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Maker Faire Milwaukee will make its return next weekend.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison's new School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) today announced a $175 million private investment and the launch of an effort to raise an additional $50 million to establish the school as a “beacon for high tech in Wisconsin” which will be housed in a “state-of-the-art facility.”

Wisconsin lost 8,200 private sector jobs in August, even as the state’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.9%, according to the latest monthly jobs data released Thursday by the Department of Workforce Development.

Mount Mary University president Christine Pharr said she will retire at the end of the academic year.

The Dominican Center, a nonprofit organization that supports resident-led revitalization efforts in Milwaukee’s Amani neighborhood, has named Maricha Harris as its next executive director.

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The Milwaukee Bucks announced that it has named Lisa Byington as the reigning NBA champion’s television play-by-play announcer for games on Bally Sports Wisconsin.

Global payments financial services technology provider Fiserv Inc. has partnered with New Jersey-based GalaxE.Solutions, Inc. to bring tech jobs to Milwaukee, the companies announced.

Throughout the past decade, the I-94 corridor has been home to major industrial real estate developments, but that job growth has yet to translate into robust population growth in Racine and Kenosha counties.

A coalition of environmentalists, transit advocates and other groups have put forward an alternative to expanding I-94 East-West between the Marquette and Zoo interchanges, which would keep that stretch of the Milwaukee freeway at six lanes while investing more in transit infrastructure and pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods.