University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have decided to settle allegations they overcharged the federal government for research projects for $1.5 million.
UW-Madison Settles Federal Research Dispute For $1.5 Million
AP
March 22, 2019
Top Stories
Wisconsin’s Annie Pankowski Tries to Leave College Hockey on Top
The New York Times
This weekend is Wisconsin forward Annie Pankowski’s last shot to go out a winner in college hockey.
UW-Madison settles with U.S. government for $1.5 million over ‘technical accounting issue’
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison agreed to pay the U.S. government $1.5 million for allegedly overcharging federal agencies on the money it receives for research projects, the Western District Court of Wisconsin announced Thursday.
Research
UW-graduate creates philanthropic fitness app
NBC-15
A UW-Madison graduate developed a new mobile app, for users keep track of fitness goals, while making a philanthropic impact.
Report: Climate Change Brings Rising Temperatures, Extreme Weather To Great Lakes States
Wisconsin Public Radio
The Environmental Law & Policy Center commissioned the study by researchers from several universities, including Daniel Vimont, director of the Nelson Institute Center For Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Astrobiology seminar aims to inspire a look into the bounds of life
Space Daily
With like-minded researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vincent helped form a new campus group by the name of OoLALA – Origins of Life, Artificial Life and Astrobiology. The founders of OoLALA hope it can coordinate the dozens of labs that are addressing some aspect of astrobiology and inspire others to join the work.
Higher Education/System
Ray Cross: UW System partner Fund for Wisconsin Scholars improves lives
La Crosse Tribune
One of the pleasures of leading the University of Wisconsin System is listening to students describe how our campuses have improved their lives.
Diverse salutes this year’s Top 35 Women in Higher Education
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
List includes Dr. Sherri Ann Charleston, Assistant Vice Provost & Affirmative Action Officer, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tony Evers, Josh Kaul move to exit Obamacare lawsuit after judge blocks GOP lame-duck laws
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: In addition to striking down the lame-duck laws, Niess’s decision vacated 82 appointments by Walker that senators confirmed during the same session. The ruling gives Evers a chance to fill appointments, including ones on the University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents and Public Service Commission, and to appoint a new head at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.
Campus life
UW math professors win prestigious Simons Fellowships
Wisconsin State Journal
Gheorghe Craciun, Autumn Kent and Andreas Seeger join 45 other scientists this year in receiving Simons Fellowships, founded 25 years ago by Jim and Marilyn Simons to support basic scientific research.
Crime and safety
Former UW doctor charged with sexual assaulting patient
WISC-TV 3
Michael Thom was charged Thursday in Madison with second-degree sexual assault by a health care employee and fourth-degree sexual assault, according to a Wisconsin State Journal report.
Agriculture
Axios Markets
Axios
“Farmers are structured to ride these waves out, but when the waves are this long they can’t ride that out,” says Steven Deller, a professor of agricultural and applied economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Community
500 attended a vigil at the Islamic Center of Milwaukee for victims of the New Zealand mosque attacks
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: University of Wisconsin-Madison students Ufaira Shaik and Yaseen Najeeb read the names and ages of the victims to the crowd gathered for the vigil. The recitation of the dead was followed by 51 seconds of silence. One second for each person cut down by hate.
Arts & Humanities
Debunking the Capitalist Cowboy
Boston Review
Business schools fetishize entrepreneurial innovation, but their most prominent heroes succeeded because they manipulated corporate law, not because of personal brilliance. –Nan Enstad is the Robinson Edwards Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism.
Health
Former UW doctor charged with sexual assault for incident that led to his resignation in 2017
Wisconsin State Journal
A former UW Health doctor who resigned in 2017 amid allegations of sexual misconduct involving a patient was charged Thursday with felony and misdemeanor counts of sexual assault.
Athletics
Ethan Happ will leave Wisconsin after the NCAA Tournament as one of the Badgers’ greatest players
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The pain was searing initially, almost unbearable. It dissipated over the course of a long offseason, although it never disappeared.
Annie Pankowski becomes Wisconsin Badgers’ third three-time All-American
Wisconsin State Journal
Annie Pankowski already was part of one elite hat trick among University of Wisconsin women’s hockey players, and she joined another on Thursday.
Opinion
The Admissions Scandal Is About Parental Narcissism—and the Schools’ Complicity
The Nation
The fact is that you can get an excellent education at hundreds of American colleges, many of which have fine reputations and are easier to get into. Take Bard, for instance, which accepts 49 percent of its applicants; Sarah Lawrence, whose acceptance rate is 43 percent; or the University of Wisconsin–Madison, which admits more than half of all students who apply.
UW Experts in the News
Report: Climate Change Brings Rising Temperatures, Extreme Weather To Great Lakes States
Wisconsin Public Radio
Noted: The Environmental Law & Policy Center commissioned the study by researchers from several universities, including Daniel Vimont, director of the Nelson Institute Center For Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Here’s What You Need to Know About Vouchers and Charters
Madison 365
Noted: With a Madison school board election coming up April 2, and with conversations around charters and vouchers affecting the last several school board races, we feel it’s important that voters be fully informed. So I spoke with Dr. John Witte, an expert on educational policy at the LaFollette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Witte has studied charter and voucher policies and their effects for more than 30 years.
Obituaries
Charles Sanna, Seeking Use for Surplus Milk Powder, Invented Swiss Miss
Wall Street Journal
Charles Sanna earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1939 and joined the Gary, Ind., steel works of Carnegie-Illinois Steel, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel .
UW-Madison Related
Woman who found Jayme Closs honored as part of Social Work Month
WKOW-TV 27
Nutter is an academic advisor with the University of Wisconsin’s School of Social Work.