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Emma Jiter and Addy Farber win UW-Eau Claire WiSys Quick Pitch competition

Eau Claire-Two UW-Eau Claire student teams were recognized for their research and ideas at the WiSys Quick Pitch competition on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

Congratulations to the winners of our 2023 Innovation Awards

WiSys would like to congratulate all the award winners who were recognized for their contributions to innovation, students, universities, and Wisconsin at the WiSys SPARK Symposium held at UW-Oshkosh in the summer of 2023. 

UW-Eau Claire’s Josh Baker places first for his poster presentation at 2023 Spark Symposium

WiSys-led partnership wins $1 million NSF grant to make Wisconsin a global leader in sustainable ag

The grant will support a partnership of 30 organizations from across the state as they lay the groundwork to develop an ambitious, effective and credible 'regional innovation engine' that harnesses the region's talent and intellectual capital to make Wisconsin a global leader in sustainable agriculture.

WiSys hires Margot DeBaker to support UW institutions in Western Wisconsin

DeBaker will connect university faculty, staff and students to WiSys programs and services for researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs.

UW-Eau Claire student researchers earn praise for research communication skills

The student “pitch” competition inspires UW System students to consider the impact of their research and effectively communicate it to the public. Students have three minutes to impress a panel of judges with their pitch.

UW-La Crosse to host WiSys’ annual celebration of research, innovation and entrepreneurship in the UW System

WiSys SPARK Symposium, which includes faculty and student presentations, will take place July 31-Aug. 2.

UW-Eau Claire’s ‘ParityBlu' team wins WiSys APPStart Challenge

The annual contest connects great mobile app ideas with the expertise and resources needed to launch them. 

WiSys announces 2021-2022 grant writing webinar series

The webinar series is part of WiSys’ commitment to providing research development services to the UW System’s regional campuses with the goal of providing strategic capacity-building activities designed to assist faculty and staff from any discipline in their pursuit of external funding to support creative and innovative research and scholarship. 

WiSys names UW-Eau Claire’s Ann Rupnow ‘Innovation Champion’

Ann Rupnow’s leadership in the Eau Claire entrepreneurship community and strong support of budding entrepreneurs at UW-Eau Claire make her a 2021 WiSys Innovation Champion.