Education

The recent discovery by scientists in Wisconsin and Japan not only resolves ethical issues associated with embryonic stem cell research, it will lead to more practical and effective stem cell research, according to the executive director of Wisconsin Right to Life. In this guest column...

Scientific teams in Wisconsin and Japan have developed an ethically uncomplicated method of turning human skin cells into cells that behave like embryonic stem cells. The development, described by stem cell researcher Jamie Thomson as a game-changing event, could have significant scientific and political fallout...

More than a year earlier than expected, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has exceeded its $100 million fund-raising goal as part of the Campaign for UWM. The campaign is part of a reorganization of research activities and has resulted in the largest total amount of external...

With more than $900 million in total investment across all academic fields, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has claimed the number two spot in university research, according to the National Science Foundation. UW-Madison also outpaced the likes of Harvard, Purdue, and the University of Texas to...

More young people have been bitten by the entrepreneurial bug than we think, but we don't always do enough to give them the tools they need to succeed, according to Inside Wisconsin columnist Tom Still. Case in point is Kevin Plank, the former University of...

GE Healthcare has established a new design project to inspire breakthroughs in home healthcare technology inventions, and it will collaborate with undergraduate students at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., to look for breakthrough technology....

Citing his expertise in chemistry, the Germantown-based Cambridge Major Laboratories has added University of Illinois professor John Hartwig as scientific advisor. Cambridge Major produces pharmaceutical intermediates and other organic chemicals for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies....

The UW-Madison School of Business has received a gift totaling $80 million from alumni who have formed the Wisconsin Naming Partnership to support the school's mission. The group has provided a naming gift that will preserve the Wisconsin name for at least 20 years, during...

The annual Elevator Pitch Olympics are back, as are the entrepreneurs and investors who will engage in them next month at the annual Wisconsin Early-Stage Symposium. Thus far, 50 companies have applied for a chance to pitch to investors, and about 30 eventually will be...