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WiSys announces three WiSys APPStart Challenge finalists

The contest connects great mobile app ideas with the expertise and resources necessary for commercial launch. 

​UW-Platteville’s Kaitlyn Timmins wins 2019 WiSys Poster Symposium

Another UW-Platteville poster takes second, while UW-Green Bay student wins third. 

UW-Platteville students’ ‘Skillzboard’ wins 2019 WiSys Innovation Showcase

UW-Green Bay team takes second place.

WiSys names UW-Green Bay’s Md Maruf Hossain 2019 Innovator of the Year

Hossain, an assistant professor of engineering technology, has helped build a culture of innovation on the UW-Green Bay campus and across the UW System as a teacher and inventor.

Elderly-centric debit card concept wins WiSys Innovation in Aging competition

Nine student teams from UW-Green Bay made eight-minute presentations with their creative solutions and were evaluated by a panel of judges.

WiSys reaches pact with Professor Turkiewicz to promote innovation at UW-Green Bay

UW-Green Bay’s Katie L. Turkiewicz is joining the WiSys Campus Champion program in 2019 and 2020. 

WiSys welcomes Brian Walsh as new Regional Associate for northeastern University of Wisconsin comprehensive campuses

Following the conclusion of a 15-month assignment as a Biotechnology Commercialization Specialist at a research center in Guadalajara, Mexico, Brian Walsh will be the newest addition to the WiSys staff as the Regional Associate for northeastern Wisconsin campuses. 

Two UW teams compete in largest worldwide lean startup competition

At the International Business Model Competition (IBMC) only 36 teams in the world were given the opportunity to compete, and this year, two of those teams came from the University of Wisconsin System.

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters reiterates importance of innovation

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