Undergrads launch Priority, a new productivity startup
A new student-founded productivity startup takes aim at simplifying student life. — The Daily Cardinal
College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
A new student-founded productivity startup takes aim at simplifying student life. — The Daily Cardinal
Words and photos by Rachel Robey Amy Koike PhDx’27 explores how thoughtful robot design can invite human interaction — maybe even friendship. Most robots are designed to perform practical, if relatively unglamorous, functions: repetitive manufacturing tasks, unsanitary jobs like cleaning and maintaining sewers, or risky mining and exploration activities. These “three D’s” of robotics — …
When students filed into the lecture hall for the first session of a new entrepreneurship course in the Computer Sciences department, the energy felt different from a typical class. This wasn't a syllabus review or a technical deep dive. Instead, it was a fireside chat with one of the most consequential technology founders in healthcare: Judy Faulkner MS’67, founder and CEO of Epic.
Each episode is a deep dive into a top research paper from UW–Madison's Department of Computer Sciences. Stream the first two episodes now.
For Singh, CS was a launchpad for building companies, pivoting quickly when ideas don't work, and finding community in the process.
For 24 intense hours on November 22–23, Morgridge Hall turned into a hub of caffeinated creativity as MadHacks 2025 drew over 400 participants from across the country — the largest turnout in the event’s history.
Inside Josiah Hanna's robotics lab, students train miniature soccer-playing robots to keep their sensors on the ball — all using AI.
“We have been approaching a point where we’re becoming very power constrained," Sinclair said. “My group works to maximize the performance of workloads with a smaller than ideal power budget.”
During a landmark year, these were the defining moments and accomplishments that set the tone for 2026.
The new college will build upon the university’s strengths in computer, data, library and information sciences and statistics.