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By Melanie Balinas For WisBusiness.com Hungry and you’re out of ramen noodles in your apartment? No crackers to snack at work? Busy college students and working professionals have found that online food ordering is easy and convenient – and a growing market for companies. That’s where U Connect LLC wants to feed a market opportunity. Started in 2009 by three UW-Madison students,...

Uncertainty in Europe continues to drag on hiring confidence both regionally and worldwide; positive signals seen in the U.S., Japan and India while Chinese job prospects continue to cool According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey of global hiring trends released today, the first-quarter hiring pace is expected to slow from three months ago in 30 of the 41 countries...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/13/11 Contact: Chris Barncard, 608-890-0465, barncard@wisc.edu MADISON - Three University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Selection as a AAAS fellow is a high honor conferred by peers in recognition of distinguished efforts to advance science and its applications. AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society, and the...

Optical Company and Non Profit Receive Excellence in Education Awards for Free Vision Care & Glasses Program Milwaukee, WI, December 13, 2011 – The Milwaukee Board of School Directors will honor Wisconsin Vision and Prevent Blindness Wisconsin with Excellence in Education Awards at the Board’s meeting tonight. The optical company and non-profit organization recently partnered on...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/13/11 CONTACT: Lesley Sager, 608-890-3265, lhsager@wisc.edu; Eric Ferguson, 608-588-4226, eric@whiteschoolstudio.com MADISON - An open house at the historic White School in Spring Green will showcase the work of University of Wisconsin-Madison interior design students assigned to adapt the building for use as apartments and a studio. The open house will take place at the former school, 242 Lexington St.,...

Grayce Ries, Osborn & Barr, 314.236.6936 Jason Biddick , Monsanto, 608.943.6450 Livingston Monsanto site helps local college purchase grain bin rescue tube system FENNIMORE, Wis. (Date) – Peaceful fields, bright blue skies, open spaces – when most people think about farms, they envision the serene landscapes often found in art museums. Few people realize that farming is actually one of the most dangerous...

Air Sealing leads to warmer, more comfortable home Heat wants to leave a home. It rises, it moves, it does everything possible to escape. If the envelope of a building is not weatherized, heat will find a way to escape. As the mercury dips lower and lower during the fall and winter months, the best solution to beat the deep...

Madison, Wisconsin December 2011 - Green Cab, Madison’s newest and progressively eco-friendly taxicab Company, with a fleet consisting solely of hybrid vehicles, is expecting. Green Cab recently purchased the area’s very first Prius V, Toyota’s newest model of Priuses, from Smart Motors. The new Prius V is the latest addition to Green Cab’s already extensive fleet of twenty two Prius hybrids...

Contact: Kristin Ruesch, (608) 266-9600, Kristin.Ruesch@wisconsin.gov Federal Communications Commission Chairman Commends Efforts Madison, Wis…Wisconsin’s efforts to identify and eliminate fraud in the Lifeline program, which is subsidized by the Universal Service Fund, were highlighted in a letter to State Commissioners yesterday by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski. In the December 12, 2011 letter, Genachowski commended Wisconsin for taking action to...