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The buildings, including the iconic Old Main, will be returned to their original purpose – the service of veterans. A coalition of community organizations and volunteers announced the launch of a capital campaign to support the restoration and rehabilitation of six historic buildings on the Milwaukee VA Soldiers Home Historic District campus. “The Milwaukee Soldiers Home is one of Milwaukee’s most important historic and architectural assets,” said Mick Hatch, Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP and co-chair of the Save the Soldiers Home campaign. “Together, we can return these historic buildings to their former glory, and serve the veterans...

The project will create and maintain a kind of “seed stock” for breeding kelp with genetic traits best suited for mass production. The U.S. Department of Energy thinks seaweed – and specifically giant kelp – is a contender for feedstock because it is the fastest growing organism on Earth, and does not compete with food crops for land and water. UWM biologist Filipe Alberto recently was awarded $2.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to create and maintain a kind of “seed stock” for breeding kelp with genetic traits best suited for mass...

Milwaukee Area Technical College and Cardinal Stritch University have signed an agreement that will provide MATC nursing students the opportunity to concurrently enroll at Cardinal Stritch University and earn a bachelor’s degree in as little as one semester after earning an MATC associate degree in registered nursing. The agreement addresses the statewide nursing shortage, which has been described by Wisconsin’s Public Policy Forum as “one of the greatest workforce challenges facing the health care industry” and is projected to increase as experienced nurses retire. The forum’s report calls for a 24 percent increase in the state’s workforce of registered...

Dr. Paul Andrews, a longstanding leader and 1974 School of Dentistry alumnus, pledged a $5 million estate gift to the Marquette School of Dentistry during a university celebration to honor Dean William K. Lobb’s 20th anniversary. The gift, which will focus on scholarships for veterans and their families, is the largest in the dental school’s history. Andrews, who flew in for the anniversary party from his home in Orlando, is originally from Elkhorn, Wisconsin. The eldest of five kids and the son of a dairy farmer, Andrews “grew up milking cows and fixing tractor tires,” he said. In a...

True Lies is the sixth installment in the provocative CultureJam MKE series to be hosted by RedLine Milwaukee from October 20 to November 25. There is an ongoing battle being waged against logic, science, free speech, and equality. In a world of “fake news” and disinformation it is vital that people look critically at the issues. Highlights are sure to include: “Fool Me Once – Fool Me Twice – Self Imposed Fairness Doctrines” by Dara Larson. The work includes variations on personal and public statements, alternative facts, inventive hyperbole, and truth or lies referenced on major media outlets over...

Wisconsin-based Free Little Free Library to plans to donate 100 book exchanges to police stations across the country in an effort give officers and youth opportunities to connect. Little Free Library recently announced it is giving away 100 Little Free Library book exchanges to U.S. police departments in an effort to connect officers with neighborhood youth. The initiative, part of the nonprofit organization’s Kids, Community & Cops Program, was announced at a news conference at the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) 4th Precinct. “Reading is such a powerful tool and books represent an incredible way to empower our youth and...