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Leaders of the UW System and Wisconsin Technical College System are developing a new pathway transfer program for students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math. Speaking yesterday during a Wisconsin Technology Council event in Wauwatosa, WTCS...
Business Wire: Agilent Technologies and Exact Sciences Agree to Terms of Sale for Resolution Bioscience
Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) and Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of Resolution Bioscience to Exact Sciences. Financial...
Insight on Manufacturing: Engine of innovation
In conjunction with the National CHIPS and Science Act, the National Science Foundation last year created its new Regional Innovation Engines program to catalyze critical technology ecosystems across the U.S. that are stimulating economic growth and creating jobs....
MKE Startup News: Pitch at the Early Stage Symposium
Are you interested in pitching your company at the Wisconsin Technology Council's Early Stage Symposium November 8-9 in Madison? Applications are now open for the Tech Council Investor Networks (TCIN) track and the Elevator Pitch Olympics (EPO) tracks. Midwest...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: UW System enrollment holds steady, with most universities reporting modest declines
Enrollment largely held steady at most of Wisconsin's public universities this fall, bucking a downward trendline that has plagued institutions across the demographically challenged Midwest. The campus-by-campus breakdown, however, shows many of the state's smallest...
WisPolitics: UW-Madison: New technique creates tolerance of transplanted kidneys
Successful kidney transplants rely on the biological compatibility of the donor and recipient but still require long-term use of drugs to tamp down the recipient’s immune system and prevent donor organ rejection. Finding a method to increase compatibility can help...
InsideWis: Range of rankings exist on whether Wisconsin is good or bad for small business
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Is Wisconsin a good place to start and grow a business? The answer likely depends on who’s asking the question, where that business is located within the state, and what factors are measured. Wisconsin is either second best, third from the...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Exact Sciences plans acquisition of Washington-based biotechnology company
Madison-based Exact Sciences, a provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, has entered into an agreement with Santa Clara, California-based Agilent Technologies to acquire one of its portfolio companies: Kirkland, Washington-based Resolution Biosciences....
BizTimes Milwaukee: Baird acquires minority stake in Minneapolis-based financial services firm
Milwaukee-based financial services firm Baird has acquired a minority stake in Minneapolis-based Octavus Group, the parent company of LoCorr Funds. LoCorr Funds is headquartered in Excelsior, Minnesota and is a leader in low-correlating alternative investments. The...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Moonshot, a new Milwaukee-based venture studio, aims to foster early-stage companies
Three advertising and marketing professionals with decades of experience at varying lifestyle agencies have joined forces to launch Moonshot, a new venture studio concept, here in southeastern Wisconsin. Ryan Chuckel, founder and chief executive officer of...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Hartland lithium-extraction products lab will expand by over 200%
Aquatech International plans to more than double the size of its Hartland facility that focuses on technology for the battery-grade lithium chemical market with the help of a $4.7 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States. The company will add...
Wisconsin Inno: Rockwell acquires firm that makes autonomous mobile robots
Rockwell Automation agreed to acquire a Canadian company that makes autonomous mobile robots for industrial settings with model names including Warthog, Jackal, Dingo and Turtlebot. Rockwell called such robots the next frontier in industrial automation and...
Wisconsin Inno: American Family insuretech subsidiary enters second big-league sponsorship with NFL deal
Ohio insuretech firm Bold Penguin has inked its second national pro sports sponsorship since being acquired by American Family Insurance of Madison. The NFL's Cincinnati Bengals named the Columbus software maker its "Official Commercial Insurance Technology Partner."...
A few closing thoughts: Public Defender Thompson to speak at Sept. 28 W·O·M·E·N reception
Often described as a tireless advocate for her staff, the clients they serve and Wisconsin’s criminal justice system in general, veteran State Public Defender Kelli Thompson will speak Thursday, Sept. 28 at the annual W•O•M•E•N reception in Madison. Thompson oversees...
Wisconsin Public Radio: ‘It really needs to be there’: As farms rely more on technology, some producers still don’t have internet access
Linda Ceylor said she has cell reception on her organic dairy farm in Price County. It just depends on where you're standing. "Sometimes I'll be having a conversation, even in my house where I have a booster, and if I move to the left or move to the right, somebody...
Milwaukee Business Journal: Sweat equity leads to $156M in private equity
On a Friday in August, Germantown software firm VBA’s leadership team learned the company secured a $156 million private-equity investment. The following day, a Saturday, chief technology officer Rich Pierce worked 20 hours. He was busy with technology projects the...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Patrick Sullivan, Flux XII
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Patrick Sullivan, CEO, co-founder and co-inventor at Flux XII. Sullivan has spent the last few years as a graduate student researcher at UW-Madison, with a focus on battery chemistry, energy analysis and...
Tech Council’s Still will moderate In Business Oct. 4 seminar on unlocking power of AI for business
In the ever-evolving digital age, harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence has become a game-changer for businesses. This Oct. 4 seminar at the Fluno Center on the UW-Madison campus will help guide business owners and decision-makers through the...
InsideWis: In time of healthcare upheaval, quality of Wisconsin hospitals scores high
By Tom Still MADISON, Wis. – Healthcare delivery systems in Wisconsin and across the nation are changing – and rapidly, in many cases. Recovery from the COVID-19 emergency, higher costs and workforce concerns are among issues compelling medical systems and hospitals...
Green Bay Press Gazette: How luck helped the Green Bay Packers, Microsoft launch a $95 million venture capital firm
TitletownTech now has almost $100 million to invest in and attract early-stage startup companies and entrepreneurs to the Green Bay region. Its impact in its first five years of existence left even its founders and most ardent advocates in a bit of disbelief. “If when...