With a new research initiative, UW-Madison hopes to garner new research tackling the microbiome and its effects on everyday life.
New research initiative on microbiomes
Daily Cardinal
Author: gbump
New UW federal relations director plans to work with leaders on both sides of aisle
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s new federal relations director, Michael Lenn, is a Wisconsin native, but he’s no stranger to Washington.
UW-Madison hosts a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration of its own
Capital Times
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration brought a couple hundred community members and students together at Union South Monday despite the icy weather.
UW’s plans for rebuilt SERF aim to give students a better workout space
Capital Times
University of Wisconsin-Madison students want more space to work out at a gym with natural light that is easy to navigate, said junior Emily Ott.
Schneider: Reform the University of Wisconsin without blackmail
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
It is true, universities desperately need to focus on “diversity,” but more on the ideological side. Lawmakers in Wisconsin have rightly begun pushing for more “intellectual diversity” on campus, as it will provide more balanced instruction and force progressive students to confront ideas that they may not consider to be “safe.” They don’t know it now, but it will make them better people in the long run.
University of Wisconsin names new administration head
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin System has named UW-Platteville official Robert Cramer as the Sytem’s new chief operating officer.
Ex-Badger drafted 1st overall
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Former University of Wisconsin women’s soccer star Rose Lavelle was selected first in Thursday’s National Women’s Soccer League Draft in Los Angeles by the Boston Breakers.
UW students’ ‘Hearing the Call’ mission changes lives in Guatemala
WISC-TV 3
A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison audiology students is spending the week on an important medical mission in Guatemala. During their mission, “Hearing the Call,” they’re screening and treating people who otherwise wouldn’t get such care — restoring their hearing and restoring their lives.
Wisconsin could lose Justin Wilcox to California
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst could lose his defensive coordinator for the second time in two years.
Badgers women’s soccer: Wisconsin’s Rose Lavelle selected as No. 1 pick in 2017 NWSL Draft
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin women’s soccer standout Rose Lavelle was picked as the No. 1 overall selection by the Boston Breakers in the 2017 National Women’s Soccer League Draft on Thursday.
Influence of so-called ‘fake news’ flooding Internet
WISC-TV 3
Katy Culver, an assistant professor of Journalism at UW-Madison and the director of the UW Center for Journalism Ethics, talks about the phenomenon of “fake news” on Live at Four.
Badgers football: California negotiating to make defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox its head coach, report says
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox is in contract negotiations with Cal to become the Golden Bears’ new head coach, according to a report by FOX Sports’ Bruce Feldman.
Obamacare repeal must protect those who gained insurance, key state Republican says
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Because of Walker’s approach, what happens to the exchange and its subsidies matters more in Wisconsin than in most places, said Donna Friedsam, health policy programs director at UW-Madison’s Population Health Institute.
Non-Compete Agreements Leave Some Workers With Fewer Options
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: Martin Ganco, an associate business professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is part of a nationwide effort to find out how widespread non-competes are, which industries use them, and how they impact companies, workers and the overall economy.
Badgers sports: HD replays on way with new video boards planned for Kohl Center, Field House
Wisconsin State Journal
Replays shown to fans will be clearer next season at the Kohl Center, and they’ll be available at the Field House for the first time.
Darin Harris named interim director of quality improvement at UW
Wisconsin State Journal
The Office of Quality Improvement at UW-Madison has named Darin Harris as interim director, choosing the long time consultant to the office to take over after Maury Cotter retired.
UW-Madison student group applauds Scott Walker’s vow to cut tuition in next budget
Capital Times
University of Wisconsin-Madison students this week applauded Gov. Scott Walker’s promise to cut tuition, but like campus officials, stressed that state funding of the cut is essential.
Guns at School?
Chilton Times Journal
One area lawmaker will reintroduce a piece of legislation in the 2017-18 session that would expand the current concealed carry law to University of Wisconsin System owned buildings.
Badgers men’s basketball: Wisconsin to name Kohl Center court after Albert ‘Ab’ Nicholas
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin announced at Thursday night’s game that the basketball court at the Kohl Center will be named after former Badgers player and booster Albert “Ab” Nicholas following the 2016-17 season.
Bought milk? You could get money
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: “Anybody that bought some dairy bought some milk from 2003 to 2010 can claim some damages,” Bob Cropp, a UW-Madison economist, said.
Nobel laureate and former UW geneticist Oliver Smithies dies at 91
Daily Cardinal
Oliver Smithies, a renowned geneticist, Nobel laureate and former UW-Madison professor, died Tuesday at the age of 91.
Hands on Wisconsin: GOP lawmakers burn books they don’t like
Wisconsin State Journal
Editorial cartoon: Republican lawmakers, led by Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, have threatened to cut funding to the University of Wisconsin as punishment for allowing controversial classes such as “The Problem of Whiteness.”
Oliver Smithies, University of Wisconsin geneticist who won Nobel Prize, dies at 91
Wisconsin State Journal
Oliver Smithies, whose work as a genetics professor at UW-Madison helped lead to a Nobel Prize, has died.
Cut UW tuition only if state funding goes up
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker got loud applause and big headlines this week for proposing in his annual State of the State speech the first tuition cut at University of Wisconsin System schools in more than 30 years.
Eric Luckey: Masculinity and the culture wars: Looking for common ground
Capital Times
Column by Ph.D. student in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Eric Luckey.
Changes to Obamacare, Medicaid could have big impact in state
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: “We don’t want to lose ground on the insurance coverage,” Donna Friedsam, health policy programs director at UW-Madison’s Population Health Institute, said during a panel discussion at the Capitol.
UW police horse veteran Vegas euthanized after emotional ceremony
Wisconsin State Journal
Vegas, a police horse at the UW-Madison Police Department since 2005, was euthanized Tuesday at the university’s School of Veterinary Medicine after his diseased hind legs couldn’t go any further.
Man arrested for several break-ins near UW-Madison campus, police say
Wisconsin State Journal
A Madison man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly entering unlocked apartments last summer, while nothing was reported stolen, the Madison Police Department said.
Walker’s Wisconsin tuition idea shuffles political alliances
Madison.com
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut tuition at the University of Wisconsin and use taxpayer funds to pay for it is shaking up normal political alliances with some Democrats expressing support while skeptical fellow Republicans worry it could put the state on a path toward socialist Bernie Sanders’ free college tuition plan.
Chris Rickert: Affirmative action for the conservative academic?
Wisconsin State Journal
It’s bad for Republican lawmakers to push for more ideologically diverse educators and courses at UW-Madison as a way to inject more conservatism into the left-leaning campus.
Scott Walker’s proposal would be first University of Wisconsin tuition cut in decades
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut tuition for University of Wisconsin System students would be the first time that cost has fallen at the state’s flagship campus in decades.
Walker promises to lower UW tuition, touts tax cuts
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday previewed next year’s potential re-election pitch, promising to cut university tuition and touting tax and unemployment rates that are lower now than when he took office in 2011.
State of the State: Scott Walker vows to cut UW System tuition for in-state students
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker said during his seventh State of the State address Tuesday he will cut in-state tuition at all University of Wisconsin campuses in his upcoming budget proposal.
UPDATE: Gov. Walker proposes UW tuition cut in State of the State
WKOW-TV 27
Gov. Scott Walker is promising to cut tuition for all undergraduates in the University of Wisconsin System.
Rebecca A Cole: Tommy Thompson’s wisdom will fall on deaf ears
Capital Times
Letter to the editor: Thanks to former Gov. Tommy Thompson for his article that reminds us of the vitality that is brought to the state and its citizens, on so many levels, by a healthy partnership between the UW and state, local and federal government. I fear that for the most part, his pearls of wisdom will fall on deaf ears of the GOP legislators and Gov. Walker.
Wisconsin lawmakers ‘open-minded’ but not sold on Scott Walker’s UW tuition cut
Capital Times
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said he is “open-minded” to the idea, but he is not yet convinced a tuition cut will be a priority for lawmakers as they consider the 2017-19 budget.
UW leaders react to Walker tuition cut idea
WISC-TV 3
Walker proposed a tuition cut in his State of the State speech on Tuesday. He did not say how much it would be, but his spokesman Tom Evenson says it will be paid for.
Walker announces cut to undergraduate in-state tuition for all UW schools
Daily Cardinal
Following years of touting a tuition freeze, Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday that he aims to actually cut undergraduate in-state tuition at all UW System schools.
Walker Proposes In-State Tuition Cut For UW System
Wisconsin Public Radio
Gov. Scott Walker said he wants to cut undergraduate tuition for Wisconsin residents at University of Wisonsin System schools in his annual State of the State address Tuesday.
UW professor: Blame lawmakers, not students, for threats to free speech on campus
Capital Times
Recap of New York Times column penned by Professor Don Moynihan, director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs.
Services, scholarship set for UW student killed in Ohio plane crash
Wisconsin State Journal
Services for a UW-Madison freshman nursing student who died in a plane crash along with her father in December will be held on Sunday, with a scholarship established in her name at the nursing school.
7 UW-Madison faculty: Purging DNR’s website doesn’t change climate facts
Capital Times
Column from faculty members Stephen R. Carpenter, John E. Kutzbach, John J. Magnuson, Monica G. Turner, Jonathan A. Patz, Stanley A. Temple and Donald M. Waller.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank calls on state to pay for Scott Walker’s promised tuition cut
Capital Times
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is calling on state legislators to fully fund a tuition cut Gov. Scott Walker promised in his State of the State address Tuesday.
Jovanovic, Dr. Dusan
Madison.com
Dr. J. joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, later opening his own practice. He was one of the first physicians in the state to employ an ultrasound.
UW-Madison faculty challenge DNR climate change revisions
Wisconsin State Journal
A group of UW-Madison professors criticized the state Department of Natural Resources on Monday for scrubbing its website of language that stated human activity is causing climate change, accusing the agency of ignoring facts and violating the public trust.
State’s revised climate change statement “simply incorrect,” say UW scientists
Isthmus
Prominent scientists at UW-Madison say that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ revised statement on climate change is “simply incorrect.”
Carbon monoxide sickens 19 players after women’s hockey game
Madison.com
Officials at a Lindenwood University near St. Louis are trying to pinpoint what caused a carbon monoxide leak that sickened 19 women’s hockey players after a game.
Ferver, Jack Calvin
Madison.com
He then went to work for the University of Wisconsin, Madison, from which he retired in 1986 as Emeritus Professor in Education.
Abortion foes seek ban after 12 weeks
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In addition, state Rep. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere) said he will introduce a bill this session to prohibit University of Wisconsin physicians from doing outside work for Planned Parenthood clinics and any other abortion provider.
Rep. Terese Berceau: GOP attacks on campus free speech jeopardize UW
Capital Times
When Republican legislators threaten to withhold funding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, fire professors who teach material they deem controversial, or comb through the list of course offerings to make sure classes meet some conservative definition of what is legitimate to teach, it has a chilling effect on academic and intellectual freedom and threatens our democracy. These attacks on free speech will continue to poison the atmosphere on our campus and do significant damage to Madison’s national and international reputation.
Advocates for survivors of sexual abuse blast Steve Nass for politicizing UW anti-violence effort
Capital Times
Advocates for survivors of sexual and domestic abuse are calling on state Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, to retract his condemnation of a University of Wisconsin-Madison program that challenges men to reevaluate ideas of masculine identity.
Badger Caring Closet provides free necessities for low-income students
Daily Cardinal
The Badger Caring Closet, which will open in the Lutheran Campus Ministry in spring, will provide a space for low-income UW-Madison students to get free clothes, hygiene products and school supplies.
Wisconsin’s climate may need to adapt to Donald Trump
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: “It seems like climate science is going to be targeted,” said Michael Notaro, associate director of the university’s Center for Climatic Research, which receives about 90 percent of its roughly $3 million budget from federal sources. “We are very vulnerable, and from our standpoint we see climate change research as something very critical that has big impacts on the state and the globe.”
UW-Stout has a research buzz
A UW-Stout biology professor and his students may have made an important discovery in the effort to determine why honey bee hives are dying out during the winters in the Upper Midwest.
Complaining of bias on campus, Republicans push for ‘intellectual diversity’ at UW schools
Wisconsin State Journal
Conservative critics of higher education in Wisconsin have opened a new chapter of their long-running complaints about institutions such as UW-Madison, scrutinizing specific university courses and even a class reading they consider biased or inappropriate.
Scott Walker calls for special session of Wisconsin Legislature to combat opioid abuse
Capital Times
The bills proposed include legislation relating to the University of Wisconsin System chartering a recovery school.
College men’s basketball: UW-Stevens Point suspends head coach Bob Semling, self-imposes postseason ban
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point announced on Thursday that it has suspended head men’s basketball coach Bob Semling for the remainder of the 2016-17 season and will self-impose a postseason ban, including the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament.
UW-Madison royalty fees sets school record by half a million
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison royalties from licensed merchandise sales set a record in 2015-2016, exceeding the previous record by more than $500,000.
Record merchandise sales go to financial aid, athletics
Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison received more than $4.4 million from royalties made off the sale of licensed merchandise in the 2015-’16 fiscal year, exceeding the university’s previous high mark by $561,000.
Going Out: Skate with Bucky Badger and UW Women’s hockey team members
Wisconsin State Journal
Score a hat trick 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday with free ice skating with the UW-Madison women’s hockey team, and Bucky Badger at Vilas Park ice rink, 1602 Vilas Park Drive.