Innovation and the Wisconsin Idea – WARF https://www.warf.org Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:54:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.warf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Innovation and the Wisconsin Idea – WARF https://www.warf.org 32 32 Wisconsin energy innovation – Primed for public and private investment https://www.warf.org/innovation-and-the-wisconsin-idea/wisconsin-energy-innovation-primed-for-public-and-private-investment/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:54:57 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=25502 Read More

]]> by Timothy Donohue and Erik Iverson On June 8, the Senate passed the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, a sweeping bill that would make significant investments in critical technology areas and increase the number of Americans who can participate in the benefits of scientific innovation. Attention now turns to the House, which will consider its own version of the bill. We urge the House to match...

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]]> From the moment I arrived in Wisconsin last year, I loved the familiar energy, intellect and passion for doing things well. I was happy to return to my Midwestern roots to become the managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). For more than 90 years, WARF has funded researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to give rise to their amazing inventions...

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]]> Renewing the Wisconsin Idea https://www.warf.org/innovation-and-the-wisconsin-idea/renewing-the-wisconsin-idea/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 21:34:52 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=341 Read More

]]> We first met two decades ago – a Republican governor from the small town of Elroy, Wisconsin, and a Democrat University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of biochemistry from New York. It might have first appeared we had little in common, but we bonded over the Wisconsin Idea – the belief that the wealth of knowledge and research at the University of Wisconsin should be utilized to improve people’s...

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]]> On the shoulders of giants: Innovation and the Wisconsin Idea the old-fashioned way https://www.warf.org/innovation-and-the-wisconsin-idea/on-the-shoulders-of-giants-innovation-and-the-wisconsin-idea-the-old-fashioned-way/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 21:35:53 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=343 Read More

]]> More than a century ago, Wisconsin served as the birthplace for a series of blue chip industrial giants. The likes of Harley-Davidson and Johnson Controls, or engine makers like Fairbanks Morse and Briggs & Stratton, were the bold startups of the day. We believe that living the Wisconsin Idea is about using our skills at the university as inventors and engineers and in the trades as machinists...

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]]> UW/Industry partnerships yield better solutions https://www.warf.org/innovation-and-the-wisconsin-idea/uw-industry-partnerships-yield-better-solutions/ Fri, 01 May 2020 21:40:13 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=351 Read More

]]> Wisconsin agriculture is making big news. As we embark on new global partnerships and get set to break fresh ground, let’s take a moment to reflect on the Wisconsin Idea. One of the principles of this idea is that university accomplishments can change lives across our state and have an impact on society. As the Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) at the University of...

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]]> From lab to bedside, the Wisconsin Idea is all for the good of the patients https://www.warf.org/innovation-and-the-wisconsin-idea/from-lab-to-bedside-the-wisconsin-idea-is-all-for-the-good-of-the-patients/ Wed, 01 Apr 2020 21:39:28 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=349 Read More

]]> As doctors and leaders of health care systems, we are in business for only one reason — the patients and communities we serve. The Wisconsin Idea to us is the conviction that science, discovery and innovation can improve our lives individually and collectively as a community. It’s about combining exceptional patient care with innovative technologies, and encouraging people and organizations to...

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]]> Nothing ventured, nothing gained: Investing in Wisconsin innovation https://www.warf.org/innovation-and-the-wisconsin-idea/nothing-ventured-nothing-gained-investing-in-wisconsin-innovation/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 21:08:26 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=445 Read More

]]> The Wisconsin Idea – the concept that the knowledge and innovative ideas from the university reach to the borders of our state and beyond – highlights the preeminent role that our university system plays in creating a better quality of life for the citizens in our state. The Wisconsin Idea is a beloved concept that we believe needs to be lived as much as loved by taking a very deliberate step of...

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]]> How university innovations change the world https://www.warf.org/innovation-and-the-wisconsin-idea/how-university-innovations-change-the-world/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 22:41:00 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=353 Read More

]]> Just last August, we stood together in Janesville to commemorate breaking ground on the first building for SHINE Medical Technologies, a spinoff from technology developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering. While it may have looked like just another ribbon-cutting ceremony with speeches and dignitaries, to us it was steeped in deep meaning. The University of Wisconsin...

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]]> Contributions to the Wisconsin Idea across generations https://www.warf.org/innovation-and-the-wisconsin-idea/contributions-to-the-wisconsin-idea-across-generations/ Wed, 01 Jan 2020 21:17:25 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=449 Read More

]]> There is no shortage of creativity among the students and professors of the University of Wisconsin System. They come up with great ideas every day, from a new way to teach physics out of UW-Green Bay to a mechanism that lets a paraplegic at UW-River Falls saddle her own horse. But when it comes to finding a home for their products, they need a little guidance from the professionals.

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]]> Innovation for the public good: How the Wisconsin Idea makes people healthier https://www.warf.org/innovation-and-the-wisconsin-idea/innovation-for-the-public-good-how-the-wisconsin-idea-makes-people-healthier/ Sun, 01 Dec 2019 22:44:42 +0000 https://www.warf.org/?p=357 Read More

]]> We are close collaborators who became good friends while serving the Wisconsin Idea and our state. We are proud to have recently created a truly integrated academic health system, UW Health. As, respectively, dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health and a state senator on the UW Health Authority Board, we navigated a lengthy process of integrating our hospitals and clinics with our...

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