NEW GLARUS – John R. Klossner, age 19, of the rural New Glarus area passed away on Monday, August 12, 2013, in Milwaukee. Klossner was a UW-Madison CALS student.
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Researchers See Video Games as Testing, Learning Tools
Education Week
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are convinced the tests of the future will look like Crystals of Kaydor, a role-playing video game about aliens.
UW-Madison wins grant to study menthol
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes (NHLBI), in collaboration with the FDA, has awarded the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention a $368,000 grant to study the use of menthol cigarettes at UW-Madison.
Still: Baldwin?s visit illustrates value of R&D to human health, economy
wisbusiness.con
Tammy Baldwin readily admits she has a soft spot for academic researchers and the federal dollars that often help to support them. Her grandfather was a UW-Madison biochemist who worked at the Institute for Enzyme Research for decades.
Quiet No Longer, Rape Survivors Put Pressure on Colleges
Chronicle of Higher Education
Bolstered by social media and a sense of injustice, hundreds of students and activists nationwide have formed a movement to force colleges to change how they handle reports of rape. The long-simmering issue has reached a boil: Organizers, who say they are angry with their colleges for turning a blind eye to sexual violence and for failing to help prevent it, are now filing federal complaints against their colleges. The government, already having pushed institutions to do more on sexual assault, is taking a heightened interest, too.
Invasive species battle wages at Crystal Lake
WFXS-TV, Wausau
The serene peacefulness of Crystal Lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin is somewhat misleading. That?s because just below the water?s surface a war is being waged against an invasive fish species foreign to the state called Rainbow Smelt.
Scientists Disclose Plans To Make Superflu In Labs
Wisconsin Public Radio News
First, two teams of virologists created more dangerous versions of the deadly H5N1 flu. Now they want to give the H7N9 virus, which has already sickened at least 134 people and killed 43 people in Asia, a few new capabilities: drug resistance, faster transmission between people and the ability to sneak past the immune system.
In Madison, Wisconsin, chill out on a terrace by a lake
The Dallas Morning News
At the hour when Texans dash from air-conditioned office to air-conditioned car to air-conditioned home, couples and children are twirling on Memorial Union Terrace?s lakefront promenade. Everybody?s welcome at the University of Wisconsin?s sea of tables circled by bright yellow, orange and green chairs, each graced with a stamped-metal sunburst pattern.
Scholarly Group Seeks Up to 6-Year Embargoes on Digital Dissertations
Chronicle of Higher Education
Noted: But some critics of the association?s suggested policy, including Dorothea R. Salo, a faculty associate at the University of Wisconsin at Madison?s School of Library and Information Studies, say the statement is couched in paternalistic language.
Arid Southwest Cities? Plea: Lose the Lawn
New York Times
Quoted: ?The era of the lawn in the West is over,? said Paul Robbins, the director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin. ?The water limits are insurmountable, unless the Scotts Company develops a genetically modified grass that requires almost no water. And I?m sure it?s keeping them up at night.?
4 Years After Fiery Town Halls, Activists Try To Revive Spark
NPR All Things Considered
Quoted: Mike Wagner, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin, says the shoutfests “really helped create the impression that the public en masse had reached a boiling point.”
Who’s setting Wisconsin’s academic standards?
Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON ? Sure, officials with the state Department of Instruction met with higher education stakeholders in crafting programs for college and career readiness as part of Common Core State Standards, but is that spectrum wide enough?
McCarthy to Badgers: Don’t screw up the grass
ESPN Wisconsin
GREEN BAY ? Mike McCarthy has just one small request for the University of Wisconsin football team when the Badgers open their 2016 season against LSU at Lambeau Field.
Balto: Why we still need the Voting Rights Act
History News Network
The expected gutting of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by the Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder has captured many headlines of late, and with good reason.
Influenza: Damned if you don?t
The Economist
Two years ago a pair of scientists sparked fears of a devastating virus. Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Centre, in Rotterdam, separately found ways to make a strain of bird flu called H5N1 more contagious.
Fake Web Traffic Is Costing Advertisers Billions
Advertising Age
Fake web traffic has long plagued the online publishing world, but Dr. Paul Barford, computer science professor at the University of Wisconsin, is claiming the problem might be worse than suspected. And it?s costing some of the top online advertisers millions in wasted ad impressions.
University of Illinois professor emeritus Fred Kummerow, 98, continues to work for a healthier diet for all
Chicago Tribune
Noted: Hector DeLuca, professor emeritus of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin, is amazed by Kummerow.
Program hopes to train pilots and medics together for med flight
WKOW-TV 27
Aeromedical evacuation is one of the world?s riskiest professions and accident rates are going up. But, the UW College of Engineering Flight Simulation Lab is working to reverse that trend.
Gail Levin, Documentary Filmmaker for ?American Masters,? Dies at 67
New York Times
Ms. Levin studied education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, then moved to Boston for graduate work at Wheelock College. She worked for the Boston television station WBZ in the 1970s.
Researchers at UW, elsewhere propose experiments on deadly bird flu virus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
World-renowned flu researchers, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Yoshihiro Kawaoka, are proposing the same kinds of experiments on China?s deadly bird flu virus that scientists voluntarily agreed to halt last year on a different, potentially deadly strain of bird flu.
UW-Madison Dairy Research Center to be Renovated
Wisconsin Ag Connection
Future students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s dairy and meat science program can look forward to learning in a state of the art facility. On Wednesday, Governor Scott Walker announced renovation plans for the The Babcock Hall, Center for Dairy Research, and the Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory. The work is expected to be completed by 2018.
10 smart things to achieve milking excellence
Dairy Herd Management
Pam Ruegg, veterinarian and milk-quality expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has outlined 10 things that dairy farms can do to achieve milking excellence.
UW-Madison receives high marks
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been recognized in a number of recent college rankings, including the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) survey, “Fiske Guide to Colleges,” and Livability.com?s top college towns.
Local drives gather school supplies for MPS
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
As summer begins to wind down and a new school year approaches, various organizations across the city and state have sought to collect and deliver supplies to some of Milwaukee Public Schools? neediest students.
Scott Walker: Renovations to proceed at UW dairy, meat science buildings
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Before auctioning off cattle, pigs and sheep at the governor?s annual blue ribbon livestock auction at the Wisconsin State Fair, Gov. Scott Walker announced Wednesday that proposed renovations of University of Wisconsin-Madison buildings for dairy and meat science research will go forward as planned.
Researchers See Video Games as Testing, Learning Tools
Education Week
Forget No. 2 pencils, or even the new computer-based common-core exams that have schools across the country scrambling. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are convinced the tests of the future will look like Crystals of Kaydor, a role-playing video game about aliens. (Registration required.)
Universities and Other Groups Earned $2.6-Billion From Inventions in 2012
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Association of University Technology Managers has released highlights from its latest annual survey of patenting and licensing activity by colleges and other research organizations, and said total income from royalties and other sources for the 194 organizations that responded to the survey was in excess of $2.6-billion for the 2012 fiscal year.
Persistent party school listing rankles university officials
Greencastle, Ind. Banner-Graphic
Think about the nation?s biggest party schools and some of the country?s largest institutions of higher learning immediately come to mind.
PEOPLE Program Recognition Banquet: Diversity program highlights its 14-year track record of success
The Madison Times
High school scholars in UW-Madison?s PEOPLE program (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) and incoming PEOPLE college freshmen from across Wisconsin were recognized for their accomplishments at the program?s annual recognition banquet Friday, Aug. 2, at the Exhibition Hall D of the Alliant Energy Center.
Sims, Paredes to take on new diversity responsibilities
The Madison Times
As Damon Williams departs from his position as the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s chief diversity officer, two campus figures involved in efforts to create a more inclusive university will help guide its diversity initiatives over the next year.
UW-Madison Research On Menthol Cigarettes Will Inform Federal Policy
Wisconsin Public Radio News
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is doing research that could help the Food and Drug Administration decide whether to ban menthol cigarettes.
Interest rate caps on student loans
WKOW-TV 27
Interviewed: Michelle Curtis of the Office of Student Financial Aid explains that the federal government set up a cap in case things got out of hand with the financial market.
Regents president says UW System needs to improve relations with lawmakers
WisPolitics.com
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents President Mike Falbo says UW System officials need to improve relations with legislators following a tense budget session.
University of Iowa claims top party school title
AP
Noted: At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, No. 8 on this year?s list, university officials and the city have worked to address the drinking problem, including passing an ordinance in 2012 designed to crack down on large house parties and trying to provide more entertainment options for students who aren?t of legal drinking age.
UW officials unhappy with party school ranking
AP
The University of Wisconsin-Madison?s ranking as the nation?s eighth best party school is being met not with a toast but a sigh by those who work to curb underage drinking.
Victims pushing for better policies, enforcement in protecting
FOX 5-Washington, D.C.
Laura Dunn was a freshman at the University of Wisconsin. She was out for a night of partying with friends – including two men, who are fellow members of the crew team.
The 25 Best Bloggers: Deborah Blum, Elemental
Time.com
?Macabre? is not an adjective that applies to many blogs of any sort, let alone ones by Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalists. In the case of Deborah Blum?s Elemental, one of Wired?s science blogs, it fits ? because her primary subject is poison, and most often poison that?s intentionally administered in the hopes of killing someone.
Ward: Sustaining Strategic Transitions in Higher Education
Educause Review Online
The pendulum has fallen off its pin and is stuck in the mud. We must find ways to stimulate and scale change across institutions?as well as to sustain those changes?if we are to create models that can serve the expanding needs of our learners.
40 Signs You Went To The University Of Wisconsin-Madison
Buzzfeed.com
A listing from Buzzfeed.
A Cheap Spying Tool With a High Creepy Factor
New York Times
Noted: In addition to being a security researcher and founder of a consulting firm called Malice Afterthought, he is also a law student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He says he stuck to snooping on himself ? and did not, deliberately, seek to scoop up anyone else?s data ? because of a federal law called the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
‘Corpse Flower’ In Bloom At UW-Madison Greenhouse
Wisconsin Public Radio News
University of Wisconsin-Madison?s titan arum ? or ?corpse plant? ? is, at this writing, in full bloom, but the time to see and smell the rare, foul-smelling plant is limited.
Campus Confessions Pages Are on the Rise
New York Times
The idea of anonymous confessions went viral last semester, with Facebook pages popping up at campuses large and small. The confessions page out of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, which went up in late February, says it?s the nation?s largest, with about 500,000 weekly views during the school year.
First Tick Found At Bong State Recreation Area Since Surveys Began
Kenosha News
Noted: Susan Paskewitz, a University of Wisconsin-Madison entomology professor, found the 1/8th-inch long insect, which can spread Lyme and other diseases, on July 11. She said it would be tested later this year for Lyme disease.
New labor movement emerges in Scott Walker?s Wisconsin
Salon.com
Noted: Stripped of legal protections, unions have to turn to their workers for power. The Teaching Assistants? Association, the University of Wisconsin?Madison union that spearheaded the capitol occupation, is at the cutting edge.
Colleges need to better align education, jobs
The Oshkosh Northwestern
The Associated Press reported that the Universityof Wisconsin Board of Regents recently met with General Electric Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Immelt, who spoke with the board about the future of business and its role in growing the economy.
Cunningham: Reilly made UW System stronger
Chippewa Herald
You had to reach the 19th and final paragraph, but there it was ? the last words in an online story about Kevin Reilly?s upcoming departure after nine years as president of the University of Wisconsin System.
U.S. News Lets Wisconsin B-School Keep Ranking After It Misreported Data
Businessweek
The business school at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, submitted inaccurate rankings data to U.S. News & World Report that made it appear more selective than it was, but it won?t cost the school its ranking, the magazine says.
Stinky corpse flower ?Dennis? in bloom at UW-Madison
WITI-TV, Milwaukee
The Titan Arum plant began blooming inside UW-Madison?s D.C. Smith Greenhouse around noon on Thursday, August 1 and should reach full bloom sometime Thursday evening.
PEOPLE high school students celebrate completing pre-college program
The Madison Times
One of the most successful long-term diversity pipelines to higher education in the nation, the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s PEOPLE (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) continues to increase the number of college-ready students applying to the state?s flagship campus.
Trout Bog focus of UW-Madison researchers
WAOW-TV, Wausau
It?s a peaceful morning on Trout Bog, just outside Boulder Junction in Vilas County. And though the sound of oars splashing into the still water provides the ambience of a typical Northwoods boat ride, the voyage Ben Crary and Matt Bodin are on is anything but average.
Correcting University of Wisconsin-Madison Business School’s 2012 Admissions Stats
U.S. News and World Report
The School of Business at the University of Wisconsin?Madison has advised U.S. News that it misreported data to U.S. News on the number of acceptances it offered to fall 2012 students entering its full-time MBA program.
U. of Wisconsin System Chief, Who Battled to Keep Flagship, Will Resign
Chronicle of Higher Education
Kevin P. Reilly, whose presidency of the University of Wisconsin system has coincided with some of the state?s most contentious debates about the role of the flagship campus and the future of collective bargaining, will resign from his position in January after more than nine years at the helm, university officials announced on Tuesday.
UW ?corpse flower? ready to bloom
Wisconsin Radio Network
It?s been dubbed ?the corpse flower,? and the Titan Arum plant at the University of Wisconsin is set to bloom this week. The mature flower of the tropical plant is known for the unsavory smell it gives off, a scent akin to rotting meat that?s designed to attract the carrion beetles and flesh flies that typically pollinate it.
Reilly praised by locals who worked with him
LaCrosse Tribune
The University of Wisconsin System will need to find a skilled leader to replace outgoing President Kevin P. Reilly, area advocates said Tuesday following news of Reilly?s planned departure.
Helping Others Makes Us Happier At Work, Research Finds
Huffington Post
Here?s a good reason to help your coworkers with an upcoming project or presentation: Altruists in the office are more likely to be committed to their work and are less likely to quit their jobs, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. But beyond all that, researchers found perhaps the biggest benefit of office altruism: Those who help others are happier at work than those who don?t prioritize helping others.
F.H. King student gardens at Eagle Heights approaching peak harvest
Isthmus
F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture is a student garden organization within and funded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Students and other volunteers maintain 1.75 acres of vegetables, herbs, and fruit at Eagle Heights Community Gardens as well as host garden and food workshops for the community. F.H. King also has a small vegetable and herb rooftop garden on top of the Pyle Center on campus.
Reilly leaving in December as UW president
AP
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly announced his resignation on Tuesday, following a tumultuous six months that saw an angry backlash from the Republican-controlled Legislature over how the university was handling its money.
More College Applications Ask About Sexual Identity
New York Times
Are you gay? A small but growing number of colleges want to know.
Frazier no rookie to university athletics
NIU Northern Star
A new era is about to start in NIU athletics: the Sean Frazier era.
Citizen Dave: Madison’s lakes are a bit worse than average this summer
Isthmus
Noted: The opinion of one of the world?s leading limnologists, Steve Carpenter at the UW-Madison Center for Limnology, on the health of Madison’s lakes.