So UW-Madison is having trouble finding top students who want to attend, according to a March 1 article titled â??With less scholarship cash, UW is losing high achievers.â? I wonder where theyâ??re looking.
The percentage of students who used their tickets at UW menâ??s basketball games at the Kohl Center this season, according to the UW Athletic Department.
Quoted: Barry Burden, professor of political science at UW-Madison.
A federal judge Tuesday denied a preliminary injunction sought by a conservative UW-Madison student group that would have reversed the rejection of its request for funding from student fees.
University of Wisconsin research assistants could be the first state employees in Wisconsin to form unions without an election. The Democratic-controlled Legislature last year granted research assistants collective bargaining rights for the first time. But unlike other state employees, lawmakers gave them the ability to unionize immediately if a simple majority of them signs a card in support.
The 2010 Winter Olympics were well represented by Wisconsin Badgers, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. With at least 12 former or current Badgers competing in Vancouver, the University of Wisconsin provided the fifth highest number of U.S. athletes among colleges.
There have been few seasons when the University of Wisconsin menâ??s basketball team has provided more thrilling home games for its fans than this one. But UW students were erratic when it came to filling their sections at the Kohl Center despite the fact the Badgers 23-7 were ranked most of the season and contended for the Big Ten Conference title right down to the last game.
Having the “right” brand of jeans or the latest gadget isnâ??t just an annoying trait of teenagers (not to mention their parents). New research found that even preschoolers are brand-conscious and can recognize kiddie brand logos and products.”
Children as young as three are feeling social pressure and understand that consumption of certain brands can help them through life,” said lead researcher Anna McAlister of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Findings like this show us that we need to think about materialism developing in very young children.”
Quoted: Cardiologists believe it does not have the same benefits, because the body does a poor job at converting ALA to EPA. â??There may be differences in effectiveness,â? says James Stein, head of preventive cardiology at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. So if you are buying a supplement for the heart benefits, make sure it contains EPA or DHA and not ALA.
Since his arrival in the NBA as the 29th pick in 2007, sitting on the bench has been more commonplace than seeing court action for Alando Tucker. After a stellar career at the University of Wisconsin in which he led the team to their first ever #1 ranking in the nation, as well as becoming the schoolâ??s all-time leading scorer, Tucker still finds himself looking for an opportunity for playing time in the NBA.
On Sunday, the Associated Press published a lengthy report on a controversy brewing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that involves some friends of Pollster.com.
Noted: Heather Royer, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, surveyed 302 women, 18 to 24 years old, about their beliefs about STD testing.
Emilyâ??s Post would like to poll the publicâ??s opinion about public opinion pollsHereâ??s the question for today: Should a public university that prides itself on intellectual honesty and vigorous sifting and winnowing in order to discover truth join forces with a partisan organization to conduct public opinion polls?
A federal judge Tuesday denied a preliminary injunction sought by a conservative UW-Madison student group that would have reversed the rejection of its request for funding from student fees.
University of Wisconsin System research assistants could be the first state employees in Wisconsin to unionize without holding an election under a little-noticed law passed last year.
The problem of rape on college campuses is so big and so distressing that itâ??s hard to know where to start. But the nonprofit Wisconsin Center for Investigative Reporting has provided in-depth reporting that at least provides a starting point.
Grades awarded to U.S. undergraduates have risen substantially in the last few decades, and grade inflation has become particularly pronounced at selective and private colleges, a new analysis of data on grading practices has found.
There’s been lots of talk about radical expansion in major college athletics. Leaders of the Big Ten and Pacific-10 conferences say they’re looking for new members. But don’t count on such moves any time soon.
State lawmakers on Monday proposed tighter restrictions on high-capacity wells, including reviews of well plans that would affect smaller springs and allowing anyone to challenge applications. The billâ??s authors, Sen. Mark Miller, D-Monona, and Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison, announced the legislation during a news conference at a spring in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum woods.
The cityâ??s Board of Estimates approved a motion Monday night that would loan $300,000 in tax incremental financing to the developer of a Near West Side senior housing project. Gromacki said a similar situation happened with the redevelopment of University Square near UW-Madison.
Scott Hildrethâ??s training in physics and astronomy stopped short of teaching him how to read minds. For much of his career as a professor at Chabot College, in Hayward, Calif., this presented a problem. Hildreth recalls the daily routine of trying to figure out which concepts he should try to reinforce in his lecture. “Now, itâ??s totally different,” Hildreth says. “I literally spend my time now tuning my delivery for each class according to so much more information.”
Quoted: â??Very often psychiatric disorders and insomnia are overlapping,â? says Dr. Michael Peterson, an assistant professor of psychiatry who specializes in sleep disorders at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee respects free speech and encourages all members of our campus community to voice their opinions. It is this spirit of open exchange of ideas and opinions that make UWM a great place for constructive dialog to occur and higher education to take place.
According to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in January, the odds of hearing loss are 31 percent lower, overall, for baby boomers than for their parents.
“The study shows that the prevalence of hearing loss at any given age is getting lower with different generations — that weâ??re retaining good hearing for longer than our parents and grandparents,” says University of Wisconsin at Madison professor Karen Cruickshanks, a co-author of the study.
Quoted: Politicians tend to respond when they see a strong movement with intense feelings and the potential to mobilize voters, according to UW-Madison Political Science Professor Charles Franklin.Â
The Internet has come a long way over the years — and Madison city leaders say theyâ??re ready for whatâ??s next.Thatâ??s why the mayor and others are hoping to get Googleâ??s attention, as the company is working to find a test site for a new ultra-fast Internet service.
Ronald T. Raines and Joseph B. Binder of the University of Wisconsin are proposing a different way. In a paper in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they describe a process that uses an ionic liquid â?? a salt with a low melting point â?? in combination with water and acids at lower concentrations to produce fermentable sugars.
Harold Walter Sorenson, of Baraboo, passed away on Friday, March 5, 2010, at his home with his family by his side at the age of 101. Harold worked for Harveson-Walker Stone Quarry in LaRue as well as at UW-Madison as a supervisor and security guard.
Helen Marie Matheson Rupp, age 88, of Madison, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 3, 2010. She began her career at the Wisconsin State Journal in 1942, while still a senior at UW-Madison and worked as a reporter, feature writer, copy reader and assistant news editor. During her 35 years on the newspaper’s staff she was honored repeatedly for her editing, writing and public speaking ability. She also was a part-time lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism.
Itâ??s a mantra for players, coaches and commentators everywhere: Playing on the road is hard. There is something about playing on the road that drives players crazyâ?¦The ball. Throughout the course of the college basketball season, players could wind up playing with seven different brands of basketballs â?? Nike, Wilson, Adidas, The Rock, Spalding, Baden and Sterling. With that being said, the only way youâ??ll run into the Sterling ball is if you have to play Wisconsin at Wisconsin. Is it crazy to suggest that the Sterling ball could be a factor, however small, in Wisconsinâ??s 135-11 home record during Ryanâ??s tenure?
Noted: With that being said, the only way youâ??ll run into the Sterling ball is if you have to play Wisconsin at Wisconsin. Is it possible that what Flubber was to Fred MacMurray (or, more recently, Robin Williams), Sterling is to Bo Ryan? I can picture him at home in his basement, hand-stitching basketballs complete with pro-Badger bounce physics. But honestly, is it crazy to suggest that the Sterling ball could be a factor, however small, in Wisconsinâ??s 135-11 home record during Ryanâ??s tenure?
Dane County is moving forward with plans to have an appointed medical examiner, rather than an elected coroner, starting next January. Dane County autopsies have been performed by UW Hospital pathologists for a cost of $165,000 a year.
Mentions the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health and the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine.
Quoted: Barb Haynes, family living educator at the UW Extension office.
Rebecca Skloot, author of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” will be part of a talk and panel discussion at the Health Sciences Learning Center, near UW Hospital.
A McFarland-area teenager was revived by his sister Sunday afternoon after he was shocked when an aluminum roof rake came into contact with a 7,200-volt power line. The boy was taken by helicopter to UW Hospital where his condition was undisclosed Sunday afternoon.
Flavio Solorzano, the executive chef at a fine dining restaurant in Peru who is lauded throughout Latin America, has been in Madison for a week, speaking at the UW-Madison School of Business on the importance of cuisine to an economy.
A bill that would require the UW Board of Regents to get approval from the state Legislature before condemning private property has likely stalled in committee.
Quoted: Steven A. Ackerman and Jonathan Martin, professors in the UW-Madison department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has hired its first tenure-track professor to study the Hmong (MUNGâ??) and other groups of mainland Southeast Asia. The Wisconsin State Journal says Ian Baird has a doctorate in geography and is an expert in issues of Southeast Asia.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is distancing itself from an agreement with a conservative group to conduct public opinion polls it announced just months ago. UW-Madison officials say they never reached a formal partnership with the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute. Instead, UW-Madison pollster Ken Goldstein signed his own contract to conduct polls for the group before the university deal was finalized.
In September, retired New York police detective Kevin Gannon went on national TV and all but said he had uncovered a â??well-structuredâ?? organization of â??smiley-faceâ?? serial killers responsible for a more-than-a-decade-long string of slayings mostly involving young men found drowned in rivers, ponds and lakes near college campuses.
Graduate studies were discussed by Karen Klomparens, the Dean of the Graduate School of Michigan State, and Robert Mathieu, chair of the Department of Astronomy and a STEM education researcher at University of Wisconsin. Mathieu opened by stating that learning is occurring in spite of our graduate system, not because of it:
A researcher needs your help in learning why asthma is on the rise in rural areas. Dr. David Van Sickle, a fellow in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, said the study will pinpoint what causes asthmatics in rural areas to have an attack using GPS monitoring technology that heâ??s invented.
Quoted: John Coleman, a UW-Madison political scientist, says the breadth of Wisconsin Wayâ??s membership may be both a strength and a liability.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is devoting more resources to study the Hmong population. The UW hired its first tenure-track professor to study the Hmong and other groups of mainland Southeast Asia.
UW-Madison students Quincy Harrison and Cliff Grefe were profiled in USA Today last December for a song they wrote in the basement of their Langdon Street fraternity house.
When the University of Wisconsin-Madison announced a partnership with a conservative think tank to conduct statewide polls last year, school officials envisioned only benefits.
The deal with the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute would give star political scientist Ken Goldstein a funding source and a platform to showcase his public opinion work. Graduate students and faculty would help and get to use the data. The university would build relationships with powerful conservatives – and perhaps boost fundraising as a result.
Badger Herald leaders decided Friday not to pull a controversial advertisement in the UW-Madison student newspaper with a link to a Holocaust denierâ??s website.
A UW-Madison student organization held a fundraiser for victims of the earthquake in Chile. The Chilean Student Association is hoping to help those in Chile begin to rebuild. They held a fundraiser Sunday afternoon in hopes of raising money to send back.
To the Editor: It is heartening that Diane Ravitch has felt compelled to acknowledge the gloomy results of accountability and school choice policies that she previously enthusiastically propounded. (The writer is professor emeritus of educational policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.)
Running a newspaper in Madison, or in any city, comes with a responsibility to readers. A current controversy involving a hateful advertisement in the UW-Madison student paper, The Badger Herald, where I serve as publisher, has raised questions about what that entails. The answers, I submit, are more gray than black or white.
UW-Madison has hired its first tenure-track professor to study the Hmong and other highland groups of mainland Southeast Asia.Ian Baird has a doctorate in geography and is an expert in Southeast Asia.
Cleve “Bumpa” Shaw, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. He worked for University of Wisconsin Hospital as an x-ray technician supervisor, retiring in 1991.
Edward S. Salsberg, director of the Association of American Medical Collegesâ?? Center for Workforce Studies, says he has seen some evidence of medical schools taking in fewer first-year students or slowing their planned growth rates. “Itâ??s up to the individual schools to make decisions that work for them,” he says. Public medical schools “have to go to their state legislatures to get support and we know state budgets arenâ??t in good condition in most states. “For the medical establishment, tight budgets and enrollment cuts couldnâ??t have come at a worse time. The Council on Graduate Medical Education estimated in 2005 that the United States would face a shortage of 85,000 to 96,000 physicians by 2020 unless medical schools were able to increase the number of new M.D.â??s they graduate each year by several thousand. Other groups, too, project a physician shortage or at least the need to draw physicians to underserved regions and toward practicing high-demand specialties such as internal medicine and geriatrics.
Rowdy protesters blocked major gates at two California universities and smashed the windows of a car Thursday amid campus protests across the nation against deep cuts in education funding. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee police detained 15 people following a tuition protest that turned violent, says a school spokesman Tom Luljak.
A spokesman for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee says police have detained 15 people following a tuition protest that turned violent. University spokesman Tom Luljak says about 150 students gathered around an administrative building Thursday afternoon.
Anger over rising tuition and school budget cuts boiled over as students across the country staged rowdy demonstrations that led to clashes with police and the rush-hour shutdown of a major freeway in California. Students, teachers, parents and school employees rallied and marched at college campuses, public parks and government buildings in several U.S. cities Thursday. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee police arrested at least 15 people protesting tuition hikes after demonstrators tried to enter an administrative building to deliver petitions to the chancellor. When police turned them away, some protesters threw punches and ice chunks, university spokesman Tom Luljak said.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is pledging to help a new university in Kazakhstan get started. UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin has signed a contract with JSC New University of Astana, which Kazakhstan hopes will provide a world-class, English-language education to citizens.
Every autumn, politicians, university administrators, funding offices and countless students wait impatiently for the World University Rankings produced by Britainâ??s Times Higher Education (THE) magazine. A position in the upper echelons of the THE ranking can influence policy-makersâ?? higher-education investments, determine which institutions attract the best researchers or students, and prompt universities to try to boost their ratings.
