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UW Oshkosh's Julia Thompson shines as two-time winner in WiSys research communication competition

WiSys Quick Pitch winner reflects on research and communicating complicated information.

Realityworks’ Timm Boettcher will keynote WSTS

The innovation and collaboration expert will deliver a keynote speech at WSTS on Monday, July 21.

What you need to know about the Mabel Tainter

The beloved arts center and theater will host a special Sunday meetup for WSTS attendees.

How is a UW Oshkosh professor improving glucose monitoring?

Yijun Tang is developing an enzyme-free glucose sensor as an alternative to current sensors found in

many drug stores.

How is a UW-Eau Claire researcher seeking to improve working conditions for construction workers and miners?

New device readily measures harmful dust in the workplace.

PHOTOS: 2019 Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament

Highlights from the event at Northwestern Mutual's Cream City Labs in Downtown Milwaukee on April 13, 2019.

UW-Parkside student develops solution to help cats

Feline aggression can cause many issues with a cat’s own wellbeing and anxiety, as well as inhibit an owner’s or practitioner’s ability to care for them. Cassie Van Hoof, a student of UW-Parkside, has created her own company titled Efoxen starring her proprietary, all-natural spray to calm feline anxiety, which serves as a safer substitute for the leading spray on the market.

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.

Third annual WiSys Prototype Hackathon exhibits students' inventive ideas

21 UW-Platteville students across nine different teams implemented their critical and creative thinking skills into the development and demonstration of a commercially relevant prototype this April.