Behind the scenes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s bustling Union South, where many students are taking shelter from a rainy afternoon, Bret Kuhn is busy wrapping up a shift washing dishes in the lower-level kitchens.
May 7, 2019
Top Stories
Audit: UW System’s in-state enrollment is declining
AP
The committee’s other co-chair, Republican Rep. Samantha Kerkman, said attracting nonresident students means more money and a chance to persuade them to stay and work in the state after graduation. Republicans and businesses often contend that Wisconsin faces a worker shortage that will only worsen as the population ages.
Higher Education/System
UW-Whitewater chancellor candidate drops out, 3 remain
One of the four finalists to become University of Wisconsin Whitewater’s next chancellor, Guiyou Huang, has withdrawn his application.
Catching Up: Court rules to release records on UW-Oshkosh plagiarism investigation
Wisconsin State Journal
A Wisconsin circuit court ruled in favor of releasing to the Wisconsin State Journal records relating to an investigation of alleged plagiarism by a UW-Oshkosh professor who sued to block release of the records.
Nerissa Nelson: UW-Stevens Point’s plan to keep majors is a pyrrhic victory
My campus, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, has had a tumultuous year of dealing with a projected budget deficit of $8 million over the next three years. It started as an announced administrative “document/plan” to cut 13 liberal arts majors, followed by a “reduced plan” to cut six majors and tenured faculty, and then ultimately a “pulled-back plan” to not cut those majors or lay off tenured faculty.
Audit: UW tuition revenue grew $366M over 9 years as nonresident enrollment surged
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin System’s in-state student enrollment has dropped sharply over the past nine years, reflecting declining regional populations and System efforts to get students to graduation faster, according to a report state auditors released Monday.
Audit: UW System’s in-state enrollment is declining
The University of Wisconsin System’s in-state student enrollment has dropped sharply over the last nine years, reflecting declining regional populations and system efforts to get students to graduation faster, according to a report state auditors released Monday.
Audit: UW System’s in-state enrollment is declining
Associated Press
The University of Wisconsin System’s in-state student enrollment has dropped sharply over the last nine years, reflecting declining regional populations and system efforts to get students to graduation faster, according to a report state auditors released Monday.
Audit: UW tuition revenue grew $366.6m over decade
NBC-15
The report from the Legislative Audit Bureau found tuition revenue grew from $933.4 million in fiscal year 2008-09 to $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2017-18. Resident tuition grew from $125.4 million to $276.3 million. Nonresident tuition increased from $808 million to $1.04 billion.
Audit: UW tuition revenue grew $366.6 million over decade
WISC-TV 3
A new audit says tuition revenue at University of Wisconsin System schools grew $336.6 million over the last decade.
UW-Whitewater chancellor candidate withdraws consideration for position
WISC-TV 3
All public events related to Louisiana State University of Alexandria Chancellor Guiyou Huang’s visit are canceled, said mark Pitsch, the Public Information Officer with the University of Wisconsin System.
Campus life
UW professor wins prestigious scientific prize, could be precursor to Nobel prize
Wisconsin State Journal
A UW-Madison professor who won the prestigious Passano Fellow award, as well as a second major prize earlier, could be in line for a Nobel prize. Robert Fettiplace, professor of neuroscience at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, won the 2019 Passano Fellow award for research into the mechanics of hearing.
Wisconsin Union debuts dairy-themed Terrace chairs to fundraise for UW Vet Medicine project
Wisconsin State Journal
The Wisconsin Union is milking the popularity of its sunburst style Terrace chairs to raise money for the UW School of Veterinary Medicine’s expansion project.
Limited edition Terrace chair to benefit UW vet school
WISC-TV 3
The UW School of Veterinary Medicine is fundraising so they can double the size of their small animal hospital, and the Wisconsin Union is stepping in to help. WU Director Mark Guthier and School of Veterinary Medicine Associate Dean Kristi Thorson talk about the specially made chair.
UW-Madison Class of 2019 Gift celebrates women of the past
WISC-TV 3
On Monday, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Class of 2019 unveiled its gift of a sculpture that pays homage to women who attended UW.
Arts & Humanities
Mike Leckrone describes final year at UW-Madison as ‘breathtaking’
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison’s legendary band director is about to take his final bow.After 50 years, Mike Leckrone is preparing for one last commencement. He told WKOW his final year at UW-Madison has been “breathtaking.”
Health
Making a Difference: Students provide “A Moment of Magic” for critically ill kids
NBC-15
When children face critical illnesses, it can be pretty scary, and make for some long days in the hospital. That’s where U-W School of Nursing student Tori Matson comes in. When she’s not learning the science of medicine, she’s learning how fiction also has some healing powers of its own.
UW Experts in the News
5G signal could jam satellites that help with weather forecasting
The Guardian
Quoted: “The more we lose, the greater the impact will be,” states meteorologist Jordan Gerth, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the current issue of Nature. “This is a global problem.”
Assembly to vote on abortion bill next week that Gov. Tony Evers has pledged to veto
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: Critics such as Alta Charo, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of law and bioethics, say such legislation doesn’t do anything beyond stirring up an ugly fight because there are already laws in place that protect babies as soon as they’re born.
Species Are Going Extinct At An Unprecedented Rate — Here’s Why You Should Care
Huffington Post
Quoted: The fastest, cheapest, most efficient way to bring down greenhouse gases and mitigate some of the effects of climate change is to grow more trees around the world and preserve the ones we have, said Donald Waller, a botany and environmental studies professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
The cost of farming in 2019 forces Wisconsin farmers into new lifestyle
NBC-15
Quoted: A major factor in those distressed prices is the cost of production, that’s according to Simon Jette Nantel a farm management specialist at the UW-Extension. “As soon as there is new technology and new knowledge, that allows producers to start lowering their costs, then you can expect the market price to come down,” Jette Nantel said.
Granting second chances: Gov. Evers plans to restore pardons in Wisconsin, giving hope to offenders
WISC-TV 3
Noted: “The rationale that I saw was that he believed that (pardons were) a matter for the judiciary and that he wasn’t going to become involved in that, which is a philosophical position. It happens to be one that’s not consistent with the constitutional structure that we have in this state,” said Keith Findley, an associate professor of law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UN Report: Around 1M Species At Risk Of Extinction
Wisconsin Public Radio
Noted: Stan Temple, professor emeritus of forest and wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said Wisconsin is unique because it’s close to the edges of major ecosystems, including the eastern edge of the prairies and southern end of the northern coniferous forest.
UW-Madison Related
Olympic Runner Who Once Competed Against Caster Semenya Weighs In On Testosterone Ruling
NPR
Madeleine Pape was an Olympic runner for Australia who once competed against Semenya. She’s now a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. And she told us about when she competed against Semenya in 2009 at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin.
Wisconsin’s tourism economy continues to hum
Wisconsin State Journal
In Dane County, visitors strolled around the state Capitol, biked the hills around Mount Horeb and came from around the world for events at Monona Terrace, UW-Madison, Alliant Energy Center and Epic Systems Corp. in Verona. And all of it helped Wisconsin to its ninth straight year of positive gains in tourism, one of the pillars of the state’s economy.
Dallas Middle School Gets Tree Directly Descended from Newton Gravity Tree
NBC Dallas Fort Worth
In the U.S., there are several locations with direct descendant trees, including at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Brown University and Vanderbilt University.