Traffic in Madison is already heavier than usual because some streets are closed due to flooding in parts of Dane County, but the congestion could get a little worse this week as University of Wisconsin-Madison students move in.
Leaders of Foxconn Technology Group and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are planning to make what they call a “major announcement” on campus Monday.Foxconn’s CEO Terry Gou was to join with UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank for the announcement at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.
Recent flooding and lake swelling may prove to be a watershed moment for University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Limnology.
Leaders of Foxconn Technology Group and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are planning to make what they call a “major announcement” on campus Monday.
Noted: To help alleviate traffic congestion on the city’s Near East Side, UW-Madison and city officials are encouraging incoming freshmen and returning university students to approach the city from the south or west.
Traffic in Madison is already challenged because some streets are closed due to flooding in parts of Dane County, but the congestion could get a little worse this week as University of Wisconsin-Madison students move in.
3,200 students moved into their dorms on the UW-Madison campus on Sunday. It is the University’s largest move-in day, but thousands more will make their way to campus on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Noted: Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, are guests on WHA radio (970 AM) at 11:45 a.m. the last Monday of each month.
This week’s devastating floods in Madison — and the potential for more rain this weekend and beyond — underscores the vulnerability that record rainfall may pose on a populous strip of land that rests between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona.
The Board of Regents approved new names for 11 two-year colleges in the University of Wisconsin System that became branch campuses of the System’s four-year schools July 1 as part of a restructuring project.
Sexual assault charges filed this week against Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus — along with several other university athletic departments under scrutiny — prompted a member of the UW Board of Regents to question university leaders about the extent of their awareness regarding financial and behavior practices within UW-Madison athletics.
Two members of the University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents are running in closely watched, competitive political races this fall, but both members say their work on the board overseeing Wisconsin’s public colleges and universities will not take a back seat to their campaign.
A merger of the UW-Systems two and four year campuses is bringing new names to the colleges.
Noted: Last year, Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business added to its full-time MBA program a certificate in management science and technology management that allows students to be STEM-certified (see Fuqua Hikes MBA Appeal To Internationals). Two years ago, the University of Wisconsin School of Business gained STEM certification for two specializations–supply chain management and operations and technology management–in its MBA program. And many more schools, including Rochester, boast specialty master’s programs in quant heavy business disciplines that also are STEM certified.
Noted: Then, there is Penn State University’s Smeal College of Business. Smeal boasts a 62.8% yield – a percentage that’s 10 points or better than Northwestern Kellogg, Chicago Booth, Dartmouth Tuck, and Michigan Ross. Smeal’s secret? High standards and consistency. Although the program received 62 fewer applications during the 2016-2017 cycle, it managed to enroll two more students. Even more, it raised average GMAT by two points and lowered its acceptance rate by a point to 17.1% – two points better than Wharton, the pride-of-Pennsylvania. The Wisconsin School of Business performed a nearly identical feat. Despite collecting 174 few applications during the last cycle, it still manage to raise yield by 10 points to 61.6%. At the same time, it raised average GMAT by nine points, while maintaining a respectable 30.4% acceptance rate – just four points higher than the previous year.
Michael Leckrone, longtime director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Marching Band, announced Saturday that he will step down at the end of the 2018-19 academic year.
University of Wisconsin-Madison marching band director Michael Leckrone says he’s stepping down at the end of the school year.
University of Wisconsin marching band director Michael Leckrone says he’s stepping down at the end of the school year.
Noted: What this new tide of voters has also realized is that the remedy for such a regressive regime lies within our capacity. We can fight back by encouraging our peers to become civically engaged alongside us. Particularly at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, we are working to make sure that during welcome week, registering to vote is as routine as buying textbooks. Engaging students in activities that mobilize them to participate in the civic process is the key to translating our generation’s immense energy into real change — we know that when we vote, we win.
Villager Mall, on Madison’s south side, will be the place to be on Thursday night, August 30, as a community-wide celebration will mark the third anniversary of the UW South Madison Partnership group and celebrate all of the organizations that have made their initiative work.
Quoted: Farmers will face a learning curve in figuring out how to take advantage of the insurance with the changing markets, said Brian Gould, professor of agribusiness at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Nationwide, the number of CSA farms fell from more than 12,000 in 2012 to about 7,000 in 2015, said Lydia Zepeda, a consumer science professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Farmers will face a learning curve in figuring out how to take advantage of the insurance with the changing markets, said Brian Gould, professor of agribusiness at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: “There’s a lot people can do to benefit wildlife, even in a relatively small space,” said David Drake, UW-Extension wildlife specialist and UW-Madison professor in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology. Drake will lead an “Urban Wildlife Workshop” on Sept. 15 at the Urban Ecology Center in Milwaukee.
Standing water could be a health threat in the wake of the flooding and rising water levels seen over the past week. Standing water in backyards, puddles, and along roads could be contaminated with chemicals such as fertilizers and even waste and debris, leading to the potential of bacteria and other viruses in the water, said UW Health infectious disease doctor Jeannina Smith.
A year after Hurricane Harvey, former Wisconsin Badgers defensive end J.J. Watt provided an update Monday on how the $41.6 million donated by people worldwide has the Houston community.
If you asked a 15-year-old Jonathan Taylor where he saw himself in five years, winning the Heisman Trophy would never have entered his mind.
The debate on renaming spaces in Memorial Union at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was fundamentally about respect for African-Americans. Memorial Union’s Porter Butts Gallery and Fredric March Play Circle were both named for 1920s alumni who belonged to the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK was a terrorist group that Confederate veterans created in 1865 during the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War, to rescind all legal rights of African-Americans through fear, intimidation, murder and legal statutes. The KKK at its height of popularity had members in every echelon: governors, senators, mayors, law enforcement.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Union Council recently voted to remove the names of Porter Butts and Frederic March from spaces in Memorial Union after learning the two men “belonged” to the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. Raising the question of their association to the Klan was understandable and appropriate.
In the paper, economists Dean Corbae, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Ross Levine, of the University of California at Berkeley, found that while intense competition among banks indeed spurs greater efficiency, it also tends to squeeze profit margins and encourage riskier investments.
Quoted: Jeff Smith, a University of Wisconsin professor who studies job programs, said a major quandary is that worthwhile training programs for the poor seldom yield stunningly positive results. “Work force development is very hard, and the results you see aren’t always great,” he said. “If these populations were easily employable, they would already have jobs.”
Quoted: According to Steve Vavrus, senior scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research, a combination of high humidity and a very slow-moving storm is what caused the huge amount of rainfall.
Quoted: “The highest state of branding is iconicity, and Harley’s an iconic brand,” said Thomas O’Guinn, a marketing professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who is co-author of a highly cited 2001 research paper on communities that form around specific brands.
Noted: The financial situation of those borrowers, while it shapes marketing choices today, is also an outcome of policy decisions made years ago. Nick Hillman, an associate professor in the school of education at the University of Wisconsin Madison, said the game is a product of failed education policies. The appeal of the game should force people to think about the kinds of outcomes the U.S. higher ed financing system creates, Hillman said.
Noted: In the paper, economists Dean Corbae, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Ross Levine, of the University of California at Berkeley, found that while intense competition among banks indeed spurs greater efficiency, it also tends to squeeze profit margins and encourage riskier investments.
Susan Nitzke, 71, of Cottage Grove, the woman who once added colors to our pale skies, has died after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer. Susan was born Aug. 23, 1946, in Byron, Wis., to Lawrence and Marcella (Schoofs) Schwartz. She married William Nitzke on Aug. 24, 1968. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and worked for more than 30 years at UW-Madison, ultimately serving as Chair of the Nutritional Sciences Department. Susan battled pancreatic cancer for five years, defying the odds as she did throughout her life and career.
Being with John McCain, who died Saturday afternoon, could be a lot of work but was almost always fun.
–Russell Feingold (@russfeingold), a former Democratic senator from Wisconsin, will be a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this fall.
Shalala, former president of both the University of Miami and the University of Wisconsin, is banking that her experience is seen as an asset by voters.
The rain has caused long-lasting problems on Madison’s isthmus, a narrow strip of land that runs between lakes Mendota and Monona and is home to the Capitol building and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: Shalala, former president of both the University of Miami and the University of Wisconsin, is banking that her experience is seen as an asset by voters. The Democratic candidates take similar positions on most key issues — tackling climate change, reducing gun violence, improving health care, overhauling immigration — but none of the others can match Shalala’s lengthy record or familiar name.
Noted: John Stevenson, associate director of the UW Survey Center at UW-Madison, called Polco more of a “public input platform” and online “bulletin board.”
Noted: Egan’s book was also selected as one of The New York Times’ 100 notable books of 2017 and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Go Big Read book for 2018. Copies will be distributed to all first-year students for the 2018-’19 school year and the book will be incorporated into some classes.
