Blank is logical choice for UW chancellor
A little more than a year ago, Rebecca Blank visited the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on the UW-Madison campus to listen to faculty members, entrepreneurs and business leaders. Her topic: What’s working and what’s not when it comes to the role of the university and the economy?
Waisman Center still at forefront of brain research
The telegram from President John F. Kennedy to University of Wisconsin President Fred Harrington was both eerie and visionary. Eerie because it was delivered Nov. 20, 1963 – just two days before Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas – and visionary because it seemed to anticipate the challenges confronting science in its quest to explore the human brain.
Create your own job: Be an entrepreneur
The latest federal government data shows Wisconsin’s job growth is still lagging the U.S. average, with experts suggesting the reasons range from pre-recall election paralysis to reliance on manufacturing to shortages of skilled workers.
Some business trends worth tracking in 2013
So long, 2012, a year in which the economy took two steps forward for every one step back, and welcome to 2013, a nestling born on the edge of a cliff. Here are some trends worth following.
Toll roads may be the route to go
If you mention “toll roads” to the typical Wisconsin motorist, chances are good the reply will include an unflattering reference to Illinois and its 286 miles of pay-as-you-go interstate highways.
Americans must secretly love gridlock
MADISON – On this point, voters in Wisconsin and across the United States seem unanimous: They prefer divided government.
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Trade helps keep the peace
It's hard to find a Mitt Romney or Barack Obama mask for Halloween that's not made in China.
Marketing campaign gives Wisconsin business a brand
It’s safe to say Wisconsin has a mixed record when it comes to slogans and brands.
Finding Wisconsin is becoming easier for investors
One of my favorite pop quizzes for people outside Wisconsin, especially those who understand the tech-based economy, is to ask them to name the nation’s top five academic research universities. The answers invariably include the likes of Stanford, Yale and Harvard, but rarely does anyone outside the Midwest guess that UW-Madison is perennially on the list.
Reliable power is a Wisconsin asset
The lights went out last Tuesday in India. From its eastern border with Myanmar to its western frontier with Pakistan, the electrical system failure spread across 2,000 miles and left 670 million people – nearly 10 percent of the world’s population – without power.
