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MADISON - For 12 years, Gloria Hawkins has been dedicated to enriching the lives of diverse and promising high school students interested in pursuing a career in medicine and the sciences. Hawkins, an assistant dean of multicultural affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the director of the Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP), primarily funded through the UW-Madison School of...

St. Luke's ranks in top tier in 4 specialties; the most of any Wisconsin hospital MILWAUKEE, July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center is among the top 50 hospitals in the nation in four different specialties, according to U.S. News & World Report's "2008 America's Best Hospitals" list to be released Monday. U.S. News & World Report named...

NEENAH, Wis., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- To help bring some fun -- and extra resources -- back to school, Kimberly-Clark has launched the Rock Your School Sweepstakes to offer parents a chance to win 100,000 Bonus Box Tops, plus an exclusive concert featuring Radio Disney star and Hollywood Records artist Jordan Pruitt for their child's school. The Box Tops for...

CHICAGO, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- An overwhelming majority of Green Bay residents want Brett Favre to stay with the Packers this upcoming season but not necessarily as the starting quarterback, according to an extensive survey commissioned by a Chicago communications company. Seventy-four percent of those responding Sunday to a telephone survey of Green Bay residents said the Packers should retain...

MADISON - If a warmer Wisconsin climate causes some northern tree species to disappear in the future, it's easy to imagine that southern species will just expand their range northward as soon as the conditions suit them. The reality, though, may not be nearly so simple. A model developed by University of Wisconsin-Madison forest ecologists Robert Scheller and David Mladenoff...

ATLANTA, July 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today the opening of a Disaster Loan Outreach Center at the Living Faith Church in Viroqua, Wisconsin. The location of the Center will make it convenient for disaster victims affected by the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding of June 5 to apply for disaster loan assistance. The SBA...

Integrated software helps tackle energy and facility management challenges MILWAUKEE, July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, Inc., the global leader in creating smart environments, today announced plans to integrate IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management software to help make data centers more energy efficient and sustainable. The offering fuses the advanced energy monitoring and control capabilities of Johnson Controls...

Integrated software helps tackle energy and facility management challenges MILWAUKEE, July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, Inc., the global leader in creating smart environments, today announced plans to integrate IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management software to help make data centers more energy efficient and sustainable. The offering fuses the advanced energy monitoring and control capabilities of Johnson Controls...

Groundbreaking study reveals majority of students prefer Mediasite to podcasting, opting to watch on-demand lectures immediately after class MADISON, Wis., July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, today announced findings from Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine that medical...

Swamped Office in Iowa Quickly Reopens to Offer Assistance WASHINGTON, July 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Legal aid offices across the Midwest are gearing up for a surge in their workload caused by the recent flooding. In Iowa, one legal aid office was swamped by floodwaters but quickly relocated to continue providing services to clients. Iowa Legal Aid expects to see an...