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Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek partner John Emanuel has been named secretary/treasurer of the National American Lung Association board of directors.

The Milwaukee Wave of Hope and Milwaukee Wave have named the charity organizations selected as part of the 2012-'13 BMO Harris Bank. Players will sport custom jerseys featuring designs representing a charity during each game. Jerseys will be auctioned off to benefit the charity.

More than 30 employees from Wells Fargo & Company and Rockwell Automation are teaming up Friday for community service projects focused on enhancing aesthetics and community in the Harambee neighborhood. Employee volunteers will paint and stain porches for homeowners, decorate and fill planters in the neighborhood, and create window boards youth can decorate to hang over boards on abandoned properties.

Scientists from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Froedtert Hospital will use a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) to research a specific type of heart failure and pinpoint biomarkers that could help with earlier diagnosis and treatment. Researchers will focus on identifying biomarkers involved in cardiac dysfunction, which might allow clinicians to diagnose and decide a treatment route before irreversible cardiac damage affects a patient.

Growing Power announced plans to create community food centers at locations across the country with a five-year, $5 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

BizTimes Milwaukee invites southeastern Wisconsin nonprofit organizations to take advantage of a year-long marketing opportunity by submitting information to be featured in the 2013 BizTimes Giving Guide, a print and digital publication to showcase nonprofit organizations seeking support from the business community.

Friday, Sept. 14, Special Olympics Wisconsin invites the public to watch 60 participants rappel down the side of...

The University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health, GE Healthcare and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) today announced new agreements featuring a $32.9 million GE investment in a state-of-the-art medical imaging research facility in Madison.

Combining industrial leadership and academic prowess, GE Healthcare and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) today announced a unique collaboration aimed at building a pipeline of Wisconsin-based medical imaging software developers and researchers to drive the next generation of health care technology globally.

Milwaukee School of Engineering opened a learning suite Wednesday where students will be able to take advantage of Apple’s newest technology. Funded by a donation from Dr. Gene P. Carter, MSOE Regent Emeritus and alumnus, the Gene Carter Apple Technologies Learning Suite will provide students direct access to iMac computers, iTouch mobile devices, iPad tablets and Apple TV digital streaming technology.