Editorial: Foxconn's Impact Spreads All Across Wisconsin

The Taiwanese firm announced a $100 million gift to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Engineering — the largest investment from a research partner in the UW’s history. UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank committed to raising another $100 million in private donations to match the Foxconn grant, which will be used to establish an interdisciplinary research facility that will be a hub for technological innovation and provide research and development work. That, in turn, will support Foxconn’s manufacturing efforts by providing research support and opportunities for hands-on work and learning by UW students.

It is, once again, a hint as to how the Foxconn project promises to transform not only southeastern Wisconsin with advances in technology and employment, but to extend that transformation across the state.

Read the full editorial on The Racine Journal Times.