Diversity, inclusion strategy was created in response to 2016 campus climate survey.
In efforts to unify campus, ‘I am UW’ campaign aims to create feelings of inclusivity across UW
Badger Herald
November 29, 2018
Top Stories
Band Director Mike Leckrone takes his final bow, bringing the stadium to tears
Daily Cardinal
Few band directors get the chance to teach the children of former students. Even fewer directors have conducted their students’ grandchildren, maintaining leadership long enough to influence decades of performers.UW-Madison’s Director of Bands Mike Leckrone, a career of 50 years under his belt, has done both.
Research
UW Madison to Pay $32 Million Over Patent Contract
Inside Higher Ed
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the patent-licensing organization for the University of Wisconsin at Madison, was ordered to pay $32 million to Washington University in St. Louis after a judge ruled that UW Madison violated a royalties contract between the two universities, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Adult Oligodendrocytes May Replenish Myelin Production in MS, Study Suggests
Multiple Sclerosis Today
Mature, adult oligodendrocytes can reacquire their ability to produce myelin to replace the ones lost in diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) without undergoing a stem cell-like state, a new study shows.
Model of dysfunction: UW-Madison startup program founders as years tick by
Isthmus
UW-Madison’s Discovery To Product program was launched in 2013 asking the still vital question: What could be done to bring the great breakthroughs produced by the nation’s sixth largest research university to the broader public?
Crop research center offers plant transformation services
The Country Today
The Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center is now funded by the UW, with funding committed for the next four years. Services offered include plant transformation and editing, helping both private and public entities that need to insert traits into plants and need genetic plant research conducted.
Higher Education/System
UW System president reprimands UW-La Crosse chancellor for ‘poor judgment’ in inviting porn star to speak
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse chancellor who invited a porn star to campus to talk about the adult entertainment industry as part of free speech week has been reprimanded “for exercising poor judgment.”
UW System begins to finalize new hiring process to stop ‘passing the harasser’
Daily Cardinal
As their December deadline nears, the UW System is putting the final touches on a new process that would make it more difficult for known harassers to get hired.
UW System strives for solidarity as cuts plague future of faculty, humanities
Daily Cardinal
But for many educators, this is only the beginning.“Hold on tight, there will be a fight,” said Noel Radomski, director and associate researcher at the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education.
UW System president chides UW-La Crosse chancellor who invited former porn star to campus
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow received a reprimand from his boss, University of Wisconsin System president Ray Cross, for inviting a former porn star to speak to students on campus earlier this semester.
Adult film star’s invite to campus gets Wisconsin chancellor in trouble. Some see hypocrisy on part of state university system
Inside Higher Education
One year after passing a free speech policy that campus chancellors are required to enforce, the University of Wisconsin System formally reprimanded a chancellor for inviting an adult film star to lecture during his campus’s inaugural free speech week.
Former UWSP faculty express concerns over current leadership
WSAU - Wausau
The group plans to hold a news conference Thursday afternoon, where they will release a statement calling on the Wisconsin Board of Regents to “[remove] top university administrators.”
Campus life
First Wave scholar announced as student speaker for winter commencement ceremony
Badger Herald
Senior Jamie Dawson was selected by senior class officers.
‘I Am Here’ project brings together Hmong students to discuss community challenges
Badger Herald
Students conversed about issues of identity, tradition, mental health
Crime and safety
Students engage in discussion at rape culture workshop
Daily Cardinal
Students escaped the cold, snowy night and gathered in the Multicultural Student Center Lounge Wednesday to engage in a Deconstructing Rape Culture workshop, a collaboration between PAVE and Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity.
Arts & Humanities
Honoring the legend
Isthmus
When Warrington Colescott died on Sept. 10, staff at the Chazen Museum of Art knew they had to do something. The 97-year-old teacher, satirist and printmaker was a giant, not only at UW-Madison but nationally.
Health
UW Hospital changes plans to end Legionnaires’ Disease outbreak
WKOW-TV 27
Wednesday night staff flushed and disinfected the water treatment system to make sure no new infections pop up. Hospital staff says the situation should be fixed Thursday.
UW Hospital hot water system may put patients at risk for type of pneumonia, officials say
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin Hospital said Wednesday afternoon that it’s taking measures to address a suspected risk to patients associated with the hospital’s hot water system.
Governor-elect Tony Evers Announces Health Policy Advisory Council
Madison365
Dr. Dipesh Navsaria of UW Health is among the members.
Four UW Hospital patients develop Legionnaires’ disease
Wisconsin State Journal
Four UW Hospital patients have developed Legionnaires’ disease, an unusual cluster of the potentially fatal bacterial infection likely caused by a recent move to reduce water flow when demand is low, a hospital official said Wednesday.
Athletics
Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor, left guard Michael Deiter win Big Ten awards
Wisconsin State Journal
Two University of Wisconsin offensive players were named the best in the Big Ten at their position Wednesday.
Wisconsin’s Dana Rettke, Sydney Hilley and Madison Duello earn All-Big Ten honors
Wisconsin State Journal
Three members of the University of Wisconsin volleyball team were named Wednesday to the All-Big Ten Conference first team.
Opinion
Evers should restore UW Extension — Bob Hunt
Wisconsin State Journal
Another priority of Gov.-elect Tony Evers should be to restore funding for UW Extension, which was cut by Gov. Scott Walker. The UW Extension is the most visible means of the Wisconsin Idea being put to work.
Business/Technology
Model of dysfunction
Isthmus
UW-Madison’s Discovery To Product program was launched in 2013 asking the still vital question: What could be done to bring the great breakthroughs produced by the nation’s sixth largest research university to the broader public?
UW Experts in the News
China Halts Work by Team on Gene-Edited Babies
AP
Quoted: There already are some rules that should have prevented what He says he did, said Alta Charo, a University of Wisconsin lawyer and bioethicist and a conference organizer.
Are We Ready to Listen to Sexual Assault Survivors Yet?
Progressive.org
Quoted: According to Cecelia Klingele, a University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor, sexual violence reports that are only given to university officials—and not law enforcement—can only lead to suspensions and expulsions.
Wisconsin Democrats fear GOP redistricting end-around
AP
Quoted: Removing the governor from redistricting would “fly in the face of the entire history of our state,” University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist David Canon said.
Failed tax-cut experiment in Kansas should guide national leaders
The Hill
Quoted: Analysis by Menzie Chinn, a professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, found that after the enactment of the tax cuts, economic growth in Kansas fell well below its pre-Brownback trend and, by the spring of 2017, the rate of job growth in Kansas was not only lower than the rates in most of its neighboring states but less than half of the national average.
Scientists call for a halt to genetically editing embryos, rebuke Chinese researcher
The Washington Post
“Having listened to Dr. He, I can only conclude that this was misguided, premature, unnecessary and largely useless,” said R. Alta Charo, a bioethicist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin Democrats fear GOP redistricting end-around
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Removing the governor from redistricting would “fly in the face of the entire history of our state,” UW-Madison political scientist David Canon said.