While the study looked at the Midwest, regional food production could have similar benefits elsewhere, with adjustments for what kinds of produce were needed in those parts of the country, said Michelle Miller, associate director of the University of Wisconsinâ??s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, which helped fund the study.
Quoted: While the study looked at the Midwest, regional food production could have similar benefits elsewhere, with adjustments for what kinds of produce were needed in those parts of the country, said Michelle Miller, associate director of the University of Wisconsins Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, which helped fund the study.
Steve Horn admits he was drawn to bringing in a Palestinian speaker to a campus-based celebration of Israel in part because he “didnâ??t want to be part of propaganda.”
The James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate can be found on the fourth floor of the UW-Madison School of Business building. To the right of the entrance is a montage of drawings of the legendary professor, who died in 1988, interspersed with several rubrics that have guided generations of real estate developers, appraisers and analysts.
In the aftermath of 9/11, UW-Madison officials hastened to assert that a campus-based nuclear reactor used for research and teaching posed little danger to the public or national security (see a 2002 Isthmus report).
Quoted: â??Theyâ??ve taken an extinct group of people who donâ??t exist anymore, and theyâ??ve discovered that extinct group of people is still in us,â??â?? said John Hawks, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who was not involved in the research. â??It really has changed our view of hu manity.â??â??
Quoted: John Hawks, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US, told BBC News: “Theyâ??re us. Weâ??re them.
Madison will become the Yiddish cultural center of the Midwest, if a Boston philanthropist has anything to say about it. Brian Bull reports. (Audio.)
The Doyle Depot? Madison will have a new high speed rail station downtown, and if the cityâ??s Mayor has his way, it will be named after Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle.
The high-speed rail stop in Madison will be near the Monona Terrace downtown.
Marquette University on Thursday abruptly rescinded an offer to a sociologist to serve as dean of one of its colleges, angering some students and faculty members who said the university did so after learning she was a lesbian who wrote about sexuality.
Skott B. Vigil, age 33, died unexpectedly on Sunday, May 2, 2010. At the time of his passing, he was a fourth-year graduate student and Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
University of Wisconsin System officials have plans to graduate far more students, and now theyll start talking about how to pay for them.
The gangs involved in this dispute sound like â??corporateâ? gangs, as opposed to â??ad hocâ? gangs, or what some people call gang wannabes, said Dennis Dresang, a professor emeritus of public policy and political science at UW-Madison.
Q. About 4,500 people showed up at the tea party rally in Madison on tax day, April 15, according to Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs. How do police make such estimates? A. â??We guess,â? was the blunt response from UW-Madison Assistant Chief Dale Burke, a 30-year veteran of the department.
Paula Bonner, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Alumni Association, has been chosen to receive the 2010 TEMPO International Leadership Award. TEMPO International is a Wisconsin-based organization that supports and mentors women in leadership positions, and past recipients of its annual Leadership Award include legendary White House correspondent Helen Thomas; former U.S. Sen. and Red Cross president Elizabeth Dole; Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson; and management expert Frances Hesselbein.
Since U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, critics have declared what they think of her: A Marxist. A moron. A disgrace. Crabb, a 31-year veteran of the bench in this liberal state capital, has faced harsh criticism before. In her ruling last month, Crabb said the law creating the tradition being observed Thursday is an unconstitutional call to religious action. Crabb graduated from the University of Wisconsin law school in 1962.
The University of Wisconsinâ??s health system denied Wednesday that it was dropping plans to offer abortions at a Madison clinic, contradicting what a state Justice Department attorney said in a letter last week. Abortion foes have vociferously opposed the plan to offer second-term abortions at the university clinic in Madison, and they were the first Wednesday to circulate the letter from the attorney generalâ??s office indicating the plans had been abandoned. But a statement from University of Wisconsin Health issued hours after the letter was made public said it was untrue.
Don Waller, a botany professor at UW-Madison, has plans to set up a citizen-based monitoring network that relies on deer hunters, teachers, students and naturalists to study the whitetailâ??s impacts on plant and habitat conditions.
The USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships will be held in Madison, Wis. this weekend for the first time since 2004. Nearly 500 athletes from about 100 colleges and universities will compete in 18 events beginning Friday. The events are hosted by the University of Wisconsin.
University of Wisconsin System officials have plans to graduate far more students, and now theyâ??ll start talking about how to pay for them. The Board of Regents on Thursday will discuss how to strategically finance the systemâ??s plan to graduate 80,000 more students over the next 15 years.
Donâ??t let the title mislead: Gallery Night isnâ??t just for galleries. Instead, the twice-annual event, coming up Friday, May 7, encompasses a variety of venues as well as artistic media. With 65 locations and many more artists, this will be the largest Gallery Night yet. A sculptor, Crystal Chesnik, is installing her work in the Red Gym on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Easing their way into awarding four-year degrees, some community colleges around the country have begun offering applied baccalaureate degrees with a technical, workforce-ready focus. Two-year colleges in Wisconsin, however, are lobbying the state system to let them offer a different kind of applied baccalaureate â?? one with a liberal arts focus and aimed at rural, place-bound adults.
In June, the University of Wisconsin Colleges, the stateâ??s 13 associate-degree awarding institutions, plan to present a comprehensive proposal to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents to introduce the bachelor of applied arts and sciences (B.A.A.S.) degree. If the proposal is approved by the board, the new degree program would be offered on a pilot basis, starting in the fall of 2011, at six of the systemâ??s two-year colleges in cooperation with six of the systemâ??s comprehensive universities.
Quoted: Katherine Magnuson, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said research has shown that the achievement gap grows even in the case when white and black children are in the same school.
Two formidable Madison theater companies — one a mainstay, one barely a year old — have issued the lineups for their 2010-2011 seasons. University Theatre and Forward Theater Company have packed their schedules with classics, comedy, cross-dressing, and highbrow aaahhht. Oh, and a giant vibrator.
Pro-life advocates are claiming victory in their fight against efforts to provide certain abortion services at a UW facility in Madison.
A number of Badger athletes recently showed off their non-athletic talents at a special event at the Overture Center. The event is called the Buckinghams, and itâ??s presented by the National W Club. UW student athletes are recognized for their academic achievements, and many of them show off their non-athletic talents during the event.
Late term abortions has the Wisconsin Attorney Generalâ??s Office at odds with a Madison Hospital.
In February of 2009, the Madison Surgery Center announced it would offer late-term abortions. But on Wednesday, the Attorney Generalâ??s office announced those plans were off. Now, UW Health is saying those reports are false. But the AGâ??s office is standing behind its original statement.
A plan to offer second-trimester abortions at a Madison clinic has been put on hold.
Wisconsin is not one of the biggest centers for biotechnology in the U.S., but the state does rank in the upper 40 percent of all states in terms of companies and jobs in bioscience, a new report says. Wisconsin Commerce Secretary Aaron Olver said he is trying to â??meet as many companies and investors as possible and tell them about some of the great things going on in Wisconsinâ? â?? from the UW-Madisonâ??s Institutes for Discovery to the tax credits for investors in young technology companies.
Last Saturday, design students had their big moment at the Monona Terrace at the UW-Madison, School of Human Ecologyâ??s Design 2010 Gallery & TASA fashion show. In addition to the runway show, textiles were featured in a gallery show.
The University of Wisconsin football team will play at Camp Randall in December for the first time, the result of an agreement with Illinois to reschedule games from the weekend after Thanksgiving in 2011 and 2012.
Don Voss, a driving force behind the University of Wisconsin football teamâ??s famed “Hard Rocks” defense who participated in the schoolâ??s first Rose Bowl appearance in 1953, died Saturday. He was 76.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison wants stressed-out students to drop the books and pet some pooches. University Health Services will offer its annual pet therapy session to help students cope with the pressure of final exams. Counselors will bring in their dogs for students to pet and play with to alleviate stress. Counselors also will be available to listen to studentsâ?? problems.
Gov. Jim Doyle says two cutting-edge research centers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will open in December. Doyle announced at a biotechnology conference in Chicago on Tuesday the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery will open its doors just before he leaves office in January. The centers — one public, one private — are designed as a way to bring researchers together from across campus to tackle some of the most pressing issues in science and medicine.
If youâ??ve driven past Campus Drive and University Avenue lately, you likely noticed the exterior of the wedge-shaped Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery is nearly complete. The buildingâ??s twin institutes â?? the publicly funded Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the private Morgridge Institute for Research â?? will house scientists doing research designed to improve human health. On Thursday, the public can visit Memorial Union to see a preview of the Town Center, or the first floor of the new building.
Quoted: Susan Paskewitz, an entomologist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said that some people think the fruit attracts mosquitoes, others think it repels them.
Noted: But that didnâ??t deter Stinchcomb or his co-founder, Jorge Osorio, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine who grew up in Colombia, where dengue fever is endemic. Inviragen lined up $250,000 in angel funding and some grants from the National Institutes of Health, and initial animal trials of Inviragenâ??s vaccine were soon showing promising results. Even Schwarzer started to believe that this could be a compelling business proposal.
Quoted: Mason Carpenter, a management professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, said Wisconsin has no law requiring a waiting period before people who leave government can work for business or lobby for them.
A UW-La Crosse student who was held for four days in the Dane County jail on an alleged felony sexual assault was released Tuesday, after the Dane County district attorney declined to prosecute the case.
The UW-Systemâ??s annual accountability report shows more students enrolled in Wisconsinâ??s public universities and colleges are graduating. But while minority students are enrolling in larger numbers, their retention and graduation rates still trail those of white students.Last year, the UW-System had a record enrollment, with nearly 179,000 students attending its 26 campuses.
Before certain Jewish religious services may take place, at least 10 men or a total of 10 men and women must be present, depending on oneâ??s observance.
Gov. Jim Doyle said two cutting-edge research centers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will open in December. Doyle announced at a biotechnology conference in Chicago on Tuesday the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery will open its doors just before he leaves office in January.
Donald P. Voss was born to Eternal Life on Saturday, May 1, 2010, at the age of 76 years.Don was an outstanding collegiate athlete; voted All American Defensive End in 1952 and a UW-Madison Hall of Fame inductee in 2006.
At UW-Madison, the Kent State shootings â?? which occurred 40 years ago Tuesday â?? helped prompt one of the most turbulent periods in the universityâ??s history. Hearing of the shootings hundreds of miles away, UW-Madison students responded with rallies calling for an end to the Vietnam War. For days in early May 1970, they torched buildings, broke windows and threw rocks at police. Police used tear gas liberally and the governor called for the National Guard to occupy campus. A group of four young men bombed the Army Math Research Center in Sterling Hall in August 1970, killing a young physics researcher. Students and faculty were angry over the expansion of the war in Cambodia, said Jeremi Suri, UW-Madison history professor. Kent State, and subsequent deaths of two students at an anti-war protest at Jackson State University, triggered a growing unrest.
The former UW duo, who racked up a slew of records while competing for the Badgers, had another night to remember Saturday at Stanford as they both set national marks in the 10,000 meters.
An attempt to protect a patent that covers embryonic stem cell research pioneered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has suffered a defeat. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week reversed an earlier ruling rejecting challenges made to one of three patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. The ruling was a victory for two consumer groups have asked the office to throw out the patents, which cover discoveries made by UW-Madison scientist James Thomson. They argue Thomsonâ??s work should not qualify for patents and that patent enforcement has hindered U.S. stem cell research.
Private lenders, faced with the loss of billions in subsidies from the federal student loan program, are beefing up their offerings of non-federal student loans, which could lead to lower interest rates and fees for qualified borrowers. Sallie Mae, the USAâ??s largest private student lender, will announce today that starting May 10, rates on its Smart Option Student Loan will be 2.88% to 10.25%, based on the current London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), the benchmark for the variable-rate loan. Thatâ??s down from a range of 4.38% to 12.88%.
Opponents of a much-contested set of stem-cell patents are claiming victory with a decision from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which declared one of the three patents invalid.
Powerful stem cells made by reprogramming adult tissue could reduce the need for animal testing of new drugs, according to a scientific pioneer of the technology.
Jamie Thomson, of the University of Wisconsin, told The Times that â??in-vitro trialsâ? based on so-called induced pluripotent stem (IPS) cells would refine pharmaceutical development so that fewer animal experiments would be required.
Quoted: Children are “more vulnerable” than adults to any risks, since they are smaller and still developing, says Frank R. Greer, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin.
Molly Jahn, Cornell Ph.D â??88 answers seven questions about the future of American agriculture.
Does jazz count? Not if youâ??re a college student who wants to graduate as a music major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Officeâ??s Board of Appeals and Interference has reversed an earlier decision from the Patent Officeâ??s re-examination division that upheld the claims of one of the stem cell lines held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.
“No one should have to hate themselves.” Thatâ??s what Nicole Zauner, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, wrote on her sign as she and fellow Badger-state student Sam Eifert, who recently came out with his homosexuality, took part in Mondayâ??s â??End Hateâ? photo shoot at the University of Northern Colorado.
Authorities said a UW-La Crosse student remains jailed and accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the basement of a home during Saturdayâ??s Mifflin Street block party.
A Janesville native was honored by the Center for Journalism Ethics at UW-Madison on Friday.
Consumer groups challenging a key patent covering embryonic stem cell research pioneered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have won an appeal overturning an earlier rejection of their claims.
Chris Solinsky said that he and his teammates went into Saturday nightâ??s 10,000 meters at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif., just â??hoping to have a good performance and boost our spirits heading into the heart of the track season.â?
