Democrats have been pushing the concept for years, but it has failed to earn the support of Republicans who control the Legislature. Evers will need Republican approval to implement the refinancing effort, along with the rest of his budget.
March 12, 2019
Top Stories
Higher Education/System
UW System Turning To Software To Reduce Graduation Gaps Between Students Of Color, Peers
WPR
As part of the initiative, all UW campuses will begin using software called Navigate Student Success Collaborative that tracks class attendance, grades and financial factors that could impact student enrollment.
Campus life
A major problem: Students of color feel unwelcome on campus and in the classroom
Badger Herald
Lack of access to academic support, inhospitable campus climate hinder academic success of students of color.
UW-Madison weighing fate of Nails’ Tales
Wisconsin State Journal
Nails’ Tales, the towering obelisk of footballs that has amused, irked and offended visitors to Camp Randall since it was installed in November 2005, could be going away.
Arts & Humanities
60th anniversary of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun
WXOW - La Crosse
University of Madison alumni Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking play A Raisin in the Sun debuted 60 years ago today.
Health
Madison is in the solution business
Madison Magazine
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is one of 10 academic and health care institutions in the nation to be invited by the National Institutes of Health to create the largest health database in history.
Athletics
UW’s Ethan Happ on all-Big Ten first team for the third time
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Meet Ethan Happ, the first Wisconsin player to be named a first-team, all-Big Ten performer three times.
Ethan Happ makes Wisconsin Badgers history with All-Big Ten selection
Wisconsin State Journal
The senior center became the first player in program history to earn first-team All-Big Ten honors three times in his career.
UW Experts in the News
Small classes: Data shows low income kids, students of color benefit most
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: There’s the expense. The costs of implementing small classes are significant, said Beth Graue, professor of early childhood education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Studies show anxiety, eating disorders affect athletes disproportionately
WISC-TV 3
Noted: Dr. Claudia Reardon, a psychiatrist at University Health Service, said mental illness can affect athletes of all levels, especially elite athletes. Last week, 23-year-old Olympic cyclist Kelly Catlin died by suicide in her college residence, shedding more light on how mental illness impacts this group of people.
Obituaries
Wiecki, Ronald Victor “Ron”
Ron became a music librarian at Mills Music Library in the Memorial Library at UW-Madison, until his retirement in 2017.