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High-Five for Badger Businesses
When it comes to entrepreneurship and the state's economy, you can’t stop a Badger.
Entrepreneurship has an essential role in UW–Madison's execution of the Wisconsin Idea. The university fosters research, insight and innovation, and provides a vast web of resources, programs and networks that Badgers can tap into to nurture their ideas. The result is new, innovative businesses and entrepreneurs to grow Wisconsin's economy and beyond:
- Five health tech startups you should know
- Five student entrepreneurs to keep an eye on
- Five startups from UW with great ideas to protect the earth
Bonus: this week, four outstanding entrepreneurs received the 2023 Chancellor's Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards. Read more about their incredible achievements.
UW for You
Exosuits may ease strain on construction industry
As the construction industry workforce ages and faces major shortages to keep pace with demand across the U.S., UW–Madison researchers are examining if exosuits and exoskeletons could help existing workers do more.
Physician training track focuses on serving rural areas
In Wisconsin, only seven percent of physicians have rural practices and studies. With the goal of easing disparities and addressing rural health needs, the UW School of Medicine and Public Health launched the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine, known as WARM, in 2007, with its first graduates entering residencies in 2011.
UW's statewide and local impact showcased in latest reports
The Wisconsin Idea Database project details the ways UW–Madison benefits the state through career preparation, economic development, innovative partnerships and workforce development.
Were U Wondering?
UW students and pedestrians travel rain-soaked sidewalks between classes near Library Mall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW–Madison)
April weather has been very interesting this year, with a wide and varying mix of precipitation types — with snow, hail, graupel and rain in various combinations. What lies behind these myriad April showers?
The UW–Madison Weather Guys explain.
Can't Stop a Badger
UW–Madison alumna Tara Yang '13 has taken over the family business—Main Oriental Market—in Green Bay, where shoppers get staple Asian foods and first-rate community service.
With 70 percent of Wisconsin’s residents getting their drinking water from groundwater sources, UW–Madison civil and environmental engineering PhD student Amy Wiersma is committed to addressing groundwater quality issues in communities around the state.
UW–Madison graduate programs are once again ranked among the nation’s best in the 2023-24 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”
The Cheat Sheet
Dogs, cats & kids: food allergy risk reduction. ● Spot the AI fake. ● Meet Beesiiwo cooowuse. ● How to have it all. ● Talking social media with teens. ● Baseball's back in swing, with some twists. ● Does a warmer climate mean more homeruns? ● Through fire, a bounty of bees. ● Plants really can talk. ● Worms, droughts suck plants dry. ● An end to the 'reading wars'? ● "I thank your mom every day." ● Prepping students for 'real world' ag. ● The 'no mow’ movement. ● Tackling WI's child care crisis. ● A response for fatherhood. ● Five big student ideas funded. ● Saving ancient history.
Coming Up
Thursday, May 18 at 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Dairy Symposium
Dairy Symposium features the Dairy Innovation Hub’s most advanced research from all participating campuses. This event is geared toward an academic audience and anyone looking for a deeper dive into research. This is an in-person opportunity at the Pyle Center in Madison, and recordings will be available after the live event on the Hub’s YouTube channel. Hub events are free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required.
Thursday, May 25 at 8:30 AM - 12 noon
2023 Wisconsin Digital Symposium
Join the virtual program hosted by the UW E-Business Consortium that will explore new and proven approaches and innovative technologies to address the practical and urgent challenges of digital transformation and the volatile business environment. This event is free, but registration is required to get a login.
Picture This
Members of the UW–Madison community who stayed up late Sunday, April 23rd were treated to a dazzling light show as the aurora borealis — or northern lights — danced across the night sky in hues of green and pink. This chair on the Memorial Union Terrace offered a perfect location to take in the view. (Photo by Taylor Wolfram / UW–Madison)
