Quoted: Amy Radunz, beef extension specialist at UW-Madison.
Author: jplucas
Different Opinions on how Walker’s Budget Affects Schools
WUWM
Quoted: UW-Madison Professor Andrew Reschovsky, an economist specializing in school finance.
Pointer picked as Board of Regents rep
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday, July 13, named Katie Pointer of De Pere one of two student representatives appointed to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. Pointer, who is replacing Aaron Wingad, will serve a two-year term as the traditional student representative. After spending one year studying political science, public administration and finance at UW-La Crosse, Pointer will continue her education at UW-Madison in the upcoming academic year.
UW Security Train In Hot Weather
WISC-TV 3
Just standing outside during Wisconsin?s heat wave can be taxing, but add in a physical task and it can become a real problem. But that?s something a group of UW security staffer had to deal with during training exercises Wednesday. At security officer bike school, riders complete their tasks despite the blazing sun.
Even the lakes in Madison are hot
Wisconsin State Journal
Tired of merely reciting the temperature outside? Try underwater. Around 3 p.m. Wednesday, the temperature on the surface of Lake Mendota was 80.8 degrees, according to real-time statistics gathered by a UW-Madison buoy. Even five meters down, the water was 80.4 degrees. The data are available at metobs.ssec.wisc.edu.
HotelRED keeps wraps on as opening nears
Wisconsin State Journal
The staff and owners of HotelRED know there?s a ton of curiosity about the hotel across from Camp Randall Stadium. Even so, they?re planning to milk it just a little bit longer. That?s why the windows are still covered with paper as the hotel makes its final push for a soft opening in August. Inside, staff is being trained and furniture is being installed in the 48-room hotel at the intersection of Monroe and Regent streets. “Everybody keeps saying football games should be great here, and I agree,” said company president Mike Erikson. “But we also have the other 358 days a year. We want to create someplace people want to come to all year long.” Besides Badger fans, Erikson says the target market is also visitors to UW-Madison, both researchers and parents, as well as leisure travelers.
CCD tandem duplicate success at Wisconsin (Cincinnati.com)
The University of Wisconsin is one the largest universities in the country with an undergraduate population of around 43,000.
Unlike the many students who blend in among the throngs of people living in Madison, two Cincinnati Country Day School graduates have managed to make a splash. Meredith Freshley, a 2009 graduate of CCD, and Emily Finch (2010), helped the Badgers win the International Rowing Association?s national championship in the lightweight four-woman rowing division last June.
Rescued horses were ‘walking skeletons’ (Northwest Herald, McHenry, Ill.)
Mango?s weak body collapsed when the horses were taken to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for emergency veterinary treatment. Unable to stand on his own, Mango was put into a sling for several days and had an extended stay at the Wisconsin clinic.
Jazz in the Garden raises funds for multiple sclerosis research
Wausau Daily Herald
Jazz in the Garden, an event to support the myelin repair research projects of Dr. Ian Duncan and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday at Cafe 27, 945 Clark St., Wausau.
Minnesota government shutdown: How was it avoided? (Christian Science Monitor)
Columbus Dispatch
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
A look at turnout in the Wisconsin recalls: How high will it go?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: University of Wisconsin political scientist Charles Franklin.
Democrats Hope to Ride Wave of Momentum from First Recall Victory (Patch.com)
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin recall elections July 19, real time results
Noted: The University of Wisconsin Badger Poll.
Chicago Bears: Barry Alvarez champions Gabe Carimi – chicagotribune.com
Chicago Tribune
Barry Alvarez has coached premier offensive tackles at the University of Wisconsin who went on to prominent NFL careers. So what does Alvarez, who is now the athletic director at Wisconsin, think of Bears first-round draft pick Gabe Carimi? “He will be a good citizen. He will be a guy who will be a good locker room guy. He will be a guy who will be involved in the community. And besides that, he?s a good player. He fits the mold of some of our better offensive linemen. I think that?s a good selection by the Bears.”
Academics champion colleague’s nomination to 7th Circuit
A group of law professors and administrators are rallying behind the stalled nomination of University of Wisconsin Law Professor Victoria Nourse to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
Carimi left his mark at Wisconsin
The look in Gabe Carimi?s eyes told Bret Bielema all he needed to know. As the Wisconsin coach leaned back in his office chair last week, he recalled the message Carimi, the Bears? first-round draft pick, emphatically relayed before last season?s game with Iowa “Gabe took control.” Bielema has no doubt the mammoth offensive tackle will have just as much of an impact with the Bears once he gets used to the system – no matter which side of line he ends up playing.
PressTV – Democrat wins Wisconsin recall election
Noted: The University of Wisconsin Survey Center?s Badger Poll.
Using the Internet Affects Human Memory | Top Tech Reviews
Noted: Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Everything Must Go! What’s on Sale at Borders – Pay Dirt – SmartMoney
SmartMoney.com
Quoted: Deborah Mitchell, executive director of the Center for Brand and Product Management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Murdochs Face Questioning in Britain About Phone Hacking | Europe | English
Voice of America
Quoted: Stephen Ward, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin State Senate Races Getting Hotter | TPMDC
Quoted: Political scientists Ken Goldstein and UW-Madison Professor Charles Franklin.
Alternatives to Partisan Redistricting Suggested
WUWM
Quoted: UW-Madison Political Science Professor Barry Burden.
UW Officials Say 40 Campus Buildings Struggle With AC Issues – Madison News Story – WISC Madison
WISC-TV 3
About 40 buildings across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus continue to be affected by air conditioning problems on Tuesday after failures at several power plants. While a heat wave continues to cook southern Wisconsin, UW officials warned in a news release Tuesday that the warm conditions in the buildings are likely to continue for several days “as air-conditioning demand continues to outpace supply.” The result has been that many students and staff members have had to endure summer heat outside and inside campus buildings.
Heat poses ‘significant’ financial hit for dairy farmers – 620 WTMJ – Milwaukee’s Source for Local News and Weather
Quoted: Dr. David Kammel, with UW-Madison?s College of Agriculture.
Barry Alvarez champions Gabe Carimi
Chicago Tribune
Barry Alvarez has coached premier offensive tackles at the University of Wisconsin who went on to prominent NFL careers.
Joe Thomas, a four-time Pro Bowl selection of the Browns, and Mark Tauscher, a 12-year standout for the Packers, are former Badgers. So what does Alvarez, who is now the athletic director at Wisconsin, think of Bears first-round draft pick Gabe Carimi?
Academics champion colleague’s nomination to 7th Circuit (National Law Journal)
A group of law professors and administrators are rallying behind the stalled nomination of University of Wisconsin Law Professor Victoria Nourse to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
In a letter sent to the leaders of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on July 14, 51 law deans and professors urged the committee to vote on Nourse?s nomination. President Obama first nominated Nourse on July 14, 2010, and nominated her again on January 5.
Balancing books and babies
CNN.com
Some universities recognize the financial struggle for student parents and have worked to subsidize child care costs. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Office of Child Care and Family Resources supports about 600 student parents. Besides seven day care centers on campus, the office sponsors a program called Chicken Soup, which provides care for sick children if a parent has to attend a lecture or take an exam.
“At most campuses, you move away from your support network if you did have one,” says Lynn Edlefson, director of the Office of Child Care and Family Resources. “We have to be the support network for lots of families from all over the world.”
Minn. congressman proposes dairy subsidy reforms (AP)
Associated Press
Quoted: Mark Stephenson, the director of dairy-policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
State Colleges Seeking More Out-of-State, International Students Amid Fiscal Crunch (Diverse)
With public universities getting less of their funding from the states, it?s hard to argue that their priority should be state residents, according to Dr. Carlos Santiago, chief executive officer of the Hispanic College Fund.Santiago believes people don?t fault flagships such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison for aiming to become global institutions, with global impact. While serving as chancellor at UW-Milwaukee, he said he told legislators his school was a Wisconsin institution and deserved support as such.
Dr. David Kindig: Competitive forces failing with hospitals
Wisconsin State Journal
It was discouraging to read David Wahlberg?s Sunday article about the competitive feud between UW Health and Meriter because we don?t have the dollars to waste on such things.
UW-Madison finds ways to cope with heat as many campus buildings remain uncooled
Wisconsin State Journal
As the temperature climbed past 80 degrees in UW-Madison?s Humanities building Tuesday, Julia Jensen came prepared to make it through her class. She brought a handheld fan. With air conditioning off or barely circulating in many of UW-Madison?s buildings because of a cooling failure earlier this week, employees and students took to different methods to cope. Quoted: Jonathan Patz, professor and director, global environmental health.
Minn. congressman proposes dairy subsidy reforms
Madison.com
Quoted: Mark Stephenson, the director of dairy-policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Step aside, senator
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is single-handedly blocking the nomination of a University of Wisconsin law professor to the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals – a nominee who though likely no ideological soul mate of the freshman senator appears to be well-qualified and who was nominated before Johnson even took office.
Johnson?s single-minded opposition to Victoria Nourse (who teaches at the UW Law School) seems more of a political game than anything else and one that he should put a quick end to.
Top Marquette University official announces retirement
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Greg Kliebhan, senior vice president at Marquette University, will retire at the end of the month, the school announced Tuesday.
Balancing books and babies
CNN.com
Noted: Some universities recognize the financial struggle for student parents and have worked to subsidize child care costs. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Office of Child Care and Family Resources supports about 600 student parents. Besides seven day care centers on campus, the office sponsors a program called Chicken Soup, which provides care for sick children if a parent has to attend a lecture or take an exam.
Johnson’s block of UW judicial nominee draws criticism
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson?s decision to block the judicial nomination of a University of Wisconsin law professor has drawn a pointed letter of protest by a group of legal academics from around the country.
Johnson has single-handedly held up consideration of Victoria Nourse for the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which reviews federal cases from Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.
UW only cooling essential buildings; chillers under repair
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison?s 330 or so buildings that rely on a central heating-cooling system were being provided with less than a big chill in Monday?s heat. Four of the system?s chillers were down at three power sources, putting the university?s cooling capacity at 77 percent for most of the day. One chiller was fixed Monday, another will take several days to repair, one was out for scheduled repair and the fourth was waiting for a part, said Alan Fish, vice chancellor for facilities, planning and management.
M&I executive payouts stir pot
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Jim Seward, associate professor of finance and academic director for the UW-Madison Nicholas Center for Corporate Finance and Investment Banking.
How Foreign Money Can Find Its Way Into Political Campaigns
Huffington Post
Quoted: “These folks can?t give directly, so what you?re finding is these firms want to represent the interest of their clients the best they can,” explains Jon Pevehouse, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin who is in the process of creating a foreign lobbying database for his research.
Dresser & Rogers: ALEC Exposed: Business Domination Inc. (The Nation)
In the world according to ALEC, competing firms in free markets are the only real source of social efficiency and wealth. Government contributes nothing but security. Outside of this function, it should be demonized, starved or privatized. Any force in civil society, especially labor, that contests the right of business to grab all social surplus for itself, and to treat people like roadkill and the earth like a sewer, should be crushed.
Researchers of controversial MS theory facing series of hurdles
Globe and Mail (Canada)
Quoted: ?It?s just a very long process,? said Aaron Field, associate professor of neuroradiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. ?We?re really in the very early stages.?
Popular Youtube segment shot at Memorial Union
WKOW-TV 27
After making a name for himself on Youtube for dancing badly in locations around the world, Matt Harding asked Madisonians to join him in “dancing badly” at Memorial Union Terrace.
Wisconsin State Senate Races Getting Hotter (TPMDC)
Quoted: UW-Madison Professor Charles Franklin told TPM that turnout patterns were difficult to get any handle on, but some clues could be gleaned from this past spring?s very close state Supreme Court election, where turnout of eligible voters jumped to 35 percent — which was unusually high for a spring court race — and from last week?s turnout in the Democratic primaries for the six targeted GOP-held districts.
Air conditioning hard to come by on UW Campus Monday
WKOW-TV 27
Air conditioning became a precious commodity on UW-Madison?s campus Monday.
Businesses have three months to decide if they’ll ban firearms under concealed carry (WHBL-AM, Sheboygan)
Quoted: Deborah Mitchell of the U-W Madison School of Business says it?s a ?hot potato,? because of the image problems it can cause.
Campus-Area House Fire Causes $500,000 In Damage
WISC-TV 3
A Madison firefighter suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a downtown fire damaged a house near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus early Monday morning.
UW Buildings Get Hot After Chiller Fails
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison was without three of its chilling facilities Monday after one failed overnight, leaving students and staff warm outside and inside campus buildings.
Health care law encourages innovation
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A lot of political venom is still directed at the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. But this landmark legislation has provisions that promote health care innovations that can cut Medicaid costs while preserving coverage and quality of care.
A recently proposed health care delivery system for Medicaid patients would combine five features of the law: the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (the Innovation Center); community health centers; teaching health centers; the National Health Service Corps; and reform of graduate medical education and reallocation of its support. [A column by Richard E. Rieselbach, professor emeritus of medicine and Patrick L. Remington, professor of population health and associate dean for public health at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.]
Concealed-carry law a loaded issue for businesses
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Deborah Mitchell, executive director of the Center for Brand and Product Management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business.
Public workers retire in droves
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
One out of about every 14 public employees in the Wisconsin Retirement System asked for “the numbers” – estimates of what their pensions would be if they retired – in the first half of this year.
A new report from the Department of Employee Trust Funds, which runs the pension system, says the 18,759 state and local government workers who asked what their pension would be was 75% more than those who made the same request in the same period last year.
Capital is needed to keep success stories in state
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Spinback is a much more recent story. Founded by three University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates, it was sold recently to Buddy Media, a New York company that markets a Facebook advertising program. Spinback, which helps e-commerce retail firms track social media traffic and sales, was a New York company with six employees when it was sold.
Under redistricting plan, nearly 300,000 would have 6-year wait for Senate vote
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: David Canon, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist.
Walker says he wants to work with Democrats
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at UW-Madison.
The ad wars heat up in the Wisconsin recall campaigns
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Spending on broadcast TV for just one race ? the northwestern Wisconsin seat now held by Republican Sen. Sheila Harsdorf of River Falls ? has totaled roughly three-quarters of a million dollars in recent weeks, according to estimates by CMAG, the national firm that tracks campaign spots.
?We are in uncharted territory,? says political scientist and CMAG president Ken Goldstein, referring to the unusual dynamics of these legislative races: mid-summer, stand-alone, quasi-nationalized elections in which nobody is quite sure who will vote and how big the electorate will be.
Some insiders expect combined spending of all kinds to top $20 million for the nine recall elections, much of it outside money, much of it undisclosed.
Graduates having difficulty finding jobs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Ali Johnson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in December with a degree in biomedical engineering. Now she?s back home – living with her parents, working as a prep cook for a cafe in Red Wing, Minn., and still hunting for a job in her chosen field.
“It?s hard. You never expect to have to move back in with your parents,” she said. “It?s stressful.”
On Campus: Ward’s salary will be $437,000 as interim UW-Madison chancellor
Wisconsin State Journal
David Ward will earn $437,000 for his one-year stint as interim UW-Madison chancellor under a contract approved by the UW Board of Regents Friday. It?s the same amount that Chancellor Biddy Martin earned.
Dennis Houdek: UW-Madison ignores our national pastime
Wisconsin State Journal
One can only wonder what?s wrong with the UW-Madison Athletic Department, or what its hidden agenda is against reinstating baseball, our national pastime…For UW-Madison not to carry men?s baseball in its athletic programming is a travesty and embarrassment to fans and supporters.
Chris Rickert: Blame and punishment not enough to keep kids safe
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Tim Smeeding, director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the UW-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs.
UW-Madison students chosen for high-tech, high-stakes competition
Wisconsin State Journal
For these four UW-Madison students, what began as an introduction in a virtual reality class morphed into a real-life trip to Disneyland ? and a behind-the-scenes look at the technology behind the fantasy of the Magic Kingdom. Liana Zorn, Joe Kohlmann, Rachina Ahuja and Samuel Sclenker were among 20 college students this summer chosen from across the U.S. by Walt Disney Imagineering to travel to Glendale, Calif., as part of Disney?s ImagiNations Competition, a talent search of sorts. During their four-day, expenses-paid trip, the UW-Madison students had the chance to network with “Imagineers” ? the people who dream up and engineer the “three-dimensional attractions” for Disney parks and resorts across the globe ? and to present their concept for a high-tech ride called “Operations Discover E.”
Curiosities: What is the biggest astronomical telescope in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: UW-Madison Space Place Director Jim Lattis.