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$50 Million Investment Will Retain Jobs and Increase Energy Efficiency GREEN BAY – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Georgia-Pacific is investing $50 million to create a state-of-the-art recycling system that will retain high-paying, high-quality jobs in Wisconsin and greatly improve energy efficiency.   “Georgia-Pacific has been a national leader in recycling for more than 70 years, starting in the 1930s when...

MADISON - A catheterized system to sense bladder pressure and control urine flow to prevent incontinence won the $10,000 top prize in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, an annual University of Wisconsin-Madison invention competition.The competition rewards innovative ideas for marketable products. Dubbed ActiveCath, the winning device was developed by biomedical engineering students Arin Ellingson, Marty Grasse, Ben Schoepke, Jon...

MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison has a long tradition of collaboration among scholars from distinct academic disciplines. This legacy continues in the high-quality research, instruction, and service emerging from the university's 290 interdisciplinary departments, centers and institutes.Today, the rapidly increasing pace of discovery has created new challenges and opportunities for cooperative efforts on and off campus. An upcoming...

Helping small and medium sized businesses stay competitive is the focus of a day-long technology solutions seminar in February.  Applied Tech, Madison-based IT firm, is taking the previous “break/fix” model of IT services a step beyond the recent shift into Managed Services towards Business Solutions, a forward-thinking, strategic initiative designed to keep a business ahead of the competition. To...

MADISON - Conflicts of interest for university faculty members who start their own companies will be the subject of a panel discussion on Monday, Feb. 18 at 5 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Fluno Center, 601 University Avenue.The event, part of the Gilson Discovery Series sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), is free and open to...

By Brian E. Clark RISING ATC American Transmission Co. has energized the completed 220-mile, 345-kilovolt Arrowhead-Weston transmission line linking Wausau and Duluth, Minn. The company said the line – which it bills as one of the nation’s largest – was completed safely, ahead of schedule and within budget. The $439 million project was first proposed in 1999, prior to ATC’s formation, by Wisconsin Public Service Corp. and...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Craig Samitt, CEO of Dean Health System, will be the guest at today's Madison Business Luncheon presented by The Madison Club, Madison Magazine and WisBusiness.com. The event is open to the public and the price of $19 includes lunch. Please call the Madison Club's front desk to sign up: 608-255-4861. -- It may not happen this term, but...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – It may not happen this term, but Congress will soon produce global warming legislation to limit carbon dioxide emissions in the United States, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin predicted Monday. Speaking at a “Coping with Climate Change” conference hosted by WisPolitics.com, Baldwin -- a Democrat -- predicted the bill would feature market-based “cap-and-trade” requirements...