Marty Beil, time to update your resume. John Matthews, get a hold of the Help Wanted section of your local newspaper. Soon you will be out of work.Friday is when Gov. Scott Walker lowers the boom on government employees unions. As he has promised.
Several UW-Madison facilities projects are on the agenda for approval at the UW Board of Regents meeting on Thursday and Friday.
Geron Corp., the company conducting the first U.S.-authorized trial of human embryonic stem cells, said Chief Executive Officer Thomas B. Okarma has stepped aside as the company focuses on making deals with drugmakers.
Noted: But the vote also shows that some tea-party Republicans are willing to buck GOP orthodoxy to stand up for principles ? even if those principles happen to be shared by the likes of liberal Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D) of Ohio, says political scientist Charles Franklin at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Mr. Kucinich called specifically on the Tea Party Caucus in the House to vote down the Patriot Act measures. As it was, 44 of 52 members of the Tea Party Caucus voted to extend the act?s domestic spying provisions.
As we continue to assemble the pieces of our editorial agenda for the year, including a desire to support reasonable and responsible efforts by our elected leaders to move our state forward and not lose their focus on economic recovery and development, we must include the University of Wisconsin as a major force.
Noted: Leilani Neumann?s attorney, Byron Lichstein, wrote that jurors were incorrectly told at her May 2009 trial that she had an absolute duty to provide conventional medical attention to her children and that her religious beliefs could not shield her from conviction, according to documents. Lichstein, the director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison law school?s Criminal Appeals Project, said her trial attorney, Gene Linehan, should have objected when the jury was told this.
Smart phones have changed the lives of millions of people around the world with their revolutionary apps. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin have developed an app to help people suffering from chronic illnesses like addiction.
Sometimes the next medical breakthrough is where you least expect it. Researchers at the UW made an astonishing discovery — the key to treating heart disease could come from the venom of a scorpion.
Smart phones make phone calls, play music, take pictures and keep track of your appointments, but a new application that University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are working on could help with chronic illness such as addiction.
Quoted: Because the wireless industry is not subject to the same level of government oversight as the landline business, people who experience cell-phone problems should complain to their legislators, said Barry Orton, a telecommunications professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison – particularly because cell phones have become such important tools for business as well as personal use.
University of Wisconsin men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach Eric Hansen has been chosen as the head coach of the U.S. women’s team at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China.
To the Editor: You examine the declining participation of American high school students in science fairs. The primary reason for this decline is our increasingly sports-obsessed culture, not the curriculum. (Janet E. Mertz is a professor of oncology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.)
Quoted: John Witte, UW-Madison professor of public affairs and political science.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a UW-Madison expert on political polling.
Quoted: Catalina Toma, a communications professor at the University of Wisconsin believes passive Facebook consumption (such as monitoring your friends? newsfeeds) can leave people feeling lonelier than before they logged on.
The birds curator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History was killed yesterday in a two-vehicle crash in Pine. Bradley C. Livezey, 56, received a bachelor?s degree in 1976 at Oregon State University, a Master of Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison?s Department of Wildlife Ecology in 1979. Livezey was a world-renowned ornithologist.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the Republican focus on abortion could present a political danger for the party, which scored big gains in the midterm elections due partly to independent voters who were attracted to the GOP?s platform of economic issues. Franklin said Republicans must take care that bottled-up demand among social conservatives for more restrictive abortion laws does not come to define the party.Continued…
A Wisconsin panel has issued a more detailed report that looks at how climate change may affect specific parts of the state. It?s the first report from the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts, a collaboration between the UW-Madison and Wisconsin DNR.
For the last five years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been waging a fierce rear-guard action against equal treatment of religious speech on campus. While the university uses its mandatory student fee to fund a wide variety of student groups on campus, it has systematically shut religious groups out of funding ? preferring instead to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars into favored, liberal student organizations.
Sometimes the next medical breakthrough is where you least expect it. Researchers at the UW made an astonishing discovery — the key to treating heart disease could come from the venom of a scorpion.
Anyone who remembers the stolid concrete façade and aloof interiors of the old Union South ? which to many a weary studier suffered greatly in comparison to the vibrant gemütlichkeit of the iconic Memorial Union ? is sure to be tantalized by the prospect of the bigger, more modern, presumably more inviting (and fun) new Union South.
It was exhilarating for Maricela Aguilar to stand on the steps of the federal courthouse here one day last summer and reveal for the first time in public that she is an illegal immigrant.
Three forums on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus will highlight the ethics of animal research.
College freshmen are experiencing increasing declines in emotional health, according to a new survey. After five, Ben Merens and his guest discuss how students? mental health has been impacted by the recession and concerns about their futures, and why women are faring less well than men. Guests: Linda DeAngelo, Higher Education Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles Danielle R. Oakley, Director of Counseling & Consultation Services, University Health Services, UW-Madison. (Audio.)
Wisconsin residents should expect warmer weather over the next 50 years in the state, and will need to adapt to the changing weather conditions, according to a new study on climate change by University of Wisconsin researchers.
Like roller coaster rides? Strap yourself in ? stem cells may be your scientific ticket. A flurry of stomach-dropping up and down moments all week befell one of the brightest, new attractions in science, induced pluripotent stem cells.
Mentions Jamie Thomson.
Outside the Classroom, an organization that provides alcohol education training at colleges, finds that since 2006, the percentage of incoming freshmen who abstain from alcohol has jumped from 38% to 62%.
Wisconsin?s temperatures are expected to increase by an annual average of 6 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit by midcentury – a warming trend that will be highly variable and affect everything from our farming practices to the way we fish. The study by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists and others in state government shows that a rise in temperature produces a jumble of different outcomes.
Quoted: Andrew Reschovsky, a University of Wisconsin-Madison economics professor.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist.
Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences.
Watching the crowds before the Super Bowl and major away games for the Packers and Badgers, I note a significant indicator: Most of those people live there. Many of these vital, prosperous people have left Wisconsin and emigrated to lands of economic and personal opportunity. UW-Madison has thwarted much of the exodus through UW Research Park and other vital activities, but Madison has done nothing.
Quoted: “The advance of technology has really changed this conversation,” said Shawn F. Peters, a religious-studies professor at the University of Wisconsin and author of “When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law.” “I think people are educating themselves, and that?s often a good thing, but they?re also being exposed to crackpots.”
Quoted: “We are not obligated to react to every bit of student speech online,” said Anne E. Bilder, senior legal counsel for the University of Wisconsin system.
As we battle the cold weather and accumulating snow, spring semester is upon us. We are adjusting to new classes, new experiences and new opportunities. Through all of this, I can sense a buzz around campus regarding the New Badger Partnership and what it entails. I?d like to take a moment to throw my support behind this initiative.
The world?s newest astronomical observatory is defined by a field of 86 colored flags rippling across an ice-covered polar landscape. Each banner marks a line of glass-covered orbs that stretches down a mile and a half into the ice, like beads on a frozen string.
After months of negotiation among committee members, the University of Wisconsin Faculty Senate adopted an advisory committee?s principles and proposals for the New Badger Partnership and Chancellor Biddy Martin announced her intention to hire a consultant firm to review UW?s administrative structure.
The UW-Madison Faculty Senate adopted the principles of the New Badger Partnership and discussed various university committee proposals Monday.
Noted: Giving evidence that UW-Madison students excel at more than just tweeting and underage drinking, The Peace Corps told the Associated Press that the university ranks as the number eight college source of volunteers in the nation, with 104 Badger alumni currently serving. Historically, UW has always ranked high on the list, producing over 3,000 volunteers in the last 50 years?a number only bested by the University Of California At Berkley. Sure, part of the high enrollment might also have something to do with the fact that many graduate studies programs allow Peace Corps service to count for credit toward a masters or doctorate?but as any philosophy major will explain in excruciatingly excessive detail, there is no such thing as a truly selfless act.
Noted: “I seldom watch a sporting event without my laptop and following along on Facebook and what other people are posting on Twitter,” said Dietram Scheufele, a science communication professor. Chancellor Biddy Martin got in on the action today, tweeting a picture of her assistant in Green Bay gear.
Gov. Scott Walker said Wisconsin faces a $3.6 billion two-year budget shortfall.
Quoted: Scott Craven, a UW Extension wildlife specialist.
Shawn Francis Peters quoted in a Polish publication. “Rocznie dowiadujemy si? o dziesi?ciu ? 20 podobnych przypadkach. W rzeczywisto?ci jest ich du?o wi?cej, nigdy si? o nich nie dowiemy, bo te spo?eczno?ci s? bardzo zamkni?te ? mówi ?Rz? profesor Shawn Francis Peters z Uniwersytetu w Wisconsin, autor ksi??ki o wierze w wyleczenie dzi?ki modlitwom.”
Dali, Chihuly and Degas? It?s possible to see all three in one weekend in the Tampa Bay area ? and still have time to savor the beach. The new Salvador Dali Museum, which opened in St. Petersburg in January, is the latest in a string of splashy arts venues on Florida?s west coast. The $33 million Tampa Museum of Art ? soon to host a Degas show ? opened in February 2010. And the Chihuly Collection, a permanent gallery devoted to the vibrant glassworks of artist Dale Chihuly, who attended UW-Madison, was unveiled across the bay in St. Petersburg in July.
The road to a championship football season is littered with bad parodies and amateur fan videos. But standing out from the crowd are the music videos created by UW-Madison student Logan Cascia ? who directed both ?Teach Me How to Bucky? for UW Badgers fans and ?Feelin? So Fly Like a Cheesehead? for devotees to the Green Bay Packers. Together, the two videos have generated more than 2 million views on YouTube.? The intent was to go widespread, but I don?t think any of us thought it would hit over a million-and-a-half views,? Cascia said, referring to ?Teach Me How to Bucky.?
When the University of Wisconsin football team lost out on Palm Beach Gardens (Fla.) quarterback Jacoby Brissett Friday — the highly regarded prospect announced he?d chosen Florida over Miami (Fla.) with the Badgers third — it reminded me of a conversation last month with Barry Alvarez.
Quoted: You can?t get HBO and Showtime, and their original series, without subscribing, noted Barry Orton, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of telecommunications. That might be OK if you don?t care about the shows, but a phenomenon like “The Sopranos” can be hard to resist, he said.
Like roller coaster rides? Strap yourself in ? stem cells may be your scientific ticket.
Quoted: The dictionary?s chief editor, Dr. Joan Hall, says regionalized call centers probably are a good public relations move, because, “People feel at home with people who speak the way they do.” Hall cites dictionary examples of terms that would be unfamiliar to most outside their own regions.
UW-Madison remains on the list of the top 10 schools, which send students and alumni to the Peace Corps. Madison has been among the top 10 schools for 10 years, since the ranking system began.
When mealtime rolls around at the UW-Madison campus, 42,000 students empty their wallets and feed their appetites. But what are these students putting on their plates? Are they filling them with produce from the Dane County Farmers? Market, with local cheeses, with apples that haven?t fallen too far from the tree?
Fundraising at the University of Wisconsin-Madison continued its decline in 2010, and the school?s ranking dropped to 12th among the nation?s top 20 colleges and universities, according to a report released last week.
University of Wisconsin Badgers football lost another assistant coach, but gained a player.
The conflict in Egypt is disrupting a semester that University of Wisconsin-Madison student Kelsey Eaton has been planning for months.
On January 24 my Egyptian friends and I sat in a café smoking hookah and drinking tea; a normal day. The topic of the next day?s protests came up. We talked about Mubarak, 30 years of marshal law and the quality of life, but overall my peers assured me that the protests of Police Day would be short-lived. They were wrong.
Six UW-Madison students were studying in Alexandria, Egypt when the protests began. That?s about three hours from Cairo.
Noted: Center for Film and Theater Research, which is administered jointly by the Communication Arts department at UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS).
UW-Madison scientists have coaxed blood cells, including some from a patient with leukemia, into embryonic-like stem cells, which could improve the understanding and treatment of blood cancers such as leukemia. The discovery by researcher Igor Slukvin and his campus colleagues is the second disease model created at the university involving induced pluripotent stem cells, co-discovered in 2007 by university stem cell pioneer James Thomson. The development should allow scientists to see what goes awry in blood cells when leukemia and similar diseases form, enabling the researchers to better fight the conditions, Slukvin said.
The American Council on Education, joined by six other national higher education groups, is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a lower court?s finding that the University of Wisconsin at Madison improperly denied funding for some activities of a Roman Catholic student group.
The road to a championship football season is littered with bad parodies and amateur fan videos. But standing out from the crowd are the music videos created by UW-Madison student Logan Cascia ? who directed both ?Teach Me How to Bucky? for UW Badgers fans and ?Feelin? So Fly Like a Cheesehead? for devotees to the Green Bay Packers. Together, the two videos have generated more than 2 million views on YouTube.
