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These Are 2 of the First Products Foxconn Says It Will Assemble in WI
While many details around Foxconn’s plans for Wisconsin have remained fluid since the Taiwanese manufacturing giant’s contract was approved in 2017, we now know two of the specific products the company plans to assemble in Mount Pleasant.
Marquette University leading new $2 million computer science effort in public schools
Dr. Dennis Brylow, professor of computer science in Marquette University’s Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, has received nearly $2 million in a National Science Foundation collaborative research grant to promote computer science education among teachers in...
Inno Under 25: The Rising Wisconsin Tech Leaders to Watch
As Wisconsin looks to position itself as a place for startups and tech companies to thrive, its growth depends on the young tech talent it nurtures and develops. Wisconsin startups raised a record amount of venture capital funding in 2018, and this year fast-growing...
5 Things You Can’t Miss at Fall Experiment 2019
By: Carl Engelking Milwaukee is no longer a Rust Belt, manufacturing city whose fortunes are tied to beer and machinery—though Miller suds and Harleys remain firmly imbedded within the ethos. Today, the city is establishing itself as a welcoming home for digital...
Where Is the Best City to Live, Based on Salaries and Cost of Living?
When it comes to large metros—those with more than 1 million people, the places where techies do best include metros like Birmingham, Memphis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and Detroit......
Forget beer. Exhibition shows it was mastery of machinery that made Milwaukee hum.
Maybe beer made Milwaukee famous, but it was machinery — and the mastery of it that developed here — that made the city hum. Electricity-generating turbines for Hoover Dam. Steam shovels to dig the Panama Canal. Forges that shaped casings for the space shuttle’s...
Lime Debuts New Scooter
Lime, one of three electric scooter providers operating in Milwaukee, has begun phasing in a new generation of scooters in its 350-scooter fleet in Milwaukee. The “Gen 3” scooter, developed in-house by the company, is focused on providing a safer and smoother riding...
Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute names directors from Marquette, UWM
A Marquette University geneticist and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee marketing professor have been named directors of the new Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute. As directors, Edward Blumenthal of Marquette and Purush Papatla of UWM will provide strategic...
2 Wisconsin Investors Among the Most Active in the Great Lakes Region
Even though the bulk of venture capital firms and the dollars they invest remain on the coasts, Great Lakes region VC firms are becoming increasingly more active, and two Wisconsin investors are among the top 10.
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