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Americans for the Arts, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the arts and arts education, has awarded the 2012 Arts Education Award to Milwaukee-based Arts @ Large.

Vijay Govindarajan, one of the foremost experts in business innovation in the nation, will be the keynote speaker of the next meeting in the Helen Bader Leadership Speaker Series.

What should the United States Postal Service be in the future and who will it serve?

Carroll University in Waukesha has received more than $4 million from the estate of a man to honor his late wife, who was a Carroll alumna.

Milwaukee School of Engineering students recently designed and installed a new electric motor on the Fondy Food Center’s 1950’s era Allis Chalmers G tractor. The conversion project was funded by Brady Corporation Foundation.

The U.S. stock market continued to recover ground today, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the Joint Economic Committee of Congress that the Fed stands ready to act to protect the financial system and the economy in the event that financial stresses from the European crisis escalate.

Modest gains were posted in metro area economic indicators for April as 12 of 23 monthly indicators tracked by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) improved from year-ago levels.

What would the late Gov. Lee Dreyfus think about Tuesday’s recall? The former chancellor of the University of Stevens Points brought a talented group of executives into his administration, people picked by their talent, not their politics. It was a joy to be part of the team.

Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. has agreed to donate $4.2 million over the next five years to The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa., to create The Northwestern Mutual Granum Center for Financial Security.