People who entered the country illegally could pay in-state tuition, a long-running tuition freeze would continue for another two years and institutions would receive an additional $150 million under Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ executive budget proposal for the University of Wisconsin System.
February 25, 2019
Top Stories
Research
Making drugs more effective: Madison startup Dianomi Therapeutics draws a $3 million investment
Wisconsin State Journal
Based on research from the lab of UW-Madison biomedical engineering professor Bill Murphy, Dianomi says it has devised a way to make medications that attack the source of pain — rather than the pain alone — and are more effective and longer lasting than current treatments.
Higher Education/System
Gov. Tony Evers seeks to freeze enrollment in private voucher schools, suspend charter school expansion
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The University of Wisconsin System Office of Educational Opportunity, which was created in 2015 and may authorize independent charter schools over the objection of school district officials, would be barred from authorizing new schools until 2023.
Free tuition to UW-Madison? PEOPLE program amps up Milwaukee program
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A revitalized program aimed at boosting the enrollment of low-income and minority students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison kicks off this week when the PEOPLE program opens its new office at Milwaukee’s Rufus King Middle School.
UW-Madison tweaks public notification process for job candidates to protect applicants
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison has changed the public notification process for job candidates in its latest high-profile search, moves the university said are needed to protect applicants’ confidentiality but which an open government advocate cautioned limit transparency.
Evers’ higher education budget would continue tuition freeze
WISC-TV 3
Gov. Tony Evers’s budget calls for giving people in the country without legal permission in-state tuition rates at University of Wisconsin System schools, continuing a long-running tuition freeze and handing the system an additional $150 million.
Some Wisconsin Companies Offer Student Debt Repayment As An Employee Benefit
Wisconsin Public Radio
In the University of Wisconsin System, 72 percent of students borrowed money toward their bachelor’s degrees and the average debt upon graduation is $30,771.
Campus life
A UW fraternity got suspended for pressuring pledges to wear ‘Dora the Explorer’ backpacks
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
One fraternity got suspended from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for hazing, the school announced in a press release.
University of Wisconsin fraternity suspended for hazing
Madison.com
A fraternity at the University of Wisconsin has been suspended after younger members were allegedly pressured to run errands, wear “Dora the Explorer” backpacks and carry fruit around campus.
Q&A: Artist Rashaad Newsome sees his UW-Madison class as a collage
Capital Times
Artist Rashaad Newsome seems well-suited to be the UW-Madison’s Spring 2019 Interdisciplinary Artist in Residence. The New York-based artist combines several disciplines including collage, performance, film and even computer programming, to create works that are always changing.
UW suggests Madison bars, liquor stores use smart ID scanners to prevent underage drinking
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is using smart ID scanners that have successfully helped them catch the fakes. Last week, university officials suggested that the bars and liquor stores in the city use smart ID scanners as well, a move a Madison Police Department captain supports.
UW fraternity goes bald to support cancer research
WKOW-TV 27
Dozens of members of the Theta Chi Fraternity shaved their heads on Saturday to see if they could raise more money than other college groups.
Alpha Sigma Phi suspended following hazing allegations
Daily Cardinal
The chapter violated the Student Organization Code of Conduct as new members were coerced to wear “Dora the Explorer” backpacks, carry fruit around campus and run errands for the older members.
Peace Corps week to be headlined by teacher of the year
Daily Cardinal
2018 National Teacher of the Year and returned Peace Corps volunteer Mandy Manning will headline UW-Madison’s upcoming Peace Corps week.
Extension
Wisconsin’s Rural Communities Team Up To Attract Housing Developers
Wisconsin Public Radio
The cities of Ashland, Washburn and Bayfield are looking to do a study for similar reasons, said Kellie Pederson, community development educator with Bayfield County, University of Wisconsin-Extension.
Community
Smith: Wisconsin Hero Outdoors extends a hand to vets, first responders and their families
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: They linked with the Waukesha County Community Foundation to gain 501c(3) nonprofit status. They also were accepted as partners with the UW-Madison Law and Entrepreneur Clinic. They also established an endowment to help fund its operations. With administrative support from the Waukesha foundation and legal affairs handled pro bono by the UW-Madison clinic, all funds raised go to run the programs to benefit vets, first-responders and their families, Falkner said.
Athletics
Know your Madisonian: A woman’s voice for UW women’s sports
Wisconsin State Journal
Oleson recently completed her 20th season as the PA announcer for the UW volleyball team. Over the years she’s also taken on the same duties for the UW softball team and the women’s basketball team.
UW Experts in the News
State leads nation in farm bankruptcies again, dairy farm closings hit record high in 2018
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Dairy farms of all sizes as well as grain, beef and specialty farms across the state experienced bankruptcies, according to Paul Mitchell, a professor of agriculture and applied economics at UW-Madison. “There’s no rhyme or reason” to explain the bankruptcies in Wisconsin, Mitchell said. “It’s just a lot of persistent low prices for a lot of different commodities that we produce.”
Trump stays silent on media-hating Coast Guard officer
Politico
Quoted: “I think it’s very difficult to draw a bright line between what comes out of the president’s mouth or his Twitter account and action from other individuals,” said Kathleen Bartzen Culver, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “But that doesn’t mean we should accept a normalization of this rhetoric.”
The Crazy Snake Worm Invasion You Haven’t Heard About
EcoWatch
Quoted: Gardeners love earthworms because they “churn up the soil and create spaces for nutrients to flow and water to get to the roots,” said Bradley Herrick, an ecologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum.
Stories of seeds and seeding
Chemical and Engineering News
Quoted: “It was a little joke we had in our lab because Madison’s mascot is a badger,” says a former University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student, Nicole C. Thomas, who completed her thesis work in Samuel Gellman’s lab. Thomas recalls one of her lab mates placing badger fur in a plastic bag next to their crystallization station, labeling it “Break in case of seeding emergency.”
Some Wisconsin farms buckle under weight of snow
WISC-TV 3
Noted: Brian Holmes is a retired agricultural engineer for University of Wisconsin-Extension. Holmes tells Wisconsin Public Radio that some farm buildings are buckling under the weight of snow because their strength is typically compromised by being older and housing damp environments.
New Insights Found By Researchers Regarding Tornadoes
Ace Newz
Quoted: Leigh Orf, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, says “in my scientific view, there are likely different modes of tornadogenesis.”
Obituaries
Sykes, W. Stuart
He took a position at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and Hospital. Stuart taught and practiced medicine at the University from 1964-1996, when he retired.
Cathleen Wells Conley, 58
WISC-TV 3
She worked in accounting for the University of Wisconsin in the College of Engineering and later at the College of Letters and Science, where she also developed close friendships.
UW-Madison Related
‘Madison in the Sixties’ details turbulent decade beyond protests
Wisconsin State Journal
Journalist and historian Stuart Levitan said his latest book, “Madison in the Sixties,” is in many ways really about the role UW-Madison has in shaping the city.
Donald Harris, Kamala Harris Father: 5 Fast Facts to Know
Heavy.com
Donald Harris joined Stanford in 1972. Before that, he was a professor at the University of Wisconsin (Madison). He was named a professor there “three years after graduating from the University of California (Berkeley),” his bio says.
Wienermobile: Drive a hot dog, see the country a la Oscar Mayer
CNN Travel
“Habanero Hayley” hails from Wisconsin and studied marketing and Spanish at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
An Elite Ice Climber’s Year-Round Workout
Wall Street Journal
“Even on the coldest days I’d rather be climbing above crashing waves instead of sitting on my couch,” she says. The 28-year-old data analyst started rock climbing in high school and discovered ice climbing while attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Overseas Taiwanese community in New York comm…
Taiwan News
History academic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wang Yu-li (???) gave a short speech entitled “Taiwan’s one unfulfilled quest,” in which she explored the significance and boundaries of the Taiwanese identity throughout generations in light of the 228 incident.