top prize in innovation, with the two winning teams set to be announced mid-month. Sign up for the WARF holiday greeting email list to be among the first to...
Gov. Evers, WEDC Announce $150,000 Grant for Computer Science Education Pilot Program
GREEN BAY — Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes announced today a pilot program that aims to train teachers and bring computer science into all Wisconsin K-12 classrooms is getting a boost from a...
WisBusiness: Survey of Madison businesses highlights impact of labor shortages
A survey of Madison-area businesses shows labor shortages having a big impact on future growth. In the survey, nearly one-third of respondents said they were held back from expanding their workforce this year due to talent shortages. The Fall 2021 Business Survey,...
WisPolitics: UW-Madison: World’s largest family history study of Alzheimer’s disease marks 20th anniversary
November marks a significant scientific milestone for the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) study at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. It is the 20th anniversary of a groundbreaking study that is advancing the field...
Wisconsin Inno: Milwaukee’s Character VC firm raised $30 million to apply Google Ventures lessons to early startups
One of Milwaukee's newest venture capital firms, Character Capital LLC, emerged from stealth mode Wednesday to reveal that it has closed on more than $30 million for its first fund and invested in six startups. The firm was founded earlier this year by John...
WisBusiness: UW System: UW-Madison Chancellor Search and Screen Committee named
Edmund Manydeeds III, President of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, and Tommy Thompson, President of the UW System, today appointed a 21-member Search and Screen Committee to help identify the next UW-Madison chancellor. Current Chancellor Rebecca...
WisBusiness: Milwaukee Tool: Joins Milky Way Tech Hub as a corporate member to advance tech and innovation in Milwaukee
Milwaukee Tool has partnered with Milky Way Tech Hub to support the advancement of the Milwaukee region as a technology and innovation hub. The Milky Way Tech Hub was founded in 2017 to transform the city of Milwaukee into a tech hub that focuses on equity,...
Office of the Governor, Tony Evers: Gov. Evers Delivers Radio Address on $110 Million Investment in Wisconsin Kids and Schools
Audio file of Radio Address. MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today delivered the Democratic Radio Address highlighting a $110 million investment in Wisconsin kids and schools announced earlier today. The funding, provided by federal coronavirus relief funds, reflects the...