Before Bjorn Borgen (BSME ’62) built a multibillion-dollar investment firm, before he settled out west in the Rocky Mountains, before he even set foot on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, he was a teenager working…
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, groundbreaking ideas are born every day. The Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub, a chancellor’s initiative started earlier in 2025, is working to help translate ideas into opportunities for entrepreneurial students, staff and…
More than 81,806 Americans died from opioid-related overdoses in 2022, overwhelming hospitals and trapping thousands in cycles of addiction. But a new data-driven approach from engineering researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Florida A&M…
Sleep was on Nicolas Greaves and his groupmates’ to-do list. But, with motors to test, force calculations to crunch, prototype components to 3D print and more, the tasks kept stacking up. In the end, Greaves…
Pretty soon, the current iteration of digital cameras and phones will join film cameras in the junk shop of history. That’s because pixels are dead, or soon will be: A rapidly advancing technology called the…
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers and computer scientists has identified vulnerabilities in popular automation apps that can make it easy for an abuser to stalk individuals, track their cellphone activity, or even control…
Engineers and physicists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a simplified but ingenious method for trapping atoms of different species to make quantum bits or qubits—the powerful alternatives to digital bits that give quantum…
Through a university collaboration that began some six years ago, a leading jewelry insurance provider is leveraging advanced data science and artificial intelligence tools to advance its business and benefit its customers. Jewelers Mutual Group…
When Ashley Peper started to get serious about finding a career that would scratch her math itch, her teachers at Stevens Point Area Senior High floated the standard ideas: accountant or math teacher. “I don’t…
A hospital’s emergency department swells with patients, a chunk of whom will need to be admitted to the facility’s inpatient unit. But decision-makers in emergency care face a dilemma: When…
Maggie Eggleston enjoys horseback riding, watching movies and reading mysteries—a fairly typical set of interests for a 16-year-old girl. But Maggie’s lived experience is anything but typical. Three years ago,…