The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences has selected another interim director for its Farm and Industry Short Course program.
Potterton to Serve as UW Short Course Interim Director
Wisconsin Ag Connection
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UW hires new restaurant partner for Camp Randall, Kohl Center
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has named Learfield Levy Foodservice, a joint venture of Learfield Sports and Levy Restaurants, as its new restaurant partner for Camp Randall Stadium, the Kohl Center and other university athletic facilities.
Who Is Driving the Online Locomotive?
Chronicle of Higher Education
Proponents of online learning often use train metaphors to describe its growing impact on the educational landscape. Those of us who teach at two-year colleges, especially, are constantly encouraged, prodded, hectored, cajoled?and sometimes even ordered?to get on board. Otherwise, we?re told, we?re likely to be run over.
The Coolest College Dorm Room Of 1967 You’ll Ever See
Buzzfeed
Is there anything more American than sharing a bag of oranges with your University of Wisconsin friends and geeking out in your Peanuts-themed dorm room?
Historians Seek a Delay in Posting Dissertations
New York Times
The American Historical Association last week issued a statement calling on universities to allow newly minted Ph.D.s to ?embargo? their dissertations for up to six years ? that is, keep them from being circulated online.
UW-Madison Prof to Lead National Dairy Science Group
Wisconsin Ag Connection
A professor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been chosen to lead the American Dairy Science Association.
The Humanities Hackathon leads the UW’s entry into digital humanities
Isthmus
If a paperback on your summer reading list was published anonymously, you?d probably notice. But if this article lacked a byline, or tonight?s episode of Wilfred didn?t credit a writer, you might not bat an eyelash.
College Enrollment Falls as Economy Recovers
New York Times
The long enrollment boom that swelled American colleges ? and helped drive up their prices ? is over, with grim implications for many schools.
How Administrators Measure Their Success
Chronicle of Higher Education
When classes begin at Florida Atlantic University in the fall, Jeffrey L. Buller will mark his 15th year as a dean. After serving as a dean for roughly half of his career in higher education, Mr. Buller has had plenty of practice in creating workplace environments that help department chairs and faculty shine on the job. And when academic departments run smoothly, with professors who have the support they need to excel at teaching, research, and other parts of faculty life, Mr. Buller knows he?s on the right track.
Colleges Consider a New ‘Blueprint’ for Responding to Sexual Assault
Chronicle of Higher Education
Two months ago, in settling a high-profile investigation, federal officials told the University of Montana at Missoula how to protect students from rape.
Education online: The virtual lab
Nature
Quoted: David Shaffer, an educational psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his colleagues are using a similar enquiry-based approach to develop a virtual internship for undergraduate engineering students. ?When kids show up for their first year they?re all excited to design and build stuff,? says Shaffer. But first they have to spend two years taking maths and physics, and many get discouraged. Instead, Shaffer and his team get them building things right away.
Senate approves student loan bill by surprisingly large margin
Inside Higher Education
With Republicans voting overwhelmingly in favor, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved legislation to link interest rates on student loans to the market, which would cut rates in the short term but potentially allow them to rise significantly within a few years.
Obama vows to ‘shake up’ higher education and find new ways to limit costs
Inside Higher Education
President Obama vowed Wednesday that he would soon unveil a plan to promote significant reform in higher education — with an emphasis on controlling what colleges charge students and families.
Millner: Take time to visit UW campuses ? they are the UW system
Chippewa Herald
For more than 150 years, Wisconsin taxpayers have invested in our public colleges and universities, producing an enduring resource that benefits every Wisconsin family and the whole state economy. Today, that cherished resource faces critical challenges and change.
New tick can make you allergic to meat
WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee
There?s a new tick in Wisconsin, and it?s a nasty little bugger. “These are more aggressive than our normal ticks,” said UW Madison expert Susan Paskewitz.
Veterans can win tickets to UW football game
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Military veterans from Wisconsin have until next week to submit an application for free tickets to University of Wisconsin-Madison?s season-opening football game.
Andersen delivers on day one
ESPN Wisconsin
There was a different feel for those covering the University of Wisconsin on day one of the Big Ten Media Days.
Potato Specialist Says Central Sands Farmers Are Planting Crops That Need Less Water
Wisconsin Public Radio News
A.J. Bussan, a potato and vegetable specialist with University of Wisconsin Extension, says central Wisconsin farmers are doing a better job at growing profitable crops while at the same time making less of a demand on local water supplies.
The Gear That?s Wasting Your Money
Men's Health
Wrap your head around this: Expensive sports helmets with lots of padding may not offer greater protection, according to new research from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. When researchers recorded the age, price, and brand of 2,000 high school athletes? football helmets, it appeared that none of those factors had any impact on who got concussions and who didn?t.
High-speed police pursuit on UW campus ends in crash, arrest
Madison.com
A Verona man was arrested on multiple tentative charges after leading UW-Madison officers on a high-speed chase through campus, ending in a crash into a light pole on Campus Drive, UW police reported.
State Fair to Hold UW-Madison Day on August 7
Wisconsin Ag Connection
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will have a featured presence at the Wisconsin State Fair on August 7.
Investigation Reveals Widespread University Involvement in Radical Anti-Capitalist Conference
MacIver News Service
Departments within Wisconsin?s taxpayer-funded public universities and technical colleges organized a conference that brought together radical, left-leaning groups to promote labor activism and call for the end of capitalism.
The 70 Most Popular American Universities on Instagram
Nitrogram Blog
There are plenty of American Universities on Instagram, but which ones are worth following? (UW-Madison is #2.)
Editorial: University of Wisconsin being micromanaged? Absolutely
Appleton Post-Crescent
In their meeting last month, some members of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents lamented that the state Legislature was micromanaging the board.
Instagram and self-esteem: Why the photo-sharing network is even more depressing than Facebook.
Slate Magazine
Quoted: ?I would venture to say that photographs, likes, and comments are the aspects of the Facebook experience that are most important in driving the self-esteem effects, and that photos are maybe the biggest driver of those effects,? says Catalina Toma of the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin?Madison. ?You could say that Instagram purifies this one aspect of Facebook.?
UW-Madison chancellor’s first day on the job
Madison.com
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank greeted prospective students and members of the media during her first day on the job Monday in front of Bascom Hall.
On Campus: Library book returns to UW home, seven decades overdue
Wisconsin State Journal
It?s a story of well-aged philosophy, begun in a UW-Madison library prior to World War II and concluded in the same library last week.
New UW chancellor Rebecca Blank’s husband a right-wing think tank fellow
Incoming UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank is a veteran of the Clinton administration who was tabbed by President Barack Obama to run the U.S. Commerce Department.
?Crown jewels? sustain Wisconsin state parks
Great Lakes Echo
Quoted: Dave Marcouiller, a professor of urban planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in outdoor recreation, said many state park systems have ?crown-jewels.? Being located close to population centers also helps parks like Devil?s Lake be profitable, he added.
Lone star tick showing up in Badger State
Wisconsin State Journal
An aggressive tick that can cause a disease marked by fever, fatigue and possibly an allergy to meat is showing up this year in Wisconsin like never before, a UW-Madison entomologist said Monday.
UW Experts: Exotic lone star tick making a home in Wis.
NBC-15
“If they get a signal….or a little bit of movement then they may actually aggressively hunt you,” said Professor Susan Paskewitz, talking about the Lone Star tick.
?Lone star? tick arrives in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Radio Network
There?s a new, potentially troublesome tick to track in Wisconsin. It?s not a deer tick or a wood tick, and this lone star tick has nothing to do with Texas. ?Lone star actually reflects the little white spot on the back of the adult female,? said University of Wisconsin-Madison entomology professor Susan Paskewitz.
UW-Madison archaeology trip to Troy postponed until next summer
Wisconsin State Journal
An archaeology trip to the ancient city of Troy led by UW-Madison researchers has been postponed until next summer because of an unexpected move last week by the Turkish government to suspend permits for archaeology work this summer.
McEvoy assaulted downtown
ESPNWisconsin.com
For a second straight year a University of Wisconsin football player has been assaulted in downtown Madison.
New UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank arrives on campus
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank arrived on campus Monday for her first day on the job and a week of immersion before taking a a long-planned family vacation.
Many expecting success for Wisconsin football coach Gary Andersen
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The chain of events that led to Gary Andersen taking over the Wisconsin football program began on April 1, 2008.
Man wrongfully convicted in ’91 rape now homeless
Madison.com
A man who was freed this month from prison, where he was serving a 102-year sentence for a 1991 rape he didn?t commit, is living in a Madison homeless shelter and doesn?t have enough money to buy the medication he takes for several serious health problems.
Book returned to UW-Madison library 75 years overdue
WKOW-TV 27
A book overdue by more than 75 years was returned to a UW-Madison campus library last week.
Ask the Weather Guys: What is a monsoon?
Wisconsin State Journal
What is a monsoon? (Steve Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, are guests on WHA radio (970 AM) at 11:45 a.m. the last Monday of each month.)
Kristof: Darfur in 2013 Sounds Awfully Familiar
New York Times
Noted: This is the last stop on my annual win-a-trip journey, in which I take a student on a reporting trip to the developing world. The winner, Erin Luhmann of the University of Wisconsin, and I hope to shine a bit more light on the continuing slaughter in Darfur ? and on the courage and resilience of the survivors.
Being Legal Doesn?t End Poverty
New York Times
Noted: Over all, unreported income amounts to roughly $2 trillion annually, but cash wages make up only a portion of that estimate, according to Edgar L. Feige, an emeritus professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who has spent decades examining underground and cash economies, in part by using information on how much cash is in circulation at any given time. There is no way of knowing how many workers are earning their salaries in cash, Professor Feige said.
New UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank to tackle daunting challenges starting July 22
Isthmus
When incoming University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank officially enters Bascom Hall on Monday, July 22, she?ll face a steep learning curve.
Man wrongfully convicted of rape now at homeless shelter
WKOW-TV 27
A man whose conviction for a rape was overturned is now at a homeless shelter in Madison.
Rare artisans are at work on University Club restoration project
Wisconsin State Journal
It is a humid 89-degree morning when Jacob Arndt unloads his truck of chisels and other tools onto a table at the University Club, where he begins massaging one of two slabs of Indiana limestone.
Wisconsin needs to import 10% of its milk? So says Gov. Scott Walker
PolitiFact Wisconsin
Quoted: Ed Jesse, an emeritus agricultural and applied economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the first thing to know about milk shortfalls or imports is that the government does not track the shipment of milk between states.
App programming craze hits campuses
USA Today
During her final semester in college, recent University of Wisconsin ? Madison alumna Amanda Senkbeil used a combination of her coding knowledge, Google Maps and a third-party app developer to create her own virtual-reality game that takes place on her campus. By traveling to different physical locations and tracking down in-game characters, players cross items off their senior bucket list until they finish the storyline and “graduate.”
J.J. Watt Box Jump: Texans Star Shows Off Incredible Standing Leap
Huffington Post
No wonder why it?s so difficult for NFL quarterbacks to throw a pass over the hands of Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt.
TL;DR court Madison nerds with surfy rock and seductive scents
Isthmus
UW-Madison graduate students are known for many things, from ambitious dissertations to headline-making activism, but rocking out isn?t one of the first descriptors that come to mind. Local band TL;DR have been working to change this since 2011. Their new debut album, TL;DR Is Everything You Are, brings them one step closer to this goal.
UW-Madison in spotlight at State Fair this year
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, with its focus on science, engineering and agriculture, will take the spotlight for a whole day at the Wisconsin State Fair this year.
UW study confirms link between Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes
WKOW-TV 27
A new UW study has confirmed a link between Alzheimer?s disease and diabetes.
Former UW player Cody Byers leads camp aimed at concussion prevention
Madison.com
Cody Byers didn?t spend much time thinking about concussions until the former linebacker for the University of Wisconsin football team sustained three in the span of about 13 months, forcing him to stop playing the sport he loves.
Learfield Levy concessions contract approved
Madison.com
The University of Wisconsin has a new concessions vendor for its athletic events.
4th suspect arrested in Montee Ball attack
Madison.com
The fourth and final person charged in an attack on former Badgers running back Montee Ball is in custody.
Kristof: Was Blind, but Now She Sees
New York Times
Noted: When I first traveled through West Africa, as a student backpacker more than 30 years ago, I was haunted by the beggars disabled by blindness, leprosy and polio. Now I?m on my annual win-a-trip journey with a university student, Erin Luhmann of the University of Wisconsin, and she is encountering a fundamentally improved landscape than the one I saw when I was her age.
UW researcher calls cyberattack attempts ‘shocking?
WISC-TV 3
The number of cyberattack at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is shocking, even to its top researchers.
Signe Skott Cooper
WISC-TV 3
Signe Skott Cooper, wonderful friend and colleague to many, passed away peacefully at Agrace HospiceCare Center at the age of 92.
Barrage of Cyberattacks Challenges Campus Culture
America?s research universities, among the most open and robust centers of information exchange in the world, are increasingly coming under cyberattack, most of it thought to be from China, with millions of hacking attempts weekly ? including thousands a day at the University of Wisconsin?Madison.
Sean Frazier hired as new athletics director
Northern Star Online
Sean Frazier is the new athletics director of NIU.
UW Hospital Workers With Expiring Contracts Look For Municipal Support
Wisconsin Public Radio News
About 5,000 union workers at the University of Wisconsin Hospital with expiring contracts are seeking support from the Madison Common Council.
Frazier To Lead NIU Athletics
WNIJ-FM
NIU has a new athletic director. Sean Frazier was introduced Tuesday as the new athletic director at Northern Illinois University. Frazier has spent the past six years in the athletic department at the University of Wisconsin and has served as the deputy director since 2011.