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CONTACT: Adena Rissman, 608.263.4356, arrissman@wisc.edu MADISON - As conservation easements gain popularity for protecting privately owned land, a University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist is trying to unravel a difficult question: In the face of environmental change, how well can these easements satisfy their conservation goals? In the online edition of the journal Environmental Management, Adena Rissman, an assistant professor of forest and...

Contact: Joan Pajari, 608-268-2271 Madison, WI -- ABR Employment Services (ABR) announced today the hire of Shannon Murphy-Porter as Branch Manager at ABR’s La Crosse, WI branch office. Shannon comes to ABR from Manpower where she was a Senior Staffing Specialist. She has six years of staffing industry experience....

Contact: Weldon Freeman (202) 690-1384 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program has Funded 1,400 Rural Health and Education Projects WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to provide access to education, training and healthcare resources in rural areas. Funding is authorized through the Department's Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program. The...

Contact: Jim Geisking, jgeisking@geiskingpr.com Winging it for charity New Berlin, WI. – Sauce drenched fingers will circle July 29th to celebrate one of the holiest of holidays—National Chicken Wing Day. But in addition to celebrating the humble wing, the holiday will help to stock a local charity's food shelf. Anyone who brings in a non-perishable food item to Quaker Steak...

Contact: Aly Lynch, Director of Administration alynch@hq-law.com Hawks Quindel, S.C. is pleased to announce that Attorney Rachel Krueger has joined its Madison office. Krueger graduated from University of Wisconsin Law School in May 2013 with honors and has been a law clerk with the firm since October 2011. Her practice focuses on worker’s compensation, disability, wage and hour, and general employment matters. During...

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Contact: Lynnea Katz-Petted CEO (414) 312-7531 lynnea@rtmilwaukee.org Milwaukee, Wis. – Rebuilding Together Greater Milwaukee (RTGM) today announced $125,000 in home repairs is available to qualified disabled, elderly and veteran Wauwatosa residents. “It is our mission to provide free, professional quality home repairs to low-income homeowners,” explains Lynnea Katz-Petted, CEO of Rebuilding Together Greater Milwaukee. “We are excited to extend this mission into Wauwatosa and...

Contact: Madeline Pieschel Phone: (414) 771-4171 Pro Trade Job Development of Milwaukee is a locally operated, minority owned skills training program that teaches life long painting and carpentry trade skills to men and women. This is specifically targeted towards individuals that have few opportunities in the current job market. The results have been amazing. Within the last year, the program holds an...

Contact: Lisa Murray (lmurray@wisys.org; (608) 316-4032) Event offers opportunities to network with researchers, entrepreneurs and investors The sixth annual Wisconsin Science & Technology Symposium will take place July 22 and 23 at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in the Yellowjacket Union. The event will highlight groundbreaking research throughout the state and focus on the establishment of collaborative partnerships to accelerate innovative research. An...

Contact: Jack Heinemann or Joy Sawatzki at 608-442-7557 Or visit www.wisecurity.org to learn more MADISON – The producers of ‘Resource Rendezvous’ are looking for early stage companies from Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest to present at the seventh annual conference to be held Sept. 19 in Milwaukee. The conference, produced by the Wisconsin Security Research Consortium, the Wisconsin Technology...

CONTACT: Nahee Rosso (703) 837-5348; rosson@agc.org Headcount Increases by 3.4 Percent and Hours Worked Rise by 4.7 Percent over 12 Months; Association Officials Warn Worker Shortages May Spread Soon without Vocational Education and Immigration Reforms The unemployment rate for construction workers fell below double digits in June for the first time since 2008 as every segment of the industry added employees,...

Contact: Lisa Wiese Marketing Assistant Weidert Group 920.731.2771 ext. 224 FNB Fox Valley Groundbreaking to Take Place July 10, 2013 Neenah, Wis. – First National Bank Fox Valley (FNB Fox Valley) will hold the groundbreaking ceremony for their Neenah office expansion project Wednesday, July 10 from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. The ceremony will be followed by a Customer Appreciation Cookout that afternoon...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Susan Lampert Smith July 5, 2013 608-890-5643 ssmith5@uwhealth.org UW Researcher Wins Grant to Study Trauma-Caused Epilepsy Madison, Wis. — Dr. Robert J. Kotloski, a neurophysiology fellow in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, has received a 2013 American Brain Foundation fellowship to study the process...