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== Overview<br/> ==
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9e08d222-7fff-3740-0e2d-d8a865c46aca"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Wisconsin - Madison is a Big Ten Research University located in the heart of the homey midwest. With 30,000+ undergraduate students, 9,000 graduate students, and a faculty and staff of 16,000, UW is a large, thriving campus with individual colleges. The university was founded on the </span>[http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsin-idea/ <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wisconsin Idea</span>]<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, forever forward and innovative. As such, the campus features many resources for innovation and design on campus and is known for its landmark discoveries in various fields.</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-040970e5-7fff-1748-c1d8-a62837af0d74"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Wisconsin - Madison maintains strong ties to both local and international businesses. As the major college in the very loyal state of Wisconsin, the university is a sought after collaborator for numerous industries.</span>[https://ocr.wisc.edu <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Corporate Relations (OCR)</span>] <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">works to understand unique business needs and connect businesses with the resources, expertise, and cutting-edge technology available at the university as well as inviting industry professionals to campus to boost company presence. Because </span>[http://www.gener8tor.com <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">gener8tor</span>]<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a nationally-ranked accelerator, is just down the road from campus, there is an increasing synergy between entrepreneurial-minded students and the company’s programs. There is also a relatively new office known as the </span>[https://research.wisc.edu/projectagreementsip/oip/ <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Office of Industrial Partnerships</span>] <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">within the Graduate School to help negotiate research contracts in response to a growing number of collaborations with researchers and the private sector. Undergraduate students also have the opportunity to work in collaboration with companies and nonprofit organizations in the classroom to solve respective problems commonly referred to as experiential learning or high impact practice.</span></span>
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== Regional and Local Economic Development ==
<span id="docs-internal-guid-7b4b71fc-7fff-9443-d254-c42e858a74f9">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Nzinga_Acosta <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nzinga Acosta</span>]</span>
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mitsugo1 <span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial; color:#003399; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip:none; text-decoration-skip-ink:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Joel Foster</span>]