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MADISON, Wis. – In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” David Arnstein, chief financial officer of Venture Investors LLC, talks about the firm’s history, typical industry-wide return on investment, what is meant by “carried interest,” and some Wisconsin success stories in technology. The Show also recaps or previews the following events: Sept. 8 Tech Council...

JANESVILLE – During Workforce Development Month, Gov. Tony Evers' Council on Workforce Investment (CWI) on Monday held its regular meeting in Janesville, where members learned about the positive impacts of the governor's historic investments in developing Wisconsin's workforce. Council members witnessed regional collaborations in action during a tour of the Rock County Job Center.

MADISON, WIS. – Created to be a space for companies to showcase their innovations at World Dairy Expo, the Knowledge Nook returns with another great lineup this fall. Presented Tuesday through Friday in the atrium of the Exhibition Hall, these educational sessions provide a chance for company experts, researchers, and producers to share new products, services or research...

MADISON, Wis. – In the latest episode of “WisBusiness.com: The Show,” David Arnstein, chief financial officer of Venture Investors LLC, talks about the firm’s history, typical industry-wide return on investment, what is meant by “carried interest,” and some Wisconsin success stories in technology. The Show also recaps or previews the following events: Sept. 8 Tech Council...

MARINETTE, WI – On Thursday, September 15, 2022 and Friday, September 16, 2022, the annual gathering of the Wisconsin Commercial Ports Association (“WCPA” or “Wisconsin Ports”) will take place near the mouth of Green Bay at the REC Center in Marinette. The meeting will include presentations from local, state, and federal experts emphasizing the economic significance and...

MARSHFIELD – The Wisconsin Afterschool Network (WAN), a program of Marshfield Clinic Health System, has received a $480,000 contract from the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF) to support children’s mental health in out-of-school time, summer, and afterschool programs. This funding comes in response to the mounting mental health crisis for children and youth and the...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is pleased to announce 10 new projects selected for funding through its Maternal and Child Healthgrant program.             The awards of up to $150,000 each over two years provide support for...

MADISON, Wis.—Sept. 13, 2022—On Sept. 9, the WPS Charitable Foundation presented a $5,000 check to Wayne D. Horner Memorial Stand Down Madison, a local organization that provides relief to veterans experiencing homelessness. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager Natalie Isensee, Vice President of Communications DeAnne Boegli, and Charitable Foundation Program Administrator Amy Callender awarded the...

MADISON, Wis. – Experts have forecast for decades that smart use of digital health data would someday reinvent medicine. Combined with the rise of genomic or “personalized” medicine, that prediction is becoming reality. Hear Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Tech Council Innovation Network luncheon in Madison from members of the Verona-based Epic Systems team on how...

WASHINGTON – More than 250 farmers and ranchers, including a delegation from Wisconsin, have gathered in Washington, D.C., this week for the National Farmers Union’s Fall Legislative Fly-In. As they meet with lawmakers, USDA leaders, and other administration officials, the group is advocating for fairness for farmers, farm bill priorities, dairy policy reform, and climate, conservation and...

By combining traditional eye imaging techniques with adaptive optics - a technology that enhances imaging resolution – researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have shown for the first time how cells across different tissue layers in the eye are affected in people with choroideremia, a rare genetic disorder that leads to blindness. Their study, which was...

The National Institutes of Health will invest $130 million over four years, pending the availability of funds, to accelerate the widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) by the biomedical and behavioral research communities. The NIH Common Fund’s Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) < https://commonfund.nih.gov/bridge2ai. program is assembling team members from diverse disciplines and backgrounds to generate tools, resources,...

WISCONSIN (Sept. 13, 2022) — Bug Tussel 1, LLC, in partnership with Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, as the issuing county, closed a $92.9 million bond (Series 2022A Bonds) offering on August 16, 2022, which will fund the deployment of broadband infrastructure in seven rural Wisconsin counties: Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Oconto, Rock, Taylor and Wood.