UW-Madison: Largest class ever completes UW-Madison pre-college program
CONTACT: Valeria Davis, 608-890-3079, vadavis2@wisc.edu
MADISON - The largest group ever to complete the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) will graduate into their senior year of high school Friday, July 30, at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton.
The 180 members of the PEOPLE high school program Class of 2011 are wrapping up...
Dane County Parks: 2010 Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival to be held at Lake Farm County Park, August 6th and 7th
Dane County Parks will again play host to the 7th Annual Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival at Lake Farm County Park on August 6th and 7th. Presented by the Four Lakes Traditional Music Collective, the Festival is a two-day outdoor festival in Madison that celebrates traditional music and dance through performances, educational workshops, and interactive jam sessions. This...
Finding Forward: Thirty-five counties vote to place transportation fund referendum on fall ballot
CONTACT: Craig Thompson, Transportation Development Association (TDA) Executive Director
(608) 256-7044; Craig.Thompson@tdawisconsin.org
Daniel J. Fedderly, Wisconsin County Highway Association (WCHA) Executive Director
(715) 505-9242; hwype@wwt.net
More counties set to vote on advisory referendum next month
MADISON – A grassroots campaign to safeguard money in the state transportation fund continues to gain momentum across the state. In the past few weeks,...
Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance: Flawed CBO report fails to account for economic benefits of biofuels
Contact: Joshua Morby 414.791.9120
Study examines cost of biofuel tax credits while disregarding benefits
MILWAUKEE – A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the cost to taxpayers of biofuel tax credits – including the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) – is deeply flawed, failing to take into account any of the economic benefits of biofuel production or...
Trumble: Wisconsin tourism rebounding from 2009, but business travel still slow
Wisconsin tourism is on a pace this year to grow roughly 7 percent over 2009, but still won’t be back to 2008 levels until next year.
That’s the word from Kelli Trumble, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, who calls the “uptick” in travel in the Badger State a positive trend.
She said it is unrealistic to think that tourists...
WisBusiness: ‘Town Center’ will be key to UW’s Institutes for Discovery
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery – the public/private interdisciplinary research center set to open in December in the heart of the UW-Madison campus – will be more than a warren of laboratories.
Much more, says WARF programming director Laura Heisler, who spoke Tuesday at a Wisconsin Technology Council luncheon.
While the upper three floors will be devoted...
