THE NEWSROOM

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Chad Tjugum, a student entrepreneur at UW-Whitewater with an early-stage startup called RaritiesMarket. He recently took fourth place in the Schulze Entrepreneurship Challenge as part of this year’s e-Fest...

A Madison-based medical technology company is partnering with hundreds of pharmacies to offer customers an array of vaccinations, tests and other medical care at neighborhood drug stores — without needing an appointment at a clinic or hospital. Kevin Houlihan and his...

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” international trade consultant Chris Wojtowicz of the Small Business Development Center highlights resources available to companies in the state. “Wisconsin has a wonderful, really dynamic ecosystem of help for exporters,” he...

The report highlights Wisconsin’s performance in numerous categories, ranking the state 8th for reproductive care and women’s health, 15th for access and affordability and 14th for prevention and treatment. While Wisconsin’s overall performance surpassed the national...

During a Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. board meeting this week, Committee Chair Anne Smith introduced Williamson as the manager for the Wisconsin Investment Fund. This $50 million investment pool, funded by the State Small Business Credit Initiative, is...

SHINE Technologies, LLC, a next-generation fusion technology company, today announced it is opening the largest facility in North America dedicated to the production of non-carrier-added lutetium-177, a medical isotope used in targeted cancer therapies. The new...

The Versiti Blood Research Institute’s planned expansion in Wauwatosa could bring more than 100 new jobs to the area. That’s according to Chris Miskel, president and CEO of Versiti. In a recent interview, he discussed the research institute’s plans for adding 65,000...

Hartland-based AI startup Wearable Technologies and Mequon-based MediCardia Health have announced a strategic partnership between aimed at revolutionizing cardiac chronic condition management and remote patient monitoring. Wearable Technologies has created a wearable...

The second cohort of an agriculture technology accelerator has brought companies from Wisconsin and Silicon Valley to Alabama. HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, in partnership with Wisconsin-based global venture firm and startup accelerator gener8tor, will host...

Overview Every year worldwide, millions of people experience morbidity and mortality as a consequence of severe fungal disease. In the United States, mortality from invasive fungal disease is approximately 50 percent. People with AIDS, chemotherapy patients, and...

Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced positive top-line results from the pivotal BLUE-C study. The results show that next-generation Cologuard® met all study endpoints and improved every...

Rent College Pads, a countrywide housing platform for students, is launching its end-to-end property management arm College Pads Pro on Aug.1. The Milwaukee-based company at 1101 N. Market St. started as CEO Dominic Anzalone's college project in 2012. It's since...

Holos Inc., a Madison firm founded to develop virtual reality and augmented reality education software for classrooms, has been awarded a $1.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force following up on the firm’s 2019 contract to help the Air Force develop VR...

While the average person is only just beginning to realize the potential impacts of artificial intelligence, scientists across the globe have long been researching how the technology can improve – and perhaps even revolutionize – a wide array of processes and fields....

There is no bigger topic of conversation this year for technologists than artificial intelligence. The rapid, exponential growth of AI, specifically generative AI, has caused such alarm that the San Francisco-based Center for AI Safety issued a statement last month...

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded a $14.89 million Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure Grant to Dairyland Power Cooperative to expand internet access in underserved rural communities. Dairyland applied for the grant in...

Wisconsin lost 7,000 private sector jobs in May but the state’s labor force participation rate improved and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 2.4%, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, according to the latest figures from the state Department of Workforce Development....

Microsoft Corp. anticipates 200 jobs for the $1 billion first phase of its data center development in Mount Pleasant, but could add 460 more over time. Those numbers made public Friday are the first detailed job projections for Microsoft’s data center project, and...