Despite $1 billion in annual research spending, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has struggled to turn its discoveries into licensing deals and start-up companies, a new report shows.
Quoted: Frank Tuerkheimer, an emeritus law professor at the University of Wisconsin and former member of the Watergate prosecution staff, said reports today about the John Doe looking into potential bid rigging in Milwaukee County means the investigation has taken a turn of “an even more serious magnitude.”
Local campuses are part of a national trend that has seen college enrollment shoot up as the economy has struggled.
The UW?s Teaching Assistants? Association (TAA) has declined to endorse Democratic challenger and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who faces Walker in the June 5 recall election. The TAA also withheld its support from Democratic primary candidate Kathleen Falk on the grounds that she wouldn?t commit to a firm stance against budget cuts and concessionary contract negotiations with state workers.
To the surprise of no one, the Chicago Blackhawks officially consider the pictures from Patrick Kane?s weekend adventure in Wisconsin to be bad publicity.
Local Olympic hopeful Kristin Hedstrom earned her ticket to London Sunday with partner Julie Nichols after finishing fourth at the World Rowing Cup. Hedstrom, a Boston native who attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, continues to make her appearance known throughout the U.S. lightweight women?s double sculls qualifying races.
Noted: Some scientists and defenders of the wolves say the Wisconsin rules are too lenient for hunters?and too cruel for the wolves. At up to 4½ months, “the season is too long; it covers too wide of an area and it comes with too many untested methods,” including using dogs and allowing night hunts, said Adrian Treves, an associate professor of environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who studies predator-prey ecology.
You?d have thought that replacing a human teacher with a swanky robot would be enough to keep the kids interested, but apparently not. The University of Wisconsin-Madison found that supplying a robot teacher didn?t in itself max out concentration.
Well now researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are working on a robotic teacher that will detect when pupils are snoozing and employ a range of methods to ensure that they stay alert. Initial tests have suggested that the robot can?t shake students that refuse to pay attention, but it does boost how much they remember of their lessons afterwards.
Despite $1 billion of annual research spending, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has struggled to turn its discoveries into licensing deals and start-up companies, a new report shows.
He never paddled the stream until he joined the Hoofer Outing Club at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A 21-year-old Cascade man is in custody after a warrant was issued for his arrest in New Jersey for allegedly convincing a 9-year-old girl there to masturbate online.
Quoted: ?It looks like the public here is not quite willing to say Walker went too far,? offered Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ?Wisconsinites view there being an inequality between public-sector unions and private-sector unions and see Walker as having remedied some of that.?
A recent report from the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) says Wisconsin lost more jobs in April, ending the month 5,900 jobs short.
This week the News Republic examined the educational paths charted by three students through the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County and the impact they have had on the Baraboo community.
Without sleep, humans become irritable, inefficient and accident prone – but HOW sleep heals us still isn?t fully understood.
A woman claims in court that a University of Wisconsin art history professor agreed to store her Grant Wood painting “Sultry Night” at the school?s art museum – then put it up for auction.
Compared with the hustle and bustle of waking life, sleep looks dull and unworkmanlike. Except for in its dreams, a sleeping brain doesn?t misbehave or find a job. It also doesn?t love, scheme, aspire or really do much we would be proud to take credit for. Yet during those quiet hours when our mind is on hold, our brain does the essential labor at the heart of all creative acts. It edits itself. And it may throw out a lot.
Noted: Most of these appointments don?t happen immediately under any governor. And in theory, Barrett could take “as long as he wants,” says University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Dennis Dresang, professor emeritus of public affairs and political science. But for the high-profile jobs, including cabinet chiefs, deputies and communications staff, it would behoove Barrett to get his people in place quickly, Dresang adds.
As we head into Memorial Day weekend, we?re going to hear from women veterans whose military service has inspired artwork. A new exhibit at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison features 20 prints that resulted from private conversations between veterans and local artists. As WUWM?s Erin Toner reports, several women say the project helps validate their service to the country.
It seems like J.J. Watt appreciates his wild, unlikely journey. That self awareness is part of what makes the Houston Texans? budding defensive superstar so easy to root for in every way.
The packages that started arriving by FedEx on 12 October last year came with strict instructions: protect the information within and destroy it after review. Inside were two manuscripts showing how the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus could be made to transmit between mammals. The recipients of these packages ? eight members of the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) ? faced the unenviable task of deciding whether the research was safe to publish.
Quoted: Some vegetables have real babies and fake ones, too. Irwin Goldman, a beets-and-onions man at the University of Wisconsin, explained that scallions might be sold as foetal bulbs in the United States, but they come from a different species altogether overseas (cf. Allium fistulosum, the “Welsh onion”). Or bok choy: American grocers sell a baby version harvested before it gets too big and fibrous. A true infant, perhaps, but also a hack; an Asian dwarf variety claims to be the real thing.
People with sleep apnea, a common disorder that causes snoring, fatigue and dangerous pauses in breathing at night, have a higher risk of cancer, two new studies have found, marking the first time that apnea has been linked to cancer in humans.
Noted: Selig has been teaching sports law at Marquette University Law School in his native Milwaukee the last four years. He hopes to teach a course on sports in American society at University of Wisconsin in Madison next year.
A driver convicted of fleeing from police, crashing into another car and killing a college student, was to find out his sentence on Thursday. A judge was set to sentence Johnny Jones in a Milwaukee County courtroom in the case of Shanica Adkins? death.
We know that oats are good for us. Thanks to the work of University of Wisconsin-Madison plant breeders, they soon could be even healthier.
Quoted: ?I think it?s still competitive, I think there?s still a chance for Barrett to win. But right now most of the forces are pushing in favor of Walker,? said Barry Burden, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
I read with interest the recent Post-Crescent editorial declaring that the University of Wisconsin-Madison needed to make a better connection with state residents.
Its a classic case of virality. Someone takes a picture of a good joke between friends and posts it on Facebook. The jokes so good, so funny, or so topical that Facebook users pass it around and eventually one of them shares it with Reddit or in this case Buzzfeed and voilà: a meme is born. In the instance of David Coppinis business card pictured above which is themed after Carly Rae Jepsens viral pop hit “Call Me Maybe”, it made a leap few memes do: it went IRL Internet-speak for “In Real Life”.
A story in today?s Post talks about a generational decline in study time, the number of weekly hours college students devote to actual study. Since the 1960s, the weekly total has dipped from 24 to about 15. College has become, in effect, a part-time job.
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison professors have received a $1.39 million grant to develop video games that emphasize kindness and compassion instead of violence and aggression.
University alumni groups have always eagerly welcomed new grads to their loyal ranks.
But as a stagnant economy and state funding cutbacks up the ante for private fundraising to boost financial aid, development offices and foundations for public institutions are taking a page from private schools that long have connected with potential donors before they even graduate.
My 17-year-old daughter and I sat on the Memorial Union Terrace on a warm spring day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison last week, and I didn?t want to ruin the tranquil beauty of the moment. But I had a disturbing vision of something large washing up on the shores of Lake Mendota.
During more than 60 years of existence, Bucky Badger has put smiles on the faces of thousands of University of Wisconsin-Madison fans at athletic contests, hospitals, parades, weddings and many other types of events.
Quoted: “Given his past history of violence, that could certainly have put him at an increased risk of becoming psychotic and violent again,” said Dr. Ken Robbins, clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: “Some people might see it as a nuisance, but it means the economy is moving, particularly if those trains are stopping to load and unload,” said Teresa Adams, a professor and director of the National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education, a consortium led by UW-Madison.
Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz was the keynote speaker at her alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison yesterday.
Quoted: ?ALEC is a huge player in pushing forward a conservative agenda based on the premise that the free market and private sectors address social problems better than the government,? said Julie Underwood, dean of the school of education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who has been critical of ALEC?s education agenda.
Sleep apnea has already been linked to a host of adverse health problems, such as high blood pressure and heart disease. Now, new research suggests that in people who already have cancer, the sleep disorder may raise their risk of dying from cancer.
Sleep-disordered breathing — which includes obstructive sleep apnea — is linked with an increased risk of dying from cancer, a new study suggests.
On the day of the recall primary election, Democratic candidates Kathleen Falk and Tom Barrett both made stops at the UW-Madison campus, shaking hands, telling them about the election, and encouraging students to vote.
Two new studies have found that people with sleep apnea, a common disorder that causes snoring, fatigue and dangerous pauses in breathing at night, have a higher risk of cancer. The new research marks the first time that sleep apnea has been linked to cancer in humans.
Since 1994, the UW budget has expanded from $2.1 billion per year to $5.5 billion in 2011, an increase of 114% over that time. During the same time period, state aid to the UW system has increased by 27.2%, even when Walker?s “draconian” cuts are figured in. [A column by Christian Schneider, senior fellor at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute.]
After many years without permanent artistic leadership at Milwaukee?s most important contemporary arts venue, Inova will soon have a new director.
Sara Krajewski, curator at the Henry Art Gallery, a contemporary art center at the University of Washington in Seattle, will become the director at Inova, or the Institute of Visual Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Krajewski, who got her bachelor?s degree in art history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Citing a study showing that all net new job growth comes from young companies, a Madison biotech industry executive Friday urged Milwaukee-area business leaders to support bipartisan policies that promote innovation and entrepreneurship.
Quoted: Molotov cocktails are dangerous weapons, but it ?kind of stretches the bounds to define that as terrorism,? said Michael Scott, director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Being a heavy snorer can increase one?s risk of cancer five-fold, according to research.
For the next five years, car-sharing service Community Car will no longer serve UW-Madison?s campus.
A few years ago I was invited to give a commencement speech for Edgewood College graduates. I wasnt invited back. In fact, I was never again asked to give a commencement speech anywhere. I guess word got around.But on Saturday night, I did give a “keynote address” to the graduates of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UW-Madison. Not officially a “commencement speech” and I didnt get to wear a robe or anything, but still close enough. So, I adapted my Edgewood address for that audience.
In a surprising move, the U.S. Department of Justice has ended its four-year investigation of Medtronic and its spine surgery product Infuse.
Wisconsin?s non-conference schedule for the 2012-?13 men?s basketball season will include a trip to Las Vegas.
I grew up in a home where the University of Wisconsin-Madison held god-like status. My mother and father met in Madison, and I learned to sing ?On Wisconsin? long before I could even hum ?The Star Spangled Banner.? I and most of my siblings graduated from Madison, and my father-in-law is a UW-Madison soils scientist who spent much of his career traveling the back roads of Wisconsin to talk with farmers.
Quoted: Day 11, I received the life-saving response from Phil Pellitteri, an insect expert from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.?It is an adult female orb weaver – likely in the genus Araneus,? Pellitteri noted.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison economist Andrew Reschovsky said many economists have thought the negative numbers in the federal reports were at odds with indications of growing personal income and tax revenue.
Noted: The ?underground? is always with us. University of Wisconsin-Madison economist Edgar Feige has been doing his best to follow what?s happened here.
Quoted: Despite decades of effort, seismologists still cannot reliably predict earthquakes. Tanaka?s approach is promising, but Harold Tobin of the University of Wisconsin-Madison points out that her analysis was done after the quake happened.
Some scientists have studied the two forms of happiness in the lab and found some significant differences. Work at the University of Wisconsin has found that people who are higher in eudaimonic happiness have reduced biomarkers of inflammation, like interleukin-6. These biomarkers, according to researcher Carol Ryff, are linked to a number of health problems like metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, so lower levels of them might offer a protective benefit. Ryff has also found that having a strong social support network – an integral part of long term life satisfaction – is connected with lower levels of the same biomarkers.
Our discussion in class about the influence of both the media and particular people in the media on people in terms of voting really had me thinking about a whole realm of things.
Quoted: “When these things come to together in just the wrong way, they can really put someone at greater risk of suicide,” said Dr. Ken Robbins, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin.
