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MADISON, WISCONSIN (11/5/2010) – Wisconsinmade.com, an e-commerce gift store, is pleased to announce that Schumann Sculpture, of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, has joined our artisan group. Wisconsinmade.com carefully selects only the finest-quality products made in Wisconsin and offers them for sale on the Internet. "We are delighted to present Schumann Sculpture pewter ornaments and pins to our shoppers this holiday season....

For More Information Contact: Leah Nell Adams 608.288.8201 ladams@jawis.org     -- Junior Achievement is recognizing E. David Locke with the Bronze Leadership Award for exceptional service and volunteerism to the organization. JA is dedicated to educating students in grades K-12 about business, economics, and the free enterprise system. The organization will impact nearly 9000 students in the Dane County area this year.    ...

MILWAUKEE - Jerome M. Janzer, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c., announces the addition of seven attorneys to the firm. Employee Benefits: Beth A. Bulmer brings 11 years of experience to the firm's Employee Benefits Practice, where she represents Taft-Hartley (multiemployer) pension and welfare trust funds. She most recently was a shareholder at Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen,...

Contact: Liz Kopling, Media Relations Specialist Office: (608) 327-7219 Elizabeth.kopling@hospicecareinc.com (MADISON, Wis.) – HospiceCare Inc. is pleased to announce that growth has allowed for the addition of a talented physician to the HospiceCare medical director team. Kathy Jo Williams, M.D., joins HospiceCare’s team of medical directors in providing medical services...

CONTACT: John D. Lee, 608-890-3168, jdlee@engr.wisc.edu; David Noyce, 608-265-1882, noyce@engr.wisc.edu MADISON - There's only one place in Wisconsin where a driver can send text messages, speed or engage in other risky behaviors with no risk of an accident: the new University of Wisconsin-Madison Driving Simulation Laboratory. Drivers not only are certain to survive the experience, but the consequences of their actions...

Media contact: Laura Skolnick 312/616-3820/ lskolnick@c-k.com University demonstrates appreciation through scholarship programs and recognizes local military, veterans and their families on Veterans Day MILWAUKEE, Nov. 10, 2010 - University of Phoenix, the largest private university in North America, recognizes and appreciates the personal sacrifices made by active duty military members, veterans and their families. Through on-campus courses and online courses that can be...

By Ravaut Benitez For WisBusiness.com Failure to take medications properly can be a prescription for disaster. Wisconsin-based iCura is looking to provide an affordable product and service that is lighting the way in guiding medication compliance for patients to protect and improve their health. iCura is one of the two-dozen companies selected to present at the 2010 Early Stage Symposium in...

By Jerry Stoecklein For WisBusiness.com Antibodies form the basis of a multibillion industry in biomedical research. Because they evolved for specific biological roles, however, they can be unstable outside of laboratory settings. That means basic research for diagnostic or therapeutic research goes unfulfilled. StableBody Technologies, a start-up based in Middleton with labs in Madison and Chicago, is commercializing a novel method...

By Nicolas Calle For WisBusiness.com In 2004, a long-sought treasure was discovered. Its name is graphene, and could be the material that marks the dawn of the carbon age. Isolated in a British lab by 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics winners Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, graphene is stronger than diamond, yet stretches like rubber. It is also thin, yet...