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Close to 20 academic leaders from the region's institutions convened at Marquette University on Thursday afternoon to discuss the possibility of an innovation district in the region with greater collaboration among corporations and academics.

BizTimes Media has jumpstarted its second annual Future 50 Most Social Company contest, which will award one area nonprofit organization a cash prize and advertising package worth more than $10,000.

BizTimes Media invites southeastern Wisconsin’s business and nonprofit communities to nominate deserving individuals, companies and organizations for the inaugural BizTimes Nonprofit Excellence Awards.

Lutheran Urban Mission Initiative, Inc. (LUMIN), a Lutheran-affiliated, nonprofit operator of five Milwaukee-area schools, has acquired Renaissance School, located at 6150 Taylor Avenue in Mt. Pleasant.

As the University of Wisconsin-Parkside prepares to launch the third cohort of its Nonprofit Leadership Certificate program, the Kenosha school is offering a new set of scholarships to participants.

Milwaukee-based nonprofit Club Kids 414 is calling out to the community with a need for volunteers and furnishings as the organization renovates its new space, located at 2770 N. 18th Street in Milwaukee.

To better reflect its academic offerings in health sciences fields, Fox Point-based Cardinal Stritch University has renamed its school of nursing, long known as the Ruth S. Coleman College of Nursing.

Milwaukee Public Schools has filled almost all of its 5,000 teaching positions for the fast-approaching school year, but still needs to hire 44 more teachers.

Close to 20 academic leaders from the region's institutions convened at Marquette University on Thursday afternoon to discuss the possibility of an innovation district in the region with greater collaboration among corporations and academics.

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