Education & Workforce Development

The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Center for AIDS Intervention Research has received a five-year, $8.7 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health, which will fund its programs through its 25th year of existence.

The U.S. economy added 248,000 jobs and the national unemployment rate dipped to 5.9 percent in September, the lowest in six years, according to the latest report by the U.S. Department of Labor.

SHARP Literacy, Inc., a youth-centered nonprofit that promotes reading, writing and research skills through hands-on engagement and visual arts, has announced plans to serve more Milwaukee students with more educational programs during the 2014-15 school year.

Milwaukee Public Schools has appointed Darienne Driver, Ph.D., the district’s permanent superintendent following her three-month stretch in an interim leadership capacity.

Shelter Mortgage Co. LLC will lay off 63 employees from its office at 4000 W. Brown Deer Road in Brown Deer.

Milwaukee Public Schools has appointed Darienne Driver, Ph.D., the district’s permanent superintendent following her three-month stretch in an interim leadership capacity.

BizTimes Media invites southeastern Wisconsin employers to invest in their next generation of leaders by sending them to the 2014 BizTimes Get Smarter Talent Development Conference.

BizTimes Media invites southeastern Wisconsin employers to invest in their next generation of leaders by sending them to the 2014 BizTimes Get Smarter Talent Development Conference.

The Medical College of Wisconsin is exploring the feasibility of opening a school of pharmacy.

Wisconsin manufacturing companies added 5,796 jobs from July 2013 to July 2014, a 1 percent increase. It’s the third annual manufacturing jobs gain for the state, according to the 2015 Wisconsin Manufacturers Register.