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Ericka Seastrand graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in consumer science.

Hunter Country Day School is slated to open this fall for kindergarten through fifth-grade pupils at a quaint, red-brick outbuilding of the Dover Baptist Church on a leafy Goochland County road a few miles west of the Richmond Country Club.

Death rates are dropping in Wisconsin but obesity is up, more people say they're in poor health and socioeconomic factors such as childhood poverty are on the rise, a new University of Wisconsin-Madison report says.

Plants convert sunlight to chemical energy in the form of biomass, while releasing oxygen as an environmentally benign byproduct.

An automated system that detects when online pupils are distracted or snoozing and then uses tricks to keep them alert WE ALL remember dozing off during a boring class at school.

Bruce Johnson, a recreational climber, has spent part of his career studying cardiovascular disease and part studying human performance in extreme environments.

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Adopted as the undisputed Perl bible soon after the first edition appeared in 1991, Programming Perl is still the go-to guide for this highly practical language.

Convicted Sterling Hall bomber Karl Armstrong was arrested last week in Chicago after state troopers found more than $800,000 cash in heat-sealed bags stashed inside of a motor home that Armstrong was driving, according to a document filed Monday in court.

Tom Barrett PARTY - Democrat AGE - 58 RESIDES - Milwaukee EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976 and law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1980.

So far, more than 100 volunteers have captured and collared or ear-tagged 32 fawns in northern and eastern Wisconsin as part of the research project to learn more about the state's fawn population.

"Life's slings and arrows" is Harvard-educated neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson's phrase for the events we spend our days ducking, sometimes unsuccessfully.

The Press-Citizen will profile key University of Iowa staff members as they step down from their jobs this summer.

Luis Gonzalez hoists up Lupe Pena as they embrace after their South Elgin High School commencement ceremony at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates on Saturday.

1884 - Alexander Wiley Born On this date Alexander Wiley was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.

Chicago, IL May 26, 2012 In advance of the 2012 Brinks Innovation Competition to be held in September, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione held its annual "Where Are They Now?" luncheon for members of the legal, investor and clean technology communities at the firm's Chicago office on May 9, 2012.

For the past three years, the Delavan-Darien School District has been working to establish a curriculum driven by "Authentic Intellectual Work." Authentic Intellectual Work has been shown to raise test scores-even in schools that are struggling with low-income, English-as-a-second-language students.

Glen Lake Elementary School fifth grade teacher Elizabeth Ogren and Hannah Swaden worked with students on a project that involved planning a mock city, from the basic layout to housing, commerce and government.

Plants convert sunlight to chemical energy in the form of biomass, while releasing oxygen as an environmentally benign byproduct.

Jim Palmer: 'I think that the Milwaukee Police Association's endorsement of Scott Walker, and [Lt. Gov.] Rebecca Kleefisch as well, are an embarrassment.' In a high-profile news conference on April 24, the state's largest police union announced its endorsement of Tom Barrett for governor.