Stories indexed under: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

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• Investment Board, WARF launch $30 million venture fund to target early-stage companies March 19, 2013 The State of Wisconsin Investment Board and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation are creating an early-stage venture capital fund focused on information technology.
• WARF Discovery Challenge seeks to inspire grad student and postdoc research Feb. 28, 2013 Last year more than 125 graduate students and postdocs competed for cash prizes and research grants in WARF’s inaugural Discovery Challenge. But one research associate in the School of Medicine and Public Health received an unexpected distinction.
• Eight professors receive Kellett Mid-Career Awards Feb. 21, 2013 Eight outstanding faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been named winners of this year’s Kellett Mid-Career Awards.
• Eight professors receive Romnes Faculty Fellowships Feb. 21, 2013 Eight promising young UW-Madison faculty have been honored with Romnes Faculty Fellowships.
• Wisconsin scientists honored for records of invention Jan. 18, 2013 Four University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members - Hector DeLuca, James Dahlberg, Thomas Lipo and Max Lagally - are among 101 innovators elected to the charter class of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
• Analytical tool is focus of spinoff firm Nov. 20, 2012 A new company making a high-speed, accurate and user-friendly instrument that reveals the molecular structure of proteins, drugs, and other important materials is the latest spinoff from the University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry department.
• Wisconsin Science Festival brings wonders of science to life for all ages Sept. 17, 2012 After a rousing debut last fall, the Wisconsin Science Festival returns for its second year this Sept. 27-30 with an even bigger and bolder schedule of people, music, art and explosions bringing the wonders of science to life for all ages.
• Roundtable discussion features SBA official Winslow Sargeant Aug. 20, 2012 Winslow Sargeant, chief counsel for advocacy at the Small Business Administration and a UW-Madison engineering graduate, will discuss the most pressing issues confronting technology ventures in Wisconsin and beyond at a free roundtable discussion on Wednesday, Aug. 22.
• AhR Pharma and WARF sign exclusive license for cancer-fighting hormone Aug. 13, 2012 AhR Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) have signed an exclusive license agreement for ITE, a natural hormone discovered by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers with properties helpful in treating cancer, obesity and immune system disorders.
• Wisconsin Science Festival seeks partners to expand celebration statewide Sept. 27-30 Aug. 10, 2012 After a rousing debut last fall in Madison, the Wisconsin Science Festival is encouraging supporters of learning and science from around the state to help expand the festival during its second year by staging local events this Sept. 27-30.
• Wisconsin technology powers California microgrid project March 21, 2012 California’s Santa Rita Jail just got a little more secure this week, thanks to the completion of a $14 million “microgrid” project that gives the facility its own autonomous power supply — a feat rooted in University of Wisconsin-Madison technology.
• Fashion retailer Shopbop.com shares social media marketing tips, trends March 16, 2012 Tim Gill, traffic manager at Amazon's Shopbop.com, founded and based in Madison, will discuss how startup companies can use Facebook, Twitter and other digital networking forums to market themselves at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21, as the guest speaker at the next Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Gilson Bootstrapping event.
• Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery named 2012 Laboratory of the Year March 5, 2012 The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, the innovative 330,000-sqaure-foot public-private facility that opened just more than a year ago on the UW–Madison campus, has been named the 2012 Laboratory of the Year.
• Wisconsin Science Festival highlights connection between science, art Aug. 25, 2011 What happens when you mix one part Aldo Leopold, another part Frank Lloyd Wright and add a pinch of Indiana Jones? Anyone can find out with a visit to the first Wisconsin Science Festival, an educational and fun-filled exploration of science and art taking stage across several sites in Madison from Sept. 22-25.
• Go Big Read concludes this year's program with "Who Owns My Body and Where is It Now?" on April 15-16 April 14, 2011
• Seminar focuses on market research for early-stage companies April 5, 2011
• WARF Gilson seminar tonight examines legal basics for starting a company March 30, 2011 Speakers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic, which offers startup businesses the pro bono legal services of UW law students supervised by faculty and private sector attorneys, will discuss key legal issues confronting entrepreneurs at this evening's Gilson Bootstrapping event. The program begins at 5 p.m. today (March 30) in the Town Center of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St.
• WARF Gilson panel focuses on early-stage financing for technology firms March 23, 2011 A panel of experts will discuss funding opportunities available to young firms for advancing the research and development of their technologies at the WARF Gilson Bootstrapping seminar being held Wednesday, March 23.
• TomoTherapy sold, but medical physics spinoffs continue to benefit Wisconsin March 9, 2011 The announcement March 7 that TomoTherapy Inc., a Madison producer of sophisticated cancer treatment equipment, was sold to Accuray, a California maker of equipment for radiation surgery, spotlights the economic impact of the Department of Medical Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Discovery Town Center debuts Saturday Science Series for families March 3, 2011 The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Town Center will debut a new monthly series of free science exploration and education programs aimed at kids and families this Saturday March 5. Its first program, Leopold Discovery Day, invites learner of all ages to celebrate the life and discoveries of legendary University of Wisconsin-Madison environmentalist Aldo Leopold, known as the "father of wildlife management."