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Partners’ Reception

Celebrating Innovation Milestones

The UWM Research Foundation Partners’ Reception is designed to celebrate the researchers and entrepreneurs who have achieved milestones each year — by receiving an issued patent, finding a license partner, or creating a startup.

Stay tuned for more details about our 2026 event!

We were so happy to celebrate the innovative ideas of our researchers at UWM. Without all of you, we would not continue to grow as an R1 research institution. We truly appreciate the dedication, passion, and ingenuity this group of awardees has brought to the university. We want to sincerely thank our award recipients! There was a wide variety of inventions that we celebrated from water sensors, to CNC machining, crop protection, kelp breeding, and pharmaceuticals. The Milwaukee Yacht Club view from the event. Recently retired professor of entrepreneurship, Jim Hunter speaks with Dr. Junjie Niu, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and his wife. Mark Mone, Chancellor of UW-Milwaukee Jessica Silvaggi, President, UWM Research Foundation