Governor Jim Doyle's administration
has revealed how much individual state agencies must cut to help
balance Wisconsin's budget...
...Apfelbach is president and CEO of Virent Energy Systems, a Madison-based start-up company founded in 2002 by UW-Madison scientists Randy Cortright and Jim Dumesic. Building upon technology invented and patented at the university, Virent uses solid-state catalysts to trump Mother Nature in the conversion of plant sugars into "biogasoline" and other hydrocarbon biofuels...
La Crosse County Solid Waste Department’s program for collecting and disposing of unused medication won an award Wednesday for government efficiency and effectiveness. The Lloyd D. Gladfelter Award is administered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Political Science, and recognizes problem-solving and resourceful ideas generated by non-elected government employees...
...The students at "Engineering for Young Women," a five-day summer academy last week at Marquette University, aren't the stereotypical geeks, plagued by pocket protectors and weak social skills. They're young women with an interest in math and science - the target audience of a slew of initiatives at engineering schools across the country trying to woo women to the field at a time when their numbers remain scarce...