UW-Madison: Noted primate expert to discuss primate behavior, research ethics
MADISON - A scientist who has pioneered the study of cooperation in primates will be the featured speaker at a forum on the ethics of animal research at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
On Friday, Feb. 3, Frans de Waal, professor of psychology at Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University, will discuss pro-social behavior of primates, and also in...
Gov. Walker: Wisconsin Working legislation unanimously advances out of committee
Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303
Madison—Today the State Senate and Assembly passed Assembly Bill (AB) 450 and Senate Bill (SB) 352 out of their respective committees. These bills are companions, which create a pilot program called “Wisconsin Wins” to offer voluntary occupational training to Unemployment Insurance claimants for 20-24 hours a week for up to six weeks. The goal of...
Sand County Foundation, Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation: Leopold Conservation Award seeks nominees
Contact: Casey Langan, Wisconsin Farm Bureau, 608.828.5711
Kevin Kiley, Sand County Foundation, 608.663.4605 ext. 31
MADISON – Sand County Foundation and Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation are accepting applications...
DATCP: Consumer protection announces 2011 top complaints
Contact: Jerad Albracht, 608-224-5007 Jim Dick, Communications Director, 608-224-5020
MADISON – The nation’s fastest growing crime is now the source of Wisconsin’s fastest rising group of consumer complaints. Making its first appearance on the annual top ten chart, identity theft ranks fifth in the “Top Ten Consumer Complaints of 2011” list released today by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade...
UW-Madison: UW english professor urges environmental writers to “tell stories no one else can tell”
CONTACT: Rob Nixon, 608-263-3005, rbnixon@wisc.edu; Mary Ellen Gabriel, 608-263-3409, gabriel2@wisc.edu
MADISON - In his new book, "Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor," UW-Madison English professor Rob Nixon asks: how can environmental writers craft emotionally involving stories from disasters that are slow-moving and attritional, rather than explosive and spectacular?
Desperate social crises can fester for decades as a...
Hurley Chamber of Commerce: Registration is open for the 44th Annual Paavo Nurmi Marathon
This year's race will be Saturday, August 11, 2012 starting in Upson, Wisconsin at 7:30 am and ending on Famous Silver Street, Hurley, Wisconsin.
ONLY 192 DAYS AWAY!
The weekend events will feature the traditional carb loading spaghetti feed, Torchlighting Ceremony and 2nd Annual Kids Race on Friday, August 10, 2012. Saturday will be filled with excitement...
St. Norbert College, Green Bay Packers: Registration for sport and society conference is now open
From: Mike Counter, St. Norbert College, http://www.snc.edu, (920) 403-3089, mike.counter@snc.edu
Aaron Popkey, Green Bay Packers, http://www.packers.com, (920) 569-7211, popkeya@packers.com
Conference Hosted by St. Norbert College and the Green Bay Packers
DE PERE, WIS.: Formal conference registration is now open for “A Mirror of Our Culture: Sport and Society...
Louis Berger Group: Wisconsin native to head Louis Berger Group office opening in De Pere
David A. Robillard, Wisconsin native and nationally recognized justice consultant, will lead a new office for the global consulting firm, The Louis Berger Group (LBG). LBG has recently announced that Mr. Robillard will lead LBG’s Justice Program and U.S. Operations, from the location in De Pere, Wisconsin; he will work with more than 5,000 LBG employees in the...
UW-Madison: How does the compassionate brain, measured in the lab, predict what occurs in real life?
CONTACT: Mel Charbonneau, (608) 890-3074, charbonneau@wisc.edu
MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are launching a new series of studies to understand how laboratory measures of virtuous qualities such as compassion relate to their behavior in the real world.
Dr. Richard J. Davidson, founder of the UW's Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM), at the Waisman Center, has received a three-year, $1.7...
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PSC: Broadband plan for southeast Wisconsin launching February 7th
Contact: Kristin Ruesch or Matthew Pagel, 608-266-9600
Kristin.Ruesch@Wisconsin.gov or Matt.Pagel@Wisconsin.gov
Participation by Residents and Leaders Requested
Madison - A team of Southeast Wisconsin community leaders, working together with the Public Service Commission (PSC) is striving to fill gaps in broadband (high speed Internet) availability and improve adoption of available broadband services in the region. The Southeast Wisconsin Regional Broadband Planning Team, have...
