Science Market Update

Relations between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the state's business sector have undergone a wholesale reversal from 30 years ago, when academic researchers were discouraged from starting up companies and the school's idea of a research park was a farm.  Today, Madison's University Research Park is a thriving business center, start-up incubator, and campus extension all in one.  And faculty are now actively encouraged to go into business, even given the resources to do so.  Intellectual licensing brings in a lot of money to the state, and companies bring jobs that pay well.