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Contact: Kate Dixon, Wisconsin Alumni Association, (608) 265-8769, news@uwalumni.com MADISON - Don Fraynd PhD'04 is positively transforming Chicago's public schools. As principal of Jones College Prep in Chicago, he led the school to achieve a Top 100 ranking from U.S. News & World Report and earned the first Blue Ribbon Schools designation that the U.S. Department of Education awarded to...

Note: A short video to accompany this article is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo1nCELyZsk CONTACT: Ronald Raines, 608 262-8588, rtraines@wisc.edu (prefers email for first contact) MADISON - A new company built to commercialize a green-energy discovery at University of Wisconsin-Madison earned the top honor - and a check for $100,000 - at this month's Chicago Clean Energy Challenge. The firm, named Hyrax Energy, is...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/15/12 Contact: Teresa M. Adams, 608-263-3175, adams@engr.wisc.edu MADISON - The World Road Association recently named University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Teresa M. Adams to its Freight Transport Committee. This committee will examine issues of urban and interurban freight management and investigate the use of different freight modes on their own and in combination. Adams will collaborate with researchers globally to...

Contact: Zach Brandon or Tom Still at 608-442-7557 Or visit http://www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com to learn more MADISON – Wisconsin firms raised more than $152 million in early stage funding in 2011, reflecting a record year for angel investments but a decline in venture capital financing from 2010 totals, according to a report by the Wisconsin Angel Network. The annual “Wisconsin Portfolio” report tracks early...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com The $9 million aid package Janesville offered SHINE Medical Technologies last month was a big reason why the company chose Rock County for its factory. But not the only one, says Greg Piefer, the Milwaukee native who is SHINE’s founder and CEO. Piefer, who earned his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from UW-Madison, negotiated with several states...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com The last few years have been hard on many restaurant chains, and Milio’s Sandwiches is no exception. The recession forced Mike Liautaud, who founded the company in 1989 under the name "Big Mike's," to close three of his 40-plus stores, cap improvements, ask for discounts from vendors and impose a wage freeze on employees. But Liautaud, a...