The University of Wisconsin-Madison has completed work on its new Institute for Influenza Viral Research. The facility, located in University Research Park, will support the work of Dr. Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a researcher at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. Kawaoka has developed a technique to...
Rural consumers will be better positioned to receive broadband access under a bill passed by the United States Senate, according to TDS Telecom. The company praised the bill, saying it would lead to equal access to product innovations like video entertainment and ubiquitous broadband deployment...
Lemonweir Valley Telecom announced this week a multi-million-dollar project to bring high-speed broadband to a rural area of central Wisconsin....
The WTN News front page now has a fresh format, designed to make it easier for you to browse the most recent articles. Of course, you also have instant access to our article search and category archives, and can see which recent stories are most...
The Wisconsin Wireless Association, formed earlier this year to represent wireless carriers, tower companies, network developers, and vendors, is holding its first meeting on July 9 at the Delafield Brewhaus in Delafield. Goals of the organization include positive awareness for the wireless industry, communication between...
The funding cycles for cash-starved, early-stage companies can be long, and it's not easy to convince investors to provide funding throughout that growth cycle, according to Michael Best & Friedrich attorneys Matt Storms and Melissa Turczyn. In this edition of Private Placements, they address the...
St. Mary's Hospital in Madison fully entered the digital age recently with a successful launch of its new Epic Systems' electronic medical record. The new record system is expected to bring both care and operational efficiencies to St. Mary's, which is part of the SSM...
Four finalists are vying to become the next Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the eventual selection will have a formidable task - keeping the university above water amid finanicial and recruiting challenges. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, columnist Tom Still explains why...
When it comes to predicting disease, determining medication dosage, and designing optimal treatments, Partners Healthcare's John Glaser believes there is great power in placing patient data from genetic tests on their electronic medical records. But Glaser, who will be a keynote speaker at WTN's 2008...
There may be a lot your software vendor isn't telling you when negotiating the licensing of software packages, according to Wisconsin attorney Mark Foley. In this edition of Digital Lex, he expands on the advice he provided in Part I of his column on negotiating...