New online database connects businesses with UW resources

A new online database has been launched by the Office of Corporate Relations at UW–Madison to provide businesses and others with another tool to identify and access resources and services at the university.

The Wisconsin Business Resources Database (WBRD) contains links to nearly 100 offices on the Madison campus, and has a growing list of other campuses in the UW System. Its Web address is http://www.wbrd.wisc.edu.

“Over time, we plan to keep growing this database so that it is representative of all the UW resources available to business and industry, economic development groups and others,” says Noel Radomski, policy and planning analyst at OCR who led the WBRD project.

“WBRD is a searchable, Web-based database that can help people find a broad range of university resources, at any time and at no cost. The user can conduct a search by campus, by industry sector or by keywords,” he explains.

Charles Hoslet, managing director of OCR, says the new service “is a tool to complement the services provided by our office.” OCR was created in 2003 to help businesses connect with resources at UW–Madison, with the longer-term objective of helping build a stronger Wisconsin economy.

For more information, contact Patrick Strickler at pstrickler@wisc.edu or (608) 262-7840.