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Madison, WI – Opening in conjunction with Wisconsin Film Festival Hilldale movie screenings is the exhibit CREATIVE POWER, curated by ARTS For ALL Wisconsin from Friday, April 14 through Thursday, April 20, 2023. ARTS For ALL Wisconsin is thrilled to partner with the Wisconsin Film Festival Hilldale to celebrate the creativity and talent of individuals with disabilities....

The University of Wisconsin–Madison formally installed Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin as its 30th leader on April 14, 2023, during a jubilant and majestic investiture ceremony steeped in tradition yet focused squarely on building a strong future for the university. “This is a new chapter in the UW–Madison story,” said UW System President Jay Rothman,...

WARF is seeking commercial partners to help develop a new method for extending the storage life of various meat products.  This method’s inventor, Mark Richards, is a professor in UW-Madison’s Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is touting his work as a top licensing prospect and a “natural” alternative...

-- WARF is seeking commercial partners to help develop a new method for extending the storage life of various meat products.  This method’s inventor, Mark Richards, is a professor in UW-Madison’s Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is touting his work as a top licensing prospect and a “natural”...

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Clean Fuels Alliance America applauded a bipartisan letter from 16 Senators that calls on the Environmental Protection Agency to increase volumes for advanced biofuels and biomass-based diesel as it finalizes the Renewable Fuel Standards for 2023, 2024 and 2025 by June. The letter outlines several essential improvements to the rule that are needed to “give...

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul joined a coalition of eight attorneys general calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure that the benefits of EPA’s Environmental and Climate Justice (ECJ) Block Grant Program reach underserved communities as intended under the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). “With the Inflation Reduction Act’s...

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fire crews and local agencies are on the scene of a 3,168-acre wildfire in Monroe County, with 109 acres outside of Fort McCoy boundaries. The fire is 60% contained. Previous communications indicated the fire was in Jackson County. Updated information and mapping show...

Daniel S. Zomchek, Ph.D., FACHE, Network Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 12, is pleased to announce that James D. McLain, MHA, FACHE, has been selected as the new Executive Director, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, effective April 23, 2023. Mr. McLain currently serves as the Deputy Director of Zablocki VA...

Gov. Tony Evers has proclaimed next week (April 17-21) as National Work Zone Awareness Week in Wisconsin. For more than 20 years, National Work Zone Awareness Week has marked the start of construction season across our country, promoting road worker safety and cautious driving in work zones. “Transportation investments are reaching all corners of the...

MILWAUKEE — Dr. Mariana Ortega, associate professor of philosophy and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Pennsylvania State University, will deliver Marquette University’s distinguished Eleanor H. Boheim Lecture on Wednesday, April 19, at 6 p.m., in the Beaumier Suites of Raynor Memorial Libraries, 1355 W. Wisconsin Ave. Ortega is the 2022-23 Association of Marquette University Women (AMUW) Women’s Chair in Humanistic...

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (April 14, 2023) GI Associates Pathology Lab has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Comprehensive Accreditation for Laboratory and Point-of-Care Testing in histopathology. The GI Associates pathology and histology team earned this accreditation decision by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in conjunction with the National Weather Service, has issued a Red Flag Warning for today, Friday, April 14 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the following counties in central and west central Wisconsin: Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Green Lake, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Marquette, Monroe,...