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CONTACT: Patrick Christian, 608-265-9699, patrick.christian@doit.wisc.edu; Brian Rust, 608-263-9484, rust@doit.wisc.edu MADISON - A broad partnership of Madison-area education, health, government and nonprofit organizations, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded $5.1 million in federal stimulus funding to expand access to computer networks for underserved communities and local agencies. The public-private joint venture will create the Metropolitan Unified Fiber Network (MUFN), a...

CONTACT: Janet Kelly, 608-890-1491, 608-772-2868, jkelly@warf.org MADISON - Mentor Worldwide LLC's donation of a $16 million manufacturing facility to the new Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will help fuel the nonprofit's mission of accelerating biomedical discoveries to delivery as treatments and cures. Sangtae "Sang" Kim, executive director of the private Morgridge Institute, said the 37,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art...

CONTACT: Richard Davidson, 608-265-8189, rjdavids@wisc.edu; Mel Charbonneau, 608-890-3074, charbonneau@wisc.edu MADISON - The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center will welcome His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to its public grand-opening celebration Saturday-Sunday, May 15-16. UW-Madison neuroscientist Richard Davidson established the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds (CIHM) to scientifically determine how healthy qualities of mind...

BROOKFIELD, WI -- Pinstripe, Inc., a leading human resources and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) specialist and the second largest pure play RPO firm in the country, announced today that CEO Sue Marks will deliver a presentation based on her experience as a serial entrepreneur on Tuesday, March 9th at the BizStarts Milwaukee Inspirational Entrepreneur Event. Joined by fellow panelist...

Contact: Tom Bernd Marketing and Communications Manager DeWitt Ross & Stevens, S.C. 608-252-9356 tsb@dewittross.com MILWAUKEE, WI (March 2, 2010) — The national magazine Super Lawyers has selected Brian R. Smigelski, for inclusion in the March issue of Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, for his work in Business Litigation. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers. Selection for...

IOWA CITY, IOWA—Kevin Niemi of the University of Wisconsin in Madison was one of 90 panelists chosen to help with the study for setting achievement standards for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in science for grades four, eight and 12. The panelists, who were selected from a nationwide pool of nearly 700 nominees, were chosen for...

MADISON, WI—Nearly every weekend until the end of March, downtown Madison will become awash in school colors from places as close as Madison to as far as the northern tips of Wisconsin when student athletes from around the state compete in the annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) State Tournaments. Open to the public, these tournaments are the perfect opportunity...

CONTACT: Emily Rorem, 920.699.2826 Johnson Creek, WI - maurices, a leading national specialty store located at Johnson Creek Premium Outlets at 622 Linmar Ln, Ste. D140 in Johnson Creek, is offering an expanded range of sizes from 1-24 beginning Monday, March 8. The assortment of the 14-24 concept offers casual, career, and dressy looks that are stylish, on trend, and...

MADISON, Wis. – Gathering Waters Conservancy today announced that it has received a $3,000 grant from the Plum Creek Foundation to help fund the 2010 Wisconsin Land Trust Retreat. The 2010 Wisconsin Land Trust Retreat will be the 9th meeting designed exclusively for Wisconsin’s land conservation leadership. The retreat is a two-day meeting focusing on peer-to-peer education and technical...

Contact: Kelley Dixon Marketing & Events Coordinator First Business Financial Services, Inc. Phone 608-232-5774 kdixon@firstbusiness.com MADISON, WI, March 3, 2010 – First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIZ) announced today that Mark Van Someren has been hired as Client Support Representative. Mark comes to First Business with nine years of customer service experience. He previously worked as a Senior Customer Service Banker at Park Bank. Mark...

Builds upon success of Midwest-based customer service model Cedar Rapids, Iowa (March 3, 2010) – SecurityCoverage today announced an expansion of its operations with the opening of a second office in Westby, Wisconsin. SecurityCoverage provides a robust suite of security, backup, portal, and customer support services to individual users through a nationwide partnership group of...

For more information, please contact: The Milwaukee Press Club Joette Richards, (262) 894-2224 milwaukeepressclub@gmail.com http://www.milwaukeepressclub.org MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Press Club's next Newsmaker Luncheon will feature Milwaukee’s new Roman Catholic archbishop, the Most Rev. Jerome E. Listecki. The event will take place Tuesday, March 9, from 11:45 to 1:30 p.m. at the Newsroom Pub in downtown Milwaukee at 137 E. Wells St. Listecki, a Chicago native,...

Contact: Amy Mertz Communications Coordinator 608.268.1231, ext. 539 amertz@madisonchildrensmuseum.org MADISON, Wis. -- Madison Children’s Museum’s new building has become a reality thanks to many generous people, but now the children who will use it can be counted among the donors. The Sock It Away kids’ campaign raised $16,500 to apply toward the Ready, Set ... Grow!...

RIVER FALLS, WI – SDS Architects, Eau Claire, with design consultant, Elness Swenson Graham Architects of Minneapolis, was recently commissioned by the Wisconsin Division of State Facilities to complete an 83,500 square- foot addition to the George R. Field South Fork Suites Residence Hall on the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus. The 240-bed, cluster-style residence hall...

John Berthelsen, President and CEO of Suttle-Straus, Waunakee based communication company, has been named as the 2010 recipi-ent of the Graphic Arts Leaders of the Americas Award for North America. He was presented with the Award at an international banquet held at the W South Beach hotel on Wednesday evening along with Carlos Vargas, the South American recipient. The...