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CONTACT: Cameron Currie, 608-265-8034, currie@bact.wisc.edu MADISON - A University of Wisconsin-Madison bacteriologist and evolutionary biologist is one of the country's brightest young scientific minds, according to the White House. Cameron Currie, associate professor of bacteriology at UW-Madison, has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the nation's highest honor for researchers beginning their independent careers. "It's a huge honor...

President Obama today named 100 beginning researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on young professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.  The recipient scientists and engineers will receive their awards in the Fall at a White House ceremony.   The Presidential Early...

Contact: Paul Griffo Tel.: (202) 366-4064 Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that $2.5 million in Recovery Act funds will go to the Kenosha Department of Transportation for transit improvements in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “By quickly moving federal dollars to the cities and towns across the country, we...

Contact: Joshua Morby 414.791.9120 Large and small companies across the U.S. use biodiesel in an effort to decrease their carbon footprint and be environmentally friendly. Here are a few that have made biodiesel a part of their regular operations: · The city of Milwaukee’s Public Works has been using B20 in its vehicle fleet...

More information Michael Vickerman RENEW Wisconsin 608.255.4044 mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org Statement by Michael Vickerman, Executive Director, RENEW Wisconsin , on Public Service Commission approval of the Bent Tree Windpower Plant The Public Service Commission today cleared the way for Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin utility to construct a 200 MW windpower plant project in southern Minnesota. Once operational, the Bent Tree project will be a productive source of renewable energy...

Please contact Joyce Tomkowiak at joyce@moore-cs.com or 262-345-1280 for more information. Menomonee Falls, WI - Austin Moore, Project Manager, Moore Construction Services, LLC, has become LEED accredited.

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By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com A Rock County official says Wisconsin’s $200 million incentive package aimed at getting GM to build a new compact car at its Janesville plant was “blown out of the water” by Michigan’s offer. According to published reports, GM decided to put the new line at its plant in Lake Orion, Mich., thanks to nearly $1 billion...