Three University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates have sold their e-commerce analytics company for an undisclosed price.
Spinback was formed in October and sold recently to Buddy Media, a New York company that says it has the leading Facebook management system for global advertisers. Spinback helps e-commerce retailers measure social network traffic and sales.
Written by Laura Dresser, Madison, labor economist and associate director, Center on Wisconsin Strategy at UW-Madison.
Keeping Hmong food traditions alive in Wisconsin is among the missions of UW-Extension nutrition educator Kazoua Moua. Her pioneering work with Hmong families recently resulted in her being honored as an “Outstanding Woman of Color in Education” by the University of Wisconsin System.
University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez has a new five-year contract that will keep him among the highest-paid at his position in the nation. Alvarez signed an extension in February that will carry through to Jan. 31, 2016. He will receive $1 million in annual compensation starting in 2011-12, according to a source who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the financial details must be approved by the UW Board of Regents at their meeting July 14 and 15.
Quoted: ?When we first started partnering with Arab journalists, we were just trying to build bridges,? said Deborah Blum, a Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who chaired the international conference committee for the Doha meeting. ?It was in the midst of the Iraq War and there was a great deal of conflict between our cultures. We thought, we can do better than that. We built relationships and trust and eventually decided to partner to hold this conference in the Arab world.?
Cellular Dynamics International, Madison, and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, have received a five-year, $6.26 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.The funds will be used to study the causes of a heart condition called left ventricular hypertrophy. CDI is the company founded in 2005 by UW-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson.
The sky didn?t fall, after all, but the air sure got cleaner.
One year after enactment of Wisconsin?s controversial statewide smoking ban, we see very little evidence that the ban has harmed business for the bars and restaurants it affects. But there are signs that the air in those establishments is cleaner.
A University of Wisconsin air quality study found just that, and a UW-Milwaukee study found that bartenders reported a big drop in respiratory problems.
Madison police are coordinating with UW police to investigate a pair of violent attacks against women that occurred over the weekend and might be connected.
The Madison Early Music Festival heads south this year, with works created in Mexico and South America between the 16th and 18th centuries. Entitled “El Nuevo Mundo: The Age of Exploration in the New World,” this year?s fest opens Saturday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m. with a performance by Piffaro, the Renaissance Band. Pre-show lectures introduce each show at 6:30 p.m. in Morphy Recital Hall, and each performance is in Mills Hall, both located at 455 N. Park St. on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Quoted: Huntzicker has noticed an unusual number of black flies this year. The same is true in other parts of the state, said Phil Pellitteri, extension entomologist with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin says Smith?s presence on the ballot will serve mostly to buy each candidate more time to campaign.
When Jordan Wachs enrolled at UW-Madison he planned to study aerospace engineering.But the Eau Claire native hardly suspected he?d have the chance to hang out with NASA astronauts inside a space tent he helped design.
MADISON (WKOW)– The Madison Common Council adopted new alcohol licensing legislation Tuesday that will allow for more opportunities for businesses looking to sell liquor downtown.
Madison police said they are investigating a rash of muggings across the city.
Madison police said they?re investigating two sexual assault cases in which a stranger attacked women walking alone in downtown Madison.
Outgoing University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin said the political turmoil around her would have had made it difficult for her to continue at UW-Madison.
Quoted: But Phil Pellitteri, an entomologist with the University of Wisconsin-Extension in Madison, suggests that complaining about pesky bugs should be discouraged.
Quoted: “There?s no question when the statistics come out sales of cigarettes will be down (and) there will be fewer people smoking,” said Patrick Remington, associate dean for public health at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.
GLENDALE, Wis. — Johnson Controls Inc. is providing research support to two University of Wisconsin campuses toward the study of batteries and other forms of energy storage.
A mass exodus is taking place in state offices around Wisconsin as retiring workers take the final day of the fiscal year to mark a new chapter in their lives.Memorial Library is just one of several places on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Thursday where workers had their last day on the job.
Quoted: Charles Cohen, a professor of history and religious studies at U-W Madison, says there was genius behind Thomas Jefferson and others who crafted the document establishing the United States.
“A conclusion might be that persons with high myopia should have regular ophthalmic examinations,” Dr. Barbara Klein of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who worked on one of the studies included in the new review, told Reuters Health.
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison students has won a NASA challenge to design habitable areas for the next generation of space explorers.
MADISON, Wis. — Madison police said they are investigating an attempted sexual assault early Saturday morning near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Quoted: “I believe the military leaders are more concerned about their fates… than about Thaksin?s return,” said Thongchai Winichakul, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: “In a very short period of time, we have gone from having a Supreme Court that was a national model to a Supreme Court that is really fodder for late-night comics,” said Howard Schweber, a political science and law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “We no longer view the court as being somehow above or outside the day-to-day politics. It?s become just another partisan office.”
The journal was critical of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for lack of oversight and of editors and reviewers of medical journals for not insisting on fuller disclosure. We agree. And we think institutions that employ doctors – including the University of Wisconsin – need stricter rules about when, or if ever, doctors should accept payment from medical device makers.
Mentions that a study from the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center released earlier this year found municipalities that enacted municipal smoke-free ordinances ahead of the statewide ban showed no adverse economic effects.
The longtime dean of University of Wisconsin-Madison?s School of Human Ecology plans to step down from the post next summer.
As the Walker administration explores a plan to sell off the state?s energy plants, which provide heat and steam to college campuses and prisons, local utilities are expressing interest in buying the plants.
Quoted: David Canon, a political-science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: The policy calls for teacher practice, teacher collaboration within schools and student learning to be used in teacher evaluations. But for tests, only those shown to be ?developmentally appropriate, scientifically valid and reliable for the purpose of measuring both student learning and a teacher?s performance? should be used, the policy states, a bar that essentially excludes all existing tests, said Douglas N. Harris of the University of Wisconsin, a testing expert.
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
Longtime dean of the UW-Madison School of Human Ecology, Robin A. Douthitt, will step down next summer, according to a university news release.
Quoted: Andrew Reschovsky, a UW-Madison economist and expert on school finance.
Buoyed by successes in the just-signed state budget, abortion foes say they have the numbers and momentum to push a more sweeping agenda. Pro-Life Wisconsin?s top legislative priority is a law that would prohibit the sale and use of any human fetal body part, such as a cell, tissue or organ. Sande said the law is needed to prevent parts of aborted fetuses from being used in research, which he said has been done at UW-Madison.UW-Madison and UW Health issued a joint statement in response saying, in part, “Limiting or barring access to legally and ethically obtained research materials would compromise the ability of scientists to find new drugs and therapies to treat serious diseases.”
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden.
Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences
Quoted: James Harold Maynard of the department of chemistry at UW-Madison.
A skin patch of natural estrogen can improve memory in women with Alzheimer?s disease, according to a UW-Madison study of an alternative to the synthetic estrogen pill other research said increases the risk of dementia.
I think I understand the frustration behind what state Department of Health Services Secretary Dennis Smith said when asked why the department wouldn?t support requests from UW-Madison?s student health center and the Milwaukee Health Department for federal grants aimed at preventing obesity, smoking and other public health risks.
A music group run by UW-Madison students will be featured on a nationally-televised reality singing show called “America Sings.” The Wisconsin Singers will be showcased on the GMC-TV show on Wednesday, July 6, hosted by Drew Lachey, former member of the pop group 98 Degrees.
When Dennis Shields arrived on the UW-Platteville campus as the new chancellor last year, he immediately recognized a need for more student housing. But he knew that if he went through the normal channels to build a dorm ? which involves a gauntlet of state and university approvals ? the project could be delayed for several years. So instead, he looked for alternatives, eventually settling on a partnership with the UW-Platteville Foundation that put the project in private hands. Partnering with a private organization is a method University of Wisconsin System chancellors may look to more as a way to build campus housing quickly without having to tiptoe through the state approval process, which can take a year or more.
University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin shared a big hug on the Kohl Center stage after he received his diploma in May was a regular visitor to the Badgers? locker room after games and quickly became a favorite of the players and the coaches. She was the campus boss, which can be unnerving to some, but coaches and players felt comfortable around her.
In sports columnist Andy Baggot?s recent commentary on UW-Madison baseball, Title IX requirements and money were given as reasons for not carrying baseball…Come on! This is baseball, not some minor sport.
How do you build a tent fit for life on an asteroid? A group of UW-Madison students answered that question to win a NASA competition to design and build the best space habitat. The Badger X-Loft team beat teams from two other universities ? Oklahoma State and Maryland ? to win $10,000 and an opportunity to test the tent as part of a simulated astronaut mission.
The goal making Wisconsin on a world leader in energy. That?s why Johnson Controls is partnering with state?s two largest university campuses. At the Johnson Control Headquarters, Governor Scott Walker praised the battery supplier as well as the University of Wisconsin system for a new partnership to advance research in energy storage.
To fans, Russell Wilson might be Wisconsin?s ticket back to Rose Bowl – or even more.To his new teammates, the former North Carolina State quarterback will arrive on campus as the presumptive starter this season. Coach Bret Bielema already is trying to keep expectations under control.
A wide-ranging partnership between Johnson Controls and the University of Wisconsin will create three energy storage research laboratories in Milwaukee and Madison, in a bid to put the state on the map as a center for development of next-generation batteries.
Scientists at Johnson Controls Power Solutions business will work side by side in the labs with engineering students pursuing doctorates at both University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and University of Wisconsin-Madison, the company and state officials announced.
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
Johnson Controls Inc. is providing research support to two University of Wisconsin campuses toward the study of batteries and other forms of energy storage. The Milwaukee-based company said Thursday it will provide faculty and laboratory space at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee. Company officials say the move will help educate more energy researchers and also ensure that Wisconsin remains a center of energy expertise.
Prospective politicians, college students, business owners, state workers and commuters all will face a new world when the new state budget takes effect Friday. The Republican-crafted spending plan reshapes all corners of Wisconsin life, from how much Medicaid will cost to auto title loans to honoring former President Ronald Reagan to even drinking alcohol at the movies. If you?re a University of Wisconsin student, start saving your pennies. The budget allows the UW Board of Regents to increase tuition by up to 5.5 percent beginning with the fall semester.
The quarterback might be the real deal and lead UW to a great season, but it?s no sure thing.
The Metro Transit driver who was driving the bus that struck and killed a pedestrian last week has been cited by Madison Police for failure to yield to a pedestrian. District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said the citation given to Debra Foster, 52, of Madison, was made by the police department, which has given his office the reports and video used in the investigation.
It sure is nice to have a bench of former chancellors so deep that we can just pluck one from the list of globally respected education leaders to fill the temporary void on the Madison campus.
Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor David J. Ward will serve as interim chancellor while a team searches for a new leader for the state?s flagship school, officials said Wednesday.
Quoted: Scott Rankin, chairman of the department of food science at UW-Madison.
A group of orthopedic surgeons is challenging research by UW-Madison spine specialist Thomas Zdeblick, saying he failed to disclose risks of a bone-growth substance made by a company that has paid him at least $21 million in royalties. The criticism, made Tuesday in a special edition of The Spine Journal, comes after the U.S. Senate Finance Committee sent a letter last week to the company, Minneapolis-based Medtronic. The letter asked for financial records and communications with doctors such as Zdeblick. Zdeblick and UW-Madison officials defended his actions. They said he reported risks of the substance when appropriate and followed rules on disclosing his royalties, which are for Medtronic devices other than the product under scrutiny.
“Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar?s, and unto God the things that are God?s.” ? Jesus People who know a lot more about the Bible and ancient history than I do disagree about what, exactly, Jesus meant by this. But I don?t think I?m too far off in assuming he saw a distinction between the secular and nonsecular worlds and believed people should behave accordingly. As applied to Gov. Scott Walker?s veto of a provision in the state budget that would have forced Madison?s Pres House Apartments to pay taxes, I think Caesar might be owed some money. Pres House is the attractive 51-unit student housing development opened near Library Mall in 2007 and owned by the Presbyterian student center at UW-Madison.
A former University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor is returning to the position on an interim basis while UW officials seek a permanent replacement for the most recent chancellor. Chancellor Emeritus David Ward held the position from 1993 to 2000. He also led the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C. for seven years. On Wednesday he was named the interim chancellor as of July 18.
