WisDOT: October is 20th anniversary of state support of Hiawatha Service
For more information, contact:
Ron Adams, Chief of Railroads and Harbors
(608) 267-9284, ron.adams@dot.wi.gov
Wisconsin and Illinois support has resulted in substantial ridership increases
Amtrak’s Hiawatha Service provides seven round trips a day between Milwaukee and Chicago transporting three-quarters of a million passengers a year. Trains are frequently full, but that hasn’t always been the case. Shortly after the National Railroad...
UW-Madison: Innovation comes full-circle in UW-Madison student seminar series
CONTACT: Chad Sorenson, 608-203-0204, chad@sologearcorp.com
MADISON - A decade ago, Chad Sorenson took his first steps toward becoming an inventor and entrepreneur by competing in and winning the Schoofs Prize for Creativity as a University of Wisconsin-Madison mechanical engineering student.
Today, with two successful companies and a wealth of business experience under his belt, Sorenson is back on the...
UW-Madison: UW-Madison, Hy-Vee benefit from retailing partnership
CONTACT: Raj Veeramani, 608-262-0861, raj@ie.engr.wisc.edu
MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison and a new member of the Madison business community both are benefiting from a partnership intended to improve the retailer's operations and the long-term quality of its employee-owners.
Hy-Vee Inc., set to open its first Wisconsin store by early November, has awarded a research grant totaling $84,948...
