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New office to foster university collaboration with industry

September 22, 2011

The Graduate School has established a new Office of Industrial Contracts to negotiate a growing number of research contracts with the private sector.

Innovation marks UW–Madison contribution to vitamins, drugs, medical supplies

July 6, 2011

With a long tradition of exploration of medicine and biology, and a research budget that has passed $1 billion, University of Wisconsin–Madison builds on a rich history of discoveries related to drugs and nutrition: Vitamin A and B were discovered here in 1914.

University biomedical emphasis a big economic winner for Wisconsin

April 19, 2011

As Wisconsin struggles with unemployment and anemic growth, a group of health-related university spin-offs continues to benefit from UW–Madison's profound depth in biological sciences, medicine and engineering.

TomoTherapy sold, but medical physics spinoffs continue to benefit Wisconsin

March 9, 2011

The announcement March 7 that TomoTherapy Inc., a Madison producer of sophisticated cancer treatment equipment, was sold to Accuray, a California maker of equipment for radiation surgery, spotlights the economic impact of the Department of Medical Physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.