â??You canâ??t draw too many conclusions from these memos,â??â?? said Brad Snyder, a University of Wisconsin law professor who has examined relationships between judges and clerks. â??Thereâ??s a danger of saying if Kagan clerked for Marshall she must be an off-the-charts liberal. Thereâ??s no formula, but it will be interesting what she chooses to say about Thurgood Marshall, the judge, at her confirmation hearings.â??â??
Quoted: Tim Van Deelen, a University of Wisconsin-Madison bear expert and a Waunakee resident, said he saw the 150-pound animal when neighbors called him on Sunday night. He said the bears maturity can be compared to that of a teenager.
UW-Madison is conducting a full-scale emergency response exercise on Wednesday on campus.
Hereâ??s a partial list of federal agencies and academic groups that regulate if, how and when animals are used in research settings.
Noted: University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering grad student Carl Johnson explained that major roads like the Beltline are basically square slabs of concrete, and they have slices, or joints, in them for a reason — to give the slabs some room to breathe. UW-Madison physics professor Clint Sprott said itâ??s one of the basic principles of physics — expansion and contraction.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department said Tuesday that a suspect has been arrested in connection with a series of overnight arson fires in the campus area.
Summer in Madison means different things to different people, but the mere mention of â??the Terraceâ? brings smiles to all who call the capital city home.
Want to bike to the UW-Madison campus but live too far away? A new park-and-bike will allow people to park their cars at the corner of University Avenue and North Whitney Way — the site of the former Irish Waters Restaurant and Pub — and bike into campus along the nearby Blackhawk Bike Path.
Madison is one of the top 10 innovative cities in the U.S., according to Forbes magazine. A list of Americaâ??s Most Innovative Cities, on Forbes.com, ranks Madison No. 7 overall among the 100 largest metropolitan statistical area
Noted: Fast-forward to last fall. Ross had a hunch when UW-Madison allowed one of its more highly regarded political science professors, Ken Goldstein, to conduct three statewide polls for the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, a conservative think tank. Goldstein received roughly $18,000 for his work.
UW-Madison Police arrested a 21-year-old UW-Madison student for allegedly setting fires in Dumpsters and university-owned vehicles early Tuesday morning, police said.
If you see bloodied “victims” and police with guns drawn Wednesday around the Bradley residence hall on the UW-Madison campus, relax, itâ??s just a drill, the university said Tuesday.
Tuition increases for undergraduates attending public colleges and universities in their home states appear to be all over the map this fall. The range so far â?? from no change at Maineâ??s community colleges to double digits at some Virginia and Arizona universities â?? reflect the variety of strategies schools and states are trying to balance their economic challenges with those of students and parents.
Interest and fees will inflate the amount you owe. If you default, the government could garnish your wages and withhold your tax refund.These dire consequences are avoidable, at least as far as your federal student loans are concerned. The key is to understand your options and take action before you fall behind on payments.
Gov. Jim Doyleâ??s “risky” $251 million plan to overhaul a UW-Madison power plant seems a better bet these days after a large collection of state businesses have stepped forward with eco-friendly proposals for running it. Doyleâ??s office announced Monday that 59 businesses responded to his request for information on powering the Charter Street Heating Plant through a combination of natural gas and fuel derived from wood and agricultural waste.
To track how well Johnny could read last week â?? and the week before that â?? Gina Tortorice can now drag her finger across the front of an iPod Touch and watch her studentâ??s progress. The first-grade teacher is one of 11 educators at the adjacent Black Hawk Middle and Gompers Elementary schools using KidGrid, an experimental iPod application designed by UW-Madison researchers to make documenting student progress frequent, instantaneous and high-tech. “This is a research project as much as it is a tool for teachers to use,” said Richard Halverson, associate director of the education research and development group for the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, who is developing KidGrid with Suzanne Rhodes, a UW-Madison graduate student in educational psychology.
Ken Goldstein, UW-Madison political science professor, said a variety of factors go into Gov. Jim Doyleâ??s selection of appointees, including expertise and how well known to Doyle the applicant is.
This growing season, a group of UW-Madison students is bringing new meaning to the phrase â??food chain.â? Members of the F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture haul food scraps by bicycle from Fresh Madison Market to turn it into compost for their garden off Lake Mendota Drive, north of University Hospital.
Summer in Madison means different things to different people, but the mere mention of â??the Terraceâ? brings smiles to all who call the capital city home. The University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Terrace has been THE gathering place for thousands of students, profs, alums and just plain olâ?? ordinary folk, for the past three-quarters of a century.
Kudos to Mayor Dave and the Madison City Council for their leadership on â??getting to yesâ? on the Edgewater project this week. The historic Mansion Hill neighborhood, the adjacent University of Wisconsin, Madison residents and visitors to the area will all benefit significantly from this elegant development.
Gov. Jim Doyle says dozens of Wisconsin businesses are interested in supplying biomass products to help fuel a University of Wisconsin-Madison power plant. The governor announced Monday that 59 businesses responded to a state request to gauge interest among the private sector. Under the governorâ??s plan, the Charter Street Heating Plant is expected to stop burning coal next year and switch to a mixture of biomass fuel and natural gas.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced Monday that 59 Wisconsin businesses responded to a request for information to supply biomass fuel for the Charter Street Heating Plant in Madison.
Noted: Roberto McQuade, who majored in communications arts and political science at the University of Wisconsin, has applied for 20 office jobs with pharmaceutical companies and architecture and real estate concerns.
It is now growing season across the Corn Belt of the United States. Seeds that have just been sown will, with the right mixture of sunshine and rain, be knee-high plants by the Fourth of July and tall stalks with ears ripe for picking by late August.
Stem cell research happening at UW-Madison every day slowly works toward a cure. Many students and professors are spending years working with stem cells. Su Chun Zhang, a professor of Anatomy and Neurology at the Waisman Center at UW-Madison says, “Itâ??s a very mysterious disease.. the problem is we donâ??t even know what causes ALS. Even though itâ??s difficult to predict when we will get there [to finding a cure}, I think we are doing our best to go from multiple avenues toward that goal.”
Project Director and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Emily Auerbach brought the UW-Odyssey Projectâ??s seventh year to a close May 12 as she introduced the 2010 grads to a large, enthusiastic crowd of family, friends, supporters, and alumni in the Memorial Unionâ??s Great Hall.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a professor of political science at UW-Madison, said the criticism was to be expected in todayâ??s polarized political climate.
Karen Strier, a biological anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, previously gave no thoughts to what would happen to her data, equipment, funding, and lab personnel — the graduate students, postdocs, and research technicians — should she die. Then she lost a colleague and a student in short succession.
Gov. Jim Doyle says dozens of Wisconsin businesses are interested in supplying biomass products to help fuel a University of Wisconsin-Madison power plant.
The recession decimated many Americans, but we are all familiar with the stories of those â??hit particularly hardâ?â??the middle-aged lineman in Michigan, the construction worker in Nevada or the youth struggling to enter the labour market. Black Americans rank especially high on this dismal list. But beneath this cyclical discussion is an even more troubling trend. In the long American quest to move up, black children fare much worse than white ones. Most notably, this is true of children of all incomes. Those born to middle-class black families are more likely to fall down the ladder than white, middle-class children. The question is why? Researchers have slowly tried to find an answer. A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts examines a main hypothesis: family structure. Marriage is known to have positive effects on children. The children of wed parents are less likely to drop out, become pregnant as teenagers, or leave school and not get a job. Pewâ??s study, by Thomas DeLeire and Leonard Lopoo, poses two questions.
George R. Sell, age 93, passed away on Monday, May 17, 2010. He received his master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and was a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1954-1982.
H. Jean Rowley passed away on April 22, 2010, and was buried on May 6, 2010. In 1990 Jean retired as chief of cataloging and emeritus assistant professor from the University’s General Library System.
Thaddeus L. “Ted” Jagelski, age 85, passed away on Thursday, May 20, 2010. Ted lectured at the University of Wisconsin from 1970-1989. He was a speaker at the University of Wisconsin Extension Recycling Seminars.
On Friday, May 21, 2010, Ellen L. Kennedy died. Ellen worked for more than 35 years at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in the Vascular/Sports Medicine Department.
Dr. Lois Kathryn Kitze Smithies died on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at the age of 86. She served as director of virology at the State Laboratory of Hygiene and then as director of virology at the State Animal Health Laboratory (now Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in the Department of Veterinary Sciences) until her retirement in 1984.
Mark Taurisani, a member of the University of Wisconsin football staff for the last four years, has been promoted to director of football operations, coach Bret Bielema announced Thursday in a statement.
Quoted: Adaptable deer mice came to dominate the small furry communities of northern California as the climate warmed at the end of the last ice age, around 11,700 years ago, an excavation of one ancient woodrat nest shows. Overall, the number of small mammalian species in the area declined by about one-third, say Jessica Blois, currently at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her colleagues.
On Friday more than 1,000 Republican Party faithful will arrive in Milwaukee for the 2010 state GOP convention, where it is expected they will endorse Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker for governor. This, despite polls that show Walker and former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann in a close race for the nomination. While it is unclear what weight the endorsement carries in this anti-establishment year, backing the wrong candidate come the September primary would be — at a minimum — embarrassing.”It certainly would cast a doubt on the process,” said Charles Franklin, UW-Madison political science professor. “It would show that in a certain sense, the party leadership is out of touch with the voters.”
Anyone who heard magnificent Russian accordionist Sergei Belkin play at the UW-Madison spring band concert or at the 32nd annual Rudy Burkhalter Memorial Accordion Jamboree in Oregon is aware of the uniqueness of the accordion, which should become Wisconsinâ??s official state musical instrument.
Laid off Madison construction laborer Sherman Lightfoot said his prayers were answered Wednesday when the City Council approved the $98 million Edgewater hotel redevelopment project. Council backing of the Edgewater redevelopment comes as a group of UW-Madison campus construction projects are wrapping up.
That itâ??s windier during the cold season is not surprising as that time of year is characterized by the highest frequency of mid-latitude cyclone activity. It is interesting that the windiest month (April) occurs when plants are most in need of assistance in spreading pollen and reproducing. The power of evolution!
Walter Rudin, a preeminent mathematician who taught at UW-Madison for 32 years, died Thursday at the age of 89 after suffering from Parkinsonâ??s disease. Rudinâ??s advanced work on mathematical analysis may have been of interest to only a small worldwide audience, but his three textbooks were translated into multiple languages and used by generations of college students.
911 director John Dejung, on the verge of his one-year anniversary in Dane County, is a finalist for a 911 director job in Dakota County, Minn., just southeast of the Twin Cities. Dejung inherited a difficult task after the previous director Joe Norwick resigned amid the controversy surrounding a mishandled call from a murdered UW-Madison studentâ??s cell phone.
A new committee would be tasked with the job of recommending whether the Dane County Board should officially “endorse” or “oppose” scientific experiments on monkeys in the county. But the proposed committee and County Board will have no authority over animal research policies at UW-Madison, where scientists conduct experiments on about 1,900 monkeys. Eric Sandgren, director of UW-Madisonâ??s animal program, said he doesnâ??t object to the ethical inquiry but questions why the County Board has taken up the issue.
Political theater is not unusual for the first night of a convention, said UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin. “I would imagine we will see a shift in tomorrowâ??s speeches, with the state candidates bringing it home to Wisconsin,” Franklin said.
This sport is the Ultimate – really – and its national college championships are coming to Madison on Memorial Day weekend. Backyard Frisbee has got nothing on the Ultimate Players Association College Championships, set for Friday through next Monday, May 31, at Reddan Soccer Park in Verona and at Middletonâ??s Breitenbach Stadium. Fans who come out for the UPA College Championships are sure to see the highest level of Ultimate anywhere, said Matt Young, captain of the UW-Madison club Ultimate team, the Hodags.
Many birds, including the robin, return to same general nest site year after year, but not necessarily to the same nest, says Scott Craven, professor of wildlife ecology at UW-Madison. If the nest was built in a location thatâ??s been altered, the bird may be compelled to find a new location.
A Kenosha man charged in a Dec. 31 crash that killed 21-year-old Shanica Adkins is scheduled to stand trial June 1. Johnny Jerome Jones, 32, was speeding away from a squad car that had tried to pull him over on Dec. 31 in Milwaukee because his Mercury Mountaineer did not have a front license plate, and he ran a red light just before colliding with the Geo Prism in which Adkins was a passenger, the complaint said. Adkins, 21, was active in organizations on campus at UW-Madison and was set to graduate this month with a double major in social work and sociology.
The political baptism came with fire.As a 26-year-old, freshman City Council member, Bridget Maniaci helped shepherd one of the biggest, most controversial and polarizing projects in Madison history â?? the Hammes Co.â??s $98 million redevelopment of The Edgewater hotel. Maniaci, who ousted veteran Ald. Brenda Konkel, the cityâ??s most relentless progressive, in the spring of 2009 to represent the Near East Sideâ??s 2nd District, spent her first year in office in a high-stakes political pressure cooker amid a whoâ??s who of city power brokers. Early on, she warmed to the project and eventually became a champion, some calling her advocacy courageous and others suggesting she was manipulated by a savvy developer, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and council leaders who supported the project. Maniaci, who graduated with bachelorâ??s degrees in political science and economics from UW-Madison and is a manager for Empire Photography on Monroe Street, had interned for Cieslewicz and worked on local campaigns but had experienced nothing like the Edgewater saga â?? closed-door meetings with â??men with sizable egosâ? and â??women who have mastered the art of put-downs.â?
The occasion of the Dalai Lamaâ??s visit to Madison was to help dedicate a University of Wisconsin research center created to make sense of it all. Professor Richard Davidson founded the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, the mission of which is to “conduct rigorous interdisciplinary research on healthy qualities of mind such as kindness, compassion, forgiveness and mindfulness.” Or, perhaps to capture the joys of childhood in a bottle.
The men’s and women’s teams are pushing their oars in the same direction due to the mutual efforts of coaches Chris Clark and Bebe Bryans.
Wildlife officials says bear sightings are way up in Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are studying why the bear population continues to grow farther south each year.
Unlike his old office overlooking the football field at Camp Randall Stadium, Vince Sweeney doesnâ??t have a scoreboard outside his window at Bascom Hall. And that has made it tougher to track progress â?? or keep score â?? from an administrative standpoint .â??But there hasnâ??t been one day where I woke up and thought, â??What the heck did I do? I had such a great thing going â?? why did I leave?â?? â? Sweeney said. Ten months ago, he made the move from Monroe Street to Bascom, from reporting to University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez to serving UW chancellor Biddy Martin.
Quoted: Although executive incentives are nothing new, the concept of basing them on company performance has become increasingly common, said Barry Gerhart, a professor of management and human resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: “If Lost has been so successful, in large part itâ??s because it broke a lot of televisionâ??s rules,” says Jonathan Gray, associate professor of media and cultural studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, via e-mail.
Noted: People of the same ethnicity are more likely to have matching blood types, so fewer donors make it harder for minorities to find a match, said Jill Ellefson of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Organ Procurement Organization.
Noted: The University of New South Walesâ?? Centre for Quantum Computer Technology (CQCT) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison created the transistor by manipulating atoms using a special microscope.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison was awarded five federal grants worth $3,682,798 to work on projects to advance nuclear energy research and development, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday.
Quoted: “Thereâ??s no one problem you canâ??t just say itâ??s on any one individualâ??s or one groupâ??s back,” said Julie Underwood, Dean of Education at UW-Madison. She is part of the School Finance Network , a group which is advocating for changes in school funding. “We need to put everything on the table,” Underwood said. “We need to think about whatâ??s our public commitment to K-12 education. What do we really want for our children in the state of Wisconsin? And then figure out how weâ??re going to fund that in a sustainable way.”
Quoted: UW-Madison Political Science Professor Charles Franklin agrees Republicans have momentum, including a slight lead over Democrats in the governorâ??s race.
