MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Dec. 13 -- Marquette University issued the following news release: Marquette University's men's and women's Division I NCAA tennis programs received their second major philanthropic gift in just over a year, furthering their momentum as the university prepares to open its renovated and expanded Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility. President Kimo Ah Yun announced that alumnus Ross Sprovieri and his wife, Susan, have committed $3 million to grow additional endowed tenni more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 14 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release: The Daybreak Fund has announced its 2024 grants, providing nearly $1.6 million in grants to nonprofit organizations and community groups dedicated to addressing climate change, improving water quality, and promoting environmental justice along the western shores of Lake Michigan. Now in its second year, the Daybreak Fund is a collaborative of eleven philanthropic partners working to invest in nature-based soluti more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 13 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today Clean Wisconsin took legal action to block permits that would allow construction of a major crude oil pipeline across parts of northern Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued permits in November that would allow Canadian oil giant Enbridge to clear trees, dig trenches and fill wetlands to make way for a new 41-mile segment of its Line 5 pipeline. Clean Wiscons more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 14 -- Clean Wisconsin issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: Yesterday the electric grid operator for the Midwest, MISO, approved a plan for 24 transmission line projects known as Tranche 2.1, which covers eleven states including Wisconsin. The plan will support at least 6.6 gigawatts (GW) of homegrown Wisconsin wind and solar power--more than double the amount of clean energy we currently produce. All projects will require approval from state regulatory ag more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 7 -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: * * * 19 Students and Community Members Arrested at University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Meeting * * * Today, 19 students and community members were arrested during a protest at the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meeting. The demonstration was a response t more PR

KENOSHA, Wisconsin, Dec. 13 -- Carthage College issued the following news: * * * Deloitte, the world's largest certified public accounting firm, recently designated Carthage a core partner school. * * * "This is an incredible resource for our students," says Professor Julie Dawson, chair of the Accounting Department. The designation paves the way for Deloitte to hold both educational and recruiting events on campus, as well as for students to interact with audit and assurance staff at the more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 14 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, issued the following news: FFRF Action Fund's "Secularist of the Week" is The Satanic Temple for combating LifeWise Academy's Ohio release time programs by offering students a nonreligious alternative. Release time programs are not necessary or appropriate for a more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 13 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation will be celebrating the 233rd anniversary of the Bill of Rights' ratification on Sunday, Dec. 15, and every day going forward by working ever harder to preserve it. The scales of justice and political power have been alarmingly tipped in favor of a privileged status for religion in our country. Christian nationalist forces are imperili more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 13 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is sounding the alarm over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear a case that could exempt a religiously affiliated nonprofit from unemployment insurance. The Supreme Court on Dec. 13 agreed to hear the Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission case. FFRF, a national state/church watchdog, had file more PR

BROOKFIELD, Wisconsin, Dec. 14 -- The National Funeral Directors Association issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed "The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act" (S. 141), a comprehensive omnibus package of veterans legislation. Among its significant provisions, the bill includes a crucial update to veterans' burial benefits that extends the allowance to veterans who die from a non-service-connected disa more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 13 -- The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute issued the following news: Coastal and estuarine waters are important for human and ecosystem health. Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) are regularly detected in these waters; however, little is known about how they are transported, where they accumulate and their final destinations. There is also a lack of research on the health risks they pose to humans and aquatic life. It is critical to continue to support  more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 12 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: Watch the teaser here. One of the most distinguished senators of recent times warns on the Freedom From Religion Foundation's television show how our Constitution is potentially in danger. Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold has written a book "The Constitution in Jeopardy: An Unprecedented Effort to Rewrite Our Fundamental Law and What We Can Do About It." Co-authored with a more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 13 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Microbes living in our guts help us digest food by reshaping the bile acids that our livers produce for breaking down fats. It turns out that two of these microbially-modified bile acids may affect our risk in opposite directions for developing colon cancer. The link between these bile acids and colon cancer risk was recently uncovered as University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists sought to b more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 13 -- World Council of Credit Unions issued the following news release: * * * Alliance offers opportunity to grow credit union investment in the Amazon region * * * World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) this week joined the Amazonia Finance Network (AFN), an alliance comprised of more than 50 international, regional and national financial organizations dedicated to promoting socioeconomic, environmental and sustainable development in the Amazon Region. WOCCU Presid more PR