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State Tipoffs Involving Wisconsin Newsletter for Tuesday July 16, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Gauging Risk With Rain Gauges: Flood Resilience Fellow Recruits Volunteer Weather Observers at Door County Event
MADISON, Wisconsin, July 16 -- The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute issued the following news: What happens when emergency managers, tree planters and community scientists walk into a room? A discussion about rainfall, naturally. In mid-May, Wisconsin Sea Grant Flood Resilience Fellow Jackson Parr partnered with the Door County Land Trust and the Climate Change Coalition of Door County to lead a community event about local rainfall trends and to recruit volunteers to measure precipi  more

Marquette University Researchers Discover New Probiotic to Weaken Multidrug-Resistant Staph Infections, Such as MRSA
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, July 16 (TNSres) -- Marquette University issued the following news release: Researchers in Marquette University's Klingler College of Arts and Sciences have discovered a novel probiotic which can weaken the resistance of antimicrobial resistant bacterial infections, such as MRSA, by increasing its sensitivity to multiple antibiotics and inhibiting biofilm development in the human gut. Dr. Krassimira Hristova, professor of biological sciences at Marquette, and her team ide  more

Mid-State Announces First Dental Assistant Program Graduates
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wisconsin, July 16 -- Mid-State Technical College issued the following news: The inaugural cohort of Mid-State Technical College's Dental Assistant technical diploma finished their coursework this June, marking the first five students to graduate from the program. The Dental Assistant students began the 16-credit program in February and were able to participate in Mid-State's May commencement ceremony. The program was free to participants due to grant funding provided by the   more