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MILWAUKEE – PDS is delighted to announce that in this fast-paced post pandemic era, the organization has been recognized as a niche firm top performer in the recent KLAS May 2021 Application Management & Help Desk Services Performance Report. KLAS provides accurate, honest and impartial insights for the healthcare IT industry. The 2021 Application Management (AMS)...

The latest episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” features Craig Kaufman, executive director of the nonprofit Bright Mind Enrichment and Schooling, and Neill Kleven, senior writer for the organization who’s based in Milwaukee.  In this week’s podcast, they discuss their organization’s app -- created by a Wisconsin-based development team -- that provides incentives for people...

MILWAUKEE — A new study led by a Marquette University graduate student finds that some species of geckos have sticky pads not just on their toes but have also developed adhesive pads on their tails that allow the lizards the strength to essentially use their tail as a fifth leg. The study published in...

MADISON, Wis. – Hot summer weather draws people to the beach or swimming pool, but it also presents dangers that can sneak up quickly.             Between 2004 and 2018, 702 people died of heat-related deaths in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last...

MADISON – After being delayed a year by the pandemic, the world’s best athletes, including many with ties to UW-Madison, will compete in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games July 23 through Aug. 8. Experts from UW–Madison can speak on a wide range of subjects relating to the competition. More experts can be found...

MILWAUKEE, WI, July 22nd, 2021 — Greg Uhen, Eppstein Uhen Architect’s (EUA) current CEO is announcing leadership team transitions, effective October 1st, with Rich Tennessen moving to CEO, Kristin Dufek named as President and John Chapman as Vice President. Uhen will remain on the Board of Directors through 2023. EUA is Milwaukee’s largest...

Madison, Wis. — Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable has approved an overall 5.44 percent decrease in worker’s compensation insurance rates, effective October 1, 2021. This is the sixth straight year of rate decreases in Wisconsin. “This is great news for Wisconsin’s employers and workers,” said Commissioner Afable. “As our state recovers from the pandemic, this will...

Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) encourage anyone attending school in the upcoming 2021-2022 school year to get their COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible. This includes children ages 12 and up as well as anyone planning to attend in-person classes at a college or university. “Getting vaccinated now means we...

MADISON, Wis. – The latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show” spotlights Bre Loughlin, who won the Information Technology category of the 2021 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest with her pitch on Nurse Disrupted. Listen to Loughlin’s presentation at the recent Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference to a live audience. Nurse Disrupted developed the Care Station, an all-in-one...

The Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation will honor Derrick Siebert, MD, with the Kenneth M. Viste, Jr., MD, Young Physician Leadership Award at the Aspirus Wausau Hospital Birthing Center and NICU at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, July 23, 2021. The Kenneth M. Viste, Jr., MD, Young Physician Leadership Award is presented annually to a young physician who demonstrates...

The latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show” spotlights Bre Loughlin, who won the Information Technology category of the 2021 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest with her pitch on Nurse Disrupted. Listen to Loughlin’s presentation at the recent Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference to a live audience. Nurse Disrupted developed the Care Station, an all-in-one telehealth video...

MADISON — Some of the world’s most common allergy-inducing critters, from dust mites to fungi to shellfish, have one thing in common: chitin, the polymer that makes tough cell walls in mushrooms, fungal spores and crunchy lobster exoskeletons. A whiff of chitin triggers an immune response in the lungs, likely to prepare them to...