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Health care experts from Wisconsin will address a Tuesday Nov. 17 WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com forum on health care policy. The event begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 9 a.m. with breakfast and registration starting at 7:30 a.m. The event is presented exclusively by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin. The forum will take place at The Madison Club. Current panelists...

CONTACT: Renee Meiller, 608-262-2481, meiller@engr.wisc.edu MADISON - The November edition of Popular Science magazine recognized two University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering alumni as two of its "Brilliant 10," the 10 young geniuses shaking up science today. J. Adam Wilson, who earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering in May under UW-Madison biomedical engineering assistant professor Justin Williams, researches brain-computer interface technologies. Someday, these...

Contacts: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today welcomed eight biotechnology companies to Wisconsin from other states, including five in Madison: Aldevron, Flex Biomedical, Inc., Inviragen, Inc., Exact Sciences Corporation, and NanoMedex. “Hard work...

Contact: Liz Schrum or Tom Still at 608-442-7557 Or visit http://www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com to learn more MADISON – The co-founder of Garage Technology Ventures will discuss the “Top 10 mistakes made in business plans” in a keynote speech at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium, to be held Nov. 10-11 at Madison’s Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. Bill Joos, who founded Garage Technology Ventures...

Contacts: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 GREEN BAY – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Enzymatic Therapy, Inc. will consolidate and expand operations in Green Bay, creating 110 jobs for hardworking Wisconsin families and retaining an additional 280. “I have worked hard as Governor to make Wisconsin a friendly place to do business,...

CONTACT: Xudong Wang, 608-890-2667, xudong@engr.wisc.edu MADISON - To power a very small device like a pacemaker or a transistor, you need an even smaller generator. The components that operate the generator are smaller yet, and the efficiency of those foundational components is critical to the performance of the overall device. For his Ph.D. at the Georgia Institute of Technology,...

CONTACT: Hazel Holden, hazel_holden@biochem.wisc.edu, 608-262-4988; Daniel Toomey, dtoomey@edgewood.edu MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemistry professor Hazel Holden and Edgewood Campus School middle-school science teacher Daniel Toomey met for the first time because Holden's daughter was in Toomey's science class. Neither anticipated that less than three years after their first encounter at the Madison school, they'd be working closely to bridge the...

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT Dave Amoroso • Ron Sonntag Public Relations 9406 N. 107th St. • Milwaukee, WI 53224 (414) 354-0200, ext. 108 • dave@rspr.com MILWAUKEE, WI – The eighth annual Around The World 5K Run/Walk will be held Sun., Nov. 22, at 9:00 a.m. as part of the 66th annual Holiday Folk Fair International, America’s premiere multi-cultural festival. Starting and finishing near the...

CONTACT: Jody Bartnick, Executive Director 608-271-9181 (MADISON / October 8, 2009) – After losing its building to a devastating fire, 4-C (Community Coordinated Child Care, Inc.) will hold a ribbon-cutting and open house at its new facility at 5 Odana Court in...

Contact: Scott Pigeon Hoffman LLC | Director of Marketing Phone: 920-380-2175 | Email: spigeon@hoffman.net Recognized as AGC 2009 BUILD Wisconsin Award Winners APPLETON, Wis. – The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Wisconsin has named River Crest Elementary School and its Total Project Manager, Hoffman LLC, as winners in their 2009 BUILD Wisconsin Award program, which recognizes the top outstanding...

Contact: Diane Raney, Manager Phone: 920.356.0818 Beaver Dam, Wisconsin - maurices, a leading national specialty store for savvy, fashion-conscious customers with a 20-something attitude, is celebrating the grand opening its new young women’s fashion retail store at Frances Pointe (across from Walmart) at 106 Frances Lane on Saturday, October 24. The celebration begins with a Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting on Friday, October...

TOP STORIES ************* Warehouse Specialists to close Sturtevant facility: Warehouse Specialists Inc. plans to permanently close its Sturtevant facility, resulting in 32 layoffs. The plant is scheduled to close by January 2010, according to a plant closing notice filed Wednesday with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2009/10/19/daily66.html Up to 100 NewPage employees idled by mid-December: NewPage Corp. has notified state labor officials...