Tag Entrepreneurship

Notable graduates: Prince Moody — Football player starts fitness program for low-income kids

May 14, 2009

UW-Madison student-athlete Prince Moody will graduate this spring with a bachelor's in history and a plan to give back to the community.

Canceled: Film documents African American experience on campus

May 12, 2009

A student-produced documentary film, "Like Touching A Hot Stove," which provides a window into student life for African Americans at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is set to premiere on Tuesday, May 12.

UW-Madison engineering student picked for entrepreneurs’ program

April 20, 2009

Steven Skroch, a University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student in biomedical engineering, is one of five students nationwide chosen to help inaugurate an international program in entrepreneurship by the Kansas City-based Kauffman Foundation.

Meeting, deadline approach for Kauffman internship program

March 6, 2009

Students interested in the Kauffman Entrepreneurship Community Internship Program (KECIP), an innovative opportunity for students to become social entrepreneurs, are invited to attend an informational session on Wednesday, March 11.

100-Hour Challenge winners represent campus creativity, ingenuity

March 2, 2009

Where else at the University of Wisconsin–Madison would someone find high fashion, conservation initiatives, die-hard partiers and fish in the same competition?

Biotech pioneer presents ‘From Research to Commercial Reality, in the New World’

March 2, 2009

Famed chemist, biotech pioneer and Harvard University professor George M. Whitesides will present "From Research to Commercial Reality, in the New World" at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 9, at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave.

Winners of 100-Hour Challenge to be announced March 2

February 27, 2009

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Corporate Relations will announce the winners of this year's 100-Hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, March 2, at Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive.

Japanese public TV films Innovation Day inventors at UW–Madison

February 24, 2009

A film crew representing a Japanese public broadcast station will be on the College of Engineering campus on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 26-27, to interview participants from Innovation Day, the University of Wisconsin–Madison's annual invention competition.

Entrepreneurialism class of 130 participates in 100-Hour Challenge

February 23, 2009

This year's third annual 100-Hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge has caught the attention of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Entrepreneurialism in Society class.

Experts discuss supporting young businesses at WARF’s Gilson Event

February 18, 2009

A panel of experts committed to providing guidance and services to entrepreneurs will share information on "Funding and Resources for Young Businesses" at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Gilson Discovery event on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. in the Fluno Center, 601 University Avenue.

Course builds community of biomedical entrepreneurs

February 16, 2009

A new multidisciplinary course at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is preparing entrepreneurial graduate students to bring biomedical innovations to the patients who need them.

iPhone sleep improvement application wins at innovation competition

February 12, 2009

A software application for the iPhone and the iPod touch that will help people sleep and wake up more effectively won the $10,000 top prize in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, an annual University of Wisconsin–Madison invention competition that rewards innovative and marketable ideas.

New Arts Venture Challenge awards student innovators

February 10, 2009

It's not every day that a judge is so torn between two competitors that he produces $500 out of his own pocket just so he won't have to choose.

Third annual 100-Hour Challenge stimulates student entrepreneurship

February 3, 2009

In the past, enterprising University of Wisconsin–Madison students have repurposed surplus materials to construct, among other things, a space heater safety alarm, a home reservoir system, a hand-cranking portable power generator and an artistic, wall-mounted light fixture.

Encouraging entrepreneurs: Undergraduate invention competition turns 15

February 2, 2009

In 1995, the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering debuted the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, a competition that provides university undergraduates the tools and resources to develop an original, patentable invention or process.

Contest to fund arts entrepreneurship

December 10, 2008

Faculty and staff are encouraged to alert students to a contest that funds entrepreneurship in art. The UW–Madison New Arts Venture Challenge seeks individuals or teams of up to three to develop and present a proposal that will result in an arts event, exhibition, series or project that demonstrates creativity, innovation, added value to the arts and potential for success.

New program encourages students to become social entrepreneurs

November 26, 2008

Can one person change the world? The Kauffman Entrepreneurial Community Internship Program (KECIP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison allows both grads and undergrads an opportunity to utilize skills and knowledge gained in the classroom to become catalysts for social change -- and to get paid for doing it.

Wiscontrepreneur scholarship winner profiles

November 19, 2008

Brian Benford is a social work major with a strong commitment to social entrepreneurship. Originally from Milwaukee, Brian has served as Program Director at the…

Students rewarded for entrepreneurial instincts

November 19, 2008

What do a youth sport officiating agency, a club dedicated to microfinance, a student-run bus company, a Chinese economic forum, and a Silver eBay PowerSeller business have to do with entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin–Madison?

Climate solutions worth $50,000 in prizes for students

November 19, 2008

Organizers of a new Climate Leadership Challenge at UW–Madison are seeking the best and brightest ideas from the student body to promote an environmentally sustainable future. They hope the contest will unleash a burst of youthful brainstorming and entrepreneurship across campus.