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CALL: Douglas D. Caddell Chief Information Officer 312.832.5150 June 6, 2011 – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that the firm was recognized by CIO magazine as one of the 2011 CIO 100 honorees. This is the eighth time Foley has been honored with this recognition. This annual awards program, now in its 24th year, recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the...

Madison, WI — The Milwaukee Bombers Australian Football Club will be hosting an Australian Football tournament at the University of Wisconsin fields located on University Bay Dr. on June 11 from 11:30am – 5pm. Participating teams include Chicago United, Minnesota Freeze, Cincinnati Dockers, Des Moines Roosters and the Milwaukee Bombers. The event is free and open to...

Gifted musicians who polished their skills at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater are donating their talent through an online album to help current students. The Music Department is showcasing an online album titled "Eclectic Strings" that features 11 vibrant songs in styles ranging from bluegrass and folk to rock and country and western. ...

Media Contact: Kimberly Clist, 608/263-0817 or kimberly.clist@ces.uwex.edu Madison, Wis. -- Leadership Wisconsin hosts Paul Kelleher, UW Madison, Professor of Medical History & Bioethics and in the Department of Philosophy, June 16, 2011. His presentation will be held with dinner at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 N. Orchard St, Madison, from 5pm – 8:30 pm. ...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com After 22 years in retailing, the last six spent with Kohl’s, Jeff Rusinow was ready for something a bit more exciting. He found it in angel investing and went on to start Milwaukee-based Silicon Pastures, modeled after a similar and highly successful angel group in Northern California. Angel capital typically fills the gap in start-up financing...

By Eric Chen For WIsBusiness.com Solubility, safety and synergy: Those words combine to help form the name of 3S Therapeutics, an emerging Wisconsin company with a new nanotechnology product that promises to deliver cancer-fighting drugs in novel combinations. The team behind 3S Therapeutics, a Madison-based company with ties to UW-Madison, is waging war against cancer with a nanotechnology product that addresses stability,...

By Kari Fischer For WisBusiness.com Progress in “next generation” biofuels depends on reducing costs, often by speeding products through the production process and increasing efficiencies. That’s what Thomas Roa hopes to accomplish with his plan to improve the production of biodiesel. Because the basic process for producing biodiesel hasn’t changed in 40 years, Roa sees potential to make the process more efficient...