Cathy Sandeen wasn’t given much notice that her job is about to change significantly, and might be eliminated outright.
Redrawing UW: With a reorganization plan in the works, faculty, staff and students have questions
Capital Times
Author: gbump
Badgerloop team excited about prospect of Hyperloop tunnel
WKOW-TV 27
27 News spoke with a member of the Badgerloop team at UW about the innovative project. The team is made up mainly of UW undergraduate engineering student.
Screen time is one factor in rise of teen suicide
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: “Screens have changed bullying and I think in one way they changed is through a broader audience,” said Dr. Megan Moreno, division chief for general pediatrics and adolescent medicine for UW Health.
Russ Feingold set to teach international studies class in fall 2018
Badger Herald
Former state and U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will return to the University of Wisconsin campus as a distinguished visiting lecturer in fall 2018.
UW campus buildings free from unsafe lead contamination levels
Badger Herald
Students, faculty return to Bascom, Agricultural Hall after lead paint contamination.
Police deploy pepper spray before arresting three men in University Avenue disturbance
Daily Cardinal
Madison police used pepper spray this weekend to break up a fight before arresting three men outside a popular strip of downtown bars this weekend.
Madison schools, UW strive to close disparities among student demographics
Daily Cardinal
Using UW-Madison’s resources, community programs are working to close those opportunity gaps, preparing students for success in college from a young age and supporting teachers.
SoHE class aims to give Kenyan women entrepreneur opportunities
Daily Cardinal
What started as a design assignment in a class in the School of Human Ecology has transformed into a non-profit organization that helps empower women in Kenya.
Petition circulates after proposed elimination of business school full-time MBA
Daily Cardinal
A petition is circulating after a proposal that would suspend admissions to the full-time Master of Business Administration Program degree for one year surfaced last week.
Melee breaks out on University Avenue, 3 arrested, Madison police say
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison police needed to use pepper spray on the crowd to break up the large disturbance that started around 1:20 a.m. in the 600 block of the main thoroughfare through the UW-Madison campus, which has about a half-dozen bars very popular among students.
Blood tests show no risk to health in lead contamination scare at UW-Madison, officials say
Wisconsin State Journal
A lead contamination scare on the UW-Madison campus is over.
Mary Conroy: Oppose bill that hamstrings UW Med School
Capital Times
Letter to the editor: I oppose the misguided bill that would prohibit employees of the UW Medical School or University of Wisconsin System from performing or assisting with abortions within the scope of their employment.
University of Wisconsin proposal: Suspend full-time MBA during review of programs
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison faculty are reviewing a proposal that calls for the Wisconsin School of Business to suspend admissions into its full-time Master of Business Administration program for one year while leaders undertake a long-term review of program offerings, officials said Monday.
Cartoon was violent, not funny — Gail Price
Wisconsin State Journal
I found the cartoon of Bucky Badger on the front page of Saturday’s paper to be horrifying, not funny. It depicted UW-Madison’s mascot in his Bucky Wagon driving over a Maryland terrapin.
Lightfoot, Edwin Niblock Jr.
Madison.com
He began his teaching career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1953, where he was a distinguished member of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering for over 50 years. His research interests were in separation processes and controlling the dynamics of biological systems.
Thompson, Elaine Teisberg
Madison.com
Elaine worked … as a librarian for the U.W. Center System Library and the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory.
Replace studious Bucky Badger statue — John Newman
Wisconsin State Journal
Send the nerdy “well red” Bucky statue to one of the sub-basements in the Memorial Library, and replace it with a totem we members of the Badgers clan can worship with pride.
UW-Madison looks back at Dow Chemical protests
Wisconsin Gazette
Differing opinions and lessons learned from 1967.
Wisconsin School of Business considering closing MBA program
Wisconsin State Journal
The Wisconsin School of Business is considering shutting down its full-time Master of Business Administration program, officials say, in a move that would make UW-Madison the latest university to stop offering a traditional MBA.
Skolaski, Robert J.
Madison.com
He worked at the UW in the Carpenter Shop.
Ryan Owens: Tommy G. Thompson Center will search for common ground
Wisconsin State Journal
Our mission at the Thompson Center, on the UW-Madison campus, is to understand public leadership and apply leadership to contemporary problems. We will provide an environment to study, discuss and improve leadership objectively and professionally.
Tom Still: UW-Madison’s thousands of lost engineering students are a lost opportunity
Wisconsin State Journal
The main barrier to taking more is a lack of faculty to educate more students without diminishing the quality of the experience for all. Private gifts help, but the core funding for faculty hires comes from state government support and student tuition. Neither source has grown much for years.
Ted and Mary Kellner commit $25 million gift to UW-Madison
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
On Saturday, the Kellners added to their legacy of giving at UW-Madison, committing $25 million as part of the university’s $3.2 billion All Ways Forward comprehensive campaign.
UW-Madison receives $25 million donation on Homecoming weekend
Wisconsin State Journal
As a special Homecoming weekend gift, two UW-Madison alumni donated $25 million to the school’s fundraising campaign, the university announced Saturday.
Latest actions deepen divide between UW System leaders and many faculty, students
Wisconsin State Journal
Over the last three weeks, the University of Wisconsin System’s leaders have adopted new policies to curb disruptive protests, largely mirroring a controversial Republican bill. They have given members of the Board of Regents more power in picking campus leaders.
Dedicated runners brave the wind and rain for heart health aware
WKOW-TV 27
Hundreds of runners braved the cold and rain at the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path in Madison Sunday morning for the second annual Red Tutu Trot.
Homecoming week ends in victorious celebration for Wisconsin football team
Badger Herald
Wisconsin obliterated Maryland in a very one-sided game.
Wisconsin Association of Black Men wins lawsuit against finance committee
Daily Cardinal
The Wisconsin Association of Black Men won their case against the Student Services Finance Committee Thursday, granting them the opportunity to make their case for student funding.
Homecoming Week capped with $25 million gift
Daily Cardinal
Some Badgers welcomed homecoming weekend with a beer at a tailgate. Others donned red-and-white overalls and sang “Build Me Up Buttercup” in the stands of Camp Randall. For Ted and Mary Kellner, homecoming marked a time to give back to their alma mater.
Business school may eliminate full-time MBA
Daily Cardinal
In a change sure to send shockwaves through the college, the Wisconsin School of Business may eliminate its full-time Master of Business Administration program if a proposal from its administration is accepted.
50 Years After The 1967 Dow Chemical Protest
Wisconsin Public Radio
A look back.
University of Wisconsin students protested the school’s Abraham Lincoln statue with a ‘die-in’
Washington Examiner
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison sought to reignite conflict over the school’s famed statue of Abraham Lincoln this month.
Animal defense group wins court fight for UW research records
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Madison documents about primate research are public records and should be turned over to Animal Legal Defense Fund, the Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
$5.4M in questionable UW transactions
Greater Milwaukee Today
University of Wisconsin System schools conducted about $5.4 million in questionable transactions with their private foundations between 2010 and 2017, according to a system report released Wednesday. None of the transactions were apparently illegal but they didn’t always follow best practices, the report said.
Badgers men’s basketball: Greg Gard calls federal probe ‘first step’ in cleaning up the college game’s problems
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Greg Gard said he wasn’t shocked when news broke last month that 10 people, including four assistant coaches from around the country, had been arrested by the FBI as part of a corruption scheme.
Letter: Despite opposition, Muslim Student Association fully deserves funding
Badger Herald
MSA clearly demonstrates commitment to focusing on core programs, expanding campus presence.
CBS Entertainment exec recalls time at UW-Madison in festive homecoming week speech
Daily Cardinal
Kahl, now the president of CBS Entertainment, gave this year’s Red Talk, a homecoming week tradition.
Flannery, Nataliya O., 39
Madison.com
Nataliya was an interpreter for UW Hospital.
Badgers football: Camp Randall traditions are foundation of stadium’s electric atmosphere
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin State Journal reporter Todd D. Milewski takes a look at a few of the stadium’s traditions:
New group aims to make UW-Madison safer and more inclusive to all
WKOW-TV 27
The new program, called the Center for Religion and Global Citizenry, will have tough conversations once a week about religion. They’re conversations both students say are needed on campus.
On 50th anniversary, UW gathers stories from Dow Protest
NBC-15
UW Madison’s Oral History Program is gathering stories from those who experienced the Dow demonstrations through recording sessions at Madison Public Library.
9 titans in the Madison health care industry
Madison Magazine
A professor of medical physics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Thomas “Rock” Mackie co-invented TomoTherapy (now owned by California-based company Accuray), a radiation therapy system that introduced and enabled daily imaging capabilities for cancer treatments.
On-campus incidents have UW SAFEwalk calls skyrocketing
WISC-TV 3
Walking companion service sees calls nearly triple
KIINCE retrains the brain for stroke victims
Madison Magazine
KIINCE—shorthand for Kinetic Immersive Interfaces for Neuromuscular Coordination Enhancement—is a Madison-based corporation that has emerged from the research of Kreg Gruben, associate professor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison department of kinesiology.
SSFC members reconcile after accusations of discrimination against Muslim Student Association
Badger Herald
Apology comes after Monday’s heated SSFC meeting.
Professor discusses impact of slavery on current racial discrimination
Badger Herald
At a lecture Thursday, an English professor sought to bring inspiration to black women scholars in a world with near minuscule black and female representation.
UW joins hundreds of other universities in defending Dreamers
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison joined 800 other universities Thursday in a letter calling upon key congressmen to advance legislation to protect Dreamers.
Accusations of personal biases shake SSFC
Daily Cardinal
Two finance committee representatives accused each other of bringing personal politics into a decision on funding for the Muslim Student Association this week.
Court: UW must turn over notes to animal rights group
WISC-TV 3
A state appeals court says an animal rights group is entitled a University of Wisconsin System animal experimentation oversight committee’s meeting notes.
After campus crime incidents, SAFEwalk sees dramatic increase in use
Daily Cardinal
The number of UW-Madison community members requesting to be walked home at night has dramatically increased following multiple assaults and robberies on campus since the beginning of October.
Despite thousands of untested rape kits, regulations bar UW from lending a hand
Daily Cardinal
Although the DOJ hopes to have all 4,000 kits designated for testing to be sent to labs for processing by Fall 2018, UW-Madison’s genetic programs cannot join the effort.
Slogan change isn’t a ‘Wisconsin idea’ — Thomas Bartell
Wisconsin State Journal
Kurt Bauer, the head of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, recently proposed replacing the slogan “America’s Dairyland” on state license plates with something more appropriate. That’s an idea right up there with the governor’s attempt to remove “The Wisconsin Idea” from the mission statement of the University of Wisconsin System.
Dane County joins the contest for Amazon’s HQ2
Wisconsin State Journal
Jadin would not name the sites, but three are in Madison — one on the East Side, another on the Far West Side in the as-yet unused University Research Park 2.
Badgers basketball: Big Ten going to 20 men’s, 18 women’s conference games in 2018-19
Wisconsin State Journal
The Big Ten announced Thursday morning it will play 20 conference games in men’s basketball and 18 games in women’s basketball starting with the 2018-19 season.
Tom Oates: Remembering 20 Badgers football games that helped shape Camp Randall’s legacy
Wisconsin State Journal
What makes the Camp Randall experience truly special are the I-was-there moments. We all have them, some shared, some deeply personal.
UW internal review: Illegal foundation deals were isolated to UW-Oshkosh
Wisconsin State Journal
An internal investigation of payments between University of Wisconsin System institutions and the private foundations that support them uncovered a handful of transactions officials flagged as questionable in a report released Wednesday.
WARF gives $80 million to UW-Madison, Morgridge Institute for Research
Wisconsin State Journal
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has awarded over $80 million to UW-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research for the 2017-2018 school year, so researchers can continue to “dream big.”
UW System review: No repeat of UW-Oshkosh woes found
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin officials on Wednesday turned up questionable payments by campuses to foundations — including one worth more than $180,000 at UW-La Crosse — but found none like the allegedly illegal ones that rocked UW-Oshkosh.
Sugary drink sales plummeted after price increase, study says
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: Jason M. Fletcher, a professor of public affairs and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said some of the results from the new study suggest a “general weakness in the analysis.” Fletcher did not participate in the new study.
ASM discusses continuation of funding for Rape Crisis Center
Badger Herald
Student Council also deliberated on 2019 internal budget proposal