MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 14 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Twelve faculty members have been chosen to receive this year's Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university's finest educators. A ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. April 15 in the Great Hall of Memorial Union; a link to RSVP will be posted on the awards website in February. Watch for more information on the honorees' achievements in a future i  more

MONONA, Wisconsin, Jan. 14 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, issued the following news release: MADISON, Wis. - While Wisconsin families face a child care crisis, rising costs, and health care deserts, Assembly Republicans today spent one of their first floor sessions of the new year advancing a resolution that would make it harder for many Wisconsinites to vote. "Instead of kicking off the 2025 session of our  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 15 -- The Credit Union Executives Society issued the following news release: Ottawa, ON & Madison, WI - The Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA) and the Credit Union Executives Society (CUES) are proud to announce a collaboration designed to advance leadership development for Canadian credit unions. By combining CCUA's deep expertise in the Canadian credit union market with CUES' globally recognized leadership development programs, this collaboration establishes a u  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 14 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation will run its ad featuring Ron Reagan on MSNBC's "The ReidOut," with host Joy Reid, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings through the rest of January. The commercial will air on Jan. 14, Jan. 15, Jan. 21, Jan. 22, Jan. 28 and Jan. 29 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern. In the 30-second commercial, Reagan, who is the outspoken son of President  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release: Announcement Comes Less Than a Month After a Deadly Shooting at Abundant Life Christian School Left a Student and Teacher Dead, and Several More Injured; Shooter was a 15-Year-Old Student In Wisconsin, an Average of 69 Children and Teens Die by Guns Every Year Wisconsin Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Volunteers Have Advocated for a State-Level Office of Gun Violence Prevention f  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 15 (TNSres) -- The Journal of Marketing, a part of the American Marketing Association, issued the following news release: Researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison published a new Journal of Marketing study that examines how a combination of Generative AI and human input leads to superior marketing research. The study, forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing, is titled "AI-Human Hybrids for Marketing Research: Leveraging LLMs as Collaborators" and is authored by   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 14 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: FFRF Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor (and a third city resident, not pictured) are suing over a law that allows the church-owned Pres House and Lumen House Apartments in Madison, Wis., to be exempt from taxes. Photo by Chris Line. The Freedom From Religion Foundation and three Madison, Wis., residents are filing a lawsuit against an unconstitutional law   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 14 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: Center for Inquiry and Freedom From Religion Foundation will host conference in Chattanooga, Tenn., July 18-20, 2025. The Freedom From Religion Foundation and the Center for Inquiry will host a celebratory conference in July to mark the centenary of a milestone trial in U.S. history. The Scopes Trial was a landmark legal case that pitted biblical literalism against evolu  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 14 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: As the 119th Congress and state legislative sessions begin across the nation -- and the incoming Trump-Vance administration prepares to take office -- the extreme White Christian nationalist movement and their politician enablers have made it clear that LGBTQ-plus Americans, particularly trans people, will be singled out for discrimination, exclusion and attacks in 2025. I  more

PLATTEVILLE, Wisconsin, Jan. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville issued the following news release: On Jan. 8, Dr. Danny Xiao, P.E., ENV SP, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, presented research results at the 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The research centered on the applicability of capillary pressure sensors on Wisconsin concrete. Xiao's research is titled Effectiveness of Curing on Fresh   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 15 -- World Council of Credit Unions issued the following news release: * * * USAID GROW Project's advocacy leads to regulatory changes enabling increased lending capacity for small agricultural producers and rural businesses in Ukraine * * * KYIV, Ukraine --The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has approved amendments to align credit union regulations with the laws of Ukraine and global best practices. Adopted on December 27, 2024, under Resolution No. 177, these chang  more