A former member of the Wisconsin technical college board insists that Wisconsin institutions of higher learning are missing an opportunity to save money and provide value by outsourcing their student e-mail through the likes of Google, Microsoft, or other technology vendors. Given the cost savings...
Dr. James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison will speak on “Stem cell research: The Next Chapter" at the Jan. 22 luncheon meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network in Madison. A team led by Thomson recently discovered a way to produce embryonic stem cells from...
Nowhere is the need for broadband greater than in rural healthcare, which is why the federal government is trying to help them save lives by using advanced communications to tap the expertise of modern urban medical centers. The latest example is a $1.6 million grant...
In the 1980s, the great healthcare saviors were managed care and managed competition. In the 1990s, disease management was the flavor of the decade. In the new millennium, healthcare information technology has come into vogue, but the nation's medical cost crisis continues, notes guest...
For those who wonder if all this new scientific collaboration is really beneficial, the recent stem cell discovery should provide ample proof, according to columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still notes that collaboration has born fruit with NimbleGen's laboratory and production...
Quintessence Biosciences will receive two Phase I small business innovation research grants totaling more than $280,000 for the continued development of cancer-fighting drugs. The Madison biotechnology company, which is preparing its lead drug candidate, will use the grants to develop second generation anti-cancer products....
Stratatech Corp., a Madison-based regenerative medicine company, has been awarded a $975,000 “fast-track” SBIR grant from the National Institute on Aging. The grant will allow Stratatech to accelerate its development of wound-care products....
What other public-policy issues must we address to get our country focused on a real direction for success? It's a question posed by James Carlini in this edition of Carlini's Comments, where he explores this and other questions as readers sound off on a recent...
Not every American company has come down with “green fever,” but those who have stand to reap strong business and public relations benefits. Madison's CDW Berbee is building a new data center with more than twice the power and density of its existing data centers,...
In 2002, federal legislation was passed requiring states to comply with new voter registration requirements, but as Wisconsin approaches the 2008 elections, its voter registration software system is still not working properly, according to a new Legislative Audit Bureau report. Its failure to enable tasks...