The Milwaukee Brewers are reigning supreme in Milwaukee?s sports world Monday, but the Wisconsin Badgers are giving the team a run for its money.
Badgers, Brewers compete for sales at sports apparel stores
Milwaukee Business Journal
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NSA infiltrated RSA security more deeply than thought
Worldbulletin News
A group of professors from Johns Hopkins, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Illinois and elsewhere now say they have discovered that a second NSA tool exacerbated the RSA software?s vulnerability.
China Milk Thirst Hands U.S. Dairies Record 2014 Profits
Businessweek
Quoted: ?Dairy products are still a relatively good buy,? said Bob Cropp, a dairy economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ?The market will sustain a higher price than it used to.?
Weinberg dean named finalist for provost at UW-Madison
The Daily Northwestern
Sarah Mangelsdorf, dean of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, is a candidate to be provost of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the school?s search committee announced this month.
For Wisconsin, Student-Athlete Is Not an Oxymoron in N.C.A.A. Tournament
New York Times
ANAHEIM, Calif. ? On the eve of their West Regional final Saturday against Arizona, the Wisconsin players were ensconced in a hotel down the street from Disneyland, in a meeting room with two walls of floor-to-ceiling windows.
Beef price spike is biggest in a decade
Lincoln Journal-Star
Quoted: “The growth of the middle class in developing countries probably has more to do with the increase in demand and related prices than anything else,” Jeff Sindelar, an associate professor who studies the meat industry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
‘Team sport’ of biotech improves its Midwest game
Chicago Tribune
Noted: The flurry of advances in recent years are the culmination of 30 years of groundwork that began with the formation of university technology transfer offices, said Midwest Research University Network co-founder and President Allen Dines of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank, SLAC members discuss Bangladeshi safety accord enforcement
Daily Cardinal
Members of University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Student Labor Action Coalition met with Chancellor Rebecca Blank Friday to discuss the enforcement of the Accord for Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh signed by the chancellor earlier this month.
Westby native feels Final Four excitement
WXOW-TV, LaCrosse
A Westby native is getting a feel for what it?s like to be in the Final Four.
Sand mines affecting property values
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Quoted: That can go a long way toward guarding against drops in value, said Dan Phaneuf, a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher who studied the industry?s potential effects on Pepin County.
Wisconsin Reporter denied access to White Privilege Conference
Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON, Wis. ? We are fully aware of who Wisconsin Reporter is.
Dr. Richard Harris initiates racism charges against UW-Madison, others
The Madison Times
Dr. Richard Harris, a longtime leader in Madison?s African-American community, will be hosting a press conference on March 31, 10 a.m., at the Genesis Conference Center to go into detail explaining his multiple race discrimination complaints that have drawn some attention both locally and nationally.
Badger fans fill the streets
Wisconsin Radio Network
Madison?s State Street was filled with Badgers fans Saturday night, as thousands took to the streets to celebrate the mens basketball team?s win over Arizona to advance to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament.
Badgers headed to the Big Dance
Wisconsin Radio Network
The Wisconsin Badger men?s basketball team is back in Madison with the NCAA West Regional trophy and a trip to the Final Four in Dallas. The team got a tumultuous reception from fans during a Kohl Center rally Sunday.
Planners identify Camp Shelby as critical part of strategic military intermodal logistics hub
AP
Officials from Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center have made an agreement with a national transportation research organization.
Amid scandals, Ohio tries to dissuade cheating on high-stakes third-grade reading tests
Ohio Public Radio
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor James Wollack directs the institution?s testing and evaluation center.
Possible data breach affects roughly 15K UW-Parkside students
FOX6Now.com
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside notified approximately 15,000 students on Thursday, March 27th of the potential exposure of personal data. University officials say the FBI is being called in to investigate.
Negotiators Clash Over Student Debit-Card Fees
Chronicle of Higher Education
Noted: Paul J. Kundert, president and chief executive of the University of Wisconsin Credit Union, said barring all ATM fees would make students insensitive to the costs of multiple withdrawals, and warned that financial institutions couldn?t absorb the fees either.
Autism may be linked to faulty prenatal brain growth in at least some kids, small study says
AP
Quoted: Other scientists have suggested that autism may be linked with abnormalities in the brain?s frontal region, and that for at least some children, problems begin before birth, said Dr. Janet Lainhart, an autism researcher and psychiatry professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Fighting addiction? There?s an app for that
WISC-TV 3
The concept came decades ago. David Gustafson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison published his first paper in 1973 after asking people with suicidal thoughts to sit down at computers and speak their minds.
UW-Madison students want to talk about race
WISC-TV 3
A new photo campaign at the University of Wisconsin-Madison features students calling for serious conversations about racial inclusivity on campus.
Editorial: Playing College Football Is a Job
New York Times
Before college is even in session, Northwestern football players spend up to 60 hours a week practicing at a one-month training camp. During the three- or four-month football season, they put in up to 50 hours a week preparing for games. That?s more time than many full-time employees devote to their jobs.
Children benefit from the right sort of screen time
New Scientist
Noted: It?s not just the type of screen that matters, but what is on that screen. “The best research suggests that the content children view is the best predictor of cognitive effects,” says Heather Kirkorian who studies cognitive development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Children will learn from what they watch, whether that means learning letters and numbers, slapstick humour or aggressive behaviour,” she says, adding that children who watch age-appropriate, educational TV programmes often do better on tests of school readiness.
Ozaukee County Tops Annual Wisconsin Health Ranking
Wisconsin Public Radio
The top and bottom counties in Wisconsin?s annual health rankings remain the same as last year: Ozaukee County is first; Menominee last.
Northwestern U. Football Players Win Bid to Unionize
Chronicle of Higher Education
Football players at Northwestern University cleared a significant hurdle on Wednesday, as a regional office of the National Labor Relations Board ruled that they qualified as employees with the right to unionize.
NLRB office backs union for Northwestern football players
Inside Higher Ed
In what could be a landmark case, a regional office of the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday backed a bid by football players at Northwestern University to unionize.
Mobile app may help people recovering from alcohol abuse: study
Reuters
A mobile app aimed at keeping people recovering from alcohol abuse sober appears to cut down on the number of days they drink, according to a new study.
Walker appoints non-traditional UW student regent
AP
Gov. Scott Walker has appointed a University of Wisconsin-Madison student to the UW System Board of Regents.
‘Sin Taxes’ On Soda May Not Decrease Obesity, New Study Finds
Wisconsin Public Radio
Health advocates have proposed ?sin taxes? as a way to curb behavior like smoking or snacking, but a new study suggests extra sales taxes on soda won?t decrease obesity.
Board of Regents approves compensation package for Andersen
WISC-TV 3
Monday, the UW Board of Regents approved an adjusted compensation package for head football coach Gary Andersen. The package calls for Andersen to make $2.2-million in 2014 and receive a $100,000 pay raise each year of the five-year deal.
Can Exercise and an Occasional Drink Boost Eye Health?
HealthDay News
“While age is usually one of the most strongly associated factors for many eye diseases that cause visual impairment, it is a factor we cannot change,” lead researcher Dr. Ronald Klein, of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, said in a journal news release.
Barry Alvarez shares thoughts on Marquette’s search for basketball coach
WISN-TV, Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE ?The future of Marquette University basketball is still up in the air. WISN 12 News took the issue of Marquette’s uncertainty to University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez.
Medina ranked as one of the healthiest counties in Ohio
Akron Beacon Journal
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute release their fifth annual ?County Health Rankings? today.
Amherst a leader among elite colleges in enrolling students who need Pell grants
The Washington Post
Most of the nation?s elite colleges and universities fall short of a benchmark that Amherst College surpassed five years ago: More than one-fifth of its students come from families poor enough to qualify for federal Pell grants.
UW police captain fired in equipment probe
AP
MADISON ? The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department has fired a veteran captain after an internal investigation revealed he used department cameras to take hundreds of inappropriate photos of department employees and members of the public.
Study: soda tax doesn?t impact obesity
Wisconsin Radio Network
Soda taxes don?t lead to lower obesity rates. That?s the finding of a study by UW Madison sociology professor Jason Fletcher. He said higher soda prices might lead to fewer purchases, but that?s not the end of the story.
UWM’s Michael Lovell tapped to lead Marquette University
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Michael Lovell is expected to be named the next president of Marquette University on Wednesday ? the first layman to be president in the Jesuit university?s 132-year history, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has learned.
20 Public Colleges With Smartest Students
Business Insider
UW-Madison is No. 14. “Everyone here is very intelligent and extremely hard working. With all the hard work does come with a lot of fun ranging from fraternity events to football games to laying out on Bascom Hill, the people at this university are amazing to say the least.”
LaBelle takes over at UW-Madison’s Office of Corporate Relations
WisBusiness.com
Susan LaBelle wasn?t seeking a job when she heard about the opening for a new head of the UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations. But the more she thought about it, the more the post intrigued her.
John Hoffmire: Benefits of cash payments outweigh limitations in alleviating poverty
Deseret News
In the fight against poverty, few issues are more contentious than the allocation of the billions of dollars set aside to help those in need. Whether the money comes from private donations or state tax revenues, arguments over how to use the monies arise both in domestic and international politics. This debate usually focuses on balancing two competing interests: providing significant, meaningful help while promoting independence rather than dependence. (John Hoffmire is Director of the Impact Bond Fund at Saïd Business School at Oxford University and directs the Center on Business and Poverty at the Wisconsin School of Business at UW-Madison.)
Sick Again? Why Some Colds Won’t Go Away
Wall Street Journal
Quoted: “At any given moment if we were to swab you?we?d probably come up with five different rhinoviruses sitting in your nose but you?re not sick,” said Ann Palmenberg, a researcher at the Institute of Molecular Virology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rhinovirus is the most common viral cause of the common cold, accounting for 30% to 50% of adult colds, and there are more than 150 strains of it.
Wisconsin gives Andersen new deal, raise
Coach Gary Andersen has a new deal at Wisconsin with about a 15 percent raise.
Grad-School Debt Is Said to Rise Rapidly and Deserve More Policy Attention
Chronicle of Higher Education
Quoted: Nicholas Hillman, an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who studies higher-education finance, said the foundation?s critique of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program misses the point: A goal of the program is to encourage Americans to enter public-service jobs.
Police have ?concerns? about explosive materials found in residence
WISC-TV 3
Madison police detectives are continuing to investigate the materials found in a downtown Madison residence Saturday.
Ticket brokers surprised by lack of interest in Anaheim trip
FOX6Now.com
The Wisconsin Badgers take on Baylor on Thursday, March 27th in Anaheim ? in the NCAA Tournament?s Sweet 16. Badgers fans are excited, but that excitement isn?t translating into trips to the game in Anaheim.
NASA Publishes Unprecedented Milky Way Images
The Wire
NASA has released an interactive mosaic of infrared images of the Milky Way. It is the “clearest infrared panorama of our galactic home ever made,” according to the voiceover in the video below.
Tour the Milky Way in 20 billion pixels
CNET
Most of us will never leave the Earth — but that doesn?t stop us dreaming of the stars. There are a few tools that let you explore, though, and NASA has just launched a killer.
Paul Ryan, Culture and Poverty
New York Times
Noted: According to the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (in Ryan?s home state), the gap between the poverty rate in inner cities and that in rural areas and small towns is not as great as one might suspect. The inner city poverty rate is 19.7 percent, and the poverty rate in rural areas and small towns is 16.5 percent.
Zoom Through a Stunning Panorama of the Milky Way
Scientific American
Do yourself a favor. Don?t read this article just yet?first, take a moment to zoom around this incredible panorama of our galaxy and soak in the splendor:
Tom Still – ‘Brain gain’ is what Wisconsin needs to work on
Depending on where you live or work in the state, you might have a very different perspective on the aging face of Wisconsin.
New Wilmington TV station up and running
Wilmington News-Journal
Quoted: There was once a time the FCC?s rule would be interpreted to mean that a station was required to provide a local newscast in the area it served, but the Reagan administration changed that, said Barry Orton, professor of telecommunications at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Stations no longer have to create ?programming that isn?t financially viable for them,? he said.
Diuguid: Educating today?s kids requires different skills
Kansas City Star
Noted: It?s a failure on many fronts, said Gloria Ladson-Billings, a University of Wisconsin-Madison urban education professor who spoke at a graduate student colloquy on compassion in education.
Sunday Notes: Cray’s research of interest to university chancellor
Chippewa Herald
Since Rebecca Blank became chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison last summer, she has made a point of visiting all 13 of the UW system?s four-year universities. Wisconsin has one of the largest public higher education systems in the nation, but Blank realized she didn?t represent only Madison.
Two Worlds, One Problem
Chronicle of Higher Education
Colleges and the military have a problem in common.
City of Madison gives up on alcohol density ordinance
Isthmus
When the city approved the alcohol license density ordinance (known by its Muppet-esque acronym, ALDO) in 2007, it was trying to reduce the number of bars and taverns heavily concentrated in the downtown area.
The Weather Channel visits University of Wisconsin dairy
Dairy Herd Management
How do dairy farmers keep milk flowing when temperatures plummet?That was the question The Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Bettes wanted to answer. Bettes and producer Christina Glowacki headed to the University of Wisconsin?s dairy research center to find out more.
College basketball’s real billion-dollar winners
CNN Money
No one is likely to win the Warren Buffett-backed $1 billion prize offered by Yahoo and Quicken Loans to whoever can pick a perfect NCAA bracket. But there will still be big-dollar winners after this year?s tournament.
Hillman: How much student loan debt and default is appropriate?
Inside Higher Education
What is an acceptable level of loan default? (Nicholas Hillman is assistant professor in the department of educational leadership & policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.)
Record Milk Price Squeezing Starbucks; China Blamed
ABC News
Quoted: Mark W. Stephenson, director of Dairy Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin, tells ABC News that Starbucks spends more money for milk than for coffee beans.
The WWII Hero America Abandoned
The Daily Beast
Noted: The remains will go next to the University of Wisconsin for an anthropologist and odontologist to inspect. The lab there will also test the DNA to confirm the French results. The family has invited J-PAC to observe the process but has opted not to give the remains to the agency to examine independently.