University of Wisconsin System officials hope to announce the finalists for the system president position later this month.
UW System expects to announce president finalists Dec. 23
AP
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Outgoing UW System President Kevin Reilly Bids Farewell To Regents
Wisconsin Public Radio News
Kevin Reilly, the outgoing president of the University of Wisconsin System, bid farewell to the UW Board of Regents on Friday morning.
Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion to Depart UCSD
UC-San Diego Guardian
UCSD?s first ever Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Linda S. Greene will leave La Jolla and return to teaching in Wisconsin, effective Dec. 31, 2013. Greene, who began her tenure on Jan. 1 of this year, will return to teaching as the Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law at University of Wisconsin-Madison, according to a letter obtained by the Guardian today.
Sears Will Spin Off Land’s End
Wisconsin Public Radio News
Jerry O?Brien, who directs University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Kohl Center for Retailing Excellence, says the spinoff of the Dodgeville-based company is something to be optimistic about.
Walker tells regents he’s ‘committed’ to bolstering UW’s flexibility
wisbusiness.com
Gov. Scott Walker encouraged efforts to increase University of Wisconsin System transparency Thursday, saying those initiatives would help the UW mend fences with the Legislature before the next budget cycle.
More UW campuses developing flex programs
AP
Four more UW System campuses are developing flex option programs.
Experience: I discovered a new species up my nose
The Guardian
It was about three days after I?d left Africa that the pain in my nose became too severe to ignore. Starting as a dull ache niggling at the edge of my consciousness, it had gradually built in intensity to the point at which I had to stop what I was doing to investigate further.
Board Of Regents Meets To Discuss Retaining Talent At UW, UWM
Wisconsin Public Radio News
Critics have often suggested that UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee do not have the resources to retain top talent and are losing professors to other universities. The UW-System Board of Regents is meeting Thursday to address the issue. Former UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley weighs in on the school?s ability to compete.
The next civil rights fight: Scholar Gloria-Ladson Billings believes African American students deserve better
Isthmus
Gloria Ladson-Billings travels the world, speaking and teaching about racial disparities in education. A professor in curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her books — including the bestseller The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children — are considered part of the canon for teacher educators. Ivy League schools have tried to lure her away, but she has turned down offers from Harvard and Stanford, where she got her Ph.D.
Nearly century-old rivalry with Badgers encourages off-the-court festivities
The Marquette Tribune
Marquette first played the University of Wisconsin-Madison in basketball in December 1917 and another 118 times since. The 120th meeting between the two teams will be played Saturday, but, for the second consecutive year, that now means the week leading up to the game has an impact off the court.
Conversation Starter? PETA?s Bus Ads on University of Wisconsin Hearing Research
Speaking of Research
As predicted, PETA?s ongoing campaign against scientific research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison continues, escalating this week with a striking advertisement on 100 Metro buses. The ad calls for an end to UW research aimed at better understanding how the brain processes sound.
Ruth Litovsky: PETA distorts work of researchers
Wisconsin State Journal
I write regarding coverage of the efforts of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to demonize research at UW-Madison, using disconcerting images of a cat given a cochlear implant.
UW, UWM scramble to ward off suitors for top professors
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Top professors in the state?s two public doctoral universities are attracting significantly more job offers than a decade ago, and those universities are scrambling to pony up “market pay” to keep them from leaving and taking federal research dollars with them.
Workplace Success
Men's Health
Pay attention, managers: Group the Johns with the Jennifers. The quality of a team?s work improves if its members share the same initials, suggests a new study from the University of Wisconsin.
The Center Cannot Hold
New York Times
Noted: The core of the argument made at a conference last month at the University of Akron by the political scientists Edward Carmines of Indiana University, Michael Ensley of Kent State University and Michael Wagner of the University of Wisconsin lies in the graphic representation in Figure 1, which shows the distribution of political orientations in the United States.
UW cops crack art theft caper
Wisconsin Radio Networks
Nothing like this has ever happened on HGTV. A Madison woman has admitted to stealing a student artwork from Union South on the University of Wisconsin campus, so she could show it to her interior designer.
PETA Bus Ad Campaign In Madison Targets UW For Use Of Lab Animals
Wisconsin Public Radio News
PETA has taken out over 100 new bus ads in Madison to decry the University of Wisconsin?s use of animals in laboratory research.
Rehabilitative device bridges the gap between stroke victims’ brains and hands
Gizmag
We?ve recently seen rehabilitative systems in which stroke victims use their thoughts either to move animated images of their paralyzed limbs, or to activate robotic devices that guide their limbs through the desired movements. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, however, have just announced an alternative approach. Their device acts as an intermediary between the brain and a non-responsive hand, receiving signals from the one and transmitting them to the other.
Upward Bound: Two decades ago Wisconsin Football changed direction
Kenosha News
Twenty years ago today everything came up roses for the University of Wisconsin, its football program and Badgers fans. That it happened on the other side of the world only added to the wonder of it.
Wisconsin Idea: Past and Future
WXPR-FM, Rhinelander
The Wisconsin Idea is a guiding principle of the University of Wisconsin System, that says the university should have an impact in all parts of the state. The University of Wisconsin-Madison aims to make its presence felt throughout the state. Kate VandenBosch is Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at UW Madison.
Human Health in a Changing Climate: Jonathan Patz
KQED-FM, San Francisco
Polar bears aren?t the only species threatened by climate change. Jonathan Patz, director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin, has spent the last two decades studying the ways that a warming world will affect human health. In 2007, he shared the Nobel Prize as a lead author for the United Nations? Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Patz, who holds degrees in medicine and public health, crisscrosses the globe to spread the word about the far-reaching impacts of climate change on our health and why better urban planning might be the answer.
Lodi grad awarded prestigious scholarship; Bulovsky to study politics in London
Portage Daily Register
It?s Lodi to London ? again ? for Andrew Bulovsky, a recipient of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship.
Still: Ten trends defining tech-based development in Wisconsin
WisBusiness.com
Campus entrepreneurism: A decade ago, it was difficult to find organized entrepreneurial education programs on Wisconsin campuses, the exceptions being the Weinert Center of Entrepreneurship at UW-Madison and the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship at Marquette University. Today, such programs are relatively widespread and popular. At the UW-Whitewater, for example, the “Launch Pad” is a student business incubator. At the UW-Madison, a dormitory floor has been set aside for self-identified entrepreneurs. This campus fad won?t soon fade.
Longtime University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor to retire
AP
The longest serving chancellor in the history of the University of Wisconsin-Stout plans to retire.
UW lost 1,182 faculty in 2011-13
AP
A new report shows the University of Wisconsin System lost 1,182 faculty members during the 2011-13 biennium.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank looks at future of Vice Chancellor of Research position
Daily Cardinal
Chancellor Rebecca Blank introduced the idea of splitting a Vice Chancellorship into two positions for next year at a University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate meeting Monday.
PETA rolls out new bus ad campaign
NBC-15
Pictures of a lab cat are now being displayed throughout Madison on the sides of city buses. Madison Metro buses rolled out a new Peta ad campaign. The picture shows a cat with a metal bar screwed to its head.
One Direction Talk ‘Midnight Memories,’ Fans, & the Future
Noted: Niall Horan wearing a Badgers shirt.
Lawsuit Challenges Anti-Abortion Policies at Catholic Hospitals
New York Times
Noted: At the news conference Monday, Dr. Douglas W. Laube, an obstetrician at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, described the care Ms. Means received as ?basic neglect.?
On Wisconsin Diversity: Chancellor Rebecca Blank
Capital City Hues
Dr. Rebecca Blank, who took on the reins of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in March 2013 is no stranger to Big 10 schools. Blank received her economics degree from the University ofMinnesota before earning her Ph.D. in economics from MIT. She held positions at Michigan and Northwestern University.
Adele Brumfield: Front Lines of Diversity
The Capital City Hues
After speaking with Adele Brumfield for a few minutes, one would swear that Brumfield, the director of UW Admissions, was born and raised in Madison, had been a Badger all her lifeand bled Badger red even though she grew up in Milwaukee, graduated from Marquette University and worked in admissions at the University of Chicago before coming to Madison. She is bursting at the seams with enthusiasm for UW-Madison.
Great World Texts program puts spotlight on Common Core standards
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk arrives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Monday, he?ll be greeted by hundreds of high school students who have spent weeks grappling with the themes of his book “Snow.”
The Big Ten?s Bigger Footprint
New York Times
Neither Rutgers University nor the University of Maryland has been considered a traditional football powerhouse. In the last decade, though, both have invested heavily in coaches and facilities in the hope of competing with the likes of Ohio State and Alabama. On the field, the outcomes have been mixed. Financially, the results have been dismal.
Students to meet acclaimed author Orhan Pamuk
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
At the end of a long novel lies a special trip to UW-Madison for 11 Osseo-Fairchild High School seniors who will have an opportunity to meet the 2006 Nobel Prize-winning author who penned the book they have studied for the past three months.
Still: Universities share ideas on adapting to changes, trends
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Unhappy state legislators clamoring for more deliberate strategies tied to economic growth…
In China, Loss of a Child Means Orphan Parents
New York Times
Quoted: Fuxian Yi, a medical scientist at the University of Wisconsin and author of ?Big Country With an Empty Nest,? estimates that far more than one million families are involved. He calculates that 220 million single children were born between 1975 and 2010. News reports in China often quote a lower figure of 190 million.
‘Ghost Particles’ In Antarctica Offer Glimpse Of Deep Space
NPR
A new kind of telescope buried deep beneath the ice of Antarctica has, for the first time, seen a signal from distant, violent events. In doing so, it is beginning to paint a picture of a part of our cosmos that has never been observed before.
Badgers football: Get your ticket to someone that can use it
Gary Andersen is fine with you not using your ticket for this week?s game against Penn State, just as long as you give it to someone who will. The University of Wisconsin coach is asking anyone that won?t be able to get to Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday ? whether it?s a student home for the holiday or a family that went to visit relatives ? to get that ticket into the hands of somebody that can and will show up for Senior Day.
Out of control drinking at UW
WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee
MADISON – At the University of Wisconsin, campus police officers have reported finding students passed out naked in bushes. Some of the students have been covered in their feces. Police said blood alcohol levels are so high students ended up in the emergency room.
Editorial: Boosting Entrepreneurism
WISC-TV 3
Cities seeking to be hubs of innovation ? in other words cities where smart, creative people want to be in the 21st century ? require collaborative partnerships. And if those partnerships include a major research institution and a world renowned patenting, licensing and investing organization all the better.
Editorial: UW Flexible Option rewards lifelong learning
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Admissions for one of the most-watched educational programs in the country opened last week in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Badgers exiting WTMJ radio
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
WTMJ-AM (620), which has carried Wisconsin Badgers football and men?s basketball games for decades, has declined to continue as an affiliate of the Badger Sports network beyond the teams? current seasons.
Field Trip to Malapa
National Geographic
Paleoanthropologist and science blogger John Hawks of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the experts on site at the Rising Star Expedition, analyzing fossils, monitoring activity from the Command Center, and helping tell the story from the senior scientists? perspective. For real-time updates follow him on Twitter @JohnHawks.
Burish family supporting Badger hockey
Big Ten Network
Mark Burish may have had his doubt about being a hockey parent, but much to the benefit of University of Wisconsin athletes, he eventually warmed up to the idea.
Families
New York Times
Noted: Some groups have been hit much harder than others. ?African-American children living in lower-income, low-education neighborhoods are seven and a half times more likely than white kids to experience the incarceration of a parent,? said Julie Poehlmann, professor of human development and family studies at the University of Wisconsin. ?And by age 14, more than half of these kids with a low-education parent will have an imprisoned parent.?
Outgoing head of U of W system reflects on career
Minnesota Public Radio News
The president of the University of Wisconsin system, Kevin Reilly, is stepping down from his position after nine years on the job. He hopes to return to teaching and serve as a presidential adviser on education.
From Randall to TCF, frat runs for charity
The Minnesota Daily
When temperatures plunged as low as 10 degrees early Saturday morning, most people bundled up. But a few University of Minnesota students wore shorts and celebrated.
How inequality explains rising tuition: interview excerpt
Wausau Daily Herald
Editor?s note: The Daily Herald Media Editorial Board on Wednesday interviewed University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, who took the university?s top spot in July. In this excerpt, Blank discusses her view of factors causing tuition to rise in higher education.
The life of a UW-Madison teaching assistant
Isthmus
Rachel Gross emerges from a classroom to face the crush of students charging through the corridors. The labyrinthine hallways and riot-proof walls make the UW Humanities Building feel like a medieval fortress under siege during class change. Gross has just a few minutes to herself before her next skirmish — with a room of 13 undergraduates.
Wisconsin aims to put more female fingers on triggers to help revive deer hunting tradition
AP
When Natalie Hunt was a little girl, deer hunting was something the men did. Now 32, the UW-Madison Ph.D. candidate was preparing for her sixth deer hunt when the firearms season started Saturday. And this year she was going to bring along one of her roommates, Kelly Maynard, also 32, for her second foray.
2 students from Wisconsin named Rhodes scholars
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Two college students from Wisconsin with deep interests in science are among this year?s group of 32 Rhodes scholars from the United States announced Sunday.
Aurora, UW Health unlikely to merge, Medical College CEO says
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
Aurora Health Care and UW Health may become business partners on multiple fronts but the two organizations are unlikely to fully merge, says Dr. John Raymond, the president and CEO of Wisconsin?s other medical school ? the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Panel wants more details on UW reserve plan
AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature?s Audit Committee wants more information from the University of Wisconsin System before it will vote on its plan for how much money it will keep in reserves.
UW information technology policies allow access to student, staff emails with written consent
Badger Herald
As debate about the monitoring of online activities continues in the public sphere, a review of the University of Wisconsin?s information system privacy policies found administrators can only access student email after a written request is approved.
UW-led research into neutrinos unlocks clues to massive cosmic rays
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
An international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has observed 28 neutrinos that traveled millions of light-years through space, crashing into the South Pole ice and emitting a flash of blue light the size of six city blocks.
Mama Madison: Why I don’t like “the Chant”
Isthmus
Three-fifths of my family claim to be college football fans. Their team of choice, though, is not the Badgers. They, alas, are Sooners fans — my husband is Oklahoma born and bred. But regardless of the lack of UW-Madison sports allegiance in our home, four-fifths of us will dutifully attend at least one home football game every season.
Icy South Pole Lab Reports 28 High-Energy Neutrino Events
Wisconsin Public Radio News
Since opening a couple years ago, a particle detector in Antarctica has been spotting nearly massless subatomic particles called neutrinos, in ice or in the atmosphere. Now, however, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory says it has also detected 28 high-energy neutrinos from beyond our solar system.
An Icy Observatory Detects Neutrinos From Far, Far Away
New York Times
At the bottom of the world, an observatory embedded in ice and designed to catch bountiful but elusive subatomic particles could give astronomers a brand-new look at the universe.
Watch: UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank talks about higher education in Wisconsin
Wausau Daily Herald
Blank addressed tuition concerns and talked about the role of the university in the state?s economy. Watch the full interview above.
Living in: Great university towns
BBC News
Madison, WisconsinWith its downtown on a narrow isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, and the college campus of University of Wisconsin-Madison spread along the lakeshore, Madison is perhaps one of the loveliest college towns in the US Midwest.