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CONTACT: Kate Dixon, (608) 265-8769, news@uwalumni.com MADISON - An annual influx of family members visiting students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a weekend of campus events brings approximately $1.25 million to the local economy through spending on lodging, dining, shopping and other activities. First-Year Parents' Weekend (FPW) is hosted annually by the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA). The weekend includes several...

Contact: Joshua Morby 414.791.9120 MILWAUKEE – Joshua Morby, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance (WBIA) was in attendance at the “Balancing Energy, Food and Climate” conference today at UW-Madison. The conference featured presentations regarding the long-term sustainability of bio fuels as a fuel source, and offered more evidence that bio fuels like ethanol are not driving up...

Global Health Care Partnership with Serigraph Inc. Reduces Costs for Members Undergoing Elective Procedures in India West Bend, Wis. – November 12, 2008 – Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin (Anthem) today announced a new international medical tourism pilot product that will allow members to access benefits for certain common elective procedures at designated facilities in India. Beginning...

CONTACT: Ron Raines, (608) 262-8588, raines@biochem.wisc.edu MADISON - A proposal to create a stealth drug, one that remains cloaked inside a cell until activated by a pathogen, has snared a high-profile $100,000 award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemist Ron Raines' proposal to the Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative beat 40-to-1 funding odds...

From: Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 741 Milwaukee, WI 53201 Contact: Mary Rozek,...

Contact: Joshua Morby (414) 791-9120 Corn-based ethanol has often been blamed for the increase in food costs. However, since June corn prices have dropped at dramatic rates while the price of food is expected to keep rising. Here are some facts: * Corn prices have plunged over 50 percent since peaking at record highs in late June. ...

Adaptive’s EzView™ modular series offers industry-leading combination of value and performance for on-premise outdoor digital advertising applications MILWAUKEE, WIS. (November 11, 2008) – Adaptive Micro Systems LLC is announcing the release of the first models in its EzView™ Modular Series of outdoor LED digital signage products. EzView expands upon the latest generation of Excite™ electronic message...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- TomoTherapy's CEO says recent stockholder lawsuits against the company are, “most likely some lawyer trying to make some money.” Thomas “Rock” Mackie, CEO of the successful medical tech start-up, said Tuesday that “shareholder suits arise when stock prices fall, common for all companies,” scoffing at the notion that it was a serious threat to...

By Tracy Will WisBusiness.com A spokesman for a state utility watchdog said today's unanimous Public Service Commission vote to deny a plan for a new coal-fired power plant was an out-of-the-ordinary win for his group, and could signal a change in direction for the PSC. “We lose so often that I don’t know how to deal with it when we win,” said...