University of Wisconsin System officials say faculty turnover data highlights the need for more competitive salaries.
Board Of Regents Approve Plan To Pursue 6 Percent Pay Increase For UW System Employees
Wisconsin Public Radio
December 7, 2018
Top Stories
Regents OK 3 percent pay hikes for UW System employees
AP
LA CROSSE — Regents have approved a plan to increase pay for employees of the University of Wisconsin System by 3 percent each of the next two fiscal years, which includes employees at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
Research
Listen: Mice ‘argue’ about infidelity in ultrasound
National Geographic
New research (from UW–Madison’s Josh Pultorak and Catherine Marler) published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution shows that when these monogamous mice are separated from their mate and then reunited, the animals sometimes don’t handle it well—revealing a new side to their social lives and behavior.
Juda School partners with UW to reduce carbon footprint
WISC-TV 3
The UW UniverCity Year program is sending a team of senior students from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering to Juda’s 300 student K-12 school to create a proposal that would lower the facility’s energy expenses by 25 percent.
A Neuroscientist On Vanquishing Anger From Our Minds
Wisconsin Public Radio
Before he dedicated his life to studying how emotions are generated in the brain, neuroscientist Richard Davidson was an activist, protesting the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s. And he was very angry.
Higher Education/System
Regents OK 3 percent pay hikes for UW System employees
The Board of Regents unanimously approved the pay plan at a meeting in La Crosse Thursday. Regents also backed an identical pay plan for UW-Madison.
Tony Evers says his UW System Board of Regents appointees will not be ’employees of mine’
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov.-elect Tony Evers, at his last meeting as a member of the UW Board of Regents, briefly outlined a vision for higher education that has often been at odds with a board governed almost entirely by Gov. Scott Walker appointees.
Faculty say no to proposal that would make cutting low-enrollment majors easier
Daily Cardinal
The Faculty Senate voted to reject a new proposal aimed at extensive and expedited reviews of majors in the UW System Monday in an effort to send a message to system officials.
Chancellor Joe Gow boasts of UW-L successes at regents meeting; closed session includes considering discipline or termination of ‘a chancellor’
La Crosse Tribune
Chancellor Joe Gow touted record enrollment, increased diversity and a brand-new science center Thursday as the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents visited UW-La Crosse for the first time in five years.
UW Oshkosh Foundation lawsuit against UW System heads to mediation
Appleton Post-Crescent
The University of Wisconsin System will not have to pay several million dollars in UW-Oshkosh Foundation debt while the foundation’s ongoing lawsuit against the university heads to mediation, a federal judge ordered Thursday.
Campus life
Madison considers more restrictive rules for Downtown events
Wisconsin State Journal
From the Crazylegs Classic race to Maxwell Street Days, Downtown Madison is a magnet for events. But a city staff proposal could force many popular ones to change starting times, routes or days and perhaps deter new ones.
University Housing addresses concerns about mandatory meal plan, affordability at town hall meeting
Badger Herald
Housing Director Jeff Novak said cost of living is increasing to compensate for rising operational costs.
UW’s Center for Educational Opportunity celebrates 25th anniversary
Daily Cardinal
For the last 25 years, the Center for Educational Opportunity has served the UW-Madison community. This Friday, an event will be held to honor the accomplishments of the program and it’s students.
ASM hosts Town Hall meeting on meal plan, residence halls
Daily Cardinal
Concerns of future enrollment growth accomodations paved the way for discussion on housing accessibility and affordability.
International TA’s navigate the globe and the classroom
Daily Cardinal
The number of international graduate students’ enrollment at UW-Madison is significantly higher than the national average — it was close to 2,703 in Fall 2017, nearly half as many as the 4,791 American students, according to UW-Madison’s Office of the Registrar.
UW-Madison Police arrest prolific campus thief
Wisconsin Radio Network
Police at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say they’ve broken up a long-running campus theft ring.
Health
New Technology Tries To Tackle Opioid Crisis
WUWM
Noted: A UW-Madison assistant professor of Family Medicine and Community Health says innovation in attacking the opioid crises can be a good idea. But Dr. Aleksandra Zgierska says there should be caution, too.
Athletics
Jonathan Taylor joins an elite group of Badgers as a Doak Walker Award winner
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Last month, Wisconsin sophomore Jonathan Taylor was named the best running back in the Big Ten Conference. On Thursday, Taylor was named the best running back in the nation when he won the Doak Walker Award.
Badgers running back Jonathan Taylor becomes 4th Wisconsin player to win Doak Walker Award
Wisconsin State Journal
Jonathan Taylor’s Heisman Trophy chances slipped further from reality as the University of Wisconsin continued to fall down — and eventually out of — the national rankings.
Opinion
Column: Anti-Semitism on campus must be dealt with proactively, at the source
Badger Herald
Though anti-Semitism among students manifests itself in graffiti or harassment, it finds a stable home online.
UW Experts in the News
GOP tries to hamstring incoming Democratic attorneys general
AP
Quoted: “This clearly is an indication of how polarized politics have become,” University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist David Canon said. “It’s really not consistent with how we’ve had transfers of power in the past. We should be alarmed at this. I hope it’s not the new normal.”
What a lawsuit could mean for Democrats following GOP power-stripping measures
WISC-TV 3
Noted: “I think there’s no doubt that some of this is going to be contested in court. It’s possible still that Gov. Walker could veto parts of this,” said David Canon, a professor of political science at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison Related
Column: New tuition hike leaves out-of-state students behind
Badger Herald
In attempting to focus on Wisconsin residents, UW risks discouraging out-of-state applicants.