Wisconsin Bank & Trust: Parent company of Wisconsin Bank & Trust recognized as a Forbes Best Bank in America for 2013
CONTACT:
Thomas J. Wilkinson
Chairman and CEO
(608) 203-1201
twilkinson@wisconsinbankandtrust.com
Madison, WI -- Wisconsin Bank & Trust, through its parent company, Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLF), has been named a “Forbes Best Bank 2013.”
In its annual review of the largest publicly traded banks and thrifts, Forbes ranked Heartland 39th among a...
UW-Madison: Author Arundhati Roy to visit UW-Madison, speak to high-school students
Contact: Heather Dubois Bourenane, 608-890-1468, greattexts@humanities.wisc.edu or Sara Guyer, 608-262-4970, guyer@wisc.edu
MADISON - Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus March 20-21, 2013 to speak to Wisconsin high school students. Roy will offer the keynote presentation for the Great World Texts Student Conference, sponsored by the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities, and will spend...
Lawrence University: Nationally recognized for community service
Contact: Rick Peterson, Office of Communications, 920-832-6590
APPLETON, WIS. — More than 16,650 hours devoted to community volunteer and service-learning programs by 989 students last year helped Lawrence University earn a spot on the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for the seventh consecutive year.
Lawrence is one of only two...
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Milwaukee Oyster Roast celebrates 10 years of raising funds to fight blood cancer
CONTACT:
Sara Drapp, Campaign Coordinator
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
P 262-785-4244
E sara.drapp@lls.org
Milwaukee, WI – March 7, 2013 – The Milwaukee Oyster Roast is celebrating its 10th anniversary with its biggest party to date. The Roast returns to the Garage at the Harley-Davidson Museum© on Saturday, April 20th to raise funds to fight blood cancer.
The evening features all-you-can-eat, steamed South...
Smart Motors: Hybrids offer “best value” for new-car buyers
Toyota Prius tops the list, costing half as much as an average car to operate
MADISON, WI. Increased news coverage and political debate about the importance of addressing climate change dovetails with reports of rising sales of hybrid vehicles and a recent Consumer Reports study suggesting that hybrids offer the best value for those buying a new vehicle, with the...
Dental Associates: Announces results of Children’s Dental Health Month
March 7, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT INFO:
Monica Baer, 262-522-9687
mbaer@baercarlson.com
Darin Schumacher, 920-431-1742
dschumacher@dentalassociates.com
More Than 11,000 Reached or 200,000 Teeth
Wauwatosa, WI – As part of Children’s Dental Health Month in February, the 10 Dental Associates’ clinics in Wisconsin taught 11,130 youngsters how to care for their teeth. In dental terms, that’s a total of 222,600 very important baby and...
The Water Council: Michael Best & Friedrich to open office in International Water Technology Accelerator
Contact:
Andy Larsen, Boelter + Lincoln PR
414/271-0101 x119 (o); 414/840-0891 (m)
E-mail: alarsen@boelterlincoln.com
MILWAUKEE (March 8, 2013) – One of Milwaukee’s leading law firms, Michael Best & Friedrich, has joined the growing list of tenants in the International Water Technology Accelerator. The building, located at 223 W. Pittsburgh, will house water-related research activities for universities, existing water-related...
UW-Madison: Small differences in how a technology is defined can make a big difference in how the public feels about it
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
3/8/13
CONTACT: Dominique Brossard, dbrossard@wisc.edu
MADISON - Even small tweaks in how scientists describe scientific breakthroughs can significantly change how the public perceives their work, a new study indicates.
Researchers found that showing individuals different definitions of nanotechnology led to differences in how strongly the subjects supported this emerging area of science and in their motivation to learn more about...
