On April 13, a pregnant ewe involved in a research program at UW-Madison died from respiratory issues while being moved back to her pen following surgery.
Sheep death at UW-Madison fuels new attack from animal rights group
Capital Times
Author: gbump
Festival gives chance to experience science of all sorts
Wisconsin State Journal
Science in Madison’s backyard and beyond will be in the spotlight for a weekend as the fifth Wisconsin Science Festival begins on Thursday. A huge range of what science is will be on display – from the foods and drinks produced here, to games, nature, disease, hands-on science and scientists talking about what they do. The festival has moved throughout the state, too, with more than 70 other events happening across Wisconsin.
Coyote attacks put Madison East Side pet owners on edge
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: David Drake, a researcher with the UW-Madison Urban Canid Project, comments.
Assembly leader supports carrying in campus buildings
Madison.com
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he doesn’t have a problem with concealed weapons in university buildings.
UW-Madison launching major fundraising campaign
Wisconsin State Journal
Under the slogan All Ways Forward, the drive will be the fourth and most ambitious fundraising effort in UW-Madison’s history, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said.
Badgers men’s basketball: UW ranked No. 17 in preseason coaches poll
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers are one of five Big Ten teams ranked: Maryland leads the way at No. 3, Michigan State is at No. 13, Indiana at No. 15 and Purdue tied at No. 24. Michigan topped the teams outside the Top 25 that also received votes.
‘Is WARF a patent troll?’ and four other questions about the Apple vs. WARF lawsuit, answered
Capital Times
WARF, which oversees and protects patents on University of Wisconsin inventions, sued the tech giant in February 2014, claiming Apple used a piece of microprocessing technology invented at the UW-Madison without paying for rights. On Tuesday, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ruled that Apple did violate WARF’s patent.
Madison may pause condemnation bid to pursue alternate site for Downtown park
Wisconsin State Journal
A proposal by Mayor Paul Soglin and Ald. Mike Verveer to condemn the properties west of Capitol Square was moving through city committees, but the sponsors are now asking that it be shelved because the city has been contacted about a voluntary sale at another location.
UW-Madison professor says campus carry bill causing ‘tremendous anxiety’
Capital Times
A state legislative proposal to end UW-Madison’s ban on guns in campus buildings is causing “tremendous anxiety” among faculty, said agronomy professor Bill Tracy.
Badgers men’s basketball: Hungry, untested group seeks identity
Wisconsin State Journal
A core group that included Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Josh Gasser has to be replaced. UW still has two potential stars in junior point guard Bronson Koenig and junior forward Nigel Hayes, but nearly half of the 2015-16 roster hasn’t appeared in a college game.
Focus on Dane County: UW-Madison students’ work could lead to neighborhood center, ‘agricultural Main Street’ in Fitchburg
Wisconsin State Journal
Fitchburg city staff is enlisting the help of UW-Madison graduate students for two of the city’s latest planning efforts.
UW-Madison math professor wins prestigious fellowship
Wisconsin State Journal
Melanie Matchett Wood, assistant professor of mathematics, has been named a Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering, one of 18 early-career scientists in the U.S. to win the award this year.
Democrats propose banning guns outright on college campuses
Wisconsin State Journal
Three Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday to ban weapons on college campuses, two days after Republicans proposed their own bill to allow concealed carry license holders to bring guns inside the buildings of Wisconsin’s public colleges and universities.
UW-police want you to know what to do if someone opens fire in your classroom
Capital Times
In a sign of the times, UW police are circulating two graphic videos with tips on surviving an “active shooter,” that is, someone in the process of killing or trying to kill people.
WARF presents evidence on damages against Apple, jury may decide Friday
Wisconsin State Journal
Lawyers for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation wrapped up their case for damages on Wednesday against computer maker Apple, a day after a jury found that Apple had infringed on a technology patent that WARF manages.
Chris Rickert: UW-Madison liberal arts seeks to train minds and workers
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison is touting the results of a survey that show only 5.9 percent of the liberal arts class of 2012-13 is unemployed and that a plurality of those in the workforce make between $30,000 to $40,000 a year.
UW-Madison Homecoming parade to close campus-area streets on Friday
Wisconsin State Journal
Multiple streets around Langdon and State Streets will be temporarily closed so the Homecoming parade can take place, part of the festivities culminating in the Badgers football game Saturday against Purdue at Camp Randall Stadium.
Meier, Gladys Stella (Schlagenhauf)
Madison.com
She worked in student admissions for the University of Wisconsin and became the registrar for the UW Centers when it began in 1964. She was employed by the University of Wisconsin for 39 years, retiring in 1985.
Badgers men’s basketball: Nigel Hayes, Bronson Koenig on preseason watch lists
Wisconsin State Journal
Nigel Hayes is on the watch list for the Julius Erving Award, which recognizes the top small forward in the nation. Bronson Koenig is in the watch list for the Bob Cousy Award, which recognizes the top point guard.
UW, technical college officials oppose bill allowing concealed carry in campus buildings
Wisconsin State Journal
The leaders of Wisconsin’s public universities and technical colleges Tuesday lined up against a bill that would allow anyone with a concealed carry license to bring guns into campus buildings, classrooms, dormitories and stadiums.
Jury: Apple infringed on Wisconsin university’s tech patent
A federal jury has found Apple Inc. infringed on a technology patent held by the foundation that protects the University of Wisconsin’s intellectual property.
Reaction swift at UW-Madison to bill seeking to revoke campus gun ban
Capital Times
Social media reaction roundup.
Senate committee to take up fetal tissue research ban
Madison.com
The Republican-controlled committee is slated to consider the bill Tuesday in the state Capitol. Passage looks all but certain and would clear the way for a vote in the full Senate.
UW-Madison student Democrats and Republicans want a student ID that works at the polls
Capital Times
The UW-Madison College Democrats and the College Republicans of UW-Madison issued a joint statement this weekend urging officials to gradually replace student ID cards, known as the Wiscard, with one that complies with state voter ID regulations.
On Campus: Surveys show UW liberal arts grads finding work
Wisconsin State Journal
A pair of UW-Madison studies found graduates of the university’s largest college are faring well in the job market, with close to 90 percent of the liberal arts alumni who responded saying they have found full-time work or continued their education.
Campus Carry: GOP lawmakers want to allow concealed weapons in public college buildings
Wisconsin State Journal
People with concealed weapon licenses would be allowed to carry guns inside the buildings and classrooms of Wisconsin’s public universities and colleges under a bill introduced Monday by two state legislators.
Badgers volleyball: UW moves up one spot to No. 15 in coaches’ poll
Wisconsin State Journal
The Badgers (12-4, 4-2 Big Ten) moved up to No. 15 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll after sweeps over Rutgers and Maryland last weekend.
Badgers men’s basketball: ‘It’s On US’ campaign seeks to prevent sexual assault
Wisconsin State Journal
What began last year as a White House campaign has spread to college campuses. Some UW student-athletes, including Brown, Corey Clement (football) and Sydney McKibbon (women’s hockey), along with UW athletic director Barry Alvarez, men’s hockey coach Mike Eaves and other staff, will appear in videos that will be shown at UW home games at Camp Randall, the Kohl Center and LaBahn Arena and shared through social media.
Nonprofit startup Chins Up uses tech to foster relationships between college athletes, kids
Capital Times
Chin Ups, an organization dedicated to fostering relationships between athletes and kids, was founded by Israel Lopez, a UW Law School grad. When Lopez was in middle school, Wisconsin Badgers football star Donnel Thompson sent him a box around Christmastime. That box included an autographed picture. “I never lost it. It had a tremendous effect on my life. Someone like that, someone who I was watching on TV, believed in me, for whatever reason … it changed my life.”
Scot Ross: Legislators hear need for reform from student loan borrowers. Will they help?
Capital Times
Column form Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now, a liberal research, advocacy and communications organization dedicated to fighting for a state with equal economic opportunity for all.
Wisconsin colleges have plans to deal with shooters
Madison.com
Each University of Wisconsin System campus has a so-called “all-hazards” plan that details how to handle crises including active shooters. The campuses share the plans with faculty and staff several ways including posting the plans online, presenting them during student orientations, text messages and campus-wide email alerts.
Regents give UW-Madison OK to enroll more out-of-state students
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison is poised to enroll hundreds more out-of-state students, starting with next year’s freshman class, after the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on Friday approved a request to waive the limit on nonresident students at the campus.
In water-logged pumpkin races, skill doesn’t always get you to the finish line first
Wisconsin State Journal
The inaugural Giant Pumpkin Regatta was held in 2005, but some years have been skipped due to poor pumpkins. The event is organized by UW-Madison horticulture professors Irwin Goldman and Jim Nienhuis, with help from the UW Hoofer Sailing Club.
As cost to attend UW-Madison rises, concerns about access grow as well
Wisconsin State Journal
For nearly 30 years, through rounds of state funding cuts and tuition increases, the cost of attending UW-Madison increased at a higher rate than inflation each year. The main culprit has been tuition — the largest single cost college students pay and the one that has been rising at the steepest rate, now more than three times as expensive as it was in the mid-1980s. A tuition freeze in place since 2013 has kept that price nearly flat in recent years at about $10,400.
UW-Madison tunes in to ‘magic mushroom’ medicine
Wisconsin State Journal
Nearly 50 years after the late Harvard psychologist Timothy Leary told people to “turn on, tune in, drop out” with psilocybin, LSD and other psychedelic drugs — which became illegal in 1970 — researchers around the country are testing the substances’ ability to reduce anxiety and depression in people with terminal cancer.
UW chancellor Rebecca Blank wants salary cap for college coaches, admits it’s a minority view
Capital Times
In major college football, the average compensation package for coaches has gone up 110 percent in the last 10 years, USA Today reported this week … But at Wisconsin, the head football coach position pays less now than it did in 2012, a rarity in the Power Five conferences, the driving forces of big-time college sports.
Badgers sports: UW unveils 10-year, $96 million deal with Under Armour
Wisconsin State Journal
On Friday UW announced a 10-year, $96 million deal with Under Armour to provide apparel and footwear for the Badgers. The deal, which goes into effect next July, is one of the most lucrative in college sports. It surpasses Under Armour’s previous largest deal — a 10-year, $90 million contract with Notre Dame signed in 2014 — and is believed to be second only to Michigan’s 15-year, $169 million deal signed with Nike earlier this year.
Rebecca Blank: Higher nonresident enrollment will leave room for Wisconsin students
Capital Times
How much more elite will UW-Madison become now that a cap on the number of nonresident students it can enroll has been lifted? It won’t, Chancellor Rebecca Blank assured the UW System Board of Regents Friday as they voted to approve her proposal to lift the cap and let UW-Madison take more out-of-state students.
Around Town: Professor Claudia Card lived good life, good death
Wisconsin State Journal
Claudia Card, an internationally known UW-Madison professor and a leading expert in the philosophy of evil, died what she considered a “good” death. At a celebration of her life Sunday at the Pyle Center on campus, her niece, Melissa Card, 36, quoted from a post her aunt made on her online CaringBridge site four months ago, when she said that while everyone dies, not everyone is fortunate enough to have a good death.
Wisconsin Senate panel hears testimony on student loan debt refinancing bill
Capital Times
A Democratic proposal that would allow student loan borrowers in Wisconsin to refinance their loans at lower interest rates was given a public hearing on Wednesday, but its future in the Legislature is unclear. The “Higher Ed, Lower Debt” bill would create a Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, modeled after the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
UW regents set to OK 10-year Under Armour contract
Madison.com
The University of Wisconsin System regents are set to consider a contract that would make Under Armour the exclusive athletic uniform and equipment supplier for UW-Madison for the next decade.
Regents committee approves UW-Madison plan to lift limits on out-of-state students
Wisconsin State Journal
A UW-Madison proposal to lift the limit on how many out-of-state students the campus can enroll is closer to becoming policy after a committee of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved the plan Thursday.
MATC will have to go to voters to develop South Madison campus
Capital Times
Madison Area Technical College officials are looking at taking another referendum to voters to develop a comprehensive campus in south Madison, even if they have money in hand for it from the sale of the MATC downtown campus.
Fast finish: UW students set record time in getting degrees
Wisconsin State Journal
The average time to get a degree dropped to 4.13 years during the last academic year, the lowest the university has on record, the Office of Academic Planning and Institutional Research said.
Why Act 55’s changes don’t make sense for UW
Capital Times
Column from W. Lee Hansen, professor emeritus, economics, UW–Madison
Badgers sports: UW preparing to switch from Adidas to Under Armour in 2016
Wisconsin State Journal
The UW Business and Finance Committee will vote Thursday morning to approve a 10-year contract with Under Armour that would give the university a significant boost in revenue. If approved, the UW Board of Regents would then vote on the resolution Friday morning.
Students, professors question plan to lift out-of-state student cap
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s student government and several professors are among those voicing their opposition to a plan that would lift the limits on how many out-of-state students can enroll in the university.
Fossum, Jody Ann (Zarnott)
Madison.com
She was a senior lecturer in the School of Human Ecology at UW-Madison for over 25 years.
Morgridges to host public aging summit for 60th wedding anniversary
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s most celebrated philanthropists, John and Tashia Morgridge, are commemorating their 60th anniversary by hosting a party at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery on Saturday.
Wisconsin students criticize plan to lift out-of-state cap
Madison.com
Associated Students of Madison, UW-Madison’s student group, said in a letter Tuesday to Chancellor Rebecca Blank and system President Ray Cross the school can’t accommodate a larger student population and predicted ballooning class sizes and reduced academic services.
Rebecca Blank: More non-resident students will fill workforce demands
Capital Times
A controversial plan to lift the cap on the number of non-resident students — who pay substantially higher tuition — is about workforce development, not more revenue, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank told faculty Monday. But Blank also shared several ideas that are geared to increasing revenues in an era of diminishing state funds — including more summer school classes and continuing philanthropic giving — in an annual State of the University speech delivered to the Faculty Senate.
UW Police: Iowa fan, 15, punched in face after Badger loss
Wisconsin State Journal
A 15-year-old Iowa Hawkeyes fan wasn’t treated very well following the football game between Iowa and Wisconsin on Saturday, suffering facial injuries when he was punched by a Badgers fan.
Report: UW tuition balances shrank in 2014-15
Madison.com
The University of Wisconsin System’s tuition balance shrank last fiscal year and will drop dramatically over the next year as the system contends with a Republican-imposed tuition freeze and budget cuts, according to system financial reports and projections released Monday.
Nobel Prize winner William Campbell says he had freedom to be ‘intuitive’ while at UW-Madison
Capital Times
William C. Campbell, who shared a Nobel Prize in medicine announced Monday, said that his time as a graduate student at UW-Madison helped shape his career. Arlie C. Todd and Chester A. Herrick, the professors who oversaw his research as a veterinary science and zoology student in the 1950s, gave him the freedom to be intuitive in his work, Campbell said in an interview from his home in Massachusetts. “That was very valuable,” Campbell said. He said he was allowed to develop his interests and to be imaginative in his approach, something not all professors of the day encouraged.
UW-Madison alumnus among winners of Nobel Prize in medicine
Wisconsin State Journal
Associated Press story on three scientists from the U.S., Japan and China — including a UW-Madison alumnus William Campbell— who won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering drugs to fight malaria and other tropical diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people every year.
Wisconsin ‘Higher Ed, Lower Debt’ student loan refinancing bill set for Wednesday hearing
Capital Times
A bill that would make Wisconsin the first state to allow student loans to be refinanced at lower interest rates will be given its second public hearing in as many legislative sessions on Wednesday.
On Campus: UW Colleges announce new deans, MacArthur winner has UW ties
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin Colleges has named the four deans who will lead the 13-campus system’s transition to a slimmed-down administrative model in the wake of state budget cuts.
T.E.E.M. Scholars are part of plan to diversify teaching staff in Madison schools | Local Education | host.madison.com
Capital Times
Last summer, 11 students … were chosen as the first cohort of T.E.E.M. Scholars. Throughout their high school and college years, the students will participate in summer and academic year coursework, job shadows and hold teaching internships. They will also meet regularly, work with MMSD and UW-Madison staff, and take part in school activities to gain experience working in Madison schools.
UW Police: Student reports assault and robbery in dorm room
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison police are investigating a reported assault and strong-arm robbery that happened in a dorm room last week on the UW campus.
Sunde, Milton Lester
Madison.com
Milton was a South Dakota farmboy, a World War II veteran, a UW Poultry Science professor, a family man, and proud of his Norwegian heritage.