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Lawton to Welcome League of Conservation Voters to Capitol   Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton will urge the state legislature to act quickly to ratify the Great Lakes Compact in remarks to open the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Conservation Lobby Day gathering at 10 a.m. today at the Inn on the Park in Madison.

WHITEWATER ­ The newly renovated and updated James R. Connor UniversityCenter (UC) on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus will beformally dedicated on Friday, Feb. 1 at 12:30 p.m.The dedication will be held on the north concourse of the first floor (openspace directly across from the information desk) in the UC. Bob Barry,executive director of the University Center, will be...

MADISON - When the world's most powerful particle accelerator starts up later this year, exotic new particles may offer a glimpse of the existence and shapes of extra dimensions.Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of California-Berkeley say that the telltale signatures left by a new class of particles could distinguish between possible shapes of the extra...

Bemis CEO and Board of Directors to Participate in Ceremony NEENAH, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) will begin the celebration of its 150th anniversary by ringing The Closing Bell® at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. EST. The bell ringing will be attended by Jeffrey Curler, Chairman and...

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Two-day “Focus the Nation” Teach-in on Global Climate Change to Culminate in Elected Leader Roundtable   Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton will make remarks and introduce a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities of global climate change at the “Green Democracy” conference on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. at the Lowell Center on the University of Wisconsin campus.   The...

Company distinguishes itself by setting the pace for the lecture capture solutions market MADISON, Wis., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , a leader in automated rich media communications technology, achieved unsurpassed industry recognition and reinforced its position as the world leader in the lecture capture and broadcast solutions market today by announcing that the company has...

Football fans advised to not let their fellow fans drive while impaired.   Even though the Green Bay Packers didn’t quite make it to the Super Bowl, football fans all over Wisconsin will be watching the big game on Sunday. Tragically, in about the same amount of time that it takes to play the first half of the Super Bowl, someone...