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Vicki Updike has been named President of Miles Kimball Company, effective February 1, 2010. Miles Kimball Company brands include Miles Kimball®, Walter Drake®, Exposures®, Easy Comforts®, As We Change® and The Home Marketplace®. Since joining Miles Kimball in 2002 as a Marketing Manager, she has received several promotions to vice president as she has increased her responsibilities...

CONTACT: Steve Ackerman, 608-263-3647, stevea@ssec.wisc.edu; Timothy Peterson, 608-663-5217, tpeterson2@madison.k12.wi.us; 608-265-2123, margaret.mooney@ssec.wisc.edu MADISON - The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will join the Madison Metropolitan School District in a three-year project to prepare science teachers to be climate-literacy ambassadors in their schools and communities. Funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the collaboration...

CONTACT: Nicholas Preston, 608-698-6425, npreston@wisc.edu MADISON - "I have this bumper sticker that says, 'Python will save the world. I don't know how, but it will,'" says Nicholas Preston, a University of Wisconsin-Madison postdoctoral researcher. On Jan. 14, Preston got his chance to use the powerful programming language to help earthquake victims in Haiti. Although it wasn't quite saving the world,...

MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Treichel Hoffman York (414) 225-9554 mtreichel@hyc.com - Focus on Energy provides more than $40,000 to boost energy saving efforts - Madison, Wis. (February 1, 2010) - Last year T. Wall Properties increased its focus on energy management by making energy efficiency and green building practices top of mind in numerous projects throughout the Madison area. One project recently completed was at the Wisconsin...

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CONTACT: Janet L. Kelly, 608-890-1491, jkelly@warf.org MADISON - The WiCell Research Institute, a private nonprofit that has advanced stem cell science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served researchers around the world since 1999, can continue to provide stem cell scientists one of the earliest and most popular human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines in the field for their use...

On January 28th, Governor Jim Doyle awarded NELA USA of River Falls, Wisconsin an economic development tax credit allocation totaling $108,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. Secretary of Commerce Richard J. Leinenkugel made the tax credit award at NELA’s facility in the Whitetail Ridge Corporate Park. He presented an oversized, ceremonial check to company officials. “To grow Wisconsin, we...

CONTACT: Judi Murphy, Vice President, Strategic Alliances ActionCOACH of Elm Grove P: 262-790-1213 F: 262-790-1516 E: JudiMurphy@actioncoach.com W: http://www.actioncoach.com Elm Grove, WI, February 1, 2010 – ActionCOACH of Elm Grove announces their monthly workshop for February, “Building a Referral-Based Business.” The workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 17,, 2010, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. The workshop is targeted at business owners who want to learn how to...

Contact: Linda Abbott, 608-826-6215, abbott@chorus.net MADISON, Wis. – Strategies to help manufacturers stimulate growth and develop new markets for their products are the topic of a Feb. 18 presentation hosted by the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP). The Lunch & Learn presentation will be held from 11:30-1:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center, 1001 Amber Avenue, Stevens Point....

Contact: Lori Seibel 414-935-4118 lseibel@wangard.com Contact: Anne White 414-777-1200 awhite@wangard.com Milwaukee, WI, January 2010 – Wangard Partners proudly announces that High Pointe Office Center has earned the prestigious ENERGY STAR® Certification. Located at 1200 North Mayfair Road, High Pointe Office Center has earned an energy performance rating of 93, which positions the building as the highest ranking ENERGY STAR certified office building in the State...

For more information: Rick Uhlmann 608/231-8940 rick.uhlmann@cunamutual.com Phil Tschudy 608/231-7188 philip.tschudy@cunamutual.com Company Gives More Than $1 Million Annually to Madison-Area Organizations MADISON, Wis. – The CUNA Mutual Foundation has renewed $260,000 in first-quarter grants to non-profit organizations in the Madison area, including $185,000 to KinderReady, a program CUNA Mutual helped launch in 2007. The $260,000 represents approximately one quarter of the total contributions,...

First-of-its-Kind Social Network Designed with the Sole Purpose of Creating a Work-Ready Talent Pool DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 28, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN), a world leader in the employment services industry, announced today at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos the launch of MyPath.com (http://www.mypath.com), a free online community that...

Contact: Crystel Anders, Executive Director, Community Shares of Wisconsin 608-256-1066 / canders@communityshares.com Community Shares of Wisconsin (CSW) (http://www.communityshrares.com) has recently added 14 new member nonprofits; bringing the total number of member groups to 65. The new groups are: * Center for Media and Democracy * Community GroundWorks at Troy Gardens * Dane County TimeBank * Freedom Inc. * Grassroots Leadership...

Contact: Rep. Hintz 1-888-534-0054 Madison - The Wisconsin State Assembly passed Senate Bill 415 with a bipartisan vote of 67 to 29 today. Rep. Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) was the lead sponsor for the Carbon Monoxide Detector Bill which requires carbon monoxide detectors to be placed in buildings containing one or two dwelling units. Earlier today this legislation passed the Senate. The...