UW-Madison: “La Moda Processa” to take place at Monona Terrace Saturday
Contact: Ariel Arnson, arnson@wisc.edu
MADISON - On Saturday, May 7, the School of Human Ecology and the Textile and Apparel Student Association (TASA) will host their annual design gallery and fashion show at Monona Terrace. Showcasing the work of apparel, textile and interior design students, the show is named "La Moda Processa," highlighting the phases of design.
Ariel Arnson,...
UW-Madison: UW Sea Grant funding Winnebago system research on VHS fish disease
CONTACT: Moira Harrington, Wisconsin Sea Grant communications manager, (608) 263-5371; Sue Marcquenski, DNR fish health specialist, (608) 266-2871; Tony Goldberg, UW-Madison veterinary epidemiology professor, 608-890-2618 (office); 608-890-3255; or Kathy Kurth, WVDL virology section chief, (608) 262-5432
MADISON - Four years after the deadly fish disease viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) was first diagnosed in Wisconsin, researchers are returning to the...
UW-Madison: Geneticist elected to National Academy of Sciences
CONTACT: Ching Kung, 608-262-9472, ckung@wisc.edu
MADISON - Ching Kung, Vilas Professor of Genetics and Molecular Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences today in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research."
Kung studies the way microbes process sensory information through ion channels, gateways through cell membranes that allow electrically charged...
Clean Wisconsin: Joint Finance Committee votes to cut investment in energy efficiency
Contact: Keith Reopelle, 608.251.7020 ext. 11, 608.212.2935 (cell)
Move will result in higher energy bills, fewer jobs
MADISON – In a move that promises to result in higher energy bills and stifle the creation of thousands of jobs, the Joint Finance Committee voted along party lines today to eliminate funding approved last year for Focus on Energy, a statewide program that...
Gov. Walker: Announces plans to convert US 41 to an interstate highway
Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303
GREEN BAY -- Governor Scott Walker today announced plans to convert a 142-mile segment of US 41 near Green Bay to the Mitchell Interchange in Milwaukee into an Interstate highway. Governor Walker indicated the state would proceed with an environmental study that would allow Interstate shields to be installed by 2015.
“US 41 connects crucial...
The Milwaukee Press Club: “What Now, Milwaukee?” Forum will feature the city’s leaders
For more information, please contact:
The Milwaukee Press Club
Joette Richards, (262) 894-2224
milwaukeepressclub@gmail.com
http://www.milwaukeepressclub.org
The Milwaukee Press Club and Marquette University Law School will co-present "What Now, Milwaukee? A Forum on the Future of Wisconsin's Largest City.”
The forum, to be held on Wednesday, May 18, at the Law School's Eckstein Hall (1215 W. Michigan St.), will feature the city's top political, business and...
DATCP: Potato growers reminded to destroy cull piles by May 20; home gardeners should also guard against late blight
Contact: Jane Larson, (608) 224-5005
MADISON--The deadline to destroy piles of discarded potatoes is May 20, remind officials with the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, as the unwanted spuds could potentially harbor late blight, a fungus that could harm Wisconsin potatoes and tomatoes.
“Two summers ago, many home gardeners and commercial growers in Wisconsin experienced late blight first-hand as...
Gov. Walker: Applauds JFC action on Wisconsin Well Woman program
Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303
Madison—Today Governor Scott Walker praised the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) for voting fifteen to one to restore funding to the Wisconsin well woman program (http://WWWP), which provides breast cancer and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services to uninsured or underinsured women who are at or below 250% of the federal poverty line. Restoration of this...
