The acting inspector general?s investigation into delays at Veterans Health Administration facilities points to problems so systemic that they cannot be attributed to a few bad apples. But the report does not tell us why these problems occurred.
MADISON, Wis. ?A sex scandal involving a University of Wisconsin-Madison student from Ozaukee County is growing.
In many ways, Heather Johnston is an anomaly.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives early Friday morning approved an increase in overall funding for research at the National Science Foundation but also endorsed an effort to pare social science studies that the agency funds.
Noted: François Ortalo-Magné, dean of the University of Wisconsin?s business school, says fissures have already appeared. Recently, a rival school offered one of his faculty members not just a job, but also shares in an online learning start-up created especially for him. ?We?re talking about millions of dollars,? Mr. Ortalo-Magné said. ?My best teachers are going to find platforms so they can teach to the world for free. The market is finding a way to unbundle us. My job is to hold this platform together.?
?It?s being adopted in red states and blue states. It?s just taking off everywhere,? said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. ?There?s a little something for both sides.?
Noted: Rick Brooks, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, saw Bol?s do-it-yourself project while they were discussing potential social enterprises.
Every student in the class of 2014 has a story: a struggle, a moment of victory; a parent or friend they?d like to thank; an exam they?d like to forget, and a wish fulfilled. UW-Madison footage is included.
Sorority and fraternity recruiting drives are under scrutiny at the UW-Madison, with officials considering pushing back their traditional pledge recruiting start time to later in the fall or even eliminating it.
A police captain took thousands of pictures and videos of unsuspecting women using University of Wisconsin, Madison, Police Department equipment over a span of more than six years, an internal investigation found before the 17-year veteran was fired in March.
A presentation regarding the Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) was made at a Marshall School Board meeting May 21.
Noted: One such case is that of William J. Cronon, a pro-labor professor of history at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In 2011, during battles over the future of organized labor in that state, the Republican Party of Wisconsin requested copies of Cronon?s email correspondence containing various terms, including Gov. Scott Walker, who pursued legislation cracking down on unions.
Quoted: ?A low-wage job supplemented with food stamps is becoming more common for the working poor,? said Timothy Smeeding, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in income inequality. ?Many of the U.S. jobs now being created are low- or minimum-wage ? part-time or in areas such as retail or fast food ? which means food stamp use will stay high for some time, even after unemployment improves.?
UW-Marathon County is getting ready to open up their first year of physician assistant training.
Quoted: “Maya Angelou gave voice and center stage to the young, the female, the vulnerable and she got people talking about things that most people wanted to keep silent or quiet,” UW Literature Professor Cherene Sherrard-Johnson says.
Warning: Do not bring lovers of The Lorax to UW Library Mall right now.
Quoted: ?I am hard-pressed to think of any justification for naming, much less publishing photos of, the women who were not shooting victims but whom Rodger blamed for what he did,? Robert Drechsel, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin, said in an email. ?Doing so adds nothing of value and public significance to the story, and can bring only harm and undeserved attention to those women.?
Quoted: “The population has declined steadily due to illegal hunting purely to satisfy epicurean appetites,” says Professor Stanley Temple, a conservation expert at the University of Wisconsin.
Noted: Many schools across the country are experimenting with student banking, though Union Bank is one of the biggest to enter the field. It?s a growing trend, but one that has operated without much oversight. The person who has likely studied the phenomenon more than anyone else is J. Michael Collins, a professor of consumer finance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Noted: At the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a pioneer in the bait bike movement, the police department saw a 40 percent drop in reported bike thefts on campus in 2008, its first year using the tactic. The police there also use social media, but mainly to put out the word about the bait bikes, not to shame the perpetrators by posting their photographs, said Marc Lovicott, a spokesman for the department. But he sounded impressed by the tactic. ?Interesting ? we haven?t gone that far,? he said, adding that they might.
New research from the University of Wisconsin suggests that deforestation is promoting the spread of a disease called Nipah virus in Bangladesh. The virus has no cure, no vaccine ? and a mortality rate of more than 70 percent.
There is far more carbon stored in the Earth?s soil than previously thought, a new study has shown, and scientists fear disturbing it could unleash vast amounts of it into the atmosphere.
In February of 1927, the historian Joseph Klausner stood before an audience at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and delivered a lecture on the ?Jewish character? of Baruch Spinoza?s philosophy.
Quoted: ?Cuban?s comment calls the question: What standards besides wealth qualify one to own an N.B.A. franchise?? said Linda S. Greene, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ?These teams may be privately held, but the ownership of one is a privilege and constitutes a public trust. Therefore, the N.B.A. has a duty to probe deeply both beliefs and actions to ensure that those who steward these unique community institutions are worthy of that trust.?
In the town of Verona on the rural fringes of Madison, Wisc., there?s a Google GOOGL +1.05%-like campus that houses one of the country?s most rapidly growing tech companies, and one of the least well known. Founded in 1979, the medical software maker Epic has grown to employ 6,800 people, most of whom work at its 5.5 million-square-foot headquarters complex, which sprawls over 800 acres of what was farmland until the early 1990s.
UW-Madison Assistant Dean John Bechtol works in the center for vets and military members.
MARSHFIELD ? On the heels of a two-year tuition freeze and state budget cuts, the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County has been forced to reduce staff.
Federal communications officials are considering proposed rules that are aimed at the ongoing debate over net neutrality. Supporters argue they will give businesses a chance to make sure their products get to consumers quickly, but critics argue they would create an internet fast lane that shuts out companies who can?t afford to pay.
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) says the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is doing a good job graduating primary care physicians at time when the role is in high demand.
Quoted: ?And those short-term certificates don?t yield any better financial impact to the student than a high school diploma,? said Hillman, an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A Middleton man has finally outflanked the U.S. military in his determined two-year campaign to bring home the remains of a World War II veteran who had served with his grandfather.
A Middleton filmmaker?s efforts over the last two years helped solve some of the mystery surrounding what happened to a soldier killed in World War II and return the soldier?s remains home.
Noted: Tigers may signify strength and dominance, or suggest the hunt?all cues male daters might wish to convey, said Catalina Toma, assistant professor of communication science at University of Wisconsin-Madison, whose research focuses on self-presentation in online dating. A tiger snapshot from an exotic location may also signal that a person has the means to travel, Dr. Toma added.
Noted: Howard Schweber, a professor of political science and legal studies at UW-Madison, said the tide of public opinion seemed to be turning, based on recent national polls.
Some newly minted college graduates struggle to find work. Others accept jobs for which they feel overqualified. Student debt, meanwhile, has topped $1 trillion.
Noted: Others said there would be little public outcry about the potential for higher cigarette prices. “There?s not a League of Addicted Smokers who are going to yell bloody murder about this,” said one Justice Department veteran, Peter Carstensen, now at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
MADISON ? University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross is proposing a one-year plan to cover tuition costs of high school students who take UW classes offered in their schools for college credit.
Noted: Dr. Edelman was the author of hundreds of articles and papers. His books include ?A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination? (2000), written with Giulio Tononi, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin.
SUPERIOR – The University of Wisconsin-Superior has unveiled plans to make $4.5 million in budget cuts over the next five years.
Quoted: ?The lesson they learned the last time was that the medicine they prescribed after the coup was not strong enough,? said Thongchai Winichakul, a former activist in Thailand who is now a history professor at the University of Wisconsin. ?There?s a high possibility of very drastic measures and suppression this time.?
Thailand?s Senate, the country?s only functioning legislative chamber, convened an informal meeting last week to deliberate on ways to end that country?s six-month-old political stalemate.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank Wednesday told a gathering of over 60 members of the Chequamegon Bay Chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association that their alma mater has grown into one of the preeminent institutions of higher education in the United States and the world.
Kanit Kuevibulvanich, with the Thai Student Association (TSA) at UW-Madison, says the divide in the country between pro and anti-government supporters is a “very delicate” topic. He says because of that, it is rarely discussed between TSA members. But Kuevibulvanich is also confident the situation will be resolved peacefully.
Mike Wagner, an assistant professor in the school of journalism and mass communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that he believes political feelings are beginning to creep into events that many might think was non-political.
University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross on Thursday proposed a one-year plan to cover tuition for students in Wisconsin public high schools who take UW courses through a dual enrollment program aimed at jump-starting their college careers.
For America?s worst racial achievement gap to exist within the very shadow of UW should be seen as appalling. Imagine how the American Family Children?s Hospital would feel if Madison had the highest rate of childhood leukemia deaths? You can be sure there would be hell to pay.
Among northern muriqui monkeys in the Brazilian rainforest, both sexes are co-equals and there?s little conflict. Karen Strier started studying this species in 1982 after conducting field research on baboons, and she fully expected that higher-ranking monkeys would get better food, have more friends and family, and have more reproductive success. But she observed no spats over food, even though males hung out close to one another, and she was shocked to see that when a female was ready to mate, the males waited patiently in a line for their turn to copulate. No particular male got to go first, and a study of 22 youngsters showed that 13 different males had become fathers.
The new president of the University of Wisconsin System says the possibility of another tuition freeze could provide an opportunity to start a new discussion about the costs of higher education.
A Dane County judge denied a motion to suppress evidence from sexual assault exam in a sexual assault case against a University of Wisconsin football recruit.
Quoted: ?Places that are gaining are gaining very quickly; places that are losing are losing slowly,? said Andi Egbert, senior researcher Minnesota State Demographic Center. In rural counties, ?it?s a continuation of a long story line. Places have been emptying out very slowly, like a slow leak over five or six decades.?
A task force established by the Environmental Protection Agency to curtail farmland pollution that flows into the Mississippi River said Wednesday it has reached an agreement to work with 12 universities, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on the problem.
When Beau Allen, a 325-pound nose tackle from Wisconsin, toured the country before the draft to visit with teams, he got a question or two about academics. Most teams didn?t ask much more than just what kind of student he was. Then he sat down with Chip Kelly, the Eagles? radical coach.
Noted: But a new piece from Greg Duncan, Katherine Magnuson, and Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal in an edition of The Future of Children journal dedicated to two-generation strategies for fighting poverty asks us to consider a different framing for the problem.
Harvey had a long and distinguished career as a reporter and public relations executive, starting with the Suburban Times of Des Plaines, Ill., in 1950. He became Associated Press editor, Chicago, from 1952 until 1959. Harvey was the Madison bureau chief for the Associated Press and lecturer at UW Madison School of Journalism from 1959 until 1966, when he became director of news and publications for the UW-Madison campus.
Harvard and Yale researchers called Tuesday for an end to animal research into bird flu, worrying that the virus could escape and trigger a global epidemic.
Noted: In her conference keynote address, Marsha Mailick, director of the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, shared data gleaned from 10 years of following the lives of more than 400 people with autism, starting in 1998. This study was prescient; adults are vastly underrepresented in autism research, and longitudinal studies into old age are badly needed.
Noted: Over 600 miles to the west, researchers in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, created a program called the Lifestyle and Functional Exercise program, or LiFE. Originally adapted from an Australian fall prevention program, LiFE is an in-home program for people aged 70 and beyond that uses exercise in seemingly mundane daily activities, like balancing on one leg while brushing their teeth.
Noted: Jack W Mitchell, the founding producer of All Things Considered and a three-time chairman of NPR?s board of directors, has written a critically acclaimed history of NPR called Listener Supported: The Culture and History of Public Radio.
Public health experts have warned that controversial experiments on mutant viruses could put human lives in danger by unleashing an accidental pandemic.
Avian flu experiments risk unleashing an accidental global pandemic putting the lives of millions across the world at risk, public health experts have today warned.
