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Since winning the People’s Choice Award in the Elevator Pitch Olympics at the Early Stage Symposium in 2022, the VocaTone team has been hard at work developing the latest version of its vocal synthesizer technology. VocaTone Studio developed a novel piece of...

High school juniors in Milwaukee Public Schools will be able to apply to Milwaukee Area Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for no cost using a streamlined online application, officials with the institutions announced. Dubbed “Milwaukee Direct...

The University of Wisconsin Applied Computing program hosted a webinar focusing on careers in the field of computing. The panel featured four experts representing different areas of computing, including a graduate of the program and three of the program’s Advisory...

Through University of Wisconsin-Stout research and a state grant, the world is one step closer towards creating better, more efficient farms with technology. Research being done by professors at UW-Stout are looking into the implementation of a low-cost, wireless...

IWG recently announced 18 new flexible workspace centers across Wisconsin, complete with coworking spaces, private offices, meeting rooms and creative spaces.  The new locations are part of the drive to provide top-class facilities in a wide variety of locations as...

Xcel Energy and Gundersen Health System have signed an agreement to create one of the first 100% resilient and renewable energy health care campuses in the U.S. Through Xcel Energy’s Empower Resiliency, Gundersen will build an all-renewable energy microgrid on the...

StartingBlock is launching the Wisconsin HardTech Accelerator, a program specifically designed for startup founders in the agriculture, food and beverage, and manufacturing sectors, the organization announced recently. “We are thrilled to launch this accelerator...

Gov. Tony Evers focused largely on addressing the state’s generational workforce challenges during his 2024 State of the State address. Evers declared 2024 the Year of the Worker in Wisconsin and announced new efforts by the his administration to build a workforce...

Doubling down on efforts to attract more transfer students, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee announced Tuesday that it has reached broad transfer agreements with the region’s four technical colleges. Different than existing transfer arrangements, the new...

The participating tech colleges are: Milwaukee Area Technical College, Waukesha County Technical College, Moraine Park Technical College and Gateway Technical College. Their graduates with an associate degree and at least a 2.0 grade point average will be guaranteed...

Elephas Biosciences Corporation (Elephas), a private company, announced today that it has raised $55 million in Series C funding. Venture Investors Health Fund and State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) led the round. Continuing investments were made by Northpond...

Darcey Nett announced recently that she has joined HealthX Ventures as a principal. Nett comes to HealthX Ventures from Wellbe, where she served as the Chief Growth Officer. She also was the CEO of DotCom Therapy and ImageMoverMD. “Bringing almost two decades of...

On January 22, 2024, the Governor’s Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence held a meeting. Click here to watch the recording. Agenda: Welcome and housekeeping Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Assistant Deputy Secretary Jenny Sereno Agency...

Haribo of America is increasing its footprint in Kenosha County with the lease of a 447,000-square-foot building in Bristol, located in the Bristol Highlands East Commerce Center, a three-building, 68-acre industrial park at Wilmot Road and 136th Avenue, according to...