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WiSys gathers ideas from Wisconsin innovators to improve life during the coronavirus era

WiSys selected 14 concepts submitted to the WiSys Innovation Challenge: COVID-19 and offered $100 to the innovators to create a proof of concept or start implementing the idea.

VIDEO: 2020 Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament Pitches

View all seven of the team business model pitches from WiSys' entrepreneurship event.

UW-Stout’s Emily Lehmann wins Quick Pitch State Final at 2019 WSTS

UW Oshkosh student takes second; UW-Platteville student earns third.

UW-Stout will host annual celebration of Wisconsin research and innovation in July

WSTS will take place July 22-23.

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.

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.