Article: MADISON FEELING LUCKY: GOOGLE OPENS OFFICE DOWNTOWN.(NEWS)

Byline: TODD FINKELMEYER The Capital Times

Madison's profile in the high-tech world just received its second boost of good news in less than a week.

The Capital Times confirmed that Internet giant Google has set up an engineering office downtown to focus on hardware and software systems design.

"I think Google coming to Madison, a big part of that is because we have a strong (electrical computer engineering) program and we have good students here," said Parmesh Ramanathan, chair of the electrical and computer engineering department at UW-Madison. "I think this is a real positive for both the university and for Madison."

According to a source familiar with the ...

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