I was pleased to see that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has petitioned to bring criminal charges against UW-Madison for causing the painful death of numerous sheep. It is beyond my imagination that researchers could carry out experiments causing this type of cruelty to research animals. And how can the university conduct experiments that according to the State Journal article are illegal?
Q: It is rare that I see mourning doves in my yard anymore. Has the state-sanctioned hunt reduced the population? A: “The two winters before this were hard on doves and their population has declined dramatically,” says Scott Craven, professor of wildlife ecology at UW-Madison. “The decline is primarily about weather and has little or nothing to do with the hunting season.”
The top-ranked University of Wisconsin womenâ??s lightweight rowing team has positioned itself well in its quest to win its sixth national title in seven years thanks to a strong showing Friday at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association national championships.
University of Wisconsin System campuses will be directed to take steps to help students save money on the cost of their textbooks. The Board of Regents is expected to adopt a policy Friday recommending campuses give students more time to shop around for best prices, publish estimated cost of books in course materials and use the same books as long as possible.
Dan Jansen, who lost his sister Jane to leukemia during the 1988 Olympics, accepted Madison golfer Andy Northâ??s invitation to participate in the second annual Andy North & Friends cancer benefit, which begins tonight at Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells and raises funds for the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center. The UW Carbone Cancer Center, established in 1973, is the only comprehensive cancer center in Wisconsin, treating more than 30,000 patients annually.
The University of Wisconsin System is expected to release details of its proposed tuition increase for next school year on Monday. The increase at its 13 four-year universities is expected to be somewhere in the range of the 5.5 percent hike approved each of the past three years.
Noted: Thatâ??s all changed, Monteleone adds, thanks in large part to the Master Cheesemaker Program at the Center for Dairy Research at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board has approved the Department of Athletics recommendations regarding contracts for spring sports head coaches.
Think of your worst day at work; then multiply it by a million. Two week ago, I had the opportunity to observe a full-scale emergency exercise on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The manufactured disaster gave local law enforcement agencies as well as university personnel a chance to practice for a day that, God willing, wonâ??t ever come.
Dying for a good nightâ??s sleep? That may be truer than you think. New research suggests chronic insomnia may increase the risk of an earlier death by threefold. Researchers who followed more than 2,000 residents of Wisconsin for up to 19 years found the risk of death was three times higher among those who reported symptoms of chronic insomnia versus those without insomnia.
Noted: Brain computer interfacing is also entering our everyday lives. This year, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison discovered a way to post messages on the social networking site Twitter using their minds. Wearing a red cap fitted with electrodes, they concentrate on letters on a computer monitor to spell out a message.
Thousands of students take their first step in getting familiar with the UW campus, and construction could be a burden.
Quoted: “Weâ??re starting to see populations in Walworth County and Sheboygan County, so the distribution is starting to show in some places that it wasnâ??t 10, 15 years ago. As we get more ticks in more places, I guess we would expect to see more disease,” said Phil Pelliteri, a UW-Madison entomologist.
As the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico grew worse, government officials suspected that BP was underestimating the leak. So they reached out to a small number of scientists across the country for a second opinion.
One of the researchers they contacted was Anders Andren, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.
Summer sports programs mean smiles for kids with potential sadness as well. A sports psychiatrist says if kids get bummed from making a bad play or losing a game itâ??s important not to sweep the situation under the rug. â??The most important thing I think is to acknowledge their childâ??s feeling about what happened,â? says Dr. Claudia Reardon of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
A victory for animal rights groups this week could pose a frightening prospect for UW-Madison scientists. A judge Wednesday appointed a special prosecutor to decide whether nine scientists and officials should be criminally charged â?? which could mean a fine or jail time â?? under a state law that prohibits killing animals by decompression. The scientists used sheep to study decompression sickness, or the bends. Multiple sheep died in the studies, which were funded in part by the U.S. Navy to learn how to prevent the malady in divers. Officials at UW-Madison said they were aware of the state law but didnâ??t believe it applied to them because of an exemption for scientific research in the state statutes.
In an effort to help college students manage burdensome book bills, a federal law that takes effect in July will require colleges to give students information about textbook prices in course listings. A proposal before the UW Board of Regents next week would change the University of Wisconsin System policies on textbooks to comply with the new federal law. The idea is that students can use the cost information to help them decide which courses to take. For the past year, the UW System has been working under interim guidelines to help students manage costs.
Auditors should look into whether the University of Wisconsin health system may be improperly funding abortion training for medical residents, state Justice Department officials said in a letter released Thursday. Wisconsin law prohibits state agencies from paying doctors or medical facilities for performing abortions. The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority pays medical residents specializing in gynecology to train at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, where they can choose to undertake abortion training.
Back in April we wrote about sheep at the University of Wisconsin who died of the bends.Seriously, we did.
Chandelle Schulte is no longer the University of Wisconsin softball coach. The UW athletic board voted not to renew her contract on Thursday afternoon.
Lake Mendota Statue of Liberty is #1, Bascom Hill pink flamingos is #4.
Quoted: “Our new study shows that in people with similar levels of chronic disease burden having a strong sense of purpose in life is linked with lower levels of inflammation,” said Elliot Friedman of the University of Wisconsin.
Auditors should look into whether the University of Wisconsin health system may be improperly funding abortion training for medical residents, state Justice Department officials said in a letter released Thursday.
Noted: The SERT students took part in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Operation Badger One on May 26. It was a full-scale disaster drill, one which has been in the planning for a year. Students had the unique opportunity to witness how emergency teams organize their Incident Command post, delegate responsibility, and work as a team as they respond in emergency situations. The Chippewa Falls team was considered â??victimsâ? during the drill.
Noted: Jeff Kirsch, who teaches two foreign languages at UW-Madisonâ??s School of Continuing Studies and has coached Andrew since last July, said neither of his two previous finalists had a perfect score going into the semifinals.
Seriously, the Silver Dollar may soon have to return to its speakeasy beginnings, because alcohol licenses are evaporating in the downtown area.
Itâ??s going to be an out-of-this world night at the ballpark in Madison tonight. Brooke Norsted, head of outreach for the Wisconsin Astrobiology Research Consortium, admits a night at the Madison Mallards game is not your typical science event. Astrobiology night at Warner Park Stadium features interactive science stations, extremophile trading cards, a researcher throwing out the first pitch and researchers dressed as planets and moons.
Lisa R. Lehman, age 48, was taken to heaven on Tuesday, June 1, 2010, at the Don and Marilyn Anderson HospiceCare Facility following a long battle with cancer. Lisa previously worked for the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the athletic department.
Richard Lathrop, a UW-Madison limnologist, noticed last summer that the long pier in front of the limnology lab on Lake Mendota trapped the mats of blue-green algae that blossomed with the warming weather. From that simple observation came a possible temporary solution to the algae that plagues Madison beaches in the summer – curtain-like booms to keep the algae from blowing up onto the land. The structures are one of a number of practical solutions to Dane Countyâ??s lake problems that will be presented this week as part of the Yahara CLEAN proposal to improve the condition of the lakes. The project is a cooperative effort by Dane County, the city of Madison, the state Department of Natural Resources, as well as other agencies and private groups.
Scooting around town just got more expensive for some of Madisonâ??s most cash-strapped motorists â?? or maybe their parents. Wisconsin this week officially became the 49th state to require auto insurance for its drivers, leaving New Hampshire as the only state sticking to a live-free-or-die philosophy on its roads. But the law also requires scooters or mopeds to carry the same level of insurance as any other vehicle, according to officials with the state Commissioner of Insurance and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau: a minimum liability of $50,000 per person, $100,000 per crash and $15,000 for property damage. That means hundreds of college students will have to pony up for what has long been an inexpensive ride, something state Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, contends was never the Legislatureâ??s intent.
A group of biotech employees in Madison who used to work for EMD Chemicals, formerly Novagen, a company that made test kits used for scientific research, were snapped up by Semba Biosciences. Semba develops scientific equipment that helps purify substances used for purposes such as drug development and research, and for the food industry. The prototype for Sembaâ??s Octave system was developed by Anil Oroskar, a UW-Madison chemical engineering graduate who founded Semba.
Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne says his Rose Bowl rings, a bracelet commemorating his selection as the top player in college football and other items worth more than $140,000 have been stolen. The former University of Wisconsin and NFL running back said Wednesday that his two bowl rings and other jewelry were stolen from his home in a Madison, Wis., suburb in April.
A Wisconsin judge has appointed a special prosecutor to determine whether criminal charges should be filed against nine University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and officials responsible for experiments that killed sheep.
Joe, Jen and Nate Lescher were pretty excited to see Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, basketball coach Bo Ryan and football coach Bret Bielema among the many coaches and personalities at Wednesdayâ??s Badger Days event at The Shops at Woodlake in Kohler. But they saved most of their gushing for another celebrity in the house.
Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne said Wednesday that his Rose Bowl rings, a bracelet commemorating his selection as the top player in college football and other items worth more than $140,000 have been stolen.
The Monona Terrace was the home for the Madison Sports Hall of Fame banquet on Wednesday night. The 2010 class featured Dr. Conrad Andringa, who has long served the University of Wisconsin Athletics Department; Al Hovland, a UW professor who has worked tirelessly with the Madison community recreation departments; Greg Oâ??Brien, a talented baseball player at Edgewood and UW in the 1960s and 1970s; and Vince Sweeney, a Madison native who played a key role in the overall resurgence in the UW Athletics Department.
After nearly 31 years with the department, Assistant Police Chief Dale Burke is calling it quits.Dale Burke will retire as of July 1st.
A Dane County judge, siding with a petition brought by the Madison-based Alliance for Animals and national group PETA has determined that UW-Madison officials may be subject to criminal penalties for fatal decompression experiments involving sheep and has authorized the appointment of a special prosecutor to review the matter further.
Authorities said Badger football legend Ron Dayne was victimized by separate burglaries this year, with over $100,000 in jewelry and one-of-a-kind keepsakes stolen.
A judge appointed a special prosecutor Wednesday to weigh animal cruelty charges against nine University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and officials responsible for experiments that killed sheep.
Rita Marie Warden, age 59, passed away on Saturday, May 29, 2010. Rita worked as an administrative assistant at UW-Madison.
A law professor at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minn., was arrested in Rwanda Friday for what are considered illegal views on the Rwandan genocide. Peter Erlinder has local ties because his daughter, Sarah Erlinder, graduated from UW-Madisonâ??s law school last year.
During the Civil War, Wisconsin farmers tried to grow sorghum, a substitute for sugar cane supplies cut off by the fighting. Refining it into syrup was unprofitable, however, and they gave it up until a UW-Madison faculty member came up with a solution. In 1880, new professor Magnus Swenson designed a prototype using centrifugal force to separate the syrup from the cane, with a spinning barrel to collect the extracted molasses.
Andrew Grose, 14, is one of 273 brainiacs who will converge on Washington, D.C., this week for the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This marks the second year in a row Grose has reached the nationals. Last year he finished one point shy of making the semifinals, missing a chance to compete in front of the cameras on ESPN. This year he stepped up his studies, training with spelling coach Jeff Kirsch, a UW-Madison professor and National Senior Spelling Bee champion.
If you are hoping to pick up “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” at the Madison Public Library, get in line. The book by Rebecca Skloot – which was chosen for UW-Madisonâ??s common book reading program – has a hold list of 558 requests. The fact that it was chosen for UW-Madisonâ??s Go Big Read most certainly lengthened the waiting list, said Carla Di Iorio, collection development coordinator.
State officials wisely prioritized ridership in picking Downtown Madison as the best of several locations for a passenger train station. A station near Monona Terrace should provide passengers from Milwaukee, Chicago and elsewhere with easy access to the state Capitol, State Street, UW-Madison and related sporting events – as well as buses and cabs to get elsewhere in the city.
Ron Dayneâ??s bracelet commemorating his status as a Heisman Trophy winner was one of several items stolen late Saturday night from a home on the southeast side in which the former University of Wisconsin football standout is living.
Almost from its inception nearly 20 years ago, University Ridge has been critically acclaimed for its design, playability and ambience. Its greens are another story because they have never consistently measured up to the rest of the course. It looks like thatâ??s about to change.Officials from the University of Wisconsin athletic department are expected to discuss this month with the Athletic Boardâ??s University Ridge oversight committee a plan to reseed the courseâ??s 18 greens and practice green in front of the clubhouse.
A Wisconsin prison inmate pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping his cellmate, a convicted killer, commit suicide by hanging himself from their bunk bed. Under the deal, Walters pleaded no contest to one count of assisting in the Jan. 10, 2009, suicide of 20-year-old Adam Peterson in their cell at Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun. Peterson, a native of Stillwater, Minn., who had dropped out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died of asphyxiation.
Students and community members take part in a Wisconsin Union Lakeside Cinema event featuring a screening of the 1971 movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” at the Memorial Union Terrace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on June 23, 2008. Lakeside Cinema is a summer-long program that features contemporary and classic cinema favorites each Monday evening.
Fridayâ??s departure of nuclear engineer Arden Bement after 6 years as director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), to head a new science policy institute at Purdue University, has left the $7 billion foundation in the hands of acting director Cora Marrett.
Quoted: That finding undermined the idea that the genocide was planned before the assassination, said Scott Straus, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin.
A report says the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is addressing concerns about student power on campus, but further clarification is needed in two areas.
Quoted: Chip Hunter, a professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said an advantage to bringing back former employees is the savings in training, valued years of experience and the familiarity with work processes within the company.
Quoted: â??Wetlands used to be the place where you dumped your old refrigerator, but now theyâ??re gems,â? said Joy Zedler, a UW-Madison botanist who studies wetland plants. Still, Wisconsinâ??s remaining wetlands face other threats today. Near the top of the list are invasive plants.
The top college teams in the country were in Verona all weekend long for the USA College Ultimate Championships.
Madison police say former UW football star and Heisman trophy winner Ron Dayneâ??s home was robbed over the weekend.
Former University of Wisconsin Badgers hockey player Brendan Smith made an appearance in court Tuesday.
Local college football legend Ron Dayne has recently been the victim of burglaries in two locations.
Cloyd E. “Ernie” Zehner, age 96, died on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at Meriter Hospital in Madison. He worked as the chief herdsman for the University of Wisconsin Dairy Science Department in Madison for 40 years.
