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Contact: Tom Thieding, 608-266-8603 (through 9/3) 608-267-9661 (starting 9/5) MADISON - Governor Scott Walker announced that Cytophil, Inc., East Troy, has received the Qualified New Business Venture certification from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. The QNBV status makes investors in the company eligible for a 25-percent tax credit on the amount they invest in the businesses. “Wisconsin is home to an increasing...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE9/1/11CONTACT: Janet L. Kelly, 608-890-1491, 608-772-2868, jkelly@warf.orgMADISON - This month, "Saturday Science at Discovery" invites the public to "be cool and go polar" with a bilingual learning journey focused on the extreme science of the South Pole. This free education outreach program will take place Saturday, Sept. 3, and is open to learners of all ages. Bilingual...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE9/1/11CONTACT: Sheila Keaton, 608-263-1020, skeaton@studentlife.wisc.eduMADISON - Starting this fall semester, the University of Wisconsin-Madison will be launching a campuswide initiative called the Wisconsin Involvement Network (WIN).This new program, supported by software called CollegeLink, will help students track and organize their extracurricular activities outside of class.Purchasing and implementing new, innovative software has been an interest of the UW-Madison...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE9/1/11CONTACT: Stephanie Tai, 608-890-1236, tai2@wisc.eduMADISON - A University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate will return to campus to talk about her work investigating last year's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.Fran Ulmer, who recently retired as chancellor at the University of Alaska-Anchorage, was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE9/1/11 CONTACT: Ken Frazier, 608-262-2600, kfrazier@library.wisc.eduMADISON - When a young Ken Frazier attempted to discern his future career, he found that his interests lay in "introductory everything and advanced nothing." Becoming a librarian, he realized, brought him into collaboration with a wide spectrum of students, scholars and administrators - all looking toward the future."No one could have...

Contact:             Wendy Norem            Marketing DirectorShorewest, Realtors(r)(262) 827-4111, ext. 232wnorem@shorewest.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Brookfield, Wisconsin.  We're pleased to welcome Melissa Story to the Shorewest, Realtors(r) Brookfield/Waukesha Office, located at 2212 East Moreland Boulevard in Waukesha. With her valuable real estate experience -- combined with the services and benefits of Shorewest, Realtors(r) -- she has the tools to serve your housing needs. Melissa Story...

For Immediate Release: September 1, 2011 Contact: Seyoum Mengesha, (414) 302-2830 MADISON—Minority-owned businesses seeking sales leads and development assistance should attend the 30th annual Marketplace Conference, to be held Oct. 12 -13 at the Green Bay Radisson Hotel and ConferenceCenter. An evening networking reception Oct. 12 will kick-off the conference followed by an all day program Oct. 13 from...

Welcome to a new episode of "WisBusiness: The Show," a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In this episode, Tom Still explains why one bad monthly jobs report isn't the end of the world. In the WisBusiness.com Stock Report, ethanol subsidies are falling while the Medical College of Wisconsin shines. Finally, Team Companies' Mike Wicker joins...

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