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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. 

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 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. 

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.

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

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