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CONTACT: Darrell Bazzell, (608) 263-2467, dbazzell@vc.wisc.edu MADISON - Four finalists have been selected in the search for a new human resources director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The finalists are: - Robert Lavigna, vice president for research, Partnership for Public Service, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization working to revitalize public service. - Ann Sherman, director of human resources and equal opportunity officer, Northern...

MILWAUKEE – Industry members of the National Science Foundation’s Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on water technology will announce the funding of several projects that industries will pursue with researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) and Marquette University at an event Friday, May 14. The announcements will be made at Marquette University Alumni Memorial Union, 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave.,...

Vertical Integration Reduces Carbon Footprint FITCHBURG, WI – Placon Corporation, a thermoformer and plastic sheet extruder, announced today that it will construct a closed-loop recycling facility to grind and wash post-consumer bottles and thermoforms for processing into its EcoStar™ sheet products. The company is reducing the total carbon footprint by bringing the material supply chain closer to production...

Organization receives Promising Practice Award from MetLife Foundation & Association of Children’s Museums MADISON, Wis. (May 12, 2010) — What exactly does it mean when people say “think globally, act locally”? For Madison Children’s Museum, it means a commitment to local people, products, and culture. It means building the Evjue Early Learning Gallery using locally grown, sustainably harvested materials. It...

CONTACT: Susan Michaud, (608) 263-5612, smmichaud@wisc.edu MADISON - Kira Gengler and Megan Jeidy will both get their master's degrees in social work on Sunday, May 16, but they already have something their fellow graduates seek: jobs. The two women are part of the 10th class of students to graduate from UW-Madison's public child welfare training program, which covers the...

CONTACT: Cheryl Adams Kadera, (608) 262-9835, adams@biochem.wisc.edu; Paul Ludden, (214) 768-3219, pludden@smu.edu MADISON - Robert H. Burris, a noted University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemist, died on Tuesday, May 11 at the age of 96. He was one of the world's preeminent authorities on nitrogen fixation, the process by which certain microorganisms converts nitrogen from the atmosphere into a form that can be...

CONTACT: Weldon Freeman (202) 690-1394 WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 12, 2010 - - - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to help low- and very-low-income rural residents repair their homes. ...

Contacts: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Project to Retain 326 Jobs, Create 26 New Jobs in Dane County FITCHBURG – Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Placon Corporation in Fitchburg will receive $250,000 in tax credits from the...

Contact: Julia Luther Wisconsin Dells, WI -- Dells Raceway Park presents Scout Night on Saturday, May 15th. Join us in honoring Scouting groups from around the area. Scout troops and leaders in uniform receive complimentary admission to the track. In addition, a fresh cut flower sponsored by Edgewater Greenhouse in Portage, will be handed out to the first...

Contact: Joshua Morby Phone: 920.791.9120 Email: media@thenewnorth.com NEW NORTH – The New North is home to people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, and their histories and heritages are still alive and well today. The region works to encourage and celebrate a diverse population of citizens, families and ideas. Here are a few facts about diversity in the New North: *...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Project to create 20 jobs in Winnebago County MADISON—Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Innovative Machining, Inc., Neenah, Winnebago County, will receive $116,000 in tax credits from the Economic Development Tax Credit Program from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to help construct an addition to its manufacturing facility in Neenah. “One of my top...

Madison, WI – Platypus Technologies announces that it has been awarded an Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (IMAT) grant for $396,000 from the National Cancer Institute. This 2-year funded project will enable the Company to expand its current OrisTM assay format into a 384-well cell migration assay suitable for High Throughput Screening (HTS) of chemical libraries...

State-wide call-to-action to CEOs and Business Leaders Madison, WI - Wisconsin Department of Tourism Secretary Kelli Trumble, announced the Madison launch of a state-wide economic stimulus initiative called Meetings Mean Business for Wisconsin, Tuesday, May 11th at the Overture Center for the Arts. The announcement was made at the Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau’s (GMCVB) semi-annual Partner Connections...

Contact: Teresa Weidemann-Smith, (608) 266-9600 MADISON – In an oral decision today, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) approved Wisconsin Power and Light Company’s (WPL) and Wisconsin Electric Power Company’s (WEPCO) joint application to install pollution control equipment at Edgewater Generating Station’s Unit 5, a 380 megawatt coal plant in Sheboygan County. The PSC’s decision allows WP&L and WEPCO...