WisBusiness

CONTACT: Thad Nation, (414) 412-7814 (MADISON, Wis.)—A study released recently by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) ranked Wisconsin as No. 18 in the country in wind energy potential, the coalition Clean, Responsible Energy for Wisconsin’s Economy (CREWE) announced. “The United States has tremendous wind energy resources, and Wisconsin is definitely in the mix,” Thad Nation,...

Contact: Ryan Schryver, Clean Wisconsin, 608.251.7020 ext. 25, 262.949.6436 (cell) Seth Nowak, ACEEE, 608.354.1329 (Cell) Strengthening Energy Efficiency Measures can Create Thousands of Jobs and Help Reduce Energy Bills Madison, Wis. – As the debate over the Clean Energy Jobs Act heats up in the State Capitol, A report released today by the...

Contact: Tom Bernd Marketing and Communications Manager DeWitt Ross & Stevens, S.C. 608-252-9356 tsb@dewittross.com MADISON, WI (March 1, 2010) — DeWitt Ross & Stevens is pleased to announce the addition of S. Mike Murphy to the Litigation and Bankruptcy groups. Murphy joins the firm as an associate in our Madison, Wisconsin office. Murphy’s practice is focused primarily on bankruptcy law including business reorganizations under...

CONTACT: Dan Lewerenz, lewerenz@wisc.edu MADISON - Every day, news media are working to adjust to challenges posed by the new ways information is being exchanged, including how they can develop diversity in the news. The University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication will host a panel discussion Wednesday, March 3, on diversity and the future of news. The panel...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...