For the first time in 15 years, a sitting U.S. Supreme Court justice is coming to UW-Madison.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to speak at UW-Madison law school
Wisconsin State Journal
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Down by double digits in polling, Donald Trump’s return to Wisconsin signals its importance
Capital Times
“My sense is that Trump is scrambling a bit to try to find a set of states to put together to win the Electoral College,” said Barry Burden, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “He’s looking for a different strategy than Republicans traditionally follow.”
UW-Madison to study concussions in Madison-area high school athletes
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison plans to study the effects of concussions on academic performance among 200 Madison-area high school athletes.
Tom Oates: Ron Vander Kelen’s rags-to-riches story made him a Badgers icon
Wisconsin State Journal
When a Wisconsin State Journal photographer lined up the seven candidates for the University of Wisconsin’s starting quarterback job on the opening day of fall camp in 1962, he put them in the shape of a question mark with center Ken Bowman as the dot.
On Campus: UW budget request seeks new outreach programs, $4M for student advising
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin System officials say they will spend millions of dollars on new programs meant to push educated students into the workforce if lawmakers approve their request for a $42.5 million funding increase in the next state budget.
Schneider: Diversity requirement a waste of time
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Column: For years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has regaled state residents with its tales of woe. Since the last budget froze tuition and cut state support for the UW System, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank has outlined staff layoffs, reductions in student employment hours, and even cutbacks in technology support.
Rep. Dana Wachs: Higher education cuts jeopardize Wisconsin’s future
Capital Times
Column: In 1974, General Electric was headquartered in New York City, and was looking for a new home. Many of GE’s executives had already moved to Fairfield, Connecticut, drawn by the good schools, small-town atmosphere and suburban lifestyle.
Anderson, Joyce Esser
Madison.com
She devoted eight years to lobbying for the WNA, earned her master’s degree, and spent 24 years as Clinical Professor of Nursing at UW, retiring as Professor Emeritus in 2001.
Cut administrators to fund the freeze
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: The phrase “tuition freeze” makes for good politics, but not good policy. The University of Wisconsin System campuses have been economically pinched for years. As a result, many of the best and brightest faculty have simply left for other states.
UW System leaders must stand up to governor, legislature
Capital Times
Letter to the editor: I agree with UW System President Ray Cross that the people of Wisconsin support the UW System and want it to continue. What he wrote in his column “Now is the time to stand with your UW” is ivory tower puffery that fails to address the reality of what is happening in Wisconsin politically.
WARF ranks 7th in list of patents issued
WKOW-TV 27
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) ranks 7th among the world’s universities in U.S. patents issued in 2015, according to a report from the National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.
UW ranks 7th worldwide in US patents issued to universities, report says
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison is one of the top universities in the world when it comes to getting patents for the work done here, according to a report released Friday.
Chris Rickert: UW-Stout paintings and a correct ‘political correctness’
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Stout chancellor Bob Meyer wants people to know his decision to move a couple of campus-owned, Depression-era paintings was absolutely not about “political correctness” — even if he was pressured to move them by people who found the paintings demeaning to Native Americans.
Badgers volleyball: Expectations for a national title run remain high
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team, like the building it plays in, is a work in progress.
Tuition freeze helps politicians, not students
Capital Times
Letter to the editor: Gov. Scott Walker’s column “Tuition freeze key to college affordability” shows a total lack of understanding of the role of higher education. Universities are not trade schools and were never intended to produce students with so-called “job skillss” Especially UW-Madison, which is a research institution
De Haven, Doster Robert “Doc” Jr.
Madison.com
In 2011, Doc and Lea established the ’Doc and Lea De Haven Music Excellence Award’ at the UW-Madison School of Music, to support undergraduate music performance majors, with preference given to those studying trumpet and/or jazz.
Finding treasures among the discarded
WKOW-TV 27
For those in the midst of moving days in downtown Madison, there is a place where one person’s junk can become another person’s treasure. That place is the UW-Madison We Conserve program’s temporary drop-off donation site located on Lot 45 at 165 N. Mills Street.
New liver transplant policy could help country but harm UW Hospital
Wisconsin State Journal
Donor livers would be shared more broadly around the country under a new proposal meant to reduce geographic disparities in access to transplants, but the move could harm UW Hospital and other programs by forcing them to export more livers and do fewer transplants.
Badgers football: Former UW quarterback Ron Vander Kelen dies at 76
Wisconsin State Journal
Ron Vander Kelen, one of the most important players to the University of Wisconsin’s march to the Rose Bowl in 1962, died of natural causes Sunday. He was 76.
UW students meet with congressman to prepare for presidential election
Daily Cardinal
Several UW-Madison students sat down with U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., Sunday in Union South to plan how to best unite students for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton before the 2016 election.
Teaching children importance of kindness
NBC-15
Dr. Shilagh Mirgain, UW Health Clinical Psychologist, said it is important to instill the value of kindness in children each and every day.
If the clouds clear, Perseid meteor shower will peak tonight
Capital Times
The shower happens every year and is one of the most reliable annual meteor showers, Jim Lattis, director of the UW-Madison Space Place, said.
Madison receives federal grant to study paid leave programs
Wisconsin State Journal
Partnering with UW-Madison, the city will use the money to gain “robust intelligence” of how such a policy could work, said Ald. Maurice Cheeks, 10th District.
Skating into the future
Isthmus
Jessie Vetter — among the University of Wisconsin’s most successful women’s hockey players and an integral part of the 2010 and 2014 silver medal U.S. Olympic teams — hasn’t laced up a pair of goalie skates since April.
Madison’s Africa Fest celebrates continent’s diverse culture
Wisconsin State Journal
This year’s Africa Fest, also supported by UW-Madison’s African Studies Program and Central Park Sessions, will be 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday in Madison’s Central Park, 202 S. Ingersoll St. Admission is free; donations are welcome.
Forgiveness leads to probation for giving LSD to friend who died in plunge from building
Wisconsin State Journal
The anguish of faraway parents and their desire to forgive led to probation Thursday for a former UW-Madison student whose friend plunged from an apartment building last year under the influence of LSD.
Moving Days makes UW-Madison students’ move easier, more sustainable
Daily Cardinal
During the student lease turn-over process, residents on the UW-Madison campus may find themselves left with unwanted items as they move from one location to the next.
Impacts of Walker’s UW performance funding plan remain unclear
Badger Herald
Gov. Scott Walker will include new funding that is tied to how University of Wisconsin System campuses perform in certain areas in his next budget proposal.
Nancy Wilson Schlei: Congrats and thanks to UW Zika researchers
Capital Times
Letter to the editor: UW’s Dave O’Connor and Tom Friedrich are to be congratulated on their swift response to the Zika virus, a horrifying emerging disease.
MATC professor pushed religious beliefs in class, advocacy group says
Wisconsin State Journal
A Madison Area Technical College professor promoted religion in class and encouraged a student to have “a personal relationship with a living God,” according to a Madison-based watchdog group that now wants the college to take action.
STUDY: Excessive background noise can hinder vocabulary development
WKOW-TV 27
A new study out of UW Madison shows the amount of noise pollution in your home could hinder your little ones academically.
New community relations director to focus on bursting ‘campus bubble’
Daily Cardinal
As she prepares to step into her new role as UW-Madison’s director of community relations, Leslie Orrantia is poised to send a message of collaboration between the university and all of Dane County.
Badgers volleyball: Wisconsin ranked No. 4 in coaches’ preseason poll
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin volleyball team is ranked No. 4 in the country in the American Volleyball Coaches Association preseason poll released Wednesday.
Donation sites for furniture, clothes, food aim to reduce move-out waste
Wisconsin State Journal
With thousands of leases set to expire in the coming days and city crews preparing to pick up hundreds of tons of garbage, clothing and furniture left behind by tenants, UW-Madison and local officials are once again ramping up their efforts to reduce waste during the rush of Downtown move-out days.
UW to ask for additional money and an end to tuition freeze
WKOW-TV 27
University of Wisconsin System leaders plan to ask Gov. Scott Walker to lift a tuition freeze and give them about $40 million more in aid in the next state budget.
UW to ask for additional money and an end to tuition freeze
Madison.com
University of Wisconsin System leaders plan to ask Gov. Scott Walker to lift a tuition freeze and give them about $40 million more in aid in the next state budget.
No such thing (yet) as sterile neutrino, UW researchers say
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison researchers working with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in the Antarctic looked for the particle known as the sterile neutrino but have determined it doesn’t exist.
Homelessness on College Campuses
On a frigid seven-degree night last year, Brooke Evans, 23, entered the University of Wisconsin library in Madison, stomping her feet in her worn Adidas to get the feeling in her toes back.
UW seeks $42.5M funding increase, end to tuition freeze in next state budget
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin System is poised to ask lawmakers to lift the cap on in-state tuition and reverse years of declining support for higher education with a funding increase of $42.5 million in the next state budget.
Details of Wisconsin’s contracts with ASPIRE, other companies, released
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin athletics department announced in May several new business partnerships. The State Journal received the contracts per an open records request, and broke down the details from each deal.
UW-Madison to include digital records in national online library
Wisconsin State Journal
About 400,000 records kept by UW-Madison Libraries will be available online to students, genealogists and researchers as part of a nationwide digital collection.
Citywide broadband service could cost over $200 million, study says
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: The cost to build the network — short of the lines connecting individual users — would be about $150 million. How much of that funding would fall on the city depends on how much private companies would be willing to invest in the project and how much funding the city can get from the federal government, said Barry Orton, chairman of the Citywide Broadband Subcommittee and a professor emeritus at UW-Madison.
The Life Of UW Chef And Instructor Carson Gulley
Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Public Radio program to feature “The Life Of UW Chef And Instructor Carson Gulley” during segment on Thursday, Aug. 11.
New fish virus found in Forest County
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
But samples from Pine Lake’s dead fish led to a scientific discovery in Goldberg’s laboratory at UW-Madison.
Ray Cross: Now is the time to stand with your UW
Capital Times
Over the last nine months, UW System leaders and I held listening sessions around the state, surveying the public and meeting with focused stakeholder groups about the future of Wisconsin.
Photos: Terrace Yoga among the sunburst chairs at the Memorial Union
Capital Times
With a view of Lake Mendota and terrace chairs on either side of them, people practiced yoga during Terrace Yoga at the UW-Madison Memorial Union Terrace on Sunday.
The downside to being prepared for failure
Boston Globe
New research suggests that having a Plan B is not necessarily a good idea. In the study “How backup plans can harm goal pursuit: The unexpected downside of being prepared for failure,” Jihae Shin and Katherine Milkman, researchers at the University of Wisconsin Madison and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, respectively, found that backup plans diminish the desire to achieve the primary goal in the first place.
Curiosity may influence people to make smarter decisions
Noted: “Our research shows that arousing people’s curiosity can influence their choices by steering them away from tempting desires, like unhealthy foods or taking the elevator and toward less tempting, but healthier options, such as buying more fresh produce or taking the stairs,” said Evan Polman, researcher at University of Wisconsin-Madison, in a statement.
Rafael Gaglianone changes jersey number to honor Sam Foltz
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin kicker Rafael Gaglianone was wearing his new No. 27 on Sunday during the Badgers’ media day at Camp Randall Stadium in honor of Nebraska punter Sam Foltz, who died in a car accident July 24 along with former Michigan State punter Mike Sadler.
Water woes emerge as major issue in Wisconsin elections
Janesville Gazette
Noted: “I can’t remember a time when it (water) was a major statewide political issue,” said UW-Madison history professor John Sharpless, a former Republican congressional candidate.
Hail to the retiring chief, Sue Riseling
WISC-TV 3
Sunday was Sue Riseling’s last day as chief of the UW Madison Police Department after 25 years of service to the UW community, and she leaves as one of the most respected campus police chiefs in the nation.
Berel, Shelton Carlton
Madison.com
He worked at the University Of Wisconsin Graduate School as a computer programmer.
UW researchers pioneer a camera that can see around corners
Capital Times
A team of University of Wisconsin researchers have received a major grant from the Department of Defense to further develop a sophisticated piece of optical technology: A camera that can see around corners.
Imbed Biosciences is cleared to sell its silver-enhanced dressing to treat wounds
Wisconsin State Journal
The technology is based on research Agarwal got involved with as a post-doctoral research scientist at the UW-Madison in 2008.
UW-Stout moves paintings after Native American objections
Wisconsin State Journal
The chancellor at UW-Stout in Menomonie said Friday he decided to move two large paintings dating to 1936 from hallways in a much-traveled campus building because they “stood in the way of an effort to create an inclusive and comfortable environment for everyone.”
Former UW running back Montee Ball gets 60 days in jail for domestic violence incidents
Wisconsin State Journal
A plea agreement for former UW-Madison running back Montee Ball that called for a dismissal of one felony domestic abuse charge, a reduction of another to a misdemeanor and a probation sentence went true to form Friday, but a judge added an extra wrinkle when he added 60 days in jail as a condition of Ball’s probation.
Olympics: Decathlete Zach Ziemek proud to represent UW, has lofty goals for Rio
Wisconsin State Journal
The line sounds like a political candidate approving a campaign advertisement.
Former UW-Madison rowers compete in Rio
NBC-15
The Olympic Games in Rio are underway and already a few Badgers have competed on the world’s center stage. Three former Badgers women’s rowers are going for gold.
UW-Stout removing paintings depicting American Indians
WKOW-TV 27
The University of Wisconsin-Stout is removing two 80-year-old paintings that depict American Indians and French fur traders from the halls of one of its buildings amid student complaints.
Moving on: Annual apartment shuffle starts; daily pickups on tap
Wisconsin State Journal
The annual migration of apartment dwellers in Madison has started, with Madison garbage and recycling crews ready to take away the discards.