News & Announcements – WARF

Four UW faculty recognized with Early Career Innovator Awards

Chris Najdowski — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 13:16:31 +0000

The Early Career Innovator Award, sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, helps kick off the 175th anniversary of the university this month by recognizing its early career faculty members for engaging in technology transfer and commercialization activities. Read more at research.wisc.edu.

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Countdown to WARF Innovation Day at Summerfest Tech

Chris Najdowski — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:45:19 +0000

Get an inside look at innovative ideas and technologies from UW campuses June 27 CONTACT: Jeanan Yasiri Moe Director of Strategic Communications and Public Affairs jyasirimoe@warf.org | (608) 960-9892 MADISON, Wis. – From better brain health to cutting-edge carbon capture, six top technologies in development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other UW System campuses will headline WARF...

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At UW–Madison, startups thrive — and win

Chris Najdowski — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:59:43 +0000

The University of Wisconsin–Madison continues its streak of entrepreneurial excellence as five startups developed at the university received recognition as part of the Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest, a statewide competition for early-stage tech-based businesses. Read more at news.wisc.edu.

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Faculty receive 2023-24 WARF Named Professorships, Kellett Fellowships, and Romnes Awards

Chris Najdowski — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:58:13 +0000

Thirty-four of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education for 2023-24. The awardees span the four divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences. Read more at news.wisc.edu.

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WARF board welcomes three new trustees

Chris Najdowski — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:44:49 +0000

Biomedical innovator, investment officer and medical device executive CONTACT: Jeanan Yasiri Moe Director of Strategic Communications and Public Affairs jyasirimoe@warf.org | (608) 960-9892 MADISON, Wis. – Asha Collins, Paul Leff and Thomas Tefft, three leading executives in the fields of biomedical research, investments and corporate medical device innovation, have joined the board of the...

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Collaborations and collisions

Chris Najdowski — Thu, 18 May 2023 14:41:32 +0000

As the UpStart program celebrates 10 years, its founders and participants look back on how it all began and why it continues to redefine what successful entrepreneurship looks like. When the crowd gathers in the H.F. DeLuca Forum at the Discovery Building this fall for the UpStart dinner — an annual gathering that grows every year — they’ll find many familiar faces in attendance.

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UW entrepreneurial awardees model innovation, shape Wisconsin’s entrepreneurial ecosystem

Chris Najdowski — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:27:17 +0000

Four outstanding innovators have received the 2023 Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards. Established in 2011, the awards recognize individuals with ties to the University of Wisconsin–Madison who further the Wisconsin Idea through outstanding accomplishments in entrepreneurship. Honorees have achieved entrepreneurial success that contributes to economic growth and social good...

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Groundbreaking: CDIS building to foster high-tech innovation, collaboration

Chris Najdowski — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:38:52 +0000

In 1957, newly commissioned 2nd Lt. John Morgridge was installed at a Dover Air Force Base tabulating center alongside the latest in computing technology: a 25-ton, 6,000-square-foot Honeywell DATAmatic 1000. How things have changed, said Morgridge, considering the future as he spoke on the construction site for the future home of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Computer, Data &

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Weather station network to expand across Wisconsin, aiding farmers and others

Chris Najdowski — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:42:35 +0000

A new era for weather data in Wisconsin is on the horizon, thanks to an effort at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Wisconsin weather has become increasingly more unpredictable and extreme since the 1950s, posing challenges for farmers, researchers, and the public. But with the help of a statewide network of weather stations known as a mesonet, the state would be better equipped to deal with...

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Achieving gender equity in tech transfer

Chris Najdowski — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:09:54 +0000

New research guides university tech transfer offices like WARF to cultivate women inventors Jennifer Gottwald, director of licensing at WARF, wants as many UW-Madison inventors as possible to disclose their ideas to WARF and pursue patenting. Women comprise just 12.8% of total inventor-patentees in the U.S. in 2019, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, so Gottwald knows there’s...

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