THE NEWSROOM

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.”...