CLEVELAND, Wisconsin, July 9 -- Lakeshore Technical College issued the following news release: As recognition grows in Lakeshore Technical College's expanding delivery of competency-based education, the college is experiencing an increasing number of visits from other colleges interested in adopting or expanding the education delivery model on their campuses. The college was visited recently by Umpqua Community College, located in Oregon, and Northeast Iowa Community College. "Moving programs   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 8 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: The Midwest has a starring role this summer in election 2024. Milwaukee will host the Republication National Convention in July, and Chicago will welcome the Democratic National Convention in August. Experts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison are available to provide an on-the-ground look at Wisconsin politics and provide analysis and commentary about national and state races, polling, deba  more

PLATTEVILLE, Wisconsin, July 9 (TNSres) - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville issued the following news release: Dr. Lucie Kadjo, associate professor of agribusiness in the School of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, has been selected for the 2024-2025 Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars Program. She is one of two UW-Platteville faculty members selected for the Universities of Wisconsin program this year. Kadjo joined UW-Platteville in January 2016. She is the agr  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, July 9 (TNSres) -- Marquette University issued the following news release: Marquette University has experts and programming available for media preparing to cover the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 15-18. This includes various subject matter experts, a journalism safety panel and a Marquette Law Poll event to familiarize visiting media with the Wisconsin electorate. Marquette's campus is located 1 mile from Fiserv Forum and its University Relations staf  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, July 9 -- Marquette University issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Brian Troyer, associate vice provost for enrollment management and dean of undergraduate admission at Marquette University, has been named the next permanent vice president for enrollment, effective immediately, Acting President and Provost Kimo Ah Yun announced today. Troyer was previously announced to assume the acting role following Dr. John Baworowsky's retirement. As vice president of e  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 8 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: While H5N1 avian influenza virus taken from infected cow's milk makes mice and ferrets sick when dripped into their noses, airborne transmission of the virus between ferrets -- a common model for human transmission -- appears to be limited. These and other new findings about the strain of H5N1 circulating among North American dairy cattle this year come from a set of laboratory experiments led b  more

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, July 9 -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Campus issued the following news: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students and faculty are working with a small Wisconsin manufacturer on a Department of Defense contract to develop a more environmentally friendly, anti-corrosive product for use in military equipment. The two-year, $231,709 government subcontract received by Dr. Deidra Gerlach, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is the first of its kind   more