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| Oct 2, 2026 | UW-Milwaukee helps student grow her love of science – and her confidence | Ally Ruffino worked on research involving bacteriophage, a virus type that infects and replicates inside bacteria, in the lab of Alita Burmeister, assistant professor of biological sciences. (Photo courtesy of Ally Ruffino)
After she gradua... |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Watchfire Names Chris Kelm Vice President of On Premise Sales | Chris Kelm has joined Watchfire as vice president of on premise sales.
DANVILLE, Ill., Sept. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Watchfire, a leading manufacturer of LED signs, digital billboards, and video displays, announced that Chris Kelm ha... |
| Sep 16, 2026 | UW-Milwaukee engineering student brings metal casting to the masses | Swaroop Behera, a doctoral student in engineering, pours molten tin into a mold, a process known as metal casting. (UWM Photo/Andy Manis)
It’s a typical evening at the bar, glasses clinking and conversation humming, until an unusual sight w... |
| Sep 4, 2026 | UW-Milwaukee effort tackles hard-to-recycle plastics | Ben Konitzer, recycling and solid waste specialist at UWM, uses a forklift to move a bale of compacted plastic film, a product of UWM’s newest recycling program. (UWM Photo/Elena Leshok)
We routinely toss plastic bottles and containers in t... |
| Aug 26, 2026 | Wisconsin VC funding for July 2026 | According to PitchBook, Wisconsin startups raised at least $7,965,065 in disclosed funding in July 2026.
In 2018, Milwaukee researchers launched Estrigenix Therapeutics to commercialize a novel menopause therapy. The biotechnology startup s... |
| Aug 21, 2026 | How traffic delays inspired UWM student’s award-winning startup | UWM PhD student Joel Roberts is the founder of Shepherd Traffic, a company that uses computer vision, geometry and smart algorithms to capture more detailed and accurate traffic data than what’s currently available. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Jo... |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Estrigenix reaches commercialization milestones | In 2018, Milwaukee researchers launched Estrigenix Therapeutics to commercialize a novel menopause therapy. Recently, the company has reached two milestones that position it for its next phase of development.
The biotechnology startup secur... |
| Jul 20, 2026 | How to keep the air inside your home clean during wildfires | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By DEVI SHASTRI, AP Health Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The eerie glow of an orange sun through thick wildfire smoke might be unnerving, but the biggest risk from the haze is something much harder to se... |
| Jul 11, 2026 | UWM shows its engineering strengths at statewide manufacturing summit | Campus Stories
UWM researchers Saif Al Hamad (center) and Abdallah Benelmadjat (right), who both work in the lab of UWM Professor Ryo Amano, explain what an energy audit entails at their booth in the Innovation Showcase at the Wisconsin Dri... |
| Jul 2, 2026 | UWM associate professor dives into the Great Lakes’ secrets | Ashley Lemke, an archaeologist and associate professor in UWM’s anthropology department, poses for a portrait in Lake Michigan. (UWM Photo/Andy Manis)
Associate professor Ashley Lemke has long been familiar with the Great Lakes region. She’... |
| Jun 24, 2026 | UWM instructor and filmmaker inspires the next generation of artists | UWM Assistant Professor Marquise Mays (back) talks with students (from left) Sophie Hatton, Ayanna Jones and Jacob Solis at the Union Cinema. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Marquise Mays traces his roots as a filmmaker to his childhood in Milw... |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 2025 highlights from the startup ecosystem | 2025 was marked by steady, strategic progress for the Milwaukee 7 startup community as institutions, founders and industry partners worked together to expand opportunity and capitalize on regional innovations.
In June, the region made a bol... |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Startup helps life science PhDs navigate career paths | When Dr. Gary Mouradian, an assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin, began his own career in the life sciences, he had one certainty: he loved science. What he didn’t have was clarity about what to do with his PhD.
“I really... |
| Sep 3, 2025 | Meet Bryce Nelson of UWM’s Ignite Startup Accelerator | The Ignite Startup Accelerator at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is welcoming a new leader this fall: Bryce Nelson, a chemist, entrepreneur, and corporate executive with deep ties to Wisconsin’s innovation ecosystem. With experience ... |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegally | “He cannot unilaterally order a new census. The census is governed by law, not to mention the Constitution,” Lowenthal said. “Logistically, it’s a half-baked idea.”
It would be almost logistically impossible to carry out a mid-decade census... |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Microsoft opens new AI for manufacturing Co-Innovation Lab in Wisconsin | Secure your spot now for exclusive AM insights at our Additive Manufacturing Advantage online conference covering aerospace, space, and defense!
American multinational technology corporation Microsoft has opened an AI Co-Innovation Lab to h... |
| May 20, 2025 | Easily distracted? How to improve your attention span | What’s grabbing our attentions has changed. For our ancestors, it might have been a rustle in the bushes putting us on guard for a lurking tiger. Today, it could be a rash of breaking news alerts and phone notifications.
The COVID-19 pandem... |
| May 19, 2025 | Easy Clasp heads to market after TV win and patent approval | Founder Kayla Lokker’s mission to make jewelry easier to wear is garnering attention—and real traction.
The recent UW-Milwaukee graduate is the inventor of Easy Clasp, a retractable jewelry attachment that simplifies fastening necklaces, es... |
| May 15, 2025 | Ready Education Celebrates 20 Years of Empowering Student Engagement and Success | Ready Education's 20th Anniversary
Ready Education is proud to celebrate a major milestone of 20 years since the founding of CampusGroups. Founded on May 16, 2005, in a small New York City office to help students at NYU Stern connect, colla... |
| Jan 30, 2025 | Wisconsin’s economic regions and key industries | Wisconsin’s economy is shaped by a network of nine regional economic development entities, each working to support existing businesses while attracting new enterprises and talent. For entrepreneurs and investors in scalable, high-growth sta... |
| Jan 21, 2025 | Freyja cuts costs while improving maternal care | Dr. AkkeNeel Talsma, PhD, RN, FAAN, is passionate about implementing technical solutions to improve healthcare outcomes for patients and their families.
As an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she works on innova... |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Easy Wear Jewelry set to launch in 2025 | Kayla Lokker, founder of Easy Wear Jewelry, is on a mission to revolutionize the way we wear jewelry. Her company’s flagship product, Easy Clasp, is a retractable clasp attachment designed to make putting on and securing necklaces easier fo... |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Governor’s Export Achievement Awards spotlight Wisconsin’s global strength | A keen strategic focus on succeeding in international markets won three Wisconsin companies and a University of Wisconsin campus the 2024 Governor’s Export Achievement Awards. This year’s awards went to Imbed Biosciences, Inpro Corporation,... |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Student Entrepreneurs Pitch at MU Invitational | Students from Marquette University, Milwaukee Area Technical College and University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee pitched their emerging businesses at the 2024 Marquette Invitational Business Model Competition for Collegiate Student Entrepreneurs... |
| Nov 1, 2024 | Director/Producer Sean Kafer Wins Spark the Vote Challenge for 'Don't Tell Me Your Vote Doesn't Matter' | "Don't Tell Me Your Vote Doesn't Matter" from Mariah Smith and Sean Kafer
"Don't Tell Me Your Vote Doesn't Matter" from Director Sean Kafer and Producer Mariah Smith
"Don't Tell Me Your Vote Doesn't Matter" fro... |
| Oct 14, 2024 | Bridging the Tech Gap: Sandhya Padala and Rex Academy | In 2015, entrepreneur Sandhya Padala unexpectedly found herself addressing the national technology education crisis.
Her young son was eager to create his own video game, so he needed to learn how to write computer code. His suburban public... |
| Jun 11, 2024 | CAHME Announces the Reaccreditation of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MHA Program | Ensuring the health of our communities depends on creative, knowledgeable and mission driven professionals. Graduating from a CAHME-Accredited program helps to better prepare the future leaders of healthcare.
UWM’s Master of Healthcare Admi... |
| May 8, 2024 | Microsoft Building Datacenter, Tech Hub in Wisconsin | News Microsoft Building Datacenter, Tech Hub in Wisconsin By Chris PaoliMay 08, 2024
Microsoft is investing $3.3 billion to build an AI and cloud datacenter in Wisconsin.
The plan, which will be formally revealed today during an event in Ra... |
| May 8, 2024 | Cheeseheads rejoice: Joe Biden and Microsoft melt $3.3 Billion into Wisconsin's AI future! | Microsoft has unveiled a substantial $3.3 billion investment in Southeast Wisconsin, aimed at bolstering the region's stature as a leading center for AI-driven economic growth, innovation, and job creation. Today, Microsoft President Brad S... |
| Sep 5, 2023 | Countering The Risk of Daily Work-Life Through Safety Culture Commitment | If we take a look at statistics, the number of occupational injuries has reduced over the past 50 years. Although this may sound encouraging, there are still 6000 deaths every day due to workplace accidents. This is because there are still ... |
| Jul 31, 2023 | Meet Sanjay Mohan | Sanjay Mohan is the new Program Director of the Ignite Startup Incubator. The experienced founder and angel investor is eager to share his experience with the program participants.
The Ignite Startup Incubator, an 11-month collaborative st... |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Multi Million Dollar Gifts Received By Tulane, Florida Atlantic, And University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Tulane University has received a $12.5 million gift to support a campus-wide data science ... [+] initiative.getty |
| Jul 12, 2023 | RoddyMedical: Creating a new standard of care | Registered nurse Lindsey Roddy witnessed the dangers of tangled medical tubing when she nearly lost a patient after a medical line carrying life support medications caught and was pulled out from the patient’s body. Studies indicate that 19... |
| May 1, 2023 | When Complaining About a Public Official Can Land You in Jail | This piece was published in partnership with The Nation.
What if you lived in a country where you could be jailed for criticizing a public official? What if that country were the United States?
In May 2018, Bob Frese, a resident of Exeter, N... |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Rex Academy partners with UW-Milwaukee | Milwaukee-based Rex Academy is leading the way in providing accessible STEM education.
The company has created a partnership with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) that will allow Rex Academy students to transfer up to six credits of... |
| Mar 2, 2023 | Paul Ryan didn't hesitate to blame Tucker Carlson when asked about the 'toxic sludge' and 'disinformation' on Fox News | Paul Ryan (left) and Tucker Carlson. Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Jason Koerner/Getty Images
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Ryan was asked why he, as a Fox board... |
| Jan 16, 2023 | Nano Affix: Water safety innovators | A great place on a Great Lake is more than just a slogan when it comes to freshwater research and stewardship in Milwaukee.
The city has become an international destination for the study and development of freshwater innovations. Leading t... |
| Dec 1, 2022 | Spotted: Panther Partnering Luncheon | The Tech Council Innovation Network invited the UW-Milwaukee Research Foundation to introduce the newly launched “Panther Partnering,” program at its monthly luncheon.
The program aims to increase research funding in the form of industry s... |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Storm Clouds that have been Forming for years over Apple and Google as Gatekeepers in Europe and the U.S. is now Gathering Steam
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| Nov 3, 2022 | Local HealthTech startups shine | Will the next big thing in healthcare be created in Milwaukee?
Local innovators are counting on it.
Area academic research institutions have united to advance the development of drugs, devices, HealthTech software and new clinical deliver... |
| Sep 1, 2022 | Wear Tech for a safer world | Deepak Arora’s life was forever changed in the summer of 2020 when he lost his daughter. The toddler became one of the estimated 236,000 accidental drownings worldwide that occur annually.
“My background has been all in computers and elect... |
| Aug 26, 2022 | TGIF: This week in startup success | It’s Friday, finally! Time to catch up on some of the good things happening in our great city’s startup and entrepreneurship scene. Below is a list of click-worthy articles that will end your week with a smile. If you have some startup ecos... |
| Aug 19, 2022 | TGIF: This week in startup success | It’s Friday, finally! Time to catch up on some of the good things happening in our great city’s startup and entrepreneurship scene. Below is a list of click-worthy articles that will end your week with a smile. If you have some startup ecos... |
| Aug 16, 2022 | University Of Wisconsin System To Offer Tuition Promise To Low And Moderate Income Students | |
| Aug 12, 2022 | TGIF: This week in startup success | It’s Friday, finally! Time to catch up on some of the good things happening in our great city’s startup and entrepreneurship scene. Below is a list of click-worthy articles that will end your week with a smile. If you have some startup ecos... |
| Aug 5, 2022 | TGIF: This week in startup success | It’s Friday, finally! Time to catch up on some of the good things happening in our great city’s startup and entrepreneurship scene. Below is a list of click-worthy articles that will end your week with a smile. If you have some startup ecos... |
| Jul 29, 2022 | TGIF (Thank Goodness It’s Funded): This week in MKE startup success | It’s Friday, finally! Time to catch up on some of the good things happening in our great city’s startup and entrepreneurship scene. Below is a list of click-worthy articles that will end your week with a smile. If you have some startup ecos... |
| Jul 26, 2022 | UWM launches Business Innovation Incubator | Milwaukee startup ecosystem veteran Matthew Friedel is the Program Director of UW Milwaukee’s soon-to-be launched startup accelerator, Business Innovation Incubator.
The 11-month program is designed for entrepreneurs who want to take their... |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Spotted: MOR Networking Edition | Marshalling Our Resources (MOR), a collation of organizations dedicated to advancing entrepreneurship in Wisconsin, hosted its first networking event on June 27.
The Sherman Phoenix was the location of MOR’s first speed-networking event. B... |
| Jun 9, 2022 | Milwaukee shines in Business Plan Contest | Milwaukee-based Rapid Radicals, was the grand prize winner of the 19th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest.
Rapid Radicals Technology, which can treat water at a municipal scale where there is a spill point confluence of stor... |
| Mar 7, 2022 | Food FiXR: Food as medicine | Dr. Grace Hameister wants you to know that every 36 seconds, someone in the United States dies from a cardiovascular event.
According to the Doctor of Chiropractic, Functional and Integrative Medicine, these deaths are preventable. In fact... |
| Feb 24, 2022 | COnovate: Power pioneers hit new milestones | In 2010, professors Dr. Marija Gajdardziska-Josifovska and Dr. Carol Hirschmugl identified the first known form of solid carbon monoxide at room temperature while working in the lab on the UW Milwaukee campus.
From their countless hours of... |
| Nov 29, 2021 | COnovate: Power Pioneers | History was made in a UW-Milwaukee lab in 2010, but perhaps you haven’t heard about it- at least not yet. The doctors at the helm of this discovery are confident their finding will disrupt the battery market, and change the way consumers us... |
| Nov 4, 2021 | A blueprint for the modern industrial network from Cisco and Rockwell Automation | Static manufacturing operations are going obsolete. Plant managers had to quickly pivot to dynamic operations in the wake of pandemic-related supply chain disruptions and "roaring demand." Lately I've been hearing from more and mo... |
| Oct 4, 2021 | A timeline of everything Elon Musk and Grimes have said about each other on social media | Grimes and Elon Musk have been a couple since 2018. Taylor Hill/Getty Images
Elon Musk told Page Six that he and musician Grimes separated after more than 3 years.
The two have a 1-year-old son named X Æ A-Xii together.
Here’s how the relat... |
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| Dec 2, 2020 | Pharrell Williams Launches Black Ambition Incubator | Rapper and producer Pharrell Williams released "Entrepreneur" with Jay-Z earlier this summer, a song that became an anthem for Black ambition. Now, Williams is launching an incubator to put money behind his message.
Called Black A... |
| Aug 21, 2020 | Microsoft to provide AI response tools for disaster first responders | Image: iStock/Kevin Lendio
As firefighters battle a series of major fires through most of California, from Los Angeles to nearly the Oregon border, the Department of Energy (DOE) Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office (AITO) announce... |
| Jun 11, 2020 | Naming Is The First Step: The Power Of Franklin County’s Declaration Of Racism As A Public Health Crisis | Franklin County, Ohio’s most populous, declared racism to be a public health crisis last month. The Declaration emerged from years of work understanding the root causes of the county’s poverty levels, and disproportionate challenges facing ... |
| Apr 2, 2020 | Online Education Advocacy Group Launches as Dept. of Ed Proposes Loosening Regulations | To advocate for and on behalf of effective online teaching and learning practices, four organizations are joining forces to establish the National Council for Online Education.
The partnership linking the Online Learning Consortium, Quality... |
| Feb 27, 2020 | It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed? | In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success. Supported by foundation funding leaders in this field shaped wh... |
| Jul 3, 2019 | WI Watchlist: Microsoft, Exact Sciences, Shine & MKE Tech Hub | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 7/3/19, 2:25 pm CT. See below.] Before everyone checks out for the Fourth of July holiday, let’s catch up on some recent Wisconsin innovation news:
—Shine Medical Tec... |
| Jun 21, 2018 | Tcare’s Software Aids People Who Live with, and Care for, Loved Ones | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Retiring baby boomers are expected to more than double Medicare and Medicaid costs from 2017 to 2020, according to industry data. That may just be the tip of the iceberg: by 2... |
| Jun 19, 2018 | Foxconn, Arrowhead, NorthStar & More: This Week’s Wisconsin Watchlist | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Catch up on news from Wisconsin’s innovation community with these recent headlines:
—Foxconn paid nearly $15 million for an office building in downtown Milwaukee that will ser... |
| Jan 26, 2018 | Exact Sciences, Generic Drugs, WEDC & More: This Week’s WI Watchlist | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Catch up on news from Wisconsin’s innovation community with these recent headlines:
—Citron Research published its second report in the past 12 months arguing that prospective... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | Xerox Alto designer, co-inventor of Ethernet, dies at 74 | Enlarge / Charles Thacker (left) as seen in 2008.
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| Nov 8, 2016 | Silatronix, Propeller, BrainXell, & More: This Week’s WI Watchlist | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The 2016 presidential campaign is coming to a close and for many, not a day too soon. Renew your faith in humanity with these recent headlines from Wisconsin’s innovation comm... |
| Jan 15, 2016 | UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Gives Update On New Entrepreneurship Building | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Those who follow startups closely are likely familiar with the term “pivot,” which refers to a change in course from the original vision of an early-stage company.
Mark Mone, ... |
| Aug 19, 2009 | First PowerBuilder 12 public beta adds Visual Studio IDE, fully embraces .NET | Sign up for Sybase PowerBuilder 12 Beta 1 through Fileforum now.
In the early 1990s, before the introduction of the Web application upended the entire programming model, and businesses' local networks had yet to be connected to the Internet... |
| Mar 27, 2007 | Milwaukee says NO to RIAA | According to an email sent to all members of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) such letters will not be passed on to students. The full text of the email reads
SUBJECT: Illegal File Sharing at UWM
This announcement is being sent t... |
| Мигающему курсору исполнилось 54 года | Большинству людей знаком этот гипнотический ритм, подобный биению сердца или пульсации светофора в полночь. От Microsoft Word до Google Docs, мигающий курсор — это спутник, заставляющий нас работать с текстовыми документами, сообщениями и н... |
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UW-Milwaukee battery spinout SafeLi rebrands as COnovate, lands $50K investment | |
| Elon Musk calls X ‘number one source of news in the world’—and also a ‘hardcore, player versus player platform’ | Now the interview is out there. It was the reason that Elon Musk canceled an exclusive partnership with Don Lemon and his show, and now the former CNN anchor has put it online for all to see.
And it revealed, beyond touching on the X owner’... |
