UW-Madison: Classes in the park unite middle schoolers with college students, nature
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4/23/14
CONTACT: Trish O'Kane, pokane@wisc.edu, 608-467-2662
MADISON - Trish O'Kane had reached a dead end. It was her first day teaching a capstone course in environmental studies at the Nelson Institute, and she was ready to forge ahead with a two-hour "college-style" lesson plan.
Meanwhile, the students, from Sherman Middle School on Madison's Northeast side, were rolling sideways down the...
State rolls out new pavilion to make connections at BIO confab in Chicago
More than 50 Wisconsin biotech companies and research facilities, plus 150 people from the Badger State, are expected to attend BIO International 2013 in Chicago this week.
A state biotech source says Gov. Scott Walker may also stop by, though his office declined to confirm a visit.
BioForward, the state’s Madison-based biotech trade group, is taking a lead role...
DOT secretary: Tolls, raising taxes off the table
State Transportation Secretary Mark Gottlieb tells "UpFront with Mike Gousha" that tolls are off the table in the near term when it comes to funding state road projects.
"Federal law would prohibit us from tolling our state highway system," Gottlieb told the show, produced with WisPolitics.com . "Until Congress looks at that ... it is unavailable to us."
Raising...
