News & Media

Media coverage of WiSys VentureHome-Eau Claire launch

New startup hub opened Feb. 17.

PHOTOS: WiSys VentureHome-Eau Claire Launch Party

WiSys, CoLab and UW-Eau Claire opened their new local startup hub together in downtown Eau Claire on Feb. 19, 2020.

WiSys launches ‘VentureHome’ startup initiative aimed at local entrepreneurship

Building on its mission to inspire Wisconsin innovation, WiSys is launching a new initiative to establish startup hubs in local communities across the state to support local entrepreneurship.

WiSys hires Ray French to serve Northwestern Wisconsin campuses

Ray French will serve UW-River Falls, UW-Stout, UW-Eau Claire and UW-Superior as WiSys’ new regional associate.

WiSys 2017-2018 Annual Report

WSTS 2018 brings together more than 200 UW System innovators at UW-Parkside

Nearly 250 University of Wisconsin innovators came together at UW-Parkside for the 11th annual WSTS, a two-day symposium aimed at sparking collaboration between faculty, staff, students and industry partners across the state.

WiSys selects UW-Green Bay student, UW-Platteville faculty as Innovators of the Year

Following a year of unprecedented innovation and research activity across the UW System, WiSys chose two innovators to receive the Carl E. Gulbrandsen Innovator of the Year award: UW-Green Bay student Sam Hunt and UW-Platteville Assistant Professor Dr. Gokul Gopalakrishnan.

WiSys Quick Pitch competition expands to over half of UW Campuses

Nine UW System comprehensive campuses hosted a WiSys Quick Pitch competition throughout the 2017-18 school year.

UW-Green Bay, UW-Whitewater, UW-Milwaukee students take home prizes in 2018 Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament

Twelve UW System student teams came together in Madison this spring to embody the future of entrepreneurship in Wisconsin.

"Tom Still: Outside Wisconsin’s biggest cities, academic research growing in prominence"