UW-Madison gets $1.6 million to develop medical privacy safeguards

While there are a number of medical device giants on the east coast (such as Johnson & Johnson; Boston Scientific; Becton, Dickinson & Co.; C.R. Bard; and Tyco Healthcare), the Midwest is perhaps the largest hub of this industry with a large number of giant...

Distance learning is about more than just doing the usual lessons away from a physical classroom, says Michael Schrage. Rather, technology is a medium that opens up whole new questions about what is taught, how it is taught, and what the relationship should be between...

Another dismal report on venture capital investing in Wisconsin has some business leaders wondering what the state must do to attract more private equity financing for its emerging companies. An interested observer in that debate could turn out to be the State of Wisconsin Investment...

The National Institute for General Medical Sciences has awarded BellBrook Labs a $1 million SBIR Phase II grant, while the National Cancer Institute has awarded the company a $180,000 SBIR Phase I grant, the Madison-based company reported Thursday....