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Featured Stories
- Georgia abruptly closes 5 paper
- Georgia Abruptly Loses 5 Paper Plants Triggering $2.9 Billion Economic Timebomb
- Patti Habeck named new President and CEO of New North, Inc.
- Wisconsin education teachers attend wood industry course at new training sawmill
- AI already displacement of these jobs
- UW Madison researchers map out a promising future for solvent based plastic recycling
- Wisconsin skyrocketing American tourism.
- UW Madison launching new hub to accelerate entrepreneurship
- Georgia-Pacific leverages retirees expertise to maintain productivity and ensure knowledge transfer
- Proctor and Gamble doubles down forest degradation
- Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum announces Beth Kowalski as New Executive Director
- Talk tissue converting with Giambini Managing Director of North America
- UW Stout partner award with Great Northern Corporation
- A largely invisible role of international students fueling the USA economy
- Which Wisconsin companies are best to work for!
- Georgia-Pacific acquires Anchor Packaging
- Timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won’t solve wildfire problem
- What is the 996 rule in China – Slave labor at the expense of the workers.
- Asia Pulp and Paper China walks back on its 2013 commitment to no deforestation
- Wisconsin Packaging plant to close with 48 employees laid off.
- KDV Label welcomes Joe Daubert as CFO
- Quad Europe rebrands as P/mint
Packaging
- The Most Popular Brand Color in each industry
- Liquid Packaging Market project to grow at 5.2 cagr
- Sustainability legislation drives packaging innovation for recycling
- Sustainable innovation in the flexible packaging can’t wait
- Reusable packaging market size & growth 2025 – 2031
- Paperboard packaging market to reach $347 billion by 2034
- Navigating the new wave of packaging regulations
- Commercial Printing market worth $848 billing with focus on packaging and digital Printing
- Interactive packaging market growth at 6.1% cagr 2025 – 2035
- Sustainable pharmaceutical packaging market set to surpass $316 billion
- SAPPI expands recyclable high barrier paper for packaging
Forest
- The Amazon lost area larger than Spain
- Deforestation linked to thousands of heat related deaths each year
- Deforestation reduces rainfall 74% and increases temperatures 16% in the Amazon
- World scientists may have identified a culprit behind declining amazon rains
- Wisconsin researchers listen to forests to learn to protect them
Education
- UW Madison rated highly for career preparation of graduates
- Fewer Indiana high school college enrollment hits record low
- What goes into University budget and the Impact of Federal funding cuts
- Cornell University restructure due to job cuts Trump administration
- Trump cancels dozens of educational grants with more terminations
- UW Stout graduate students protein packed candy – cheese creations earn accolades
- The Future of American higher education is the global crown slipping from their hands
- Northwestern President resigns with Trump federal funding layoffs
- Humanities and Social Sciences most cut UW programs
- Top Harvard mathematician Liu Jun leaves US for China
- UW Platteville sees 10% increase in freshman class
AI
- ai having a significant impact on young workers prospects
- ai killing entry level jobs
- 45 million jobs at Risk from ai report calls for a modern income stabilizer
- ai pioneer predicts ai could cause 99% of workers unemployed by 2030
- Management in the age of ai
- ai isn’t replacing workers just wasting money
- ai intelligence replace teachers
- ai expanding economic opportunity
- Companies are benefiting from ai driven layoffs
- Open ai is hiring a pilled academics to build a scientific discovery accelerator
- How ai is driving a sharp rise in electricity bills
- ai machine learning for engineering design
Sponsors
- Boldt Co. aims to play active in state’s data center development
- Keller opens a 30,000 square foot steel shop
- Lagers and Loggers fundraisers sponsored by Boldt
- Orin Technologies of Verona chosen to clean up former cliffs dow site
- Andy Knapp Joins Anderson-Vreeland
- Miron Construction donates $106,800to 30 local organizations
- Hybrid Software buys artwork management
