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Contact: Spencer Stuart (608) 301-5578 stuartsw@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ From its humble beginnings at Indiana University, GameZombie TV has reached unprecedented levels of success for a student-run game media studio. The project, started in spring 2007, has made its way to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. GameZombie started with the concept that video game reviews could be made more interesting if presented during a zombie...

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 66th annual Holiday Folk Fair International, America’s premiere multi-cultural festival, will be held Fri., Nov. 20 – Sun., Nov. 22, 2009, at the Wisconsin Exposition Center at State Fair Park in West Allis, Wis. Produced...

Leading contract logistics provider upgrades existing solution and selects new solution for 750,000 square foot operation MILWAUKEE, Wis. – RedPrairie Corporation, a productivity software provider, announced today that MD Logistics has upgraded its existing RedPrairie Warehouse Management solution, and selected RedPrairie’s Workforce Management solution to support its two distribution facilities – totaling 750,000 square feet of space – in...

Nationally renowned Will Allen, founder and CEO of Growing Power, Inc. in Milwaukee, will deliver the 2009 K.B. Willett Lectureship Presentation at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Allen’s lecture will be held in the Dreyfus University Center Theater at 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the campus and community. Named a 2008...

CONTACT: Irwin Goldman, (608) 265-5274, ilgoldman@wisc.edu MADISON - Irwin Goldman, vice dean and associate dean for research in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, has been named the college's interim dean by Chancellor Biddy Martin. "Irwin has the respect of his peers and a thorough knowledge of the college's people, projects and agenda," Martin says. "He is a skilled leader...

Bills debated in Senate, Assembly include technology like Orion Energy Systems’ Apollo® solar light pipe MANITOWOC, Wis. -- During its 111th annual conference, delegates of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities on Thursday, Oct.15, unanimously adopted a resolution urging the state Legislature to pass a bill that would add direct-use renewable technology to Wisconsin’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). The RPS, a mandate...

CONTACT: Janet Kelly, (608) 890-1491, jkelly@warf.org MADISON - Businesses and ventures that benefit society and solve problems that affect daily living around the world are the focus of this year's Gilson events, hosted by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) under a new name, the Gilson Global Impact Series. Ashok Vasudevan, co-founder and chief executive officer of Preferred Brands International and...

CONTACT: Michael Arnold, msarnold@wisc.edu, 608-262-3863 MADISON - A new alternative energy technology relies on the element most associated with climate change: carbon. University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are studying how to create inexpensive, efficient solar cells from carbon nanotubes, which are sheets of carbon rolled into seamless cylinders one nanometer in diameter. Many researchers are studying how to use nanotubes...

Contact: Ed Schulz General Manager Adams Outdoor Advertising 608/271-7900 Laura Richards Development Director Susan G. Komen - Madison 608/836-1083 MADISON, WI. Why are Pink Ribbons popping up all over the Beltline? October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and once again this year Adams Outdoor Advertising (AOA) is donating space for pink ribbons on all billboards along the Beltline Highway in...

CALL: Susan E. Pravda Foley & Lardner LLP 617.342.4003 Fifth-Annual Survey Finds Executives Looking to M&A Market for Survival and Tailoring Growth to Strategic Buyers; Fallout in Number of Investors Enduring through Dismal Returns Boston – Emerging technology companies and investors continue to face a challenging business environment, but are seeing signs of optimism, according to a national survey conducted by Foley & Lardner...

CONTACT: Kathy Schmidt 920-632-1780 Most small business executives know that it makes sense to build a personal investment portfolio apart from the investment in their own companies, but that’s often easier said than done. In reality, running a small business can require years of risk and self-sacrifice. Often, a business owner or executive may be returning most, or all, of his or...

CONTACT: Amy Westrup Shift Worldwide 414.429.8643 awestrup@shiftworldwide.com http://www.shiftworldwide.com Virtual conference tool focuses on conversation, not just presentation MILWAUKEE, WI– (October 20, 2009) – Virtual communication consulting firm Shift Worldwide announces the launch of Virtual Conference Rooms (http://www.virtualconferencerooms.com) an innovative, browser-based platform that fills the visual void existing in conference calls and virtual presentation tools, while reducing the high costs of business travel...

CONTACT: Amy Loudenbeck Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce 608.365.8835 amyl@greaterbeloitchamber.com Beloit, WI – The Partners of Vision Beloit – Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce, Visit Beloit, Downtown Beloit Association and Greater Beloit Economic Development Corporation – are hosting the last session in a series of seven seminars for entrepreneurs and small businesses. The last session is scheduled for Thursday November 12, 2009 and will...

Contact: Amber Meyer Smith, Program Director, 608.251.7020 ext. 14, 608.347.6026 (cell) Law Will Ease Consumer Recycling of Electronic Waste, Keeping Dangerous Toxins out of Wisconsin’s Air and Water Madison, Wis. – Consumers in Wisconsin will soon have a more convenient, responsible way to dispose of old computers, printers, televisions, VCRs and other electronic waste (e-waste) containing...