A research team at UW-Madison was selected to work on a project designed to reverse blindness.
UW-Madison research team receives grant to study reversal of blindness
Wisconsin State Journal
Author: gbump
UW officials unveil initiatives to address campus racial climate
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin officials announced 18 initiatives Wednesday with the goal of achieving diversity and inclusivity on UW’s campus.
Badgers to make special deliveries this weekend
NBC-15
The Wisconsin football team’s equipment truck will have some special packages to go along with the helmets, shoulder pads and cleats it will be transporting to Lambeau Field for the Badgers’ game against LSU on Saturday. Thanks to generous donations from 100 Black Men of Madison (in conjunction with the United Way of Dane County) and ASPIRE, the truck will be transporting supplies to help the victims of the recent flooding in Louisiana.
Blackbourn named assistant director of basketball operations
NBC-15
Kyle Blackbourn became the newest addition to the Wisconsin men’s basketball staff, as announced by head coach Greg Gard on Thursday.
LaRocque named Wisconsin women’s rowing associate head coach
NBC-15
Women’s rowing head coach Bebe Bryans has announced that openweight assistant coach, Nancy LaRocque, will be promoted to associate head coach for the upcoming season.
Preparing healthy meals for your family
NBC-15
Wendy Hahn, clinical nutritionist with UW Health, says eating at home translates into healthier meals and quality family time, saving money and calories.
Fans getting red carpet treatment as they arrive for UW-LSU game
WKOW-TV 27
Green Bay is rolling out the red carpet for Wisconsin and LSU fans ahead of the Lambeau Field College Classic.
Where’s the Town of Madison, what’s an ‘attachment’ and how will the city absorb it?
Capital Times
Noted: John Witte, UW-Madison professor emeritus of public affairs and political science, explained the process as when one political entity assumes responsibility and political control over another political entity.
Badgers football: UW, LSU fans invading Green Bay
Wisconsin State Journal
Green Bay is bracing itself for an invasion of Badgers and Tigers.
Badgers sports: UW, community organizations to donate supplies for Louisiana flood victims
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin football team will be transporting more than just sports equipment to Lambeau Field this weekend for the Badgers’ football game against LSU.
State senator decries UW diversity outreach as ‘sinister’
A Republican state senator says a new diversity outreach program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is “sinister.”
UW officials unveil initiatives to address campus racial climate
Badger Herald
University of Wisconsin officials announced 18 initiatives Wednesday with the goal of achieving diversity and inclusivity on UW’s campus.
Madison area loses game day dollars with Badgers playing season opener at Lambeau Field
Wisconsin State Journal
Saturday’s weather forecast for Madison is mostly sunny skies with the temperature expected to reach the upper 70s, ideal conditions for the University of Wisconsin to open its 2016 football season at home.
State senator decries UW diversity outreach as ‘sinister’
WKOW-TV 27
A Republican state senator says a new diversity outreach program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is “sinister.”
Badgers men’s hockey: No Milwaukee bid for Frozen Four; UW again partners with Tampa
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin and LSU will break a 33-year absence of college football at historic Lambeau Field when the teams meet in Green Bay on Saturday afternoon.
Saturday will mark Lambeau Field’s first college game in 33 years
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin and LSU will break a 33-year absence of college football at historic Lambeau Field when the teams meet in Green Bay on Saturday afternoon.
Photos: UW-Madison students begin their annual migration into campus residence halls
Capital Times
Move-in photo gallery.
Internet straw poll asks UW faculty and staff how budget cuts impact them
Capital Times
Theresa Duello wanted to flesh out the picture of how state funding cuts are impacting the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison unveils initiatives aiming to improve campus climate around race
Capital Times
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials unveiled a package of training and discussion programs Wednesday designed to improve the campus climate around racial issues.
UW-Madison: Efforts to improve racial climate on campus won’t infringe on free speech
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison officials say several new initiatives they have launched in a bid to improve the racial climate on campus will not stifle free speech, criticizing as a false choice the idea that making the university more inclusive means limiting the exchange of ideas that is at its heart.
Hands on Wisconsin: Scott Walker thinks UW doesn’t need more money
Wisconsin State Journal
Editorial cartoon.
Know Your Madisonian: Operations director helps UW men’s basketball program run like ‘clockwork’
Wisconsin State Journal
Katherine Vosters arrived at UW-Madison hoping to become a sideline reporter.
State support for UW drops by one-third over 15 years
Capital Times
State support for the University of Wisconsin System has dropped more than a third over 15 years, says a new report by the Wisconsin Budget Project.
The pros and cons of being the country’s top party school
Badger Herald
The Princeton Review named the University of Wisconsin the country’s top party school Monday. Two Heralders explored the good and the bad of this.
University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Announced
NBC-15
The University of Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2016 has amassed some impressive numbers: 14 All-America honors, 11 school and conference records and five national titles.
Campus reacts as UW-Madison ranked #1 party school by Princeton Review
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison is back atop a list it doesn’t want to be on, but can’t seem to get off of. The Princeton Review has ranked UW the number one party school in the nation.
On Campus: UW-Madison returns to top of party school rankings, survey says
Wisconsin State Journal
One of the nation’s best-known college rankings has once again crowned UW-Madison the top party school in the country, a distinction sure to draw groans from campus administrators nearly as loud as the cheers from many students.
Jeffrey Baylis: Performance-based funding is death spiral
Capital Times
Letter to the editor: As a faculty member, an elected official, and a member of a commission, I have witnessed the strategy used by administrators and politicians to kill off institutions they don’t like.
Badgers women’s basketball: 2016-17 schedule set for Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal
The Big Ten released its 2016-17 women’s basketball conference schedule on Monday, completing the University of Wisconsin’s slate of games for next season.
Local businesses voice opposition to Amazon location on UW campus
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and online retail giant Amazon have struck a deal for a pick-up location on campus, but not everyone in Madison is excited for it.
Illinois loses top party school spot to University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Daily Illini
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has clinched the number one party school spot. West Virginia University has claimed second and The University of Illinois was lowered to the third spot.
Paul Fanlund: On race, UW journalism professors reassess media ‘objectivity’
Capital Times
The professors, Sue Robinson and Kathleen Bartzen Culver, focused their research on Madison, using in-depth interviews (including with me), focus groups and analysis of actual coverage. They track the Madison media landscape from 2011, when a contentious bid by an African-American leader to create a charter school aimed at African-American boys failed.
Badgers men’s basketball: Future games vs. UW-Milwaukee, UW-Green Bay will only be held at Kohl Center
Wisconsin State Journal
When the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team released its 2016-17 schedule on Thursday, one notable opponent was missing from the list.
State spent $9.7M on merit bonuses, retention and pay equity payments in last year
Wisconsin State Journal
State agencies granted pay increases or one-time bonuses worth an estimated $9.7 million for 4,638 state employees — or about 15 percent of the state workforce — the State Journal found using data provided under the state’s open records law. Fiscal 2016 was the first year in which University of Wisconsin System employees were removed from the state’s civil service system.
Dayton, Lake Streets to close for UW dorm move-in days
Wisconsin State Journal
Two city streets on the UW-Madison campus will be shut down to through traffic starting Tuesday, so thousands of students can move into their dormitory rooms.
Politics is cutting the heart out of Public Ivies
Washington Post
Former UW System Regent Chuck Pruitt column: For generations, public universities have been seen as great equalizers in the United States, especially for the middle class. In many states, a high-achieving student could go to a “Public Ivy,” a land-grant, flagship university in Michigan, Wisconsin or California, among others, and receive a Harvard- or Yale-caliber education at an affordable price.
University of Wisconsin-Madison is top party school in US
University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders are chafing under a state-imposed tuition freeze and the football team didn’t crack the Top 25 preseason rankings. But no school in the country throws a better party, according to the Princeton Review’s 2017 edition of “The Best 381 Colleges.”
New labeling law and a study on GMOs aim to end consumers’ confusion
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Dominique Brossard, a professor and chair of UW-Madison’s Life Sciences Communication Department: “People are super confused right now because they hear things about genetically modified foods being controversial and a risk.”
UW’s accolades grounded in Wisconsin Idea
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Over the past year, efforts by political leaders have been introduced to replace the “Wisconsin Idea” with an updated and, what some would believe to be, a more current University of Wisconsin mission statement.
Another bad rap for Wisconsin startup activity draws both jeers and grim affirmation
Wisconsin State Journal
Is Wisconsin really in the cellar when it comes to new business creation?
UW stepping up effort to end sexual assault on campus
NBC-15
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is stepping up its efforts in combating sexual assault. According to a survey that about 25 percent of students took last year, 1 in 4 undergraduate female students admitted to experiencing sexual assault.
Street closures for UW Move-In
NBC-15
According to the City of Madison, there are a few street closures and transit route changes in order to accommodate UW Move-In.
Just Ask Us: What’s the purpose of the whistle at Memorial Union?
Wisconsin State Journal
The somewhat mysterious whistle has actually been a signal for a variety of messages through the years.
Experts disagree on value of ‘performance-based’ funding Scott Walker will seek for UW
Wisconsin State Journal
Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to provide new funding for the University of Wisconsin System based on its performance in measures such as graduation rate and job placement would subject the System to a budget model that critics say has failed to deliver on its promise to improve higher education.
Chris Rickert: Dane County moves to make ‘living’ wage a, well, living wage
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: While some economists think a big hike in the federal minimum wage would kill jobs, two UW-Madison economists (Andrew Reschovky of the La Follette School of Public Affairs and Tim Smeeding, past director of the Institute for Research on Poverty) didn’t see much danger in raising county workers’ living wage.
Scott Walker says performance-based funding is working at tech schools, but is it too soon to tell?
Capital Times
Gov. Scott Walker has been declaring his intention to impose performance-based funding on the University of Wisconsin, saying it is working well at the state’s technical colleges.
Nehls, David Dean
Madison.com
David dedicated 37 years of state employment and service at the UW-Madison research labs where he worked in medical research.
Badgers men’s basketball: Wisconsin will open Big Ten season at home vs. Rutgers Dec. 27
Wisconsin State Journal
For the first time in a decade, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team will start and end conference play at home.
Badgers Volleyball: Season-opening trip to Hawaii serves up fun, tough matches
Wisconsin State Journal
As Plan Bs go, spending a week in Hawaii isn’t half bad.
Turn more patents into products
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison just ranked seventh in the world for patents. That’s a lot of brainpower. But the state of Wisconsin just ranked last for startup business activity. That’s a lot of lost opportunity.
Plain Talk: Madison will go back to the 1960s in 2017
Capital Times
Today, most young people have no idea what occurred back in those days and some are surprised that right here — Madison and the UW — was the epicenter.
Lauren Carlini preps for final shot at NCAA title
Wisconsin State Journal
Lauren Carlini can hear the clock ticking, but she’s doing her best to tune it out.
Wisconsin-Michigan rivalry heats up over pediatric cancer research
WKOW-TV 27
The rivalry between the University of Wisconsin and the University of Michigan continues to heat up. Wisconsin and Michigan have challenged each other to see which can raise the most money for pediatric cancer research during the month of September, Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Dorm Dilemma: UW Whitewater experiencing growing pains
WKOW-TV 27
Crews have been given the go-ahead to build one of four new dorms at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Wisconsin’s Lauren Carlini, Haleigh Nelson named Preseason All-Big Ten
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin seniors Lauren Carlini and Haleigh Nelson were named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team, the conference announced on Tuesday.
Madison police look at mindfulness training as a way to deal with occupational stress
Capital Times
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers want to help police officers decompress.
Tesla lawyer tells Madison startups to expect ‘resistance’ from status quo
WisBusiness.com
A UW-Madison alum who’s now a lawyer at Tesla Motors warned Madison startup leaders they’ll face a lot of resistance as they try to disrupt their more established competitors.
Plain Talk: UW System can’t afford another double whammy from Walker and Co.
Capital Times
I heard UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt on the radio earlier this month responding to Gov. Scott Walker’s pronouncement that he’s going to include another two-year tuition freeze on the UW System when he unveils his state budget this fall.
Study: Action games can improve mental skills
WKOW-TV 27
So-called “shoot em ups” are usually deemed — bad. However, a study done in part with a UW Madison researcher shows that’s not the whole story.
Amazon doesn’t fit in Wisconsin Idea — Joanne Berg
Wisconsin State Journal
According to Tuesday’s State Journal story, the online retail giant Amazon is hoping to open a Pickup Point, called Amazon@UWMadison, in the Red Gym on the UW-Madison campus next spring.