CHICAGO, Illinois, May 2 -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: ComEd today joined workforce partners the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin and Metropolitan Chicago in announcing the return of the CONSTRUCT Infrastructure Youth Academy, a paid summer career exposure program for high school students interested in careers in the construction and energy fields. Just in time for youth making thei more PR

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Today, the Democratic National Committee is announcing a new print and digital awareness campaign to mark the upcoming Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day on May 5. The ads will launch today and run through May 9, and will reach Native communities in Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, and Wisconsin through a digital campaign and through print ads in local and national Native- more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 2 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: An investigation of former UWPD Chief Kristen Roman conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Human Resources substantiated multiple violations of university employment policies and work rules. Roman resigned on Feb. 11, 2024, ahead of the completion of the investigation and report. She had served as chief of police since 2017. Substantiated allegations documented in the report  more PR

CLEVELAND, Wisconsin, May 3 -- Lakeshore Technical College issued the following news release: Lakeshore Technical College Vice President of Administration Brenda Riesterer has been elected to the District Mutual Insurance board of directors. She will serve a one-year term beginning July 1. District Mutual Insurance serves the 16 colleges comprising the Wisconsin Technical College System. The organization provides risk and loss control services, claims management, and comprehensive insurance co more PR

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, May 3 -- Marquette University issued the following news release: Dr. Murray Blackmore, professor of biomedical sciences in Marquette University's College of Health Sciences, has received an R01 grant of $3.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to advance new viral tools to selectively manipulate subtypes of brain-spinal neurons for the study of spinal cord injury. A major challenge to maximizing functional recovery following spinal cord injury is the multiplici more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 2 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Many pancreatic tumors are like malignant fortresses, surrounded by a dense matrix of collagen and other tissue that shields them from immune cells and immunotherapies that have been effective in treating other cancers. Employing bacteria to infiltrate that cancerous fortification and deliver these drugs could aid treatment for pancreatic cancer, according to newly published findings from a team o more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 2 -- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly released the following statement regarding the shooting and lockdown earlier today in Mount Horeb. "My heart broke today with the news of the shooting and death outside of Mount Horeb Middle School. I'm sad for the great sense of anxiety and trauma caused for students, school staff, and the community, and all of us at the Department more PR

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Donald Trump's rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin today was a masterclass in denial and deception, because Trump knows that his best line of defense against President Biden's successful record is to lie about the president's accomplishments in a desperate attempt to hide his own disastrous economic record. Today, Trump targeted the American Rescue Plan, asking how it's "doing," and criticized the Inflation Reduc more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 2 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that a population of Maryland senna (Senna marilandica), a rare plant not seen in Wisconsin since 1911, was rediscovered in southwest Wisconsin. George Riggin, a trained volunteer for the DNR's Rare Plant Monitoring Program, and Bridget Rathman, DNR Habitat Biologist, spotted the plant. This discovery  more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, May 2 (TNSres) -- The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute issued the following news: Sea Grant research and outreach projects took center stage in the latest issue of "Oceanography," the official journal of The Oceanography Society. Published yesterday, the issue features 36 articles contributed by Sea Grant authors across 29 programs and the National Sea Grant Office. "Sea Grant's success and impact continues to rely on the power of collaboration," said Jonathan Pe more PR