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Editing the Constitution: Wisconsin conservatives are pushing for a constitutional convention. What are their motives?

Capital Times

Quoted: “The danger is that a true Article 5 convention arguably has no limits,” said UW-Madison political science professor Howard Schweber. “We’re in very uncharted territory here. It’s not at all clear there’s any way to call such a convention and limit its mandate to considering questions of debt. Once such a convention is called, it’s very plausibly argued that it can do anything. The outcome could be quite radical.”

Teaching science by asking, ‘What do you want to know’ and ‘How can you answer that?’

Wisconsin State Journal

Twice a month, former and current UW-Madison students trek to little Mazomanie Elementary School here to help students experience what it’s really like to work as a scientist.The adults are members of Biocore Outreach Ambassadors, a student organization that is an outgrowth of the Biology Core Curriculum honors program at UW-Madison. The program, which is typically open to students beginning in their sophomore year, engages students in “inquiry-based science,” in which students ask questions, search for solutions, test hypotheses and evaluate outcomes.

Scott Walker’s UW regents picks stress affordability

Capital Times

The pair, each with a track record of contributions to Republican campaigns or conservative causes, would replace Jim Doyle appointees Edward Manydeeds and Mark Bradley, leaving Tony Evers as the lone member of the governing board of the state’s public university system not appointed by Walker. Evers by law serves ex-officio and continues on the board by virtue of his recent reelection to a third term as state superintendent of schools.

Paulsen, Edward Charles

Madison.com

dward was a laboratory engineer in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison Campus, for 38 years.

Garrity, Dr. Linda I.

Madison.com

She also served as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin from 1990 to 2013.

Eric Wendorff: Scott Walker’s budget shorts education

Capital Times

Letter to the editor: The University of Wisconsin is a vital resource for all Wisconsinites. Through educating our citizens and conducting important research, the university lays the foundation for a bright future for Wisconsin. While doing so, it creates thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of income. But because of budget cuts over the past decades, it has become increasingly difficult for young people to afford a UW education, and the university has slipped out of the top five research institutions in the country. To secure Wisconsin’s future, more money must be allocated to the University of Wisconsin.

As state’s ‘Charter Czar’ finishes first year, independent charter school for Madison still long way off

Wisconsin State Journal

The very soonest Madison residents could see an independent charter school open its doors in the city is fall 2018 — a year later than state officials first planned.That’s not foot-dragging, it’s prudence, according to Gary Bennett, who was hired last April to run the new Office of Educational Opportunity.

Madison scientists plan for March for Science to ’embrace the core of the Wisconsin Idea’

Capital Times

The Madison event will include a march, a rally and a science expo on the Library Mall. Keynote speakers at the rally will include Bassam Shakhashiri, UW-Madison professor and creator of the popular “Science is Fun” demonstrations, and Tia Nelson, director of the Outrider Foundation and daughter of Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson.

Refugees help refugees with new Wisconsin scholarship

Capital Times

Leng Lee came to the U.S. from a refugee camp in Thailand when he was just 5 years old. Here he grew up in poverty. “But I got lucky,” he said. “I did well in school.” With financial assistance and a fellowship, he was able to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison for his undergraduate and graduate degrees while accumulating minimal debt.