MADISON, Wisconsin, June 6 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Axell Boomer, a senior from South Beloit, Illinois, is one of 19 college undergraduates nationwide to receive a Beinecke Scholarship this year. He is majoring in history and religious studies with honors in the liberal arts and honors in history. He anticipates graduating in the spring of 2025 and intends to pursue a doctorate in history. In his undergraduate research at the University of Wiscon  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, June 7 -- Quarles and Brady, a law firm, issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced 49 attorneys from the firm have been ranked in the 2024 edition of the Chambers USA directory. The 2024 ranked Quarles attorneys are: Andrew Beilfuss - Franchising David Beyer - Franchising Keith Bruett - Litigation: General Commercial Douglas Buck - Real Estate Gary Clark - Labor & Employment Daniel. Conley - Litig  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, June 7 (TNSres) -- The Universities of Wisconsin issued the following news on June 6, 2024: The Board of Regents today approved the annual operating budget for the Universities of Wisconsin for 2024-25, the second year of the State of Wisconsin's 2023-25 biennium. In summary, the expenditure budget for FY25 will increase by $474 million, or 6.3%, while the revenue budget will increase by $515 million, or just under 7%. The increases to the expenditure budget result mainly  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 6 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Marcelle Haddix will begin her role as the next dean of the School of Education at UW-Madison on Aug. 11, 2024. Marcelle Haddix has been chosen as the next dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Haddix has held numerous leadership positions in her 16 years at Syracuse University and currently serves as associate provost for strategic initiatives. She also led for  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 6 -- The Wisconsin Department of Health Services issued the following news release: Wisconsin has taken another step forward to help people with mental health and substance use emergencies with the opening of five crisis stabilization centers for adults. Crisis stabilization facilities support people who can't stay in their community safely, but don't need to be hospitalized. Funded by the Department of Health Services (DHS), the centers provide a dedicated location for  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 6 -- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today announced she has made appointments to critical leadership positions within the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Following a formal interview process, Dr. Underly appointed Dr. Barb Novak as the director of the DPI's Office of Literacy (also known as the Wisconsin Reading Center), and current Frederic School Distr  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 7 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Attorney General Josh Kaul today stopped by a training on the Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of Crime Victim Services' address confidentiality program, Safe at Home, in Appleton, Wis. Safe at Home provides a legal substitute address to be used for both public and private purposes to victims of or those threated with domestic abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, stalking, an  more