Tag Archives: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

WARF Announces Discovery Challenge Winners

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation announced recently the winners of its Discovery Challenge. According to a release, Naomi Biok won for her in-depth look at protein folding, Ryan Clark for his…

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The Week Ahead April 10, 2017

For the week of April 10, here’s what’s happening in Madison’s startup scene: Presentations/Pitches 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 12 at Madison Central Library – 1 Million Cups Madison: Veronica Rueckert Coaching Noon-4…

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UpStart Hosts Small Biz Event

Registration is now open for the WARF UpStart-Heymiss Progress event, “Performance-Image-Exposure: Keys to Small Business Success,” taking place 6-8 p.m. April 19 at the Discovery Building, organizers announced recently. Attendees…

WARF Seeking Partners for New Device

Story provided by Alex Moe, WisBusiness.com WARF is seeking commercial partners to help develop a new kind of energy harvesting device made from renewable materials. Xudong Wang, an associate professor…

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Cellectar, WARF Reach License Agreement

Cellectar Biosciences and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation announced it new license agreement for intellectual property rights covering the method of use for the company’s compound, CLR 131, in multiple…

WARF Discovery Challenge Now Open

The WARF Discovery Challenge is accepting entries from University of Wisconsin graduate students and post-doctoral researchers from all departments for the two-part research competition, organizers announced recently. Abstracts for the…

Two Teams Win WARF Awards

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation today announced the winners of its annual Innovation Awards. One winning team is developing a potential vaccine for the Zika virus, while the other is…

WARF Announces UW2020 Finalists

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation today announced the finalists for the UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative, selecting 14 among 119 proposals. “The goal of UW2020 is…

Incoming WARF Director Praises Madison

Madison is Madison. Erik Iverson, the incoming managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, used that statement to describe the entrepreneurial qualities of the city during the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference…

WARF Names Challenge Winners

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation announced on Monday the winners of its Discovery Challenge. According to a release, Robert J. Stankey won for a smarter biofuel production, Mahmoud A. Sharara for…