One of the four finalists to become University of Wisconsin Whitewater’s next chancellor, Guiyou Huang, has withdrawn his application.
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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.
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.
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’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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
11-year-old raising money through crocheting gives lesson to UW Surgeons
NBC-15
Jonah Larson, an 11-year-old from Lacrosse, has been getting attention from around the world for his crochet creations he sells to raise money for a Madison non-profit.
Crocheting prodigy visits UW Hospital
WKOW-TV 27
Jonah Larson, 11, is pretty good at crocheting needles. But on Friday he traded in those needles for surgical tools.
Former UW sorority house director accused of embezzling over $225k
WISC-TV 3
Authorities say Dorton was fired from her job at Delta Delta Delta sorority in early 2016 for violating terms of her contract. The complaint says student leaders at the house later came to suspect she had been making unauthorized purchases on a sorority credit card.
‘I want to be a surgeon’: Crochet prodigy tests his suture skills at UW Hospital
WISC-TV 3
Jonah Larson has one of the firmest handshake of any 11-year-old you’ll ever meet. He might rival most adults in that regard.
Change of plans: UW-Madison real estate major will pursue start-up app after graduation
WISC-TV 3
Pawlik probably isn’t the only one of his classmates who will walk across the stage next weekend at UW-Madison’s commencement and take a job field not related to their major. Less than 30 percent of college graduates are working in a job related to their college major, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Caster Semenya Loses Case to Compete as a Woman in All Races
The New York Times
“I think it’s hard to draw a biological line around the female athlete category,” said Pape, now a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Wisconsin. “I want to make sure people understand the complexities and relate to these women as real people.”
Cyclone Fani Strikes, Heading in the Path of Tens of Millions in India
The New York Times
Quoted: By late Thursday in India, Cyclone Fani had sustained winds of about 155 miles per hour, nearly in the range of a Category 5 hurricane, said Derrick Herndon, an associate researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies. The World Meteorological Organization said the storm was “one of the most intense” in 20 years in the region.
Live Tracking Map: Cyclone Fani Batters India
The New York Times
Quoted: The greatest threat to residents was drowning — from flash flooding, storm surges that could reach 10 to 15 feet in some areas, and flooding from rivers in the days after the storm lands, said Derrick Herndon, an associate researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies.
UW engineering students build new legs for Sgt. Stubbs
WKOW-TV 27
Some University of Wisconsin graduate students are giving a severely injured cat new life.Sgt. Stubbs lost his back legs earlier this year in a train accident in Chicago.
African-American women use new skills to take careers to next level.
NBC-15
The UW Madison Continuing Studies program sponsored the conference, now in its 4th year.
Wisconsin-made sensor heads to Smithsonian
NBC-15
A Wisconsin-made sensor part of a cosmic observatory that was buried beneath the South Pole is on its way to the Smithsonian.
UpStart supports women and people of color in entrepreneurship
WISC-TV 3
This is the first in a series of columns about UpStart, a free entrepreneurship program for women and people of color supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF.
UW Veterinary Care Center helps dozens of K-9s get back to work
WISC-TV 3
The UW Veterinary Center offers discounted procedures to law enforcement dogs,
UW faculty awarded 32 research fellowships for 2019-20
Wisconsin State Journal
Thirty-two faculty members at UW-Madison have received research fellowships for the 2019-20 academic year, in arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences.
Former sorority employee charged with embezzling more than $225,000
Wisconsin State Journal
The former house director for a sorority near the UW-Madison campus was charged this week with embezzling more than $225,000 from the sorority over a period of more than six years.
Study: Vaccines could prevent cancer in dogs, eventually humans
Wisconsin State Journal
Trilly, a 9-year-old Gordon setter with fluffy brown and black fur, lay down on a raised table surrounded by doctors, veterinary technicians and photographers in UW Veterinary Care’s Oncology Clinic.
Piece of UW-Madison history headed to Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
Wisconsin State Journal
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, an international research collaboration led by UW-Madison, buried more than 5,000 sensors beneath sheets of ice at the South Pole over a period of seven Antarctic summers that began in 2004.
‘Big enough to fit Bucky Badger’: J.J. Watt’s custom gown a 1st for University Book Store
Wisconsin State Journal
In the 30 years that the University Book Store has provided graduation gowns to UW-Madison’s commencement speakers, company president Pat McGowan cannot recall needing to order a custom-size gown.
Column: In-state tuition for Dreamers would benefit all of Wisconsin
Capital Times
If approved, the lower fees would make college much more accessible.
A space to breathe: Black Women’s Leadership Conference offers attendees advice for stressful workplaces
Capital Times
The 2019 BWLC runs Thursday and Friday, May 2 and 3, at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard St. This is the fourth annual conference, which aims to empower and equip black women and girls through education, networking and leadership training.
‘This life sometimes is so unfair.’ How the world responded to the Caster Semenya ruling
Business Insider South Africa
Quoted: She said while studying sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States, she realised that “biological sex and athletic ability are both far too complex for scientists to reduce to measures of testosterone.”
170-Year-Old Wisconsin Abortion Ban Still On The Books
Wisconsin Public Radio
“It just doesn’t happen,” said Dr. Doug Laube, who used to be the chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Giant Panda Is a Closet Carnivore
The Atlantic
Quoted: “If you’re going to switch to a specific plant, bamboo isn’t too bad, as it does have respectable plant protein levels, as well as a swath of different vitamins,” says Garret Suen from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Edgewood High students’ science project launches into space
Wisconsin State Journal
Kiley and Pashaj worked with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space and the UW-Madison Molecular Structure Laboratory to devise an experiment to be done at the station based on the optimum growing conditions for their crystal.
Edgewood College offered buyouts, cutting about 30 full-time positions
Wisconsin State Journal
The college will cut about 30 full-time positions, or about 5% of its 600-person employee base, at the end of the spring semester. It also plans to increase its student-to-instructor ratio from 9:1 to 15:1 over the next several years by eliminating about 10% of course sections offered.
First NCAA appearance in 14 years ‘a dream come true’ to Wisconsin Badgers women’s tennis team
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers, ranked 35th nationally, will make their first NCAA tournament appearance in 14 years on Saturday when they play Syracuse in the opening round in Palo Alto, California.
UW’s student activism: Past, present and future
Badger Herald
Megan Miller, the Morgridge Center for Public Service assistant director for civic engagement and communications, said there’s a need to build a lasting commitment to civic engagement in the student body
Legislators propose new UW dairy centers to boost industry
Badger Herald
Dairy Innovation Hubs to be established at three UW schools.
Native American historian discusses missing, murdered indigenous women
Badger Herald
Brugel said this event, hosted by Wunk Sheek, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán and PAVE, is especially important because Native women are often left out of the discussion about sexual assault.
Supreme upset: Last-ditch Republican effort leaves Wisconsin liberals in the dust — again.
Noted: According to University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Howard Schweber, it’s no longer a question. Running as an independent with no political support is a losing strategy.
GOP legislators propose UW dairy hub
Sen. Howard Marklein and Rep. Travis Tranel are sponsoring a bill that would give the University of Wisconsin System $7.9 million fund annually to create and fund the UW Dairy Innovation Hub at UW-Madison, UW-Platteville and UW-River Falls.
Panel picks finalists for UW-Whitewater chancellor post
Madison.com
The system announced Tuesday that a special regent committee has picked Interim UW-Whitewater Chancellor Cheryl Green; Louisiana State University of Alexandria Chancellor Guiyou Huang; Southwest Minnesota State University Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs Dwight Watson; and Slippery Rock University Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Philip Way as finalists.Advertisement (1 of 1): 0:15
Plan would create Dairy Innovation Hub on UW campuses
WKOW-TV 27
“The problem is, for the last five years, our farmers haven’t been able to pay their bills,” said state Rep. Travis Tranel.
Report finds about half of college students struggle with food and shelter
College and university students aim to get educations to improve their lot in life. But a survey released Tuesday found that while they’re enrolled, about half of them have trouble putting food on the table and finding a stable place to live.
UW-Madison dean’s handling of sexual harassment case under scrutiny in provost search
Wisconsin State Journal
Two women questioned dean John Karl Scholz at his finalist presentation Tuesday afternoon about how he responded to complaints regarding Harvey Jacobs, a former UW-Madison professor whom students and staff accused of inappropriately touching, staring and commenting as part of a pattern going back years.
Local doctors weigh in on measles risk in Wisconsin
NBC-15
Quoted: Dr. Jonathan Temte, a professor of family medicine community health at UW and chair of the Wisconsin Council on Immunization, said it is only a matter of time before Wisconsin could see a case.
GOP legislators propose UW dairy hub
NBC-15
Two Republican legislators want to spend nearly $8 million annually to create dairy research programs at three University of Wisconsin System schools.
Panel picks finalists for UW-Whitewater chancellor
WISC-TV 3
The system announced Tuesday that a special regent committee has picked Interim UW-Whitewater Chancellor Cheryl Green; Louisiana State University of Alexandria Chancellor Guiyou Huang; Southwest Minnesota State University Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs Dwight Watson; and Slippery Rock University Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Philip Way as finalists.
How much screen time is too much? Doctors weigh in on how much your kids should be consuming
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: “What it does is push away those all important, loving, nurturing, responsive interactions they should be having with adults in their environment,” said Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UW-Madison. “That’s what drives development, and the research is clear on that.”
University Book Store shares photo of J.J. Watt’s custom graduation gown
WISC-TV 3
The University Book Store shared this photo the other day, showing that Watt’s custom-made commencement gown was ready to go.