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CONTACT: University Relations and Communications urc@uwsp.edu 715-346-3046; Fax 715-346-2042 http://www.uwsp.edu/urc Michael Hansen, professor of fisheries at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, has served as a consultant for Discovery Channel’s program “Dirty Jobs.” A segment on the control of sea lampreys will air Tuesday, November 2, at 8 p.m. (CDT). Native to the Atlantic Ocean, lampreys entered the upper Great Lakes in...

CONTACT: Samuel Gellman (608) 262-3303, gellman@chem.wisc.edu MADISON - They are the portals to the cell, gateways through which critical signals and chemicals are exchanged between living cells and their environments. But these gateways - proteins that span the cell membrane and connect the world outside the cell to its vital inner workings - remain, for the most part, black boxes with...

CONTACT: Lael Grigg, (608) 332-6964, lgrigg@wisc.edu MADISON - Alumni and a student from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs are advancing discussion of transportation options that use less energy, and emit fewer pollutants and greenhouse gases by helping to organize the Energy Hub conference Friday, Nov. 5. The free conference, titled "Moving Forward: Powering Our Transportation...

Newly formed New York health system to use customer relationship management software to enhance effectiveness of consumer and patient marketing VERONA, Wis., Nov. 1, 2010 - REACH3 - healthcare CRM's market leader, enabling robust provider and payer marketing initiatives through secure, cloud-based technology - announced today that HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley has chosen to implement its CRM Custom solution...

Appleton, Wis. (November 1, 2010) – The Post-Crescent has recognized Faith Technologies with a 2010 Best of the Valley Reader’s Choice award for the sixth year in a row. This year’s finalists and winners were published on October 31st in the Appleton Post-Crescent. Faith Technologies was chosen as best Electrical Contractor in the Professional Services category. With an unprecedented number...

Media Contact: Jen Dirks, Communications Director (414) 721-7646 Jennifer.Dirks@cliftoncpa.com Combination Increases Firm Footprint and Secures Presence in New Market MILWAUKEE, Wis. (October 29, 2010) – Clifton Gunderson, ranked as one of the nation’s largest certified public accounting and consulting firms, today announced it has acquired Farrell & Associates – a full-service Certified Public Accounting firm based in Rockford, Illinois. The Rockford location joins Clifton...

-Opening today: Duluth Trading Introduces a Shopping Experience for Folks Who Dig In and Get Their Hands Dirty- BELLEVILLE, Wis. (Nov. 1, 2010)– Finally, a shopping experience for men and women who crave quality, rugged, and downright useful products from Ballroom™ Jeans, to the Longtail T®, to Buck Naked Underwear. Today, Wisconsin-based catalog and online retailer, Duluth Trading Company,...

Contact: Rosy Hawbaker 608-438-6058 Announcing The Crafty Fair! The Crafty Fair will host over 20 vendors who create traditional and non-traditional crafts. Artists will offer handmade soap, clothes, art, jewelery and more. The event is hosted by Rosy Hawbaker of REcreative Crafts. The Crafty Fair will be on Sunday November 14th, from 10am-4pm at The...

For more information, contact: Rebecca Gerothanas, Summit Credit Union (608) 243-5000x4700, rebecca.gerothanas@summitcreditunion.com Money ‘grew’ on tree at inaugural fall marathon MADISON, Wis. — “Wow, money really does grow on trees!” “I’ve waited 40 years for this!” These were just some of the responses from folks who saw Madison’s first “Money Tree” at the Haunted Hustle Marathon Ghost Tour...

CONTACT: Paul C. West, 608-234-2453 (cell), pcwest@wisc.edu MADISON - Nature's capacity to store carbon, the element at the heart of global climate woes, is steadily eroding as the world's farmers expand croplands at the expense of native ecosystem such as forests. The tradeoff between agricultural production and maintaining nature's carbon reservoirs - native trees, plants and their carbon-rich detritus in the...

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Annie Nolan (414) 390-5500 Local attorney Robert L. Habush selected by peers as Milwaukee’s Product Liability Litigator of the Year Milwaukee – Robert L. Habush of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C. in Milwaukee has been named one of the most preeminent lawyers in the country by Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession....

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Annie Nolan (414) 390-5500 Prestigious award announced as local attorney settles $20 million Wisconsin case Madison – For the second year in a row, Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Daniel A. Rottier, of Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C., as the “Madison Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigator of the Year.” The...

MADISON, WISCONSIN (11/1/2010) – Wisconsinmade.com, an e-commerce gourmet food and gift store, is excited to welcome artist/potter Barry Weiss, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin into its growing family of Wisconsin artisans. Wisconsinmade.com carefully selects only the finest-quality products made in Wisconsin and offers them for sale on the Internet. "Barry epitomizes the true artist," said Linda Remeschatis, owner of Wisconsinmade.com,...