Can't Stop a Badger
From empowering local businesses to emboldening the next generation of leaders and doers, there’s no stopping a Badger from shaping a brighter future for the State of Wisconsin and those who call it home. For nearly 175 years, UW’s life-changing research, innovation and education has served generations of Wisconsin families. We’ll never stop working to make our state — and the world — a better place.
$1Blocal and state taxes generated
$30.8BUW, affiliated organizations, and related startups' economic impact
92%Of UW economic impact benefits the private sector
232,000Jobs supported
400+UW-related startups in Wisconsin
8thin the nation in research expenditures
Shaping the Future of Healthcare
Forward BIOLABS helps UW-related startups thrive
This unique, state-of-the-art coworking life science lab helps new biohealth companies grow.
COVID-19 patient receives the gift of life
UW Health successfully performs double-lung transplant surgery.
UW, NFL team up on research to reduce head injuries
Researchers are studying how on-field head impacts can inform injury reduction efforts in football.
UW in Your County
Guided by a common purpose, UW students, alumni, faculty and staff give back to every county in Wisconsin through research projects, professional careers and public service.
Washburn County
11 Current Undergraduate Students
18 Medical Professionals with Degrees from UW
176 Alumni
For more on UW in your county:
Experts
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LIFE SCIENCES COMMUNICATION Dietram Scheufele
Public opinion, science emerging technologies, new media and politics
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WISCONSIN CENTER FOR DAIRY RESEARCH Marianne Smukowski
Safety and quality of dairy products, Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker Program
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WISCONSIN NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER Thomas Friedrich
Evolution, immunity, and pathogenesis (disease processes) of pandemic viruses
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CENTER FOR LIMNOLOGY Emily Stanley
Freshwater ecology; Wisconsin lakes, streams, rivers; aquatic restoration