A candlelight vigil is planned for Wednesday following the death of a windsurfer on Lake Mendota last week.
Candlelight vigil Wednesday for windsurfer who died in collision
WKOW-TV 27
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UW upholds expulsion of former student Alec Cook
WISC-TV 3
Officials with the University of Wisconsin-Madison said Tuesday that the former student accused of numerous instances of sexual assault has officially been expelled.
UW Health to screen for hunger, provide free meals for children
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Health, which has joined other Madison-area health care providers in screening children for food insecurity, will become the first to ask patients of all ages about hunger next week.
UW-Madison employees to complete online training against sexual harassment and violence
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison employees will be required to take an online training program about sexual harassment and violence starting in July.
For-profit college regulators still have concerns about plan to drop board
Wisconsin State Journal
Members of the board that directs oversight of for-profit colleges in Wisconsin still have reservations about a provision in the state budget that would eliminate their office, but they said lawmakers improved the proposal by retaining the agency’s employees.
Gagging the UW: Critics worry campus speech bill is another attack on academic freedom
Capital Times
Critics of the bill object foremost to the Legislature’s incursion into such campus affairs as student discipline and speaker invitations and say it would stifle protest speech.
UW’s Flexible Option program growing, but not bringing in much money
Capital Times
Only one program offered through the University of Wisconsin System’s Flexible Option program made money this year according to an update prepared for the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
Wisconsin men’s rowing finishes 11th at IRA national championships
NBC-15
Led by its varsity eight, which improved eight spots from last year, the Wisconsin men’s rowing team wrapped up the 2017 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championships on Sunday at Lake Natoma.
Andy North and Friends raises more than $1 million for UW Carbone Cancer Center
WISC-TV 3
More than $1 million was raised for cancer research at the Andy North and Friends golf tournament and dinner this week, according to a release.
UW-Madison pares back college access program to focus on Madison, Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Journal
A popular UW-Madison outreach initiative will cut back programs that help disadvantaged students in the suburbs of Milwaukee and Madison prepare for college, while ramping up services for students within Wisconsin’s two largest cities, campus officials said Monday.
UW-Madison sees more international student interest
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison is receiving more applications from international students as nearly 40 percent of colleges across the country report receiving fewer such applications.
UW-Madison scientists criticize Trump’s withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement
Daily Cardinal
Scientists at UW-Madison have come forward with responses to the U.S.’s withdrawal.
Former governor’s mansion may become hotel with cafe and event space
Wisconsin State Journal
The 4,832-square-foot building, purchased by the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1950 after the governor’s residence was relocated to Maple Bluff, was most recently used for graduate student housing as the Knapp Graduate Center.
$1 million federal grant funds collaboration between UW-Madison and College of Menominee Nation
Wisconsin State Journal
The National Science Foundation’s Directorate of Engineering recently awarded a $1 million grant to the College of Menominee Nation and UW-Madison to further collaborate in engineering education and research, campus officials said Thursday.
Plain Talk: Speech police should look back at UW history
Capital Times
Dave Zweifel column: It’s unlikely that any of these modern-day speech police have ever bothered to read any history about protest and free speech controversies in our higher education system. It’s been the case throughout the UW’s history and in many cases, it was the conservatives who were shutting down the liberals.
Sheriff: Windsurfer killed after being hit by boat on Lake Mendota
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison communications tweeted Wednesday night that school officials were aware of and responding to the incident on Lake Mendota.
Block of North Lake Street closing for 2 days
Wisconsin State Journal
The crane will be used at the construction site for the UW-Madison Music Performance Center.
Republican bill to penalize disruptive speech on campus moves forward in Legislature
Wisconsin State Journal
Changes to the legislation spelled out more specifically the types of disruptions that could lead to discipline for UW students and employees. They also toughened penalties for those who run afoul of the new rules by requiring universities to expel any student who violates the policy three times.
Windsurfer killed after being struck by boat on Lake Mendota, Dane County sheriff says
Wisconsin State Journal
UW Lifesaving, a rescue service on the lake, notified the 911 center about the incident at 5:45 p.m., a supervisor said.
Butch Vig comes home to Madison to boost new music conference
Capital Times
The conference component, to primarily be held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Gordon Commons, will be packed with seminars on topics ranging from social media strategy to composition techniques. It currently boasts a roster with speakers and educators like Vig, the rocker Kip Winger, jazz pianist Ben Sidran, and president of Warner Bros.’ music operations Paul Broucek.
UW exhibit pays tribute to ‘man behind the pink flamingos’
Capital Times
Every year, hundreds of pink plastic flamingos roost on UW-Madison’s Bascom Hill. Although this tradition has become a fundraiser for the university, it began decades ago as a prank.
Scott Walker: Wisconsin lawmakers shouldn’t ‘walk away’ from projected self-insurance savings
Capital Times
Wisconsin lawmakers who favor increasing revenue for transportation projects should be willing to consider moving the state to a self-insurance system, Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday.
Badgers football: First week of Camp Randall 100 honors diverse group
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Camp Randall Stadium by recognizing individuals that have helped shape the history of the stadium.
Bad rap: Madison has a complicated relationship with hip-hop
Capital Times
A local hip-hop-boosting group, along with a University of Wisconsin-Madison sociology researcher … (is) wading into a nexus of music, race, science and politics to undo the damage hip-hop’s reputation has suffered in Madison throughout the years … “Because of the poor relationship the city of Madison has with hip-hop as a whole, and the lack of performance space for so many talented artists, we have taken on this research project that looks at the relationship between music genre and violence, as seen through police calls for service,” reads an initial draft of the study, led by UW-Madison sociology professor Randy Stoecker.
Assembly committee passes amended Republican campus speech bill
Wisconsin State Journal
The Assembly’s higher education committee passed an amended version of a Republican-backed campus speech bill Tuesday that requires University of Wisconsin System institutions to punish students who take part in disruptive protests.
Assembly Republicans advance campus free speech bill that trims UW authority
Capital Times
Legislative critics say a controversial campus free speech bill advanced by an Assembly committee Tuesday intrudes on the University of Wisconsin System’s authority to run its campuses.
Higher education committee passes campus free speech bill
Daily Cardinal
A Republican bill aimed to protect free speech by issuing penalties to students who disrupt speakers passed an Assembly committee on higher education Tuesday.
Lane, Lois Kathryn
Madison.com
In 1947, she applied and got the position as Secretary to the Dean of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin. She worked there 30 years until her retirement.
Republican lawmaker alters UW free speech proposal
Madison.com
A Republican lawmaker wants to alter a contentious bill designed to clamp down on campus protesters by spelling out the behaviors that disrupt free speech and could lead to suspensions and expulsions.
Harper, Professor Emeritus Alfred Edwin
Madison.com
He joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin Biochemistry Department in 1956 and, except for an interval as professor of nutrition and food sciences at MIT, he spent the remainder of his career at Wisconsin.
Chris Rickert: GOP throws UW a bone — with no strings attached?
Wisconsin State Journal
By the standards of the politically charged Wisconsin inhabited by UW-Madison administrators and Republican leaders of the state Legislature, the creation of a Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership is a sublime kind of genius.
As colleges worry about ‘Trump effect,’ international applications to UW-Madison rise
Wisconsin State Journal
As he gets ready to leave his home in the central India city of Nagpur to study at UW-Madison, incoming freshman Akshat Raika says he has heard from friends who are being treated differently in the United States since Donald Trump became president.
Larry Sperling: Motives behind Thompson Center are transparent
Capital Times
Letter to the editor: UW Chancellor Becky Blank and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are fooling no one.
Wisconsin gives autonomous vehicle innovation a lane to drive itself
Wisconsin State Journal
The Governor’s Steering Committee on Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Testing and Deployment will advise Walker on how best to advance the testing and operation of self-driving vehicles in Wisconsin. It will include a mix of industry, technology, regulatory and academic members, and build upon the selection of the UW’s Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory as a test bed.
GOP budget changes target rules for chancellors, UW-Oshkosh Foundation
Wisconsin State Journal
A slate of Republican-authored changes to the state budget includes new rules to ensure University of Wisconsin System chancellors can come from non-academic backgrounds and a requirement that lawmakers weigh in before any taxpayer money can be sent to UW- Oshkosh’s troubled private foundation.
Update: Madison man arrested in hit-and-run of UW-Madison student
Wisconsin State Journal
A 20-year-old UW-Madison student was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash Friday morning, police said. Hours later, police arrested a 21-year-old Madison man on a tentative charge of failure to render aid.
UW initiative aims to close disparities by supporting brain development in young children
Capital Times
[T]he University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Child and Family Well-Being organized the “Prenatal to Five Initiative,” a collaborative effort among teachers, researchers, practitioners and communities across the state to enhance brain development in order to reduce racial disparities in poverty and achievement. The initiative kicks off with a summit on Friday, June 2, at Gordon Commons, 770 W. Dayton St., on the UW-Madison campus.
Thompson center is not a fine idea — Claude Clayton Smith
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: Anyone who thinks that the proposed Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership at UW-Madison “is a fine idea,” as Friday’s State Journal editorial contended, should read Jane Mayer’s “Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right.”
Study finds Wisconsin poverty rate reached new low in 2015
WISC-TV 3
Timothy Smeeding is a professor at UW-Madison and one of the authors of the report.
Softball: Wisconsin falls to Oregon in NCAA tournament
Badger Herald
Badgers managed to hand Mizzou loss during their time in College World Series.
Potential segregated fee policy changes to ensure consistency across UW System
Daily Cardinal
UW System schools may have to change the way they use segregated fees after state lawmakers approved a measure Thursday requiring the Board of Regents to revise fee policies.
UW-Madison student injured in hit-and-run incident
Daily Cardinal
A UW-Madison student suffered “significant injuries” in a hit-and-run Friday morning, according to the Madison Police Department.
State settles lawsuit against UW official for $200,000
WKOW-TV 27
State officials have settled a lawsuit over a UW-Madison associate dean’s counseling of a drunk driving victim’s daughter, despite the official’s friendship with the drunk driver.
Badgers kick off season with night game on ESPN
NBC-15
The Wisconsin Badgers season opener against Utah State on September 1st at Camp Randall will kick off at 8:00 p.m. according to ESPN.
Lawmakers reject UW tuition cut, freeze to continue
WISC-TV 3
The Republican-controlled Legislature’s budget committee has rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s call to cut University of Wisconsin tuition by 5 percent.
Former Badger running back to serve prison time
Daily Cardinal
A former UW-Madison running back and first-round NFL draft pick has been sentenced to five years in California prison after pleading no contest to multiple felonies including identity theft and burglary.
Committee members vote to continue tuition freeze, slash UW budget
Daily Cardinal
Tuition at UW System schools will remain frozen for the next two years under a proposal approved by the state’s Joint Finance Committee setting the budget for the state’s public universities.
Budget panel rejects Walker tuition cut, maintains freeze
Madison.com
The Legislature’s budget-writing committee rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed University of Wisconsin System tuition cut Thursday, choosing instead to keep rates frozen for another two years.
Budget committee drops University of Wisconsin tuition cut, keeps freeze in place
Wisconsin State Journal
Students in the University of Wisconsin System will not get the tuition cut Gov. Scott Walker proposed but will have flat tuition bills for the next two years under changes the state’s budget committee approved Thursday.
Budget committee rejects University of Wisconsin tuition cut, extends freeze
Capital Times
The Legislature’s budget-writing committee on Thursday rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut tuition at University of Wisconsin schools, opting instead to extend a tuition freeze for the next two years.
Patient information included in hack of UW Health employee’s email account
Wisconsin State Journal
An unauthorized person gained access to information about 2,036 UW Hospital patients in March, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
State Journal editorial: Tommy Thompson center at UW-Madison is a fine idea
Wisconsin State Journal
A UW-Madison research center named after Wisconsin’s longest-serving governor will be well worth its $3 million price tag if it improves the university’s frayed relationship with the Legislature.
Scott Walker: Splitting budget could delay road projects
Wisconsin State Journal
The comments come as Walker’s budget clashes with his GOP legislative colleagues are heating up. Another point of contention for the state’s next two-year budget is whether to cut tuition at UW System schools, as Walker proposes.
Wisconsin Democrats will press budget panel to fund two years of free college education
Capital Times
Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, said she and other Democrats will be advocating for some $500 million in additional investment and two years of free college education when the Joint Finance Committee takes up funding for the University of Wisconsin Thursday.
Badgers football: Pat Richter kicks off Wisconsin’s celebration of Camp Randall 100
Wisconsin State Journal
Pat Richter laughed off the revelation that struck him in the course of helping to select a list of people influential in building the tradition of Camp Randall Stadium over its first 100 years.
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch: Wisconsin is actually winning the war on poverty
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Fewer people, especially fewer children, are living in poverty in Wisconsin than ever before. In fact, we’ve seen a “significant reduction” in poverty across our state the past several years. That’s the data presented in a new report from UW-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty.
UW’s La Follette School director: Tommy Thompson Center a great idea
Capital Times
A new public policy center at University of Wisconsin-Madison named for former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson is a great idea, said Donald Moynihan, director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs on campus.
Great Lakes restoration efforts threatened under Donald Trump budget
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: “It is the main source for pulling so many things together,” Jim Hurley, director of the UW-Madison Sea Grant Institute, said of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which accounts for most of Trump’s cuts. “Boy, it would be tough to lose that momentum right now.”
Trump’s proposed budget includes cutting campus-based child care grants
WISC-TV 3
The cuts include a program that provides colleges and universities with funding to support or establish campus-based child care for student parents whose earnings are low enough to qualify them for federal Pell Grants.
GOP expects to vote on UW budget Thursday
WISC-TV 3
Republicans who control the Legislature’s powerful finance committee are now saying they expect to vote on the University of Wisconsin System budget later this week.