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Join us for Fireside Chat with Shacey Petrovic, UWM Grad and serial entrepreneur, and Jessica Silvaggi, President of the UWM Research Foundation

by UWMRF
For Researchers, For Startups, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, News, Partnerships, UWMRF Events
12/14/2023

Sign up now for a chance to meet Shacey Petrovic, UWM Biology Grad and biomedical CEO, who will answer your questions about her experiences with turnarounds and rapid growth in new innovations!  Thursday, February 29th, Doors open at 4pm at the LEC. RSVP with QR...

Tips from the Experts on Preparing Financial Projections

by UWMRF
For Researchers, For Startups, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, News, Partnerships, UWMRF Events
11/29/2023

Tips from the Experts on Preparing Financial Projections By Brian Walsh, UWMRF Senior Technology Commercialization Manager Startup and small business entrepreneurs are often faced with the task of preparing financial statements and forecasts in search of funding and in making important decisions. While many dread this task,...

Avdeev named director of innovation at Lubar Entrepreneurship Center

by Francesca
Engineering, Kellner Fellowship, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, News, NSF I-Corps Program, Partnerships
08/14/2018

Ilya Avdeev has been named director of innovation at the new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. In this role, Avdeev — an associate professor of mechanical engineering who has been instrumental in fostering entrepreneurship at UWM — will lead program development and partnership cultivation.

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New Partnership with Shorewood School District to Spur “Authentic Learning”

by Francesca
Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, News, Partnerships
11/09/2017
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s (UWM) Lubar Entrepreneurship Center and the Shorewood School District have announced a new Teaching Fellows partnership to cultivate Authentic Learning in grades 7-12.  The new Fellows program, supported by a grant from the Shorewood SEED Foundation, will tap into UWM’s expertise and provide professional development for Shorewood teachers as they build new and innovative educational opportunities for students.
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Establishing the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center at UWM

by Francesca
Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, News, Partnerships
11/02/2017
On this week’s program, a discussion of the critical need for innovation and entrepreneurship in Milwaukee and the region. WUWM’s Dave Edwards talks with UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone; Julia Taylor, president of the Greater Milwaukee Committee; and Sheldon Lubar. Mr. Lubar and his family donated $10 million to UWM to establish the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center.
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How High-Tech Entrepreneurs Are Energizing Milwaukee

by Francesca
Engineering, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, News, NSF I-Corps Program, Partnerships
10/31/2017
If you sense that something is stirring or hear a buzz, it might just be the sound of Milwaukee’s high-tech community building the foundation for a new entrepreneurial economy. In the past several years, an outcropping of high-tech entrepreneurs has emerged here, universities have gone all out to teach entrepreneurial skills, and established companies are on board to support this emerging startup ecosystem. But perceptions change slowly, as the underlying reality shifts.
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UWM-developed app helps protect patients’ brains during surgery

by Francesca
Engineering, Healthcare, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, News, Partnerships
10/05/2017
The work of some UWM students is literally helping make people’s lives better. The students in UWM’s App Brewery worked with doctors at the Medical College of Wisconsin to develop an app that helps guide doctors during the delicate process of brain surgery. Incredibly, patients are awake during the surgery. The app, called NeuroMapper, is a tablet-based tool that aids surgeons who are removing a tumor or tissue by helping them test whether they are encroaching on tissue that would impair functions if removed.
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