MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Aug. 19 -- Foley and Lardner, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley & Lardner LLP is pleased to announce that five of its attorneys have leadership positions with the American Bar Association (ABA) Antitrust Law Section for the 2023--24 term. * Partner Elizabeth A. N. Haas, who chairs the firm's national Antitrust & Competition Practice Group, will continue to serve another year as Co-Chair of Committee Operations for the Antitrust Law Section. She also is a member  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Aug. 18 -- Foley and Lardner, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley & Lardner LLP recently represented Cortical Ventures as an investor in a pre-seed funding round for Kyber Labs, which uses novel artificial muscle technology to enable next-generation robotics manipulation platform. Foley represented Cortical Ventures as the lead investor in the pre-seed funding round. These new funds will fuel Kyber Labs vision for revolutionizing the robotics industry using the  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 17 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Greenberg Traurig, LLP Shareholder Nikki E. Dobay spoke at the 2023 Midwestern States Association of Tax Administrators (MSATA) Annual Meeting Aug. 15. Dobay presented "State Taxation of Partnerships and Pass-Through Entities," discussing the latest on states' taxation on partnerships and other pass-through entities. Dobay is nationally known for her deep experience and understanding of state tax   more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Aug. 18 -- Foley and Lardner, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley & Lardner LLP is pleased to have been recognized with Habitat for Humanity Texas' 2023 Corporate Partner of the Year award. "Our McCoy's Building Supply Corporate Partner of the Year is presented to a business that makes a real difference in local communities and across Texas," said Miha Vindis, president of Habitat Texas' board of directors. "Foley & Lardner showed a significant commitment to Habi  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- Marquette University issued the following news release: The Black and Latino/a Ecosystem and Support Transition (BLEST) Hub at Marquette University has released its 2023 "State of the Ecosystem Report." The second ecosystem report from Blest highlights the hub's commitment to creating new avenues to support Black and Latino/a students in Milwaukee via research and programming efforts with partners throughout the city. Housed in Marquette's Center for U  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Aug. 18 -- Milwaukee Area Technical College issued the following news: The life-changing power of community and technical colleges still pumps up Phillip King, Ed.D. "Community and technical colleges are great places. They are places to lift people up," said Dr. King, who has taught and served as an administrator at community colleges in Washington, Oregon and California. "We're about transforming lives, and I don't say that lightly. We can transform the lives of our stud  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine and Public Health issued the following news: * * * Teens and young adults who received a brief social media counseling session during a health care visit remembered the lessons and reported safer online behavior six months later, according to a large new study from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. * * * The study involved nearly 11,000 young people ages 14 to 25 and was p  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 18 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: By Jason Daley Researchers are in an arms race with hackers to prevent data theft. Their standard tools include strategies like multi-factor authentication systems, fingerprint technology and retinal scans. One type of security system that is gaining popularity is automatic speaker identification, which uses a person's voice as a passcode. These systems, already in use for phone banking and ot  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: By Adam Hinterthuer Freshwater ecosystems account for half of global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Rivers and streams, especially, are thought to emit a substantial amount of that methane, but the rates and patterns of these emissions at global scales remain largely undocumented. An international team of researchers, including Univer  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: By Chris Barncard Conventional wisdom among ecologists holds that the more species there are inhabiting an ecosystem, the less vulnerable any one species will be to a threat like a parasite. A new study of tadpoles at the University of Wisconsin-Madison illustrates how overlapping biological and environmental factors can complicate how we value protecting diverse animal communities. T  more

MENOMONIE, Wisconsin, Aug. 17 -- The University of Wisconsin's Stout Campus issued the following news: After just one year of college, UW-Stout construction major Isaiah Hoyord could have been a bit intimidated when he walked onto the job this summer for his first professional internship. Instead, Hoyord felt right at home. In a bit of serendipity, he was back in his hometown, Iola in central Wisconsin, at the high school where he graduated in 2022, Iola-Scandinavia, and in his old technical e  more

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, Aug. 19 -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Campus issued the following news: By Gary Johnson For the first time in four years, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire representatives this summer participated in a commencement ceremony in China for students in the dual-degree program between the university and Changshu Institute of Technology. Dr. Mary Hoffman, interim associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies, conferred diplomas to sp  more

RIVER FALLS, Wisconsin, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Wisconsin's River Falls Campus issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2023: The Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin has awarded $155,441 to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls for five water quality projects which the university is either leading or a partner in. That funding is part of nearly $4.3 million allocated in the 2023-25 state budget for 22 efforts that increase research and training opportunities for high sc  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 19 -- The Wisconsin Democratic Party issued the following news on Aug. 18, 2023: Yesterday, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler called out the stark contrast between the failed Trump-Walker era in Wisconsin, and the historic job growth and record low unemployment enjoyed by the Badger State under President Biden and Governor Evers. Just this week, Wisconsinites were reminded of Donald Trump and Scott Walker's unfulfilled promises when Foxconn announced it wo  more