WisBusiness: State Conference to Explore Defenses for Biological Threats
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
MADISON – Disease as a national security threat will be one of the main topics at an all-day symposium that will be held Friday on the UW-Madison campus.
The conference will also focus on what the state and Dane County are doing to prepare for a possible avian flu pandemic, said Alison Alter, associate director of...
WisBusiness: Madison Company Could Be Key in Diagnosing Bird Flu
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
MADISON – In 1918, a powerful strain of influenza swept the globe, killing more than 40 million people. In the United States, as many as 700,000 people died from what was known by many as the “Spanish Flu.”
That pandemic threat lingers in the background as scientists work to understand, detect and treat the bird flu...
Dept. of Commerce: Gov. Doyle Announces Funding for Minority Business Project
Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661
MADISON-Gov. Jim Doyle today announced Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Milwaukee, Milwaukee County received a $75,000 grant from the Minority Business Development Fund (MBDF). The award was approved during a MBDF Board meeting held March 14 in Madison.
"My Grow Wisconsin initiative calls for promoting the development of minority businesses across...
Gov. Doyle: To Attend Applied Printing and Technology Center Groundbreaking
Contact: Anne Lupardus, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162
MEDIA ADVISORY
Governor Jim Doyle will attend the groundbreaking for the Printing Applied Technology Center at Waukesha County Technical College at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, April 7, 2006.
The proposed 27,000-square-foot facility will support product testing, applied research, printing industry seminars, conferences, and a year-round Product Expo and Demonstration area. It will bring...
Marian College: “Beaches Are Fun, but Beware of E. Coli” at Marian College April 11
Fond du Lac, Wis. — Marian College professor Susan Bornstein-Forst, Ph.D., will speak on her National Institute of Health (NIH) grant and research project at Marian College’s Stayer Center for Technology & Executive Learning Tuesday, April 11 at 3 p.m.
Dr. Bornstein-Forst was recently the recipient of a $150,000 two-year NIH grant to study pollution in Wisconsin bodies of water...
Marian College, Agnesian HealthCare: Summer Nurse Camp June 12-15
Fond du Lac, Wis. — Marian College and Agnesian HealthCare will offer their fourth annual Summer Nurse Camp in June.
Students currently in 10th and 11th grades who have an interest in nursing and would like to learn more about the profession are encouraged to apply.
The camp will be held Monday through Thursday, June 12–15, from 9 a.m. to 3...
Gov. Doyle: Releases $26.2 Million in Energy Assistance Funds
Contact: Anne Lupardus, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162
Funding will Provide Crisis and Bill Payment Assistance to Wisconsin Residents Struggling with High Heating Bills
MILWAUKEE & GREEN BAY - With the moratorium on utility disconnects set to end April 15, Governor Jim Doyle today announced the release of $26.2 million in federal energy assistance funds to help Wisconsin residents pay...
