Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw is a regular at Warrior football games. She?s traveled with the Warriors to Washington, Vegas and San Jose this year.
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Study Blames Low Pay for High Turnover in Prosecutors Offices (WBAY-TV Green Bay)
A new study out of UW-Madison looks at why so many state prosecutors are quitting their jobs. According to the study, the answer is low pay.
UW, federal scientists identify fungus that’s killing bats
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When bats in northeastern America began dying off in alarming numbers a few years ago, wildlife ecologists were perplexed. They named the disease white-nose syndrome, but until now authorities had no idea what caused the fatal ailment.
Researchers in Wisconsin have discovered the culprit is a fungus that?s common in Europe but wasn?t seen in the United States until five years ago. Now that the cause has been determined, officials can turn their attention to stopping the spread of the disease.
White Nose Syndrome: Fungus fingered as bat killer
USA Today
Confirming suspicions, federal and academic biologists concluded Wednesday that a deadly white fungus is killing bats across North America.
UW researchers: Anti-poverty programs are working (Sheboygan Press)
A new study from researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that public assistance programs were highly effective at keeping poverty in check in Wisconsin during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
Are Crackdowns A Turning Point For Occupy Protests?
National Public Radio
Quoted: While video of the confrontation has flooded YouTube, it may do little to settle the question of who did what to whom, says Pamela Oliver, a sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin.How you are going to view the situation is always up for grabs. Police and protesters will both try to shape perceptions in their favor.
Tuition costs: With rising tuition costs, is it worth the expense to secure a college degree? (WITI-TV, Milwaukee)
A college degree is becoming incredibly more expensive. In some states, tuition has gone up 400% since the 1980s. So many are asking whether getting a college diploma is really worth the expense.
FDA advisers: AtriCure device effective for afib
Reuters
Quoted: “We have some misgivings and I think we should have some misgivings but nevertheless we?re overall suggesting approval for this indication because… the device is being used for this indication every day,” said panel member Dr. Richard Page, a cardiologist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin colleges welcome Obama student loan plan
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Every little bit helps. That is the attitude of Wisconsin college students and financial aid directors who are welcoming the new measures President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that aim to ease the burden of higher education loan debt.
Marlboro Man meets moisturizer (AP)
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Quoted: The U.S. economic downturn even plays a role. With unemployment around 9 percent, men looking for a job have to make sure their look is as polished as their resume. “The better you look, the more you?re going to earn,” said Deborah Mitchell, executive director for the Center for Brand and Product Management at the University of Wisconsin School of Business. “Men are increasingly thinking ?Wow, I need to look good or look young.?”
Editorial: Examine widespread rehiring practice
Green Bay Press-Gazette
The state?s rehiring policy for public employees needs a thorough review before steps are taken to revise it.
Judge: UW-Madison doesn?t have to fund conservative group (AP)
A federal judge says he wont force the University of Wisconsin-Madison to fund a conservative student group.
Letter: Cuts will damage UW System
Wausau Daily Herald
Gov. Scott Walker?s administration has informed the UW System it will need to endure more substantial cuts to its operating budget, deeper than originally thought due to a budget lapse.
Ottawa mulls new labelling rules for ‘natural’ deli meats
Globe and Mail (Canada)
Noted: Andrew Milkowski, adjunct professor in the animal sciences department at the University of Wisconsin and scientific adviser for the American Meat Institute, which represents the interests of companies selling meat products, agrees with Dr. Huffman that research linking nitrates and nitrites to health problems is flawed.
Hybrid humans: How our ancestors’ inter-species trysts affect us (CBC News)
CBC News
Noted: John Hawks, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin, who summarized what is known about Denisovans, whose remains were found in a particular cave in Russia where the remains of modern humans and Neanderthals were also found; and other archaic human species that may once have co-existed with our own.
Republicans ‘kicking the tires’ (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
WORCESTER ? Political parties are as far apart as they have been in 100 years, and as a result there?s no overlap between Democrats and Republicans in Congress, and presidential candidates have little incentive to appeal to moderates, a noted political scientist said last night. ?This polarization is deep in the American party system right now,? John Coleman told an audience of about 75 at Clark University.
Walker’s plan gives Wis. state workers no raises (AP)
BusinessWeek
Wisconsin state workers will not receive salary increases during the next two years under the first pay plan put forward Tuesday by Gov. Scott Walker?s administration under a law that no longer requires the state to negotiate wages with unions.
UW-Madison Sends Tax Dollars Out Of State (WISN-TV, Milwaukee)
In this tough economy, there?s much talk about creating jobs at home and buying local. WISN 12 News investigative reporter Colleen Henry found that a Wisconsin mainstay is sending tax dollars out of state for products that could be gotten in state.
Editorial: Grand Opening
WISC-TV 3
Great cities have great art museums. Madison has two. And one just got greater. This weekend the Chazen Art Museum at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is celebrating its grand opening and we should only know how lucky we are. The addition is spectacular. The expanded collection it will now hold even more so.
Obama’s Housing Plan May Help Him More Than Homeowners
U.S. News and World Report
Quoted: “There?s a class of homeowners that are severely underwater that are current on their payments that this will help,” says Morris Davis, academic director of the James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but that?s a small group. “I don?t think this is going to help many people,” he adds.
Wisconsin public employee rehiring policy may be reviewed after UW-Green Bay disclosure
Green Bay Press-Gazette
The state should curb a practice that allows public employees to collect both a paycheck and pension, Gov. Scott Walker said Friday.
Stepping Into the Breach (Campus Technology)
If you think your institution is immune to a security breach, perhaps you should have a chat with Brian Rust at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. When asked about data breaches on his campus, the communications director in the Office of the Chief Information Officer answers with the hint of a sigh: “Let me tell you about the most recent one.”
My Trip to Madison: Bikes, Brews, Burgers and a B&B
New York Times
What a great idea ? if only I had thought of it: take a trip to Madison, Wis.; stay in a cozy bed- and-breakfast; get around by bike; test out burgers, brats, cheese curds and microbrews; and look for some booze to bring back home.
For Wisconsin?s Bielema, Tough Times Become Motivators to Success
New York Times
The morning after Coach Bret Bielema led Wisconsin to one of the biggest wins in his program?s history, an Oct. 1 blowout of then-No. 8 Nebraska that confirmed the Badgers? status as a national title contender, he began crying in his office.
High standards match the high ceilings at new Chazen
Wisconsin State Journal
With a large new space for temporary exhibitions, exceptional regional art and several major acquisitions, the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is poised to join some of the best university museums in the country.
Obama winning fundraising race
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Quoted: Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author to speak at UW-Madison on Thursday
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
There?s a buzz on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus about a Pulitzer Prize-winning book that raises questions about poverty and the legal, social, psychological and cultural impacts of immigration.
The book?s author, Sonia Nazario, will be on campus Thursday to add to the discussion. Her presentation at 7 p.m. in Union South?s Varsity Hall is free and open to the public. Her book, “Enrique?s Journey,” tells the harrowing story of a Honduran boy who, at age 16, repeatedly attempted to reach the U.S. to find his mother.
GOP Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker killed 15,000 jobs, Democratic state lawmaker says
Quoted: Work by by University of Wisconsin-Madison economist Steven Deller.
It’s Alive! New Discovery Could Lead to Lab-Grown Organs ? The Range (Tucson, Ariz.)
For the stem cell at least, researchers at the University of Wisconsin have found a controlled method to signal cell decision-making, or differentiation. Their discovery opens new doorways in tissue engineering, a field that may one day create lab-grown replacements for failing organs and tissue.
Ankle braces may help teen football players
Reuters
The ankle braces many football players wear to prevent injuries seem to work, a study of high school players suggests.
After following more than 2,000 football players during last year?s season, researchers discovered that wearing ankle braces made players 61 percent less likely to suffer an ankle sprain or fracture.
“We were surprised with the findings,” said Timothy A. McGuine, an athletic trainer and senior scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who led the work. “I didn?t think the braces could be that effective.”
Obama team moves to rekindle 2008’s magic with young voters
USA Today
President Obama?s re-election campaign launches an initiative this week aimed at rekindling the connection with younger voters that helped fuel his 2008 campaign.
The outreach effort, called “Greater Together,” will tap Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites and target students on college campuses in key states, such as the University of Wisconsin, Ohio State University and Penn State.
UW’s tough loss hard to swallow
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The only salvation for UW (6-1, 2-1) is that because this is the first season of divisional play, the Badgers still control their path to the Leaders Division title and the Big Ten championship game Dec. 3 in Indianapolis.
UWM’s budget hit is unfair, unproductive
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Chancellor Mike Lovell has big plans for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus that he formally took over earlier this month, including the addition of more dorm space and expansion of research. But Lovell?s plans may be set back by news this week of more cuts to higher education.
UW-OSU set for ESPN
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin?s critical Big Ten game at 7 Saturday night against host Ohio State will be on ESPN.
GOP Senate candidate Thompson’s Vatican speech creates stir in Wisconsin (The Hill)
Quoted: Timothy Kamp, the director of University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center.
UW-Madison Sends Tax Dollars Out Of State (WISN-TV, Milwaukee)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an extraordinarily self-sufficient entity. It produces its own electricity, grows its own produce on the student farm and even makes its own Berry Alvarez ice cream at the campus dairy store. So few realize their tickets to Badger football are not printed in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin museums stay fresh
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Live anywhere long enough and you?re likely to take good things for granted. That?s the way it is for me in Madison, where always-there treasures since 1970 have included a free-admission art museum on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
UW is 14th, MU 21st in coaches preseason poll
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin checked in at No. 14 and Marquette at No. 21 in the ESPN/USA Today men?s basketball preseason coaches? poll released Thursday.
UW fraternity sets out on bike relay to Badger game at Michigan State
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Thursday came with an unusually early morning for the men of Sigma Phi Epsilon, a fraternity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A dozen of the fraternity members left their house on Langdon Street to start the road trip to East Lansing, Mich., and the Badger match-up against the Michigan State Spartans. The 18th annual Tour de Touchdown will be a blustery 368-mile bike relay to raise money for American Family Children?s Hospital.
Chazen Museum of Art expansion to open today
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin?s newest art museum will be unveiled today. Actually, it is an old museum made new. The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will unveil its $43 million addition, an 86,000-square-foot building that doubles the museum?s size.
UW’s Go Big Read selection tells a harrowing immigration story
Isthmus
Enrique?s Journey is this year?s Go Big Read selection ? the book chosen by the UW-Madison to spark a community-wide discussion. Sonia Nazario?s Pulitzer-winning story is the epitome of long-form enterprise journalism, first published as a 30,000-word Los Angeles Times series. It has since been expanded in book form and translated into eight languages. The book, about a Honduran boy who travels ? on top of trains ? to reach his mother in the United States, has found a broad audience on both sides of ongoing immigration debates.
Ankle braces may help teen football players
Reuters
The ankle braces many football players wear to prevent injuries seem to work, a study of high school players suggests. “We were surprised with the findings,” said Timothy A. McGuine, an athletic trainer and senior scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who led the work. “I didn?t think the braces could be that effective.”
How Mysterious Vampire Stars Drain Life from Neighbors (LiveScience)
LiveScience.com
The mysterious origins of the stellar version of vampires ? stars that apparently drain life away from other stars to look young ? may just have been solved, scientists revealed.
Second UWGB official retired and then came back
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A second administrator from the University of Wisconsin Green Bay rejoined the university after retiring last spring, and is now collecting a six-figure salary along with a $44,000 pension, according to a report on the website of the Green Bay Press Gazette.
Museum of Wisconsin Art and St. John’s on the Lake form partnership
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Touchdown Hero” by famed regionalist painter John Steuart Curry will be included. While an artist in residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1930s and `40s, he was an avid Badgers fan and created this drawing of star player and co-captain David N. Schreiner, who died at Okinawa in 1945.
Wisconsin National Guard unit trains to help Afghan farmers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Though many have farming backgrounds and participated in agriculture youth programs such as 4-H or FFA, some did not. Feucht, a member of the Columbia County Master Gardeners Association, wanted the team?s training to include farming practices, so he enlisted the help of the University of Wisconsin?s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
In July the soldiers and airmen attended an “Extreme Ag 101” course over 4 1/2 days. They visited a goat farm, fish hatchery and the Arlington Agriculture Research Station. They listened to lectures from experts on beekeeping, soil science, plant identification, goats, sheep and cattle, food science, grapes, irrigation and weaving. They tasted foods they?ll likely eat in Afghanistan, including kebabs and stews of chicken and lamb, prepared by a UW food science instructor.
Additional cuts surprise UW System (WLUK-TV)
OSHKOSH – University of Wisconsin system leaders said Wednesday they?ve been blindsided by additional budget changes.
Jauch: UW System Cuts Don’t Make Sense (Ashland Current)
For over 100 years the Wisconsin promise has been guided by the Wisconsin Idea. The recent announcement of $66 million in additional cuts to the University of Wisconsin System will have a devastating impact on higher education and replace the Wisconsin Idea with the Walker nightmare.
Panczenko: Chazen Museum expansion a fundraising success story
www.wisbusiness.com
When Russell Panczenko, head of the Chazen Museum of Art on the UW-Madison campus, began fundraising efforts for a expansion more than a decade ago, he never expected any state support.
Don’t rush to judgment in UW-Green Bay hiring case
Green Bay Press-Gazette
We urge the public to view with caution the latest developments in the case of Tom Maki, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay official who was rehired 30 days after retiring.
Vampire stars mystery may have been solved (Space.com)
MSNBC.com
The mysterious origins of the stellar version of vampires ? stars that apparently drain life away from other stars to look young ? may just have been solved, scientists revealed.
Wisconsin?s Chazen Museum reopens this month (The Art Newspaper)
The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison is set to re-open on 22 October with an 86,000 sq. ft expanded building.
UW System, state government face deeper cuts
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
With the fragile economy spurring concerns that tax collections could falter, Gov. Scott Walker?s administration is asking state agencies to plan for $300 million in possible cuts over the next two years.
ESPN goes behind the scenes with Badgers, QB Wilson on ‘Depth Chart’
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Bret Bielema was understandably apprehensive when ESPN approached him about featuring the University of Wisconsin football program in a show focusing on quarterbacks.
UW System needs more budget cuts (AP)
Appleton Post-Crescent
University of Wisconsin System officials were surprised to learn they have to make additional budget cuts.
Occupy Wall Street Protest Lacks an Anthem
New York Times
Quoted: Alexander Shashko, who teaches a music history course at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, said that protest songs historically derived power from the social or political movements that adopted them, and that the main political movement to rise from the economic crash had been the Tea Party, the conservative antitax group.
No time to lose on UW credit transfers
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Recently the University of Wisconsin System announced that it was working on making articulation, or the transferring of credits between schools, a priority. This is one of the four areas a new task force will be investigating. My question: Do our students have “task force time” to wait? [A column by State Rep. Paul Farrow (R-Pewaukee)]
New resource center aims to improve students’ access to college
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Trying to address the perennially low college-attainment rate of central city youth, Milwaukee Public Schools opened the TeamUp College Access Center Monday at 2730 W. Fond du Lac Ave. It?s affiliated with MPS but open to all students and their families in the city.
UW accused of admissions bias during Assembly committee hearing, students hold press conference in support of diversity (Dane101)
The Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities held a hearing today during which the president of a conservative think tank accused the University of Wisconsin of discriminating on the basis of race in its admissions policies.
Politico Reports Charge That Roll Call Presidential Campaign Story is ?Fabricated? (MediaBistro)
Quoted: Dave Wilcox, a journalism instructor at the University of Wisconsin, teaches undergrads entry level reporting. He blasts both Politico and Roll Call for their reporting today: Politico for running with the post before DeMint?s spokesman challenged the story and Roll Call for running a story based on two anonymous sources. ?You can go with one anonymous source that confirms someone else?s word on the record,? Wilcox said in a phone interview. ?But two people who won?t speak on the record is invalid. We would consider that a fail. That?s from the perspective of teaching young journalism students.?