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56 Articles in "Event News" or "Press Releases" or "Success Stories" and "UW-Platteville"

May 6, 2024

Max Konop earns first place at UW-Platteville WiSys Quick Pitch competition

Platteville-Max Konop, Jacob Zorea, and Matthew Jacob were recognized for their research at the UW-Platteville WiSys Quick Pitch competition on Tuesday, April 23.

Jan 9, 2024

WiSys awards “Innovative Thinking” badge to 65 students for participating in 2023 WiSys Innovation On-Ramp learning experience

WiSys awarded 65 students from Universities of Wisconsin schools with its Innovative Thinking badge for completing the five-week WiSys Innovation On-Ramp course during the 2023 fall semester.


Jan 9, 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. 

Dec 4, 2023

Jayden Trocke wins 7th annual WiSys Prototype Hackathon at UW-Platteville

Trocke, graduating in the spring with a degree in electrical engineering, impressed the judges and crowd with his presentation titled “Engineering the Study of Musical Instruments.”

Aug 24, 2023

PHOTOS: 2023 WiSys SPARK Symposium at UW Oshkosh

Scenes from WiSys' annual summer celebration of research, innovation and entrepreneurship in the UW System.

Jun 29, 2023

Clean tech expert George Willis Huber will keynote WiSys SPARK Symposium

The symposium, which celebrates research, innovation and entrepreneurship in the UW System, will take place at UW Oshkosh, Aug. 6-8. You can register for the event at wisys.org/spark.

Jun 17, 2023

UW-Platteville student researchers recognized for communications skills 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.

May 11, 2023

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.

Apr 22, 2023

UW-Milwaukee’s Mitchelle Lyle wins WiSys’ statewide entrepreneurship competition

UW-Whitewater and UW-Platteville students were also recognized.