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CONTACT: Alexis MacDonald, acmacdonald@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3581; or Terry Shelton, shelton@lafollette.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3038 MADISON - Public policy issues related to human embryonic stem cell research will be the topic of a half-day symposium co-sponsored by the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the WiCell Research Institute on Friday, March 2. "The Potential of Stem...

TO: Reporters, news directors FROM: Tania Banak, (608) 263-6914, banakt@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu In recent years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine has noted fewer of its students enrolling in food animal courses. Looking ahead, that could cause problems for the state's dairy industry as fewer veterinarians are available to meet their herds' health needs. Nigel Cook, head of the school's Food...

Contact:  Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MILWAUKEE-Planners, public officials, economic development practitioners, and citizens interested in learning about regional economic development should attend the Regional Economic Development Conference, to be held March 14 from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at Milwaukee's Midwest Airlines Center. "I encourage anyone interested in regional economic development to attend this informative conference," says Department of Commerce Secretary...

TO: Reporters, assignment editors FROM: Doug Bradley, (608) 263-0238; bradley@ocr.wisc.edu; Liz Beyler, (608) 263-1986, lbkraak@wisc.edu The Office of Corporate Relations (OCR) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is hosting a number of programs for Entrepreneurship Week USA, a national effort to inspire and encourage young people to consider entrepreneurship as a career choice and to celebrate America's unique culture of inventiveness. The...