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UW-Stevens Point’s Isabel Dunn wins campus award for presenting research in WiSys Quick Pitch

The student “pitch” competition inspires UW System students to consider the impact of their research and effectively communicate it to the public via three-minute presentations.

UW System student entrepreneurs: Ignite your startup idea in the Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament

Apply to learn, network and pitch by March 31. You could win $2,500 to launch your idea.

WiSys selects 2020-2021 WiSys APPStart Challenge semifinalists

WiSys selected 25 mobile app ideas as semifinalists in the 2020-2021 WiSys APPStart Challenge in December. 

WiSys launches app idea challenge

WiSys wants to help you launch the next great mobile application through the WiSys APPStart Challenge. 

VIDEO: 2020 WiSys Quick Pitch State Final Presentations

All nine of the student research presentations from this year's virtual event.

UW-Stevens Point’s Hunter Frey wins WiSys Quick Pitch by explaining video game research

Frey, who won a $300 prize, is now eligible to participate in the WiSys Quick Pitch State Final this summer.

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.

2017-18 WiSys Quick Pitch Winner Details

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.