UW-Madison will no longer receive $506 million in damages from Apple Inc, after the tech giant won a federal appeal against the university over patent rights for a computer processor Friday.
October 2, 2018
Research
Higher Education/System
UW System enrollment counts: The campuses that stand to lose the most
It’s no surprise that several University of Wisconsin System campuses are struggling to hold enrollments steady this fall with the state’s high school graduating class sizes on a downward slide.
Campus life
Most fun colleges
Ranked: UW: “Growing up in the state, I worried that I was too close to home and would be unable to make new friends or find new, exciting opportunities if I went to the University of Wisconsin.
SSFC funds MEChA, discusses eligibility of Muslim Student Association
ASM members raised concerns regarding active participation of MSA members.
Arts & Humanities
Marshall Cook, on the mend, awaits book launch
Cook in 1990 helped found the UW–Madison Writers’ Institute, a campus seminar that gained a national reputation and continues today.
Opinion
Plain Talk: Tackling diversity challenges at UW one step at a time
A perception exists that major academic institutions, the University of Wisconsin-Madison included, don’t do enough to attract and keep minority students and faculty on their campuses.
UW Experts in the News
Clasen’s European Bakery, Capital Brewery team up to offer new menu items made from spent grain
Quoted: “When I learned that Capital Brewery was looking to commercialize its spent grain with baked goods, I couldn’t think of a better local partnership,” Monica Theis, a senior lecturer in the Department of Food Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
State Standardized Tests Show Steady Scores
Noted: University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist Eric Grodsky traces the problem, and the solutions, of the achievement gap back to kindergarten.
Obituaries
Bargman, Gerald Jay, M.D.
He later became Head of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Freiling, Loretta Stastny
Loretta returned to the working world by starting a 60 year career at the University of Wisconsin. Her first stop was a stint at the History of Science Department. This department evolved into the Institute for the Research in the Humanities. In 2009, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle recognized Loretta for her 60 years of service at the University of Wisconsin.