Wherever Ebola strikes, it does come back again, says Dr. Alhaji N’jai, a scientist at UW-Madison, a native of Sierra Leone, and the founder of Project 1808, Inc.
Noted: Their budget would give an additional $58 million to University of Wisconsin schools, about half of what Evers wanted.
The GOP budget also falls short of Evers’ proposal for the UW System. UW System campuses over the next two years would gain about $45 million under the GOP plan, about half of what Evers and System officials wanted.
Education funding: The budget includes an almost $500 million increase in K-12 investments — $900 million less than what Evers sought — and around $58 million in funding for the University of Wisconsin System, some $70 million less than what the governor wanted.
The System announced Tuesday the launch of a “15 to Finish” campaign encouraging students to take 15 credits each semester, or 30 credits each academic year.
Noted: After graduation, Steck received a full ride to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he will attend medical school this fall at the School of Medicine and Public Health.
That’s the reality for a growing number of college students, 12 percent here at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the impetus behind the university’s new partnership with Second Harvest.
Nominations are currently being sought for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s 2019-2020 Outstanding Women of Color Awards, which acknowledge and honor women of color among UW-Madison faculty, staff, students and in the greater Madison community.
Quoted: The filing itself does not guarantee that the government is going to bring charges, but it does suggest that the government is strongly considering them, said Peter C. Carstensen, an antitrust expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Law School.
Liz Binversie, an agriculture educator with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Brown County Extension, urges cautious optimism for dairy farmers considering diversifying with hemp.
University of Wisconsin assistant basketball coach Howard Moore, who was released from the University of Michigan Hospital earlier this month after being treated for severe burns suffered in an auto accident in May, is receiving additional treatment in a Madison-area hospital.
Moore is at a Madison-area hospital, but UW officials did not say which one. It is also unclear what specifically prompted the return to the hospital.
The Badgers announced Thomas as the first member of the UW Athletic Hall of Fame’s 2019 class Tuesday.
This week, UW-Madison took some small steps to change that narrative with the dedication of a new heritage marker on Bascom Hill that recognizes the historical significance of the campus as the Ho-Chunk’s ancestral home.
Quoted: Kenneth Streit, a University of Wisconsin Law School professor who specializes in juvenile justice policies and has represented juvenile offenders, said the department needs the criminal justice equivalent of a Marvel Comics superhero team.
“(DOC Secretary) Kevin Carr needs The Avengers with someone who can aggressively manage change at Irma, a second superhero who can assist counties to develop the best programs possible and Captain America who can come up with one or two small state units which not only safely houses youth, but makes them and their communities better,” he said.
Quoted: “Local farmers have never seen it this bad, even farmers who have farmed their whole lives,” said Nick Baker, an outreach specialist for the UW Extension. “We’ve never seen a spring this tough.”
Robert Yablon, an assistant professor of law at UW-Madison, said the main issues in the case are technical administrative law questions, like if a government agency is lawfully making decisions, in additional to constitutional questions.
She was a social worker for the state of Wisconsin and then taught at the University of Wisconsin School of Social Work, serving as a fieldwork supervisor for a generation of social workers.
He was most proud of his work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the director of Educational Placement and Career Services. For 28 years he advised thousands of students and alumni on career and employment decisions.
Marna joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Theatre and Drama in 1968. At UW, she was responsible for teaching costume history and design, designing costumes for university productions and overseeing the department’s costume shop. Between 1986 to 2000 … she retired from UW as Professor Emerita in 2002.
