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Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual announced that Mike Carter has been named chief of staff for the office of chief executive officer John Schlifske and Todd Jones has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1. Carter...

Three University of Wisconsin–Madison professors — Susan Hagness, Jo Handelsman and Justin Williams — have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. The NAI Fellows Program “highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in...

Gov. Tony Evers today announced Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake will leave the Evers Administration on Jan. 2, 2023. “Karen joined our administration at a critical time during the coronavirus pandemic, bringing with...

Three University of Wisconsin–Madison professors — Susan Hagness, Jo Handelsman and Justin Williams — have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. The NAI Fellows Program “highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in...

While StatusPRO's NFL PRO ERA virtual reality game allows fans to quarterback NFL football teams in realistic settings, it does not come with an appearance on a virtual Pat McAfee Show, or with bruised ribs and a broken thumb. "This is as close as we can get it to the...

Deer District in Milwaukee and Titletown District in Green Bay have become synonymous with the professional sports teams that play in the vicinity of the entertainment complexes, the Milwaukee Bucks and Green Bay Packers. When sports fans flock to cheer on their...

Tán Ho, a co-founder of Milwaukee-based edtech startup Fiveable, announced today on LinkedIn that he will step away from his co-founder and executive role with the business and transition into a senior individual contributor role. His new role will be focused on...

Metro Milwaukee is losing the headquarters office of the area’s largest private-sector employer as a result of Advocate Aurora Health’s transaction with Atrium Health, but the question remains what the future holds for the largely unused office space in Milwaukee’s...

By this time next fall, the University of Wisconsin System's smallest campus will cease to exist in its current form. In-person degree programs at UW-Platteville Richland will end July 1. The 60 students enrolled this fall can transfer to another campus or end their...

Enrollment across the Wisconsin Technical College System grew by more than 10 percent during the 2021-22 academic year. The increase follows a double-digit enrollment decline driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and marks the largest gains for the system in at least a...

Today, Minority Leader Greta Neubauer (D – Racine) announced the appointment of Representative Francesca Hong (D – Madison) to the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). The Board provides WEDC with strategic leadership and...

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Europartnerships Managing Director Mark Dodsworth says businesses in the United Kingdom “have been hit very hard” by the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and Brexit. “These have caused a number of serious disruptions, which have...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Cordero Barkley, a partner with TitletownTech in Green Bay. Barkley discusses the investment strategy for the venture capital organization, formed nearly four years ago through a partnership between the Green...

Milwaukee County’s real GDP grew 5.2% in 2021, reaching its highest level on record a year after the COVID-19 pandemic shrank Milwaukee County’s economy to its lowest level since 2009. Seven of the eight counties in the southeastern Wisconsin region managed to exceed...

As federal regulators prepare to publish a new map showing where broadband internet is and isn’t available across the U.S., Madison-area internet advocates are urging residents to check the draft themselves. Unveiled in November, the “pre-production draft” of the...

Beermaking has traditionally been a man’s job. But the craft brewing industry — and pioneering women in the field — are changing that. And they are supporting each other through a group called the Pink Boots Society, a national organization made up of women in the...

Following the completed merger of Advocate Aurora Health and North Carolina-based Atrium Health, the organization, now known as Advocate Health Care and based in Charlotte, N.C., announced its newly appointed executive leadership team. Three members of the executive...

If you're watching the World Cup and interacting with official soccer-related websites, social media pages or apps, you might be chatting with a bot, as well. San Francisco-based GameOn Technology Inc. partners with FIFA and other sports franchises that use the...

The organization created by the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health wasted no time finalizing a new executive roster with only three legacy Aurora Health Care executives making the list of more than two dozen selected for the team. The Aurora...