UW-Madison: Forward Under 40 awards honor 12 young UW-Madison alumni
CONTACT: Kate Dixon, 608-265-8769, news@uwalumni.com
MADISON - Susanne Rust was a 2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist for investigative journalism. While at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Rust and a colleague broke a story about the failure of the U.S. government to protect Americans from chemicals in plastics.
In Washington, D.C., Elsworth Rockefeller is chief of young adult services for the District of Columbia...
UW-Madison: New book puts American welfare state in perspective
CONTACT: Timothy Smeeding, 608-890-1317, smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu
MADISON - A new book called "Wealth and Welfare States: Is America a Laggard or a Leader?" explores the role of the welfare state in the overall wealth and well-being of nations and, in particular, looks at the American welfare state in comparison with other developed nations in Europe and elsewhere.
While it is widely believed...
UW-Madison: Bioenergy research center featured in special magazine issue
CONTACT: Margaret Broeren, mbroeren@glbrc.wisc.edu, 608-890-2168, Michael Casler, mdcasler@wisc.edu, 608-890-0065
MADISON - The March issue of BioEnergy Research exclusively focuses on the U.S. Department of Energy-funded Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and bioenergy research topics ranging from arthropods to cell walls to hydrogen and enzyme improvement.
This is the second of three special issues featuring work from the energy department's...
UW-Madison: Foundation funds housing assistance research of three faculty members
CONTACT: Robert Haveman, haveman@lafollette.wisc.edu, 608-263-7398; Thomas Kaplan, kaplan@ssc.wisc.edu, 608-262-0345; Barbara Wolfe, wolfe@lafollette.wisc.edu, 608-263-2029
MADISON - Three Institute for Research on Poverty research affiliates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have received a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to examine the effects of Section 8 housing subsidy receipts on the economic self-sufficiency of low-income families and the...
UW-Madison: 100-hour challenge winners to receive awards in entrepreneurship class
CONTACT: Doug Bradley, 608-263-0238, bradley@ocr.wisc.edu
MADISON - The light bulbs have been turned on, the vacuum bags have been cut up and the hoses have been connected.
These raw materials and more are part of the 60 entries in this year's 100-Hour Wiscontrepreneur Challenge, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Corporate Relations and supported by a grant from the...
RBC Wealth Management: Barron’s names Lauri Droster to top advisers list
Media contact: Joan Collins, Joan Collins Publicity, Inc. (608) 222-2899
Barron’s, the Dow Jones business magazine, has named Lauri Droster, certified financial planner and senior vice president at The Droster Team, RBC Wealth Management, Madison, to their top adviser list. She is one of two women in Wisconsin and one of 15 financial advisers in the state to achieve...
AG Van Hollen: Thompson’s Gold Dust Dairy, LLC of Brown County ordered to pay $80,000 for violations of state water pollution laws
For More Information Contact:
Bill Cosh 608/266-1221
DE PERE – The Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed and settled a lawsuit against Thompson's Gold Dust Dairy, LLC, Thompson's Holdings, LLC, and their owner/operator James T. Thompson, for violations of state water pollution control laws at...
