The state Assembly has approved a bill that would allow University of Wisconsin institutions to perform classified national security research.
Assembly OKs bill allowing UW schools to perform classified research
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Assembly to take up UW classified research bill
Madison.com
The state Assembly is set to take up a bill that allow University of Wisconsin institutions to perform classified national security research.
Census data showing fewer farms, less farm land in state is incomplete, analysts say
Wisconsin State Journal
The census? preliminary numbers were in disagreement with annual statistics provided by the USDA that have shown a decline over the past five years of state agricultural land that has been diverted to other uses, according to Bruce Jones, an agricultural economics professor at UW-Madison.
Yo-Yo Ma and Chanticleer return for renovated Union Theater’s first season
Capital Times
The reopening of the Wisconsin Union Theater this fall after two years under construction will feature big classical music names, starting with cellist Yo-Yo Ma on Oct. 18.
UW Rec Sports turns to social media to get out the vote for student referendum
Capital Times
Those following UW Rec Sports on twitter may have noticed, in between notices about spinning classes and Wallyball tournaments, a steady stream of tweets about the March 3-5 referendum to raise student fees by up to $102 a semester ? to $145 ? to help pay for a $223 million upgrade of recreational sports facilities.
Short power outage hits about 3,000 MGE customers
Madison.com
The majority of the outage was on Madison?s East Side, but outages also were reported on the UW-Madison campus, in Fitchburg and at Capital Newspapers on Fish Hatchery Road.
Have Democrats given up on beating Sean Duffy and Reid Ribble?
Capital Times
UW?Madison Poli Sci Prof. Ken Mayer comments.
Richard Harris shares ‘Growing Up Black in South Madison’ story with Downtown Rotary
Capital Times
Harris said he also plans to file a complaint against UW-Madison, to challenge its hiring practices for black faculty and staff.
Cory Jennerjohn: TV is about to make the sports attendance bubble burst
Madison.com
Camp Randall Stadium bucks the trend for young people a little. There were 13,213 seats allocated for students this past season. Eighty percent of those student tickets were used for six of the seven home games. … The only wart for the student section at the University of Wisconsin is tardiness.
UW Synchrotron Center closing reflects trend of U.S. disinvestment in science
Capital Times
A funding shortfall that will force the closing of the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Synchrotron Radiation Center near Stoughton is an example of how tight federal budgets are causing the United States to fall behind in global scientific research and development to Asian nations, said director Joseph Bisognano, a professor of engineering physics.
UW-Madison needs new budget model, committee says
Madison.com
A new budget model that aligns resources for UW-Madison with its core missions, while also rewarding innovation and giving flexibility for change and growth, is being recommended by a campus committee.
Some attorneys question holding homeless sex offenders after release
Madison.com
There are legal grounds for placing a hold on offenders if they cannot meet conditions of their release, such as finding housing in compliance with city laws, said Cecelia Klingele, a University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor, who has researched the collateral consequences of sex offenders? sentences.
On Campus: Edgewood College names finalists for president
Wisconsin State Journal
Edgewood College has narrowed its list of presidential candidates to three finalists.
3-D color printing technology wins UW innovation contest
Madison.com
A unique way of adding color to 3-D created products was the winning entry in the 20th annual Innovation Days competition at UW-Madison.
On Campus: Black History Month events on tap this week at UW-Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
An annual forum at UW-Madison this week will feature speakers who explore black men and their relationships with family, friends and lovers. The Black Men?s Initiative forum occurs Friday and Saturday and is free and open to the public.
Water main freezes at UW-Madison Memorial Union
Madison.com
Repair crews were working on a frozen water main at Memorial Union on the UW-Madison campus Monday afternoon. Users of the union were asked not to use any water in the facility from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Community college education should be free to students, says UW’s Sara Goldrick-Rab
Capital Times
A community college education ought to be free, University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor Sara Goldrick-Rab tells NPR for a report on the funding challenges confronting the schools nationwide.
Walters, David L.
Madison.com
David worked as a truck driver for many years and as a custodian at the University of Wisconsin.
Richard Galvin: Why is alumni group featuring Scott Walker?
Capital Times
I for one will no longer call myself an alumni. Can I get my tuition back?
Charter Communications to switch all customers to digital service, starting in March
Wisconsin State Journal
Comments from UW?Madison telecommunications professor Barry Orton.
Patterson, Jeffrey J.
Madison.com
At the time of his death, he was Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Department of Family Medicine. His affiliation with UW-Madison began in 1973 as a family practice resident, and continued on as faculty member, professor, and recently emeritus professor. He maintained a busy medical practice at UW-Madison Northeast Clinic for over 35 years, caring for thousands of patients.
Inman, Andrew R.
Madison.com
Andrew was employed at UW-Madison until his retirement in 2013.
Bennett, Kenneth Alan
Madison.com
In 1970, the UW-Madison Anthropology Department offered him the position of associate professor, and then full professor in 1975. Among his many credits are producing nine Ph.D. students, authoring “The Fundamentals of Biological Anthropology”, “The Field Guide for Human Skeletal Identification”, and a nomination for the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Schendel, Erna Marion
Madison.com
She worked at the UW-Madison College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, retiring in 1984 after 20 years of service as the payroll and fringe benefits supervisor.
Hundreds fill Fountain of Life for Rev. Alex Gee’s ‘redemptive’ town hall
Capital Times
Patrick Sims, interim vice provost and chief diversity officer at UW-Madison, said the university is committed to partnering with the coalition?s efforts
UW law professor: Wisconsin must recognize full sovereignty of Indian tribes
Capital Times
Richard Monette, a University of Wisconsin Law School professor of law, is one of the top experts on tribal law and the legal relationship between Native American tribes and government.
‘Me again:’ Ray Cross makes a second home at the Capitol
Wisconsin State Journal
As a young man, Ray Cross survived Vietnam. Now at the other end of his career, he figures he can handle the state Capitol in his new role as president of the University of Wisconsin System, which he officially starts this week.
Health Sense: ?Big surgery? could include life support
Wisconsin State Journal
Story highlights research by Dr. Margaret ?Gretchen? Schwarze, a UW-Madison vascular surgeon and bioethicist.
A community newspaper returns ? with help from City Hall
Wisconsin State Journal
?I haven?t encountered anything quite like this before, and it does make me queasy,? said Robert Drechsel, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at UW-Madison. The arrangement triggers a host of questions, he said.
Dairy farmers squeezing white gold from cows
Wisconsin State Journal
?This is the dairy farmers? year to enjoy,? said Mark Stephenson, the director of the UW-Madison?s Center for Dairy Profitability.
Badgers men’s hockey: Good-natured Joel Rumpel has taken control in goal
Madison.com
Joel Rumpel is such an easygoing, uncomplicated person it?s easy to see how the junior goaltender for the University of Wisconsin men?s hockey team could be somewhat misunderstood.
Badgers women’s hockey: Unexpected journey has been quite a ride for senior Natalie Berg
Madison.com
Is there a better feeling in the world than knowing you took a tremendous risk, made a dream come true and did so giving every ounce of your being?
UW, state partner on seed fund to commercialize tech ideas
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin System is partnering with the state?s chief jobs agency to create a $2 million seed fund to help bring technology ideas developed at UW campuses to the marketplace.
Friends or lovers? The UW-Madison Couples Lab wants to know
Madison.com
Why does a couple become a couple? Love? Friendship? Security? Someone to talk to? Economics?
Sochi Olympics: As has become tradition, UW’s presence is felt on Team USA’s men’s hockey team
Madison.com
It?s a brotherhood nearly 40 years in the making and Joe Pavelski is thrilled to be a part of its exclusive ranks. Since 1976, every U.S. men?s hockey team to take part in the Olympics has included at least one player from the University of Wisconsin. That streak of 11 consecutive Winter Games will come to life Thursday when Team USA ? which has six former UW players serving in some capacity ? will open the tournament against Slovakia (6:30 a.m., NBC Sports Network) in Sochi, Russia.
Know Your Madisonian: Mike Cerniglia
Wisconsin State Journal
Mike Cerniglia has worn a badge as a Dane County sheriff?s deputy, worked for two of the most accomplished coaches at the University of Wisconsin and been a face of the Badgers on radio and television. Somewhere along that career path are lessons that should help him now. Cerniglia is six weeks into his role as executive director of the National W Club, a nonprofit that represents men and women who have won varsity letters competing in sports sponsored by UW Athletics.
Combatting the brain drain is the key to Wisconsin’s growth, conference speaker says
Wisconsin State Journal
Boosting Wisconsin?s economy will take more than just adding jobs ? it will require luring more young college graduates to move here, a UW-Madison expert told a conference in Madison on Wednesday .One way to do that could be to set up a two-tiered tuition system, with lower rates for those who promise to stay in Wisconsin after they earn their degrees, said Morris Davis, associate professor and academic director of the James Graaskamp Center for Real Estate.
Officials seek solutions to Highway PD driving nightmare
Wisconsin State Journal
Roads often get bumpy in winter because moisture in the gravel and other materials below the surface freeze and swell, said Michael Oliva, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UW-Madison. ?If that moisture keeps getting in there and keeps swelling up, you build up this ice lens, and the ice lenses lift the pavement up,? he said.
Scott Walker: Big difference between having a beer and smoking marijuana
Capital Times
Richard Brown, a UW-Madison medical professor who specializes in substance abuse, does not believe that pot-smoking is more dangerous than drinking and says the theory that weed is a ?gateway? to more perilous poison has been discredited.
Badgers sports: Athletic Board committee approves 2014-15 budget
Madison.com
The operating budget for the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department will drop to just under $100 million for 2014-15 under a proposal unveiled Tuesday.
Tom Oates: Gary Andersen not interested in Browns? He deserves to be taken at his word
Madison.com
It appears Gary Andersen still has a thing or two to learn about being the football coach at the University of Wisconsin.
Badgers football: Gary Andersen interviewed for Cleveland Browns head coaching position
Madison.com
University of Wisconsin football coach Gary Andersen interviewed recently for the Cleveland Browns head coaching job, a UW spokesman confirmed on Tuesday.
Discovery to Product director finalists named at UW-Madison
Madison.com
Three finalists have been selected to be interviewed to lead Discovery to Product (D2P), a new venture at UW-Madison to boost the entrepreneurial efforts on campus.
Andy Baggot: Is UW prepared if a Marcus Smart situation took place here?
Madison.com
Whenever major sports headlines are made at other colleges, good or bad, it?s natural to wonder how the details would play out at the University of Wisconsin.
Higher Ed, Lower Debt bill faces tough criticism from Wisconsin Republicans
Capital Times
Democratic authors of a bill that would create a new state authority to allow roughly 753,000 Wisconsin residents to refinance their federal student loans, were met with tough criticism and concerns Monday.
More support for nonpartisan maps
Wisconsin State Journal
Iowa?s system avoids gerrymandering and fat legal fees while encouraging more competition for seats and cooperation from leaders, said UW-Madison political science professors Ken Mayer and David Canon. The two redistricting experts insisted Iowa?s process would not undermine the Wisconsin Legislature?s constitutional authority, as GOP leaders here have suggested. Wisconsin?s current way is ?divisive, polarizing, expensive, litigious and undermines basic notions of representation,? Mayer said.
On Campus: Public records exemption for UW dies under fierce opposition
Wisconsin State Journal
A controversial measure to shield University of Wisconsin research from public records requests died a sudden death Monday morning before its first scheduled legislative hearing.
UW-Madison tops list of Peace Corps volunteering
Madison.com
UW-Madison has gone back to the top of the list of schools and universities producing the most volunteers for the Peace Corps.
Journal Times editorial: UW professors deserve merit-based pay
Racine Journal Times
After Act 10 went into effect, schools throughout the state were given more flexibility on an array of human resources decisions, including the ability for more teachers to receive merit-based pay
Chris Rickert: More amenities, higher costs in keeping with old-school UW
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison?s new chancellor, Rebecca Blank, came out last week in favor of raising tuition for out-of-state and professional school students, and the administration is making the case for quadrupling a student fee to pay for an overhaul of recreational sports facilities.
Sochi Olympics: U.S. women’s hockey team will lean heavily on players with UW ties
Madison.com
When you?re 6,200 miles from home, about to climb onto the world?s largest stage, it?s nice to be able to look around and feel a connection to family.
Kadushin, Professor Alfred
Madison.com
In 1950, he accepted a professorship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work and began his distinguished scholarly career
Sochi Olympics: Madison natives Erika and Craig Brown thrilled to experience the Games together
Madison.com
She won two WIAA state golf titles, played on the University of Wisconsin?s 1994 Big Ten Conference championship team and twice won the Madison City tournament.
Bill to keep scientific research from public view to be heard on Monday
Wisconsin State Journal
Scientific research at University of Wisconsin campuses would be shielded from public records requests until it?s published or patented under a controversial bill scheduled for a first hearing on Monday before the state Assembly?s higher education committee.
Study says Wisconsin colleges lead the nation in alcohol arrests
Wisconsin State Journal
University of Wisconsin System campuses are Nos. 1, 4, 10, 17, 19, 23, 30, 36, 39 and 41 in a national ranking of the most on-campus alcohol arrests per 1,000 students.
Tom Still: A little about a lot of things
Wisconsin State Journal
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation isn?t the only organization accusing Apple Inc. of infringing on a high-tech patent. A few days after WARF filed suit against the technology giant, a Texas-based company did the same based on a different complaint.
Legal challenges and public acceptance of same-sex marriages growing fast
Wisconsin State Journal
The main trigger for the rapid expansion of gay marriage was a June decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that raised questions about all same-sex marriage bans, said Andrew Coan, a UW-Madison associate law professor.
State sprinkler law, competition motivate investments at Greek houses
Wisconsin State Journal
Clad in limestone, brick and stucco with a pitched tile roof, the elegant new Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house on historic Langdon Street catches the eye.
UW-Madison alum’s ‘Dry January’ column sheds new light on problem drinking
Capital Times
A month without alcohol was the challenge. For UW-Madison alumna Sarah Probst, “Dry January” tested her more than she anticipated.
Cullen, Schultz invite public to meeting on redistricting
Wisconsin State Journal
Other speakers include UW-Madison professors Ken Mayer and Barry Burden