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Dr. Nicholas Reiter, assistant professor of chemistry in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has received nearly $1.68 million in R01 funding from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences to study the...
BizTimes Milwaukee: Sift Healthcare names chief technology officer
Milwaukee-based health care payments analytics and data science company Sift Healthcare announced the appointment of Dhiraj Sankala as the company’s new chief technology officer. Sankala previously served in key leadership roles at Zelis Healthcare, Nuance Healthcare...
Wisconsin Banker’s Association: Q2 2023 FDIC Numbers Show Wisconsin Banks in Good Health
Second-quarter 2023 data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) show that Wisconsin banks remain on a solid foundation. Banks continue to be responsive to the needs of their customers, and lending increased in all categories (commercial, residential,...
The state of early stage investing in Wisconsin: How’s 2023 so far? Learn more Sept. 26 in Madison
The last two years saw more than $1.5 billion in angel and venture capital invested in Wisconsin, including no small amount from out-of-state and international investors. However, the falloff that began in mid-2022 has so far continued into 2023. Is a rebound coming?...
Wisconsin Inno: German firm testing battery tech in Milwaukee expands U.S. pilot efforts
A German manufacturer of long-duration energy storage systems that's planning to test its products in Milwaukee later this year has announced another U.S. testing site. The Phoenix pilot project, called Desert Blume, will use proprietary non-lithium battery technology...
Wisconsin Ag Connection: Eight Short Term, High Impact Projects at UW–Madison Funded by State Sponsored Dairy Innovation Hub
Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) recently selected eight projects for funding through the Dairy Innovation Hub initiative. These one-year grants fund promising work in the Hub’s four priority areas: stewarding land and water resources,...
WisBusiness: Froedtert Health, Thedacare: Sign definitive agreement to combine organizations
Froedtert Health and ThedaCare announced today that their respective Boards have approved a definitive agreement outlining the terms of the planned combined health system, an important step in their process to combine the organizations to advance local health care for...
Wisconsin Inno: Wisconsin Inno Under 25: The 2023 tech leaders to watch
From an influencer who leveraged the power of social media to build her brand and launch her interior design company to a 15-year-old who started a business and entrepreneurial incubator that targets teens and students, the 2023 Wisconsin Inno Under 25 class includes...
MKE Startup News: WEDC grants support entrepreneurship in the Milwaukee Region
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) awarded nearly $1 million in the latest round of Entrepreneurship Grants in Quarter Three 2023. “Wisconsin stands behind its innovators and business owners,” said Missy Hughes, secretary, and CEO of WEDC. “These...
Madison Startups: Veda, OutCare Form Partnership
Veda announced today it is partnering with OutCare Health, an organization championing LGBTQ+ health equity. “Many of the health plans that we work with are actively looking for ways to ensure their members have access to LGBTQ+ affirming care,” Veda CEO Meghan...
PR Newswire: Exact Sciences Lab and OncoExTra Test Selected by National Cancer Institute for ComboMATCH Clinical Trials
Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has selected the company's testing laboratory in Phoenix, AZ to participate in the ComboMATCH clinical trials,...
‘WisBiz: The Show’ features Buckley Brinkman from Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing
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, executive director of Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity, talks about WCMP’s...
Madison Startups: Apps Open to Pitch at 2023 ESS
The Wisconsin Technology Council is seeking companies to participate in one of two pitch events at the annual Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium (ESS), taking place Nov. 8-9 at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, the organization announced recently. As in...
UW-Madison: UW–Madison part of effort to advance fusion energy with machine learning
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are taking part in a new collaboration built on open-science principles that will use machine learning to advance our knowledge of promising sources of magnetic fusion energy. The U.S. Department of Energy has...
WisBusiness: COWS report highlights decline in median wage, other labor market trends
A decline in Wisconsin’s median wage last year effectively “erased” three years of wage growth, according to a report from a UW-Madison think tank. The State of Working Wisconsin 2023 report, created by the COWS High Road Strategy Center, explores the latest data on...
WisBusiness: The Water Council: Tech Challenge seeks solutions for contaminants, pipe issues
The Water Council (TWC) has opened its fall Tech Challenge with topics chosen by industry leaders to help solve challenges in the water sector. This session includes three topics – two dealing with PFAS and one dealing with pressurized pipes – along with a request for...
InsideWis: Climate change heats up interest in nuclear energy
By Tom Still OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The summertime hit movie “Oppenheimer” is set mainly in New Mexico, where the first atomic bomb was designed and built. Little is portrayed about what happened in Oak Ridge, Tenn., where a “secret city” of 75,000 scientists and workers...
WisBusiness: the Podcast with Nadine Allen, Wisconsin Hospital Association
This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Nadine Allen, chief quality officer for the Wisconsin Hospital Association. Allen discusses the latest hospital quality ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency’s...
State Public Defender Kelli Thompson to speak Sept. 28 W·O·M·E·N reception in Madison
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...
MKE Startup News: Monk named BIT Chapter President
The Milwaukee Chapter of Blacks in Technology (BIT) has a new president. Blacks In Technology is a national “tech focused community and media organization that is dedicated to increasing the representation and participation of Black people in the technology industry.”...