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For more information, contact: Eileen LaSusa (lasusa@mcw.edu) Public Affairs Associate 414-456-4700 Ann’s Hope Foundation, Inc. has pledged a $65,000 two-year grant to the Medical College of Wisconsin for research to fight melanoma. The grant will help fund Dr. Vinod Shidham’s research to further develop the Melanoma Cocktail, a rapid test conducted during initial melanoma surgery that has shown promising results in detecting...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business is ranked 29th among all business schools in the United States by U.S. News and World Report. The school advances two places from a ranking of 31st in 2006, and eight places from 2005, to achieve its highest ranking in this publication since 1990. UW-Madison ties Michigan State for sixth among the...

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed inFebruary.  Overall, 24 states and the District of Columbia registered over-the-month unemployment rate decreases, 16 states recorded increases, and 10states had no change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Departmentof Labor reported today.  Over the year, jobless rates declined in 33 statesand the District of Columbia, rose in...

Madison – Ald. Zach Brandon, the Madison Common Council’s leading fiscal conservative, today endorsed Mayor Dave Cieslewicz for re-election.   “Mayor Cieslewicz has a solid record of meeting the needs of a growing community, while also showing fiscal restraint,” said Brandon. “He has a track record of crafting responsible budgets that invest in public safety and basic services. The Mayor also...