The University Research Park Newsroom provides our visitors with news and feature articles about our tenants, state economic development initiatives, entrepreneurship and URP's ongoing efforts to encourage development and commercialization of new ideas.
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January 18, 2012
University Research Park will provide up to two spaces as prizes for the 2012 Governor's Business Plan Contest. Space is for one laboratory suite at the MGE Innovation Center, 505 South Rosa Road/510 Charmnany Drive, and/or an office space at the Metro Innovation Center at 1245 East Washington Avenue.
January 6, 2012
University of Wisconsin–Madison graduates will find one more reason to be proud alumni during the Jan. 2 broadcast of the Rose Bowl game: a new commercial featuring some of their alma mater’s greatest contributions to the world.
August 17, 2011
Located at 5602 Research Blvd., the 84,000-square-foot Accelerator is designed to function as an 80/20 split between lab and office space. It's an ideal match for bioscience companies of varying sizes and needs.
July 18, 2011
Interim Chancellor David Ward today announced the appointment of Mark Bugher, director of Univeristy Research Park, to be his special assistant on a variety of policy issues.
June 29, 2011
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has named David Ward, a former UW chancellor, to serve as interim chancellor following the departure of Carolyn "Biddy" Martin.
June 19, 2011
Madison stem cell company Cell Line Gentics has an exclusive agreement to distribute a product line aimed at stem cell researchers developed by Ambry Genetics, a diagnostics services company in Aliso Viejo, California.
June 9, 2011
Biological research at UW-Madison has spawned a range of companies that produce the complex supplies, materials and expertise needed by food, health and pharmaceuticals companies, and by basic researchers. Some of the companies are located at University Research Park.
May 11, 2011
The State Science and Technology Institute reported on development plans and groundbreaking news for research parks announced by officials from various states, including Wisconsin. The article included news about University Research Park 2 in Madison.
May 2, 2011
BadgerBites, a proposed online food order software system, won the $10,000 top price in the UW-Madison School of Business' G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition on Friday. The product, developed by Alex Wyler, Eric Martell and Matt Howard, would streamline and improve the online food order processing, according to their business plan.
March 29, 2011
"Taking ideas from concept to the creation of a start-up company and then further to the creation of jobs is patient work. But it yields solid economic development over time." - Mark D. Bugher, Director, University Research Park.
March 23, 2011
A move by online fashion retailer
Shopbop.com to a former factory space on East Washington Avenue could kickstart development of the Capitol East District. Shopbop will be located at 1301 East Washington Avenue, and in the same building as the Metro Innovation Center, at 1245 East Washington Avenue.
March 23, 2011
Stratatech, an MGE Innovation Center company developing skin substitutes for wound healing, has been successful turning technology ideas into businesses. Stratatech has received more than $14 million in SBIR and STTR gratns from the National Institutes of Health.
March 21, 2011
The Madison Entrepreneur Resource, Learning and Innovation Network (MERLIN Mentors) will be participating in the UW-Madison Showcase 2011, on Wednesday, March 23. The location of the Showcase is at the Memorial Union, between 1 a.m. and 1 p.m..
March 9, 2011
The incubator is currently the home of 8 businesses and is serving a niche by providing space for students and other entrepreneurs in the IT, gaming and web services fields.
February 8, 2011
Bugher, University Research Park director, discusses the development of University Research Park 2, a 270-acre campus located between Mineral Point Road and Valley View Road on the far west side of Madison.
