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• New round of federal funding received for $85 million medical isotope project May 8, 2012 The Morgridge Institute for Research has received a $20.6 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration to support development of a new process and manufacturing plant for a medical isotope needed by tens of thousands of U.S. patients daily.
• Deaf-communication pioneer to receive honorary degree May 3, 2012 On May 18, Rob Engelke, chief executive officer of Ultratec, Inc., will receive an honorary doctorate at a commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Engelke was cited for creating extraordinary advances that have enabled deaf and hard-of-hearing people worldwide to communicate via telephone.
• Bartz to address graduates at spring commencement May 1, 2012 Carol Bartz, the former CEO and president of Autodesk and Yahoo!, is returning to her alma mater to deliver the charge to the graduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's four commencement ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday, May 19-20 at the Kohl Center.
• Seven receive entrepreneurial achievement awards April 26, 2012 Seven University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni and faculty were honored this week for their outstanding entrepreneurial achievements.
• Modernized inventory system wins Qualcomm Wireless Innovation Prize April 19, 2012 Christopher Beley's Flextory, a flexible, web-based inventory system designed for multiple inventory scenarios, won $10,000 and top prize at the 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison Qualcomm Wireless Innovation Competition.
• UW-Madison to host national VentureLab program March 16, 2012 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Entrepreneurs' Resource Clinic has partnered with the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) to bring the VentureLab program to Wisconsin.
• Cheap, printable prosthetic hand wins top prize at 2012 Innovation Days Feb. 10, 2012 A prosthetic hand that could be cheaply created on a 3-D printer for amputees in developing countries won the top prize and $10,000 in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, one of a pair of competitions that make up Innovation Days. Held Feb. 9 and 10, the event rewards University of Wisconsin-Madison students for creative and marketable ideas.
• Water filtration, smart phones, LED lights showcased in student invention competition Feb. 2, 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate innovators will present 14 inventions on Feb. 9-10 in Engineering Hall on the College of Engineering campus as part of the annual Innovation Days.
• Winners of student entrepreneurship competition, seed grants announced Dec. 15, 2011 Winners of the Whiteboard Challenge and Student Venture Seed Grants show that entrepreneurship is thriving among University of Wisconsin-Madison students.
• UW-Madison alumni sell ecommerce analytics company July 6, 2011 A trio of recent University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates have sold their e-commerce analytics company to a major player in the social media field less than one year after its launch.
• University spinoffs represent a new face for agricultural production May 25, 2011 Agricultural experts at University of Wisconsin-Madison have long played a key role in a state known for corn, milk and cheese.
• Wound-dressing idea enters international business-plan competition May 17, 2011 Having been selected from 78 competitors from around the world, two University of Wisconsin-Madison students will travel to London for the finals of the LES (Licensing Executives Society) Foundation international business plan competition, held June 4.
• Runner tracking app wins inaugural Qualcomm Wireless prize April 29, 2011 A smartphone application that will allow running race observers to keep track of particular runners in real time has won $10,000 and top prize at the inaugural University of Wisconsin-Madison Qualcomm Wireless Innovation Prize.
• Five alumni receive Entrepreneurial Achievement Awards April 27, 2011 Five University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni were honored April 26 for their outstanding entrepreneurial achievements.
• University biomedical emphasis a big economic winner for Wisconsin April 19, 2011 As Wisconsin struggles with unemployment and anemic growth, a group of health-related university spin-offs continues to benefit from UW-Madison's profound depth in biological sciences, medicine and engineering.
• UW-Madison engineers help Resilient Technologies reinvent the wheel April 6, 2011 In military combat, vehicle tires are critical, as blown tires can mean troops are stranded in dangerous situations. Wausau, Wis.-based Resilient Technologies is working on a non-pneumatic tire with a honeycomb-like design, which can't be shot out and could save lives.
• 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.
• 100-Hour Challenge winners named Feb. 28, 2011 A dress made of rubber gloves, a xylophone constructed from PVC pipes and a coffee chiller fashioned out of discarded lab equipment were just three examples of entrepreneurial creativity submitted in this year's Wiscontrepreneur 100-Hour Challenge, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Corporate Relations.