The Madison Common Council will take final action Tuesday on the liquor licenses of seven downtown Madison businesses owned by a couple convicted of tax evasion.
Council To Take Final Action On Liquor Licenses
WISC-TV 3
Author: jplucas
Dads who don’t live with their kids find ways to be involved
USA Today
The more time non-resident fathers spend with their kids, the better the relationship between the parents, finds a study co-authored by Marcia Carlson, associate professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It was presented to the Population Association of America in April.
First Native Regent says UW must make minorities comfortable (KUWS-FM, Superior)
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents first Native American says the secret to having minority and women students succeed is to make them feel welcome. Mike Simonson reports.With little fanfare, Eau Claire attorney Ed Manydeeds was confirmed by the state senate on April 22 by a 29 to 4 vote. It may have been low key, but having a Native American on the Board of Regents for the first time is huge to Melissa Greendeer. Sheâ??s the coordinator for Native American students at UW-Madison. She says having someone at the top is an important sign to the 350 Native students on the Madison campus.
Gay College Presidents to Meet in Chicago
Chronicle of Higher Education
Noted: The groupâ??s planning committee of four presidents started by thinking of all the openly gay and lesbian chief executives in American higher education that they couldâ??a total of only 21. That number is larger, however, than the 11 identified by The Chronicle in 2007. And there are several recent hires among them, including presidents at Grinnell College and Montgomery College. Perhaps most notable was the 2008 hiring of Carolyn A. (Biddy) Martin, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Residents beg for broadband
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Normally, the Public Service Commission does not dictate where telephone companies must provide broadband. Should the agency order TDS to provide the service to the complaining residents, it could set a precedent for other rural communities. Legally, itâ??s a step the PSC may be hesitant to take, said Barry Orton, a telecommunications professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Drug firms banished from medical talks
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Thereâ??s a good way to figure out when a drug company plans to introduce a new product. When pharmaceutical company scientists show up at medical meetings to give talks about diseases that most people never have heard of – disorders such as female sexual dysfunction or cardio metabolic syndrome – it is likely that a new drug is coming, said James Stein, a cardiologist at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Obituary for Robert “Bob” Herrling
Robert “Bob” Herrling, age 74, of Lake Delton, died Sunday, June 13, 2010. For more than 38 years Bob was a driver for the University of Wisconsin hospital transportation services in Madison.
Big Ten expansion: Illinois interim president says 12 is a good number
Chicago Tribune
A 12-school Big Ten is just right, according to Stanley Ikenberry, Illinois interim president.
Wisconsin natives deemed “top staffers” on the Hill
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Two Wisconsin natives are among the “top staffers” on Capitol Hill, according to the newspaper Roll Call.John Buckley, of Hartford, Wis., is the Democratic chief tax counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee. The lawyer has been a congressional aide for 36 years and “has had a hand in nearly all the major tax bills,” according to the Capitol Hill-based newsaper. He received a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Ward McCarragher, of Waukesha, Wis., is chief counsel for the House Transporation and Infrastructure Committee. He received both his B.A. and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin.
Milwaukee launches plan to deal with spike in HIV – JSOnline
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Reducing community stigma may help reduce transmission, said Geoffrey Swain, medical director at the Milwaukee Health Department and an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Enterprise Zone keeps jobs in check
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Madison economist Andy Reschovsky said most of the basic assumptions used in the report were reasonable. The big question, he said, is whether the incentives were always needed. “Itâ??s very difficult, if not impossible, to provide definitive answers,” Reschovsky said.
Deer ticks advance on Milwaukee County
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists recently surveyed Doctors Park in Bayside for the presence of deer ticks and found evidence suggesting that ticks were not just present in the county, but were living and reproducing there, too.”As far as I know, this is the first demonstration of an established population in Milwaukee County, although ticks have been getting closer and closer,” said Susan Paskewitz, a UW professor of entomology who led the survey.
UW abortion doctor leaving for Harvard job
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A University of Wisconsin doctor who was central to plans to provide late-term abortions is leaving for a job at Harvard University. Caryn Dutton, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UW-Madison, will join the faculty at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Womenâ??s Hospital in Boston. Sheâ??ll leave UW this summer.
Clubs roundup: Get your freak folk on with CocoRosie
Wisconsin State Journal
Now this should be a historic meeting of the musical minds. In one corner you have Madisonâ??s own Clyde Stubblefield, the original funky drummer for James Brown who has contributed some of the most indelible, most imitated, most honored beats on the face of the earth. In the other corner you have Jamaican-born DJ Kool Herc, one of the founders of hip-hop. Brought together by a project from Ethiopian-born, Detroit-raised musician Mike E called AfroFlow that celebrates the African heritage of hip-hop, this free show should be one for the ages. Itâ??s being put on by the UW-Madisonâ??s First Wave Spoken Word and Hip Hop Community as a way to welcome its fourth class of incoming freshmen.
Property Trax: Free help for homeowners struggling with mortgages
Wisconsin State Journal
Dane County homeowners feeling overwhelmed by their mortgages can get expert advice and practical tools to help them manage their finances at a two-day, free workshop later this month in Madison. Since February, local homeowners in mortgage distress also have had the option of a new foreclosure mediation program offered through the courts and UW-Madisonâ??s Law School and supported by the task force. See what I wrote about this program in January here.
Doctor key to UW abortion plan leaving for Harvard
Madison.com
A University of Wisconsin doctor who was central to plans to provide late-term abortions in Madison is leaving for a job at Harvard University, officials said Monday, adding that they still plan to offer the procedure. Caryn Dutton, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, will join the faculty at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Womenâ??s Hospital in Boston. Dutton performed abortions at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and was heavily involved in plans to offer second-trimester abortions at the Madison Surgery Center.
Baggot: Take an Axe to Bielemaâ??s latest idea
Madison.com
The UW football coach’s suggestion that the Badgers’ last game of each season be against Nebraska may be nothing more than a jab at his counterpart at Minnesota, who should be Wisconsin’s final foe year in and year out.
Does Milwaukee have enough college graduates to thrive?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A gap is opening across America.The smartest cities are getting smarter. Cities like Milwaukee are being left behind.
Doyle, Obey can open war chests
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Kenneth Mayer, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said Obey would be more effective in simply raising new donations for Lassa.
Enterprise Zone keeps jobs in check
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison economist Andy Reschovsky said most of the basic assumptions used in the report were reasonable. The big question, he said, is whether the incentives were always needed.
Deer ticks advance on Milwaukee County
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Deer ticks have long inhabited Wisconsin but were never known to populate Milwaukee County – until now. A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists recently surveyed Doctors Park in Bayside for the presence of ticks and found evidence suggesting that ticks were not just present in the county, but were living and reproducing there, too.
Milwaukee launches plan to deal with spike in HIV
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Quoted: Reducing community stigma may help reduce transmission, said Geoffrey Swain, medical director at the Milwaukee Health Department and an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Diet, Meds and Smoking Linked to Eye Disease Risks (HealthDay News)
U.S. News and World Report
A healthy diet helps guard against cataracts, while certain medications raise the risks of this common cause of vision loss, two new studies suggest.
UW-Milwaukee has fallen hard since 2005
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
If UW-Milwaukeeâ??s athletic department was not on top of the world in 2005, it was at least breathing the rarefied air up there. March Madness gripped the campus, electrified the city and energized alumni, untold thousands of whom hadnâ??t worn their school colors – or opened their wallets – in years.
Stupid Teenage Tricks, for a Virtual Audience
New York Times
Noted: Some experts say YouTube, MySpace and the like should be used to alert teenagers to the consequences of risky behavior. Dr. Mansour said his hospital planned to launch a YouTube video depicting the pain and scars of burn accidents. Dr. Megan A. Moreno, an adolescent medicine specialist at the University of Wisconsin, recently conducted a study in which a MySpace persona called Dr. Meg reached out to teenagers who used their pages to boast of drinking or sexual exploits. â??Are you sure thatâ??s a good idea?â? asked Dr. Meg, who went on to explain why they might want to remove the information. The note also warned them about the risks of sexually transmitted diseases.
Big 12 Bounce Back: Conference survives attempted Pac-10 raid to play again with 10 members (AP)
Chicago Tribune
Staring at extinction, the Big 12 is once again in play. The beleaguered conference made a rousing comeback Monday, when Texas declined an invitation to join the Pac-10 and decided to stay in the Big 12.
Gulf oil spill: Obama names investigation panel
Los Angeles Times
President Obama named five panelists to a commission tasked with finding ways to avoid a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which killed 11 men and started the nationâ??s worst oil spill. Panelist Fran Ulmer is a UW law school grad.
US animal researchers face criminal charges
New Scientist
Animal experimenters in the US, beware: you may find yourselves facing criminal charges for simply doing your job. Thatâ??s what has happened to nine staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who could go to jail or pay heavy fines for carrying out decompression experiments on sheep for the US navy.
Doctor Key To UW Abortion Plan Leaving For Harvard
WISC-TV 3
A University of Wisconsin doctor who was central to plans to provide late-term abortions at the Madison clinic is leaving for a job at Harvard University.
Father-Child Bonds in the Animal World, Special and Strange
New York Times
Noted: In a study that appeared in the American Journal of Primatology, Sofia Refetoff Zahed and her colleagues at the University of Wisconsin compared the responses of experienced fathers and inexperienced males when confronted with the sound of a fussy infant monkey coming from a distant cage.
The Dictionary of American Regional English to Be Finishedâ??Maybe Next Year – WSJ.com
Wall Street Journal
Itâ??s axiomatic that even on the East Coast long sandwiches go by a host of names: hero (especially New York City), grinder (chiefly in New England), hoagie (mainly in Pennsylvania and New Jersey) and submarine (everywhere). For 45 years, DARE has been documenting Americaâ??s geographically variant vocabularies. Despite the conforming effects of air travel, television and the Internet, neither mobility nor media seem to be able to erase regional patois. “In speaking and writing and talking with strangers, we tend to use a more homogeneous vocabulary,” said Joan Houston Hall, who has headed DARE for the past decade. “But in daily lives, those words vary. Thereâ??s a whole panoply of words not found in normal dictionaries that we use without thinking.” These words are the stuff of DARE, which is supposed to be completed by next year. The first four volumes were published by Harvard University Press, in alphabetical order beginning in 1975. Now, a dozen surviving DARE researchers and editors working in a library building on the University of Wisconsin, Madison, campus are putting the finishing touches on the final volume, “Slab-Z.”
Nebraska joins Big Ten
Madison.com
So long, Big 12. Nebraskaâ??s membership in the Big Ten Conference is official.The Big Tenâ??s board of presidents and chancellors unanimously welcomed Nebraska to the club on Friday, just a few hours after the school formally disclosed its interest. The move takes effect July 1, 2011. Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman said the Big Ten offers stability “that the Big 12 simply cannot offer.”
Hands on Wisconsin: “I Do’s” for Nebraska and the Big Ten
Wisconsin State Journal
I recently officiated my brotherâ??s wedding, and so Iâ??ve had marriage on the brain, and the union between the Big Ten and Nebraska seemed like an obvious happy marriage to me.
Nebraska’s Osborne: Big Ten’s stability and promise trumps tradition
Madison.com
With Nebraskaâ??s move to the Big Ten, the Big 12 on the brink of irrelevancy, if not destruction.
More changes to come in conference realignment
Madison.com
Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott went on a come-join-us mission across Texas and Oklahoma over the weekend, a trip that could officially doom the Big 12 and set in motion another round of conference jumping. The conference tilt-a-whirl that started with Coloradoâ??s defection to the Pac-10 last week. The conference jumble started in December, when the Big Ten said it was looking at expansion. Nebraska and Missouri indicated theyâ??d be interested in switching allegiances and were given a leave-or-stay deadline of last Friday by the Big 12.Nebraska left, breaking ties with Big 12 schools that dated, in some cases, to the 1890s. The Cornhuskers will join the Big Ten in 2011.
Obituary for Dr. Henry A. Peters, Jr.
Dr. Henry A. Peters Jr., who taught at the University of Wisconsin Medical School for 47 years in the departments of neurology, psychiatry and rehabilitation medicine, died on Saturday June 5.
Obituary for Laurel Warnick Joiner
Laurel Warnick “Laurie” Joiner, age 66, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on May 21, 2010. Laurie began her professional career as the assistant to the Associate Dean of Nursing at UW-Madison after her family moved to Madison in 1974.
Obituary for Martin C. “Pete” Peterson
Martin C. “Pete” Peterson, age 85, passed away on Thursday, June 10, 2010. Martin retired from the University Farms in 1987 after 44 years of service.
Obituary for Dana Possin
Dana Possin, of Oshkosh, died Wednesday, June 9, 2010. Dana worked for a time as an academic staff research specialist in the genetics lab of UW-Madison Dept. of Zoology.
Bielema liked Big 12 divisional alignment while at Kansas State
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema wasnâ??t too chatty when asked to comment on Nebraskaâ??s impending move to the Big Ten Conference from the Big 12. â??Youâ??ve heard so much over the last two months you donâ??t know where everything is,â? Bielema said Thursday morning on the Lucas & Lepay radio show. â??Believe me, theyâ??re not asking football coaches (our) opinion on anything. Bielema did speak fondly of his two-year stint in the Big 12 (2002 and â??03) as an assistant coach at Kansas State.
More on Nebraska
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Has your head stopped spinning yet? Barring a miracle, it appears as though Nebraska will be joining the Big Ten. Hereâ??s some early reaction and news.
Big Ten adds Nebraska as 12th team
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Big Ten Conference Commissioner Jim Delany was beaming like a proud father after seeing Nebraska added as the leagueâ??s 12th school. “It is a historical day,” Delany said Friday in Lincoln, Neb., after a news conference to announce Nebraska was leaving the Big 12 for the Big Ten. “And itâ??s one that weâ??re all very proud of, welcoming Nebraska to the Big Ten family.”I think it is a phenomenal fit – academically, athletically and culturally.” The Big Tenâ??s Council of Presidents/Chancellors voted unanimously Friday to accept Nebraskaâ??s application. Nebraska is set to begin competition in the 2011-â??12 academic year, which means the 2011 football schedules already done must be revised.
While Nebraska appears Big Ten bound, what happens next is unclear
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Less than 24 hours before Nebraska officials were expected to announce the school would leave the Big 12 Conference and apply to join the Big Ten, expansion speculation reached dizzying heights. The most jarring moment came Thursday afternoon when KCTV News in Kansas City, Mo., reported that Big 12 members Texas and Texas A&M, thought to be headed to the Pacific 10, were exploring joining the Big Ten. Big Ten officials have declined to comment on any reports since commissioner Jim Delany said Sunday the leagueâ??s expansion could come in stages. Stage 1 appears to be the addition of Nebraska, which would give the Big Ten 12 teams and allow for a lucrative football championship game and divisional play.
NIH chief Collins faces stem cell donation dilemma
USA Today
Cystic fibrosis fills childrenâ??s lungs with infections. Duchenne muscular dystrophy weakens, paralyzes and kills boys. Huntingtonâ??s disease robs middle-aged men and women of their minds. For a decade, Oleg Verlinsky and colleagues at Chicagoâ??s Regenerative Genetics Institute created human embryonic stem cells marked with these diseases and others â?? made from embryos donated by suffering families â?? hoping to combat these illnesses.On Thursday, A National Institutes of Health panel ruled one sentence of legal language in the consent form used by RGI meant these hundreds of cell “lines”, or colonies, shouldnâ??t receive federal research funding. “They will remain frozen, or discarded, forever,” Verlinsky says. “Without federal support, no one will use them for research.”
Nebraska poised to join Big Ten — in 2011
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nebraska officials on Friday took the first step toward becoming the 12th team in the Big Ten Conference, perhaps as early as the 2011-â??12 academic year. The schoolâ??s Board of Regents voted unanimously for the school to leave the Big 12 and apply for admittance to the Big Ten.
Nebraska, Big Ten good for each other
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
No matter how big the Big Ten eventually becomes – the guess here is somewhere between 16 and 20 teams by the time it and the Pac-10 are done picking the Big 12â??s bones clean – it will always be called the Big Ten. Sentimentalists would call that tradition. Realists would call it marketing a familiar brand.
Yeah, still talking Nebraska and the Big Ten
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
What, you thought just because it is the weekend no one is still reacting to the Big Ten adding Nebraska to expand to 12 teams? Think again.
Nebraska to Big Ten reaction
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Itâ??s been a fun few months speculating who will head to the Big Ten – and, hey, letâ??s be honest, it isnâ??t over yet – but we finally have one answer: Nebraska.And while we saw this coming a couple of days ago, hereâ??s some initial reaction to Fridayâ??s official announcement from around the Web.
Job outlook brightens for new grads, but barely
USA Today
Last year, no graduates of the California community collegeâ??s associate degree nursing program had a job in hand. “Weâ??re excited that finally something is happening,” said Sharon Johnson, the program director. This yearâ??s slightly better performance is one of many signs around the country that 2010 is a better year than 2009 for landing that first job out of college â?? but not by much.
Regents at UW pass 5.5% tuition increase
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The regents who run the University of Wisconsin System said Thursday that they had to impose a 5.5% tuition increase on students to make up for cuts in university funding from the state. The regents said they needed to get the word out that they were increasing only the “sticker price” of college education. The UW System increased financial aid to offset the tuition increase for students with the greatest need.
Program scores some victories amid struggles in MPS
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The nonprofit Teach for America, which recruits bright college graduates to teach in urban and rural schools, has faced challenges in its first year in Milwaukee. But as the academic year winds to a close, data shows that 70% of Milwaukeeâ??s TFA teachers are on track to attain a year or more of academic growth with their students. Rodney Lynk Jr., 23, seems to be one of those people. An MPS graduate, Lynk was on his way to becoming an investment banker after the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Then he saw that TFA was coming to Milwaukee.
DOA secretary to step down, take post with UW System
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Michael Morgan will step down from that post and join the University of Wisconsin System as the systemâ??s senior vice president for administration and fiscal affairs, university system officials announced Friday. The move fills a post being vacated by Tom Anderes, who was appointed to the job two years ago and left to become head of the University of Arizona System. It fills a vital role for the university system as it develops a budget proposal for the 2011-13 biennium, UW System President Kevin Reilly said.
Regents approve power plant conversion – JSOnline
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents approved plans on Friday to spend $245 million to convert a coal-fired power plant on the Madison campus to a new plant that burns waste, such as tree trimmings and agricultural crops. The project – one of the largest in the UW Systemâ??s history – stems from a federal consent decree that aims to lower air pollution in Madison.
Barrett calls himself the pragmatist in governor race
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said Saturday there is a “substance gap” between him and his Republican opponents for governor because he is the only one to have issued detailed plans on creating jobs and slimming down the state budget. Barrett raised a new issue in his convention speech, saying he supported embryonic stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin and said the two Republicans want to “shut that science down.”
Managed care stocks hold potential amid health reforms
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Health care reform is expected to bring an end to pre-existing conditions, lifetime caps and the practice of cutting off someoneâ??s insurance when they get sick. It will also produce as many as 32 million more insured people who need someone to administer their prescription drug plans.In many cases, a third-party administrator called a pharmacy benefit manager, or PBM, will process and pay their claims. “During the whole health care reform discussion, there was a lot of overhang on health care stocks in general, but PBMs were viewed as one of the sectors poised to benefit,” said Neil Chatterji, who earned an MBA in finance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May and was a participant in the business schoolâ??s Applied Security Analysis Program.
Doyle, Obey can open war chests
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Kenneth Mayer, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said Obey would be more effective in simply raising new donations for Lassa. “Itâ??s very important for him to keep that seat Democratic,” he said. “But the effect he can have in the race will be far more in terms of helping Lassa raise money.”
Regents approve UWM water school plans
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee received the go ahead Friday to fund a preliminary plan for its new School of Freshwater Sciences. The regents approved $4.3 million in state building funds to begin design work for the freshwater sciences building, as well as the Kenwood research complex, at UWM. During the meeting, regents also announced that Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Michael Morgan will step down from that post and join the University of Wisconsin System as the systemâ??s senior vice president for administration and fiscal affairs.
Madison biotech company awarded federal grant
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
BioPulping International, a Madison biotechnology company that is developing a commercial application for pretreating wood chips and other biomass material for pulping, has received a $400,000 federal grant. The phase II grant, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Small Business Innovative Research program, is for a sulfite pretreatment process to convert wood chips to bioethanol. The work will be conducted in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service, the Forest Products Laboratory, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and some key industrial partners, including Lignotech, Zeachem, and Catchlight Energy – a Chevron company.
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce president Haney to retire
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
With deep roots in the 20th-century industrial economy, the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce association, the stateâ??s largest and often its most vocal business lobby, will turn to new leadership next year as it adapts to a changing economy. The Madison-based WMC on Thursday announced that its president of the last 25 years, James Haney, will retire next year – just as the organization turns 100. Haney, 65, said in a statement.A native of Amery in northwestern Wisconsin, Haney earned a law degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and went on to work in the paper industry and state government before he joined the WMC in 1984. He became president in 1985.
On Campus: UW-Madison dorm, cafeteria and power plant get approvals
Wisconsin State Journal
A new UW-Madison Lakeshore dorm, cafeteria and a $245 million rebuild of the Charter Street Heating Plant got approvals to move forward at the UW Board of Regents meeting Thursday. A committee of Regents approved the design reports for the three projects. The full Board of Regents is expected to approve the projects today.