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NASA’s Glenn Research Center and The Water Council are partnering to help businesses solve technical water challenges through Glenn’s Regional Economic Initiative, with an event called TechConnect: Water Challenge Workshop. This is the first ever NASA TechConnect event focused specifically on water technology. The event is a unique opportunity for companies to receive up to 40 hours of support from NASA Glenn’s world-renowned subject matter experts in solving technical challenges they are having with new or existing products or within their manufacturing operations. “NASA Glenn Research Center is pleased to partner with The Water Council,” said Laurie Stauber, NASA’s...

Green Bay Packers star wide receiver and life-long learner Randall Cobb will take center stage at SHARP Literacy’s 16th annual “A Novel Event” on October 16. Now beginning his seventh season with the Green Bay Packers, Cobb is tied for 6th in the National Football League with 18 touchdown catches since 2014 and is tied for 2nd in the league for catching 75-plus passes in three of the past four seasons. In 2014 Cobb started all 16 games and posted career highs in catches, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, and earned his first Pro Bowl selection. Randall Cobb supports...

Milwaukee entrepreneur, business executive and philanthropist Michael Cudahy has given $1 million to support five full scholarships, including room-and-board for students attending Marquette University’s Opus College of Engineering. Four students, all of whom are the first in their families to attend college and come from diverse backgrounds, started at Marquette this academic year. “Mike Cudahy has been a great friend of Marquette University and of mine, and this gift further honors his legacy in Milwaukee,” said President Michael R. Lovell. “I know he shares Marquette’s deep appreciation for keeping higher education accessible. The lives of scholarship recipients and their...

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone announced that UWM has launched the most ambitious goal in the university’s history and double that of its last fundraising campaign, which ended in 2008 having surpassed its $100 million goal by $25 million. Called Made in Milwaukee, Shaping the World: The Campaign for UWM, the campaign is designed to propel UWM forward by focusing on three priorities: student success, research excellence and community engagement. “This is a pivotal moment in UWM’s history,” Mone said. “UWM is now 61 years old, and during that time we have graduated more than 180,000 alumni, and...

Mayor Tom Barrett and Rodney Ferguson, CEO of Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, today on October 6 that the City of Milwaukee and the Forest County Potawatomi Community have come to an agreement whereby Potawatomi Hotel & Casino will be the presenting sponsor of the city’s streetcar system. The deal is for $10 million payable over 12 years. The parties intend to sign a letter of intent in the coming weeks with a full contract to follow. The funds will be used to offset operating costs and will include free rides for all for the first 12 months of the...

HNTB Corporation’s Ashley Booth was named as a “Top 40 Under 40” award recipient by Mass Transit magazine. The ninth annual award recognized 40 transit industry professionals under the age of 40 for their academic, professional and community achievements. Booth, HNTB national streetcar practice leader and associate vice president, is an integral member of the firm’s transit/rail infrastructure team. He is based in Milwaukee and supports client projects nationwide. Since joining HNTB in 2007, Booth has set himself apart by becoming a go-to thought leader and trusted adviser for some of the firm’s most important clients. He leads a...