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Media Contact: Mike Richards, Board Secretary/Treasurer mmaln@msn.com or info@ifww.org Phone: (715) 563-2592 (Eau Claire, WI) – The Innovation Foundation of Western Wisconsin (IFWW) is excited to announce the hiring of Mike Finger as Executive Director. Finger will lead the IFWW’s work to help Western Wisconsin businesses destroy barriers to their growth. “I was drawn to the IFWW’s real world approach to helping...

CONTACT: Margaret McFall-Ngai, 608-262-2393, mjmcfallngai@wisc.edu Note: An image and video to accompany this story are available at http://www.news.wisc.edu/newsphotos/squid.html and http://youtu.be/yNYLToQ17D4 MADISON - At a time when scientists are beginning to recognize the pervasive influence of microbes in a legion of plant and animal functions, new research shows a symbiotic bacterium setting the biological clock of its host animal. The research, published online...

CONTACT: Yoshihiro Kawaoka kawaokay@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu MADISON - A genetic analysis of the avian flu virus responsible for at least nine human deaths in China portrays a virus evolving to adapt to human cells, raising concern about its potential to spark a new global flu pandemic. The collaborative study, conducted by a group led by Masato Tashiro of the Influenza Virus Research Center,...

MADISON, Wis., April 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Thompson MidCap Fund (THPMX) turned five on March 31, 2013. The no-load, nationally distributed Fund invests in midcap domestic equities, and is team-managed by James T. Evans, Jason L. Stephens and John W. Thompson. "Launching a Fund during the worst financial crisis in 80 years wasn't without its challenges," said John...

CONTACT: Lisa Schiller, Media Relations PHONE: 414- 847- 6055 FAX: 414-302- 0355 E-MAIL: lschiller@wisconsin.bbb.org Milwaukee, Wis. – April 12, 2013 - The Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin...

Press Release: The National Railway Museum have announced that HRH The Prince of Wales is Patron of Mallard 75, the museum’s spectacular season of events and activities in 2013/14 marking 75 years since Mallard broke the world steam speed record. The announcement comes as tickets have become available for the museum’s series of ancillary events celebrating the 75th...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For additional information: Deanna Novak National Railroad Museum (920) 437-7623, x-12 dnovak@nationalrrmuseum.org Date: 15 April 2013 The National Railroad Museum’s new interactive children’s exhibit opens May 18, 2013. Ashwaubenon (Green Bay, Wis.) – This is big railroading in a child’s size. The Jodey Lenfestey Children’s Discovery Depot at the National Railroad Museum will introduce youngsters to railroading in a fun, engaging, hands-on...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Annie Mares (920) 380-4444 annie@coalescemarketing.com Promotional Operatives Target Trade Show Booth 1111 NEENAH, Wis. (April 12, 2013) – Menasha Packaging will reveal its expanded capabilities and retail prowess at booth 1111 during GlobalShop 2013 from April 16 to 18 at McCormick...

"The Ultimate Wine Experience!” MEDIA RELEASE: Contact: Judi Murphy, Sr. VP Murphy Associates 262-786-7424 judi@marketingwithmurphy.com Custom winery plans celebration for May 3-5, 2013 Brookfield, Wis. – April 12, 2013 – Water 2 Wine, the Brookfield winery plans to thank its clients and wine club members, meet new wine lovers, and celebrate its first anniversary with live music, local artists, gifts, food,...

April 12, 2013 Contact: Wendy Norem Marketing Director Shorewest, Realtors® (262) 827-4111, ext. 232 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brookfield, Wisconsin. We're pleased to welcome 21 sales associates who joined Shorewest, Realtors®...

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Debi Miller, Director, Marketing Communications (414) 277-5628 / (262) 716-7868 debra.miller@quarles.com Joseph D. Masterson Named Milwaukee Office Corporate Services Chair MILWAUKEE, Wis. (April 12, 2013) — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announces that Kenneth V. Hallett has been named national Corporate Services Practice Group chair. Hallett succeeds Michael M. Grebe, another partner in the firm’s Milwaukee...

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Debi Miller, Director, Marketing Communications (414) 277-5628 / (262) 716-7868 debra.miller@quarles.com MILWAUKEE, Wis. (April 12, 2013) — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that its chairman John W. Daniels Jr. will receive the 2013 Midwest Urban Empowerment Award in the category of “Leadership” from Community Connections Network Publications (“CCN”). The Midwest Urban Empowerment Awards recognize influential...

The UW-Madison School of Pharmacy has experts at every level of drug development – from the lab bench to clinical testing to use in the real world. And those experts are available to help companies large and small, the school’s dean told a state bioscience industry meeting of the trade group BioForward on Wednesday. “We offer expertise and services that might...