The owner of a popular college bar says theyâ??ve put a large banner on the building to draw attention, not for business, but he says to raise awareness of the barâ??s expected move.
Owner of a Madison college bar protesting move
WKOW-TV 27
Author: jplucas
UW-Madison Employee Sentenced On Child Porn Charge
WISC-TV 3
A University of Wisconsin-Madison research employee convicted of possession of child pornography was sentenced Friday. Sidney Gullens, 40, was sentenced to six months of jail with Huber work-release privileges and six years of extended supervision.
Horse Injured? There’s A Class For That
WISC-TV 3
How do you move a 650-pound horse with an injury?Very carefully, as dozens of horse owners learned on Saturday. Equine safety experts demonstrated how to safely care for a stuck or injured horse at the University of Wisconsin-Madison using simple everyday supplies.
Study: High demand puts strain on local producerâ??s resources
Wisconsin Public Radio
Rising demand for locally-grown produce means farmers need to adapt new strategies, according to a new UW-Madison study.
Whether itâ??s at farmers markets, food stands, restaurants or grocery stores, producers are having a tough time keeping up with consumerâ??s appetites. UW researchers looked at 11 operations in Wisconsin and other states, and found that oftentimes producers donâ??t need to grow more food to meet demand, but rather a better way to distribute their products.
North Carolina exoneration prompts calls for state-run innocence commissions
Wisconsin Public Radio
Meanwhile, the Wisconsin Innocence Project is preparing for an important case next week in Sauk County, where the issues of who is at fault will be addressed. Terry Vollbrecht is serving time for the 1989 execution-style murder of Angela Hackl in Sauk City. A hearing on his appeal for a new trial is scheduled for Monday (2/22) at the Sauk County Courthouse.
Onus of Eviction Falls Heavier on Poor Black Women, Research Shows – NYTimes.com
New York Times
MILWAUKEE â?? Shantana Smith, a single mother who had not paid rent for three months, watched on a recent morning as men from Eagle Moving carried her tattered furniture to the sidewalk. Bystanders knew too well what was happening. â??When you see the Eagle movers truck, you know itâ??s time to get going,â? a neighbor said. New research is showing that eviction is a particular burden on low-income black women, often single mothers, who have an easier time renting apartments than their male counterparts, but are vulnerable to losing them because their wages or public benefits have not kept up with the cost of housing. â??Just as incarceration has become typical in the lives of poor black men, eviction has become typical in the lives of poor black women,â? said Matthew Desmond, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin whose research on trends in Milwaukee since 2002 provides a rare portrait of gender patterns in inner-city rentals.
Communicating Science In A Post-Newspaper Era : NPR
National Public Radio
Guest: UW-Madison journalism professor Deborah Blum, author of “The Poisonerâ??s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York.”
College Inc. – Where students apply: a case study
Washington Post
Where do the high school seniors of suburban Washington apply to college? Jim Lipton, a parent affiliated with Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Md., tracks where Walter Johnson students apply. Lipton’s spreadsheet lists “all colleges and universities (U.S. and outside) to which at least two Walter Johnson High Schools students applied between 2006-2009.” There are 430 schools on the list; UW-Madison is 26th.
Obituary: Lori E. Rappé
Madison.com
Lori E. Rappé, age 54, of Monona, died at the HospiceCare Center in Fitchburg, on Feb. 16, 2010. Lori worked at the University of Wisconsin Foundation for more than twenty years and was especially proud of her work in the building campaign for the construction of the new Pharmacy building which opened in September of 2001, her work in women’s philanthropy and her work on behalf of the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
Obituary: August P. Lemberger
Madison.com
Dr. August P.”Gus” Lemberger, age 84, was called home to the Lord on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. He was one of the UW-Madison’s first male cheerleaders. Gus was a member of the Pharmacy School Faculty at the University of Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969; then served as dean at the University of Illinois-Chicago College of Pharmacy 1969 to 1980 when he returned to University of Wisconsin-Madison as dean of Pharmacy. He retired in 1991.
Obituary: Arlys Luick Bender
Arlys Luick Bender, age 80, died Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. Arlys worked first at the UW School of Education Dean’s Office and later transferred to the UW School of Nursing in the business office as an Account Specialist II. She was in these positions for 28 years and retired in 1996.
UW-Madison Churchill scholar is the only one surprised at award
Wisconsin State Journal
Having near-perfect grades and an impressive cadre of coursework and research helped Daniel Lecoanet win the prestigious Churchill Scholarship last week. The award is given out to only 14 students across the country each year. The first UW-Madison student to win it in 30 years, Lecoanet will spend the 2010-2011 academic year studying mathematics at the University of Cambridge, with expenses up to $50,000 paid.
Kessel’s goal kicks off easy win over Norway
Former UW players Brian Rafalski (two goals) and Joe Pavelski (two assists) help the Americans win their second straight preliminary round game, with a showdown against Canada looming.
In Juneau County, a commendable response to a low health ranking
Wisconsin State Journal
It would be a wonderful thing if counties all across the United States responded the same way leaders in Juneau County did four years ago when they found themselves ranked last among the stateâ??s 72 counties in a health status evaluation done by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. Rather than rail on the ratings or the rating system, Juneau County responded to the challenge. Now thereâ??s a dental clinic for the poor, more prenatal care offered to more women and an increased awareness of public health issues. Thanks to a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, similar county-by-county rankings will be done on a nationwide basis.
On Campus: Huge sign on Brothers Bar building is too big, city says
Wisconsin State Journal
It has been up for less than a day, but city of Madison officials are telling Brothers Bar and Grill owners that they need to take down the brassy “No UW Music School” sign draping the side of the building. Matt Tucker, city zoning administrator, said it violates city codes that restrict the size of signs to 32-square-feet in area and 15-feet in height.
Student group serenades UW chancellor on YouTube
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin got a special Valentine from some students this month: a song in her honor. “My Biddy” riffs off the chancellorâ??s nickname, which is also a slang term for women.
History of the conflict
The dispute between Madison and Dane County over the 911 center is not a new development. The tension intensified in April 2008 after the 911 center mishandled a call made from the cell phone of UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann around the time she was killed in her West Doty Street apartment.
Hype proves to be inescapable part of pop culture
Wisconsin State Journal
Itâ??s hard to believe today, but it wasnâ??t that long ago that watching a movie simply meant watching a movie. There was no watching the advance trailer during the Super Bowl, or checking Imdb.com or other movie blogs beforehand to check out rumors about the production, or reading early advance reviews from anonymous posters. Love it or hate it, hype is an inescapable part of pop culture today. UW-Madison communication arts associate professor Jonathan Gray tackles the hype machine in his new book “Show Sold Separately: Promos, Spoilers and other Media Paratexts.”
Vetter stops 23 in shutout of Finland
Madison.com
The former UW star helps the Americans cap an undefeated run through the Olympics’ preliminary round; current Badger Hillary Knight notches her first goal of the Vancouver Games.
UW’s Street has been down this road before
Madison.com
The fifth-year winger is set to participate in Senior Night festivities for a second straight year, but this time he’ll be lacing up his skates.
Wall St. Journal story on SWIB
The State of Wisconsin Investment Board approved a plan to add leverage to its investment strategy. Teachers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, pictured, could be beneficiaries of the tack if it works.
Report compares health county-by-county
USA Today
Today, whether you live in Malibu or Atlanta, you can learn if your community is holding its own in health. “County Health Rankings: Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health,” a health report card for almost every one of the nationâ??s more than 3,000 counties, is being released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsinâ??s Population Health Institute. “This is a complicated story about what makes a community healthy and another not so healthy,” says report author Pat Remington, the associate dean for public health at the University of Wisconsin.
More private colleges court community college transfers
USA Today
Community college transfer students are no longer being courted only by the usual suspects. More private institutions, of every ilk, are aggressively recruiting students from two-year colleges, hoping to bolster and diversify their enrollments and capitalize on the belt-tightening of regional public universities.
On Campus: WARF names new CFO
Wisconsin State Journal
Steven Mixtacki, American TV and Applianceâ??s longtime senior vice president and chief financial officer, has joined the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation as its chief financial and operating officer.
Catching Up: People in flu and cold study keep up with exercise, meditation
Wisconsin State Journal
Laura Calandrino hasnâ??t had a cold or the flu this winter. George Hagenauer has had one cold but thinks he fought off a few others. The Madison-area residents are among 154 people in a UW-Madison study, which started in September, asking if exercise or meditation can ward off colds and the flu. Researchers are looking at whether either activity makes the immune system better able to fight respiratory infections, according to Dr. Bruce Barrett, a UW Health family physician heading up the research.
Cellular Dynamics raises $40.6 million
Wisconsin State Journal
Cellular Dynamics International (CDI), the company founded by UW-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson, has raised $40.6 million in an equity offering.
Independent analysis says federal stimulus brought $2 billion to Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: UW-Madison economist Andrew Reschovsky.
Curiosities — snow (Wisconsin State Journal)
Quoted: Steve Ackerman, a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the UW-Madison
On Campus: Name that Union!
Wisconsin State Journal
You could be the one to name the new south campus union.Associated Students of Madison and Wisconsin Union will take submissions beginning Friday.
Lucas: Another Suter on the podium? That might silence dad
Madison.com
Ryan Suter, skating for Team USA in Vancouver, will aim to join his father, Bob, and uncle, Gary, as the third member of the family to earn an Olympic medal.
Report ranks Ozaukee County healthiest in Wis.
Madison.com
A survey of every county in the nation ranks them on how healthy residents are and how long they live. In Wisconsin, the County Health Rankings lists Ozaukee, St. Croix, Washington, Waukesha, and Portage counties as the five healthiest. The five counties with the poorest health are Menominee, Milwaukee, Marquette, Jackson, and Adams. The report was released Wednesday by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
A major production: Nine hours inside a Big Ten Network broadcast
Madison.com
On Feb. 9, veteran TV producer John Walsh — with the blessing of the Big Ten Network — provided a behind-the-scenes look at the broadcast of the game between the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team and Illinois.
Wis. researchers continue to study how bears endure
Madison.com
The snow-rimmed hole where the tree once stood looks like any other ragged cavity left behind when fierce winds uproot white pines like ragweed yanked from a widowâ??s flower garden. In it was an old black bear — a male, most likely — who had made it through another hunting season and returned to the dirt cave to hibernate. Bears are studied by to University of Wisconsin students and professors, including professor Tim Ginnett at UW-Stevens Point and graduate assistant Karl Malcolm and Professor Tim Van Deelen at UW-Madison.
Hilary Knight’s dream at age 10 becomes reality now at 20
USA Today
Hilary Knight was not yet 10 when she was in a Maine emergency room, paging through a magazine while waiting to get her knee lanced because she had fallen on barnacles.
In it was a story about the U.S. womenâ??s hockey team, featuring smiling Cammi Granato and teammates Angela Ruggiero and Jenny Potter.
Where you live may play role in your health
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Residents of St. Charles County have the best opportunities in Missouri to be healthy, while people who live in St. Louis city have the worst, according to a new report.
The counties and independent cities in each state were ranked by various factors that can affect health â?? smoking, obesity, poverty rates, binge drinking, violent crime, education levels and birth weights among others â?? for the national County Health Rankings report from the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
UW System names 4 finalists to lead UW-Platteville (AP)
Chicago Tribune
College administrators from Michigan and New York are among the finalists to be the next chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
Schools changing student loan options (WLUK-TV, Green Bay)
Some colleges are trying to cut out the go-between when it comes to federal student loans. UW-Oshkosh is the latest school to require students to borrow any new loans from the government, not banks.
Some other schools in the process of changing to direct loans are UW-Green Bay, Ripon College, and Fox Valley Tech. The University of Wisconsin-Madison has already made some of the changes to direct loans.
Lindsey Vonn’s topfen curd stumps cheese whizzes (AP)
Quoted: “Using it on an injury is an unusual purpose for cheese even in those countries,” said Lucey, who teaches and does research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Itâ??s not clear if thereâ??s anything in this that would help.”
In Academe, Mental-Health Issues Are Hard to Recognize and Treat
Chronicle of Higher Education
The shooting deaths of three biology professors at the University of Alabama at Huntsville this month, allegedly by a colleague who had recently lost an appeal of her tenure denial, seemed to many observers to confirm the worst about faculty workplaces. In conversations on The Chronicleâ??s Web site and elsewhere, people have seized on the killings as evidence that academic life today is a petri dish for madness: The high stress of the tenure process, the pressures to be brilliant at research and teaching, the cloistered environment, the extent to which internal politics affect peopleâ??s careersâ??itâ??s a combination that could damage even psychologically healthy people.
Obituary: Marguerite Elliott
Madison.com
Marguerite Elliott, DO, age 61, of Madison, died on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. In addition to practicing medicine at UW-Health Verona Clinic, she founded and was head of the Osteopathic Residency program for the University of Wisconsin system.
Tom Bush: Ethics program supported by Rotary
Wisconsin State Journal
The Rotary Club of Madisonâ??s Ethics Symposium, to be held Friday, provides high school students a chance to discuss ways to think through ethical issues. A group of talented UW-Madison students, known as the First Wave Spoken Word and Urban Arts Learning Community, will open the symposium with an interactive performance.
UW frat suspended after complaints
Wisconsin State Journal
A UW-Madison fraternity has been suspended from Greek membership at the university after Overture Center staff complained about the fraternityâ??s behavior during a fall gala. Alpha Epsilon Pi was suspended by the Greek Judicial Board, a student self-governing body, on Monday, said Ashkon Kiarashi, chief justice.
Football ticket price hike goes to A-Board
Madison.com
The finance, facilities and operations committee of the University of Wisconsin Athletic Board unanimously approved on Tuesday a recommendation for a $3 increase for football tickets for all price levels as part of the 2010-11 budget. The recommendation now goes to the full athletic board, which will vote on the ticket increase at its meeting Friday.
Olympics: Heatley, Iginla score twice to lead Canada
Madison.com
Jarome Iginla and former University of Wisconsin All-American Dany Heatley scored twice and the heavily favored Canadians overcame some early nervousness and a scoreless first period to roll 8-0 over Norway in its highly anticipated Olympic hockey opener Tuesday.
Sierra Club sues DNR for power-plant records
Wisconsin State Journal
The Sierra Club sued the state Department of Natural Resources on Monday to obtain public records that it requested in October. The records involve four University of Wisconsin System coal-fired power plants that the environmental group alleges have been violating the federal Clean Air Act. The plants are at the campuses of UW-La Crosse, UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Stout in Menomonie.
Vetter kills idle time in sleepy shutout
Madison.com
Jenny Potter posted her second straight hat trick, UW athlete Hilary Knight added four assists and ex-Badger Jessie Vetter made seven saves in her Olympic debut as the Americans cruised.
On campus, is heckling free speech? Or just rude?
USA Today
Every few minutes during a talk last week at the University of California at Irvine, the same thing happened. A student would get up, shout something critical of Israel, be applauded by some in the audience, and be led away by police. In the end, 11 students were arrested and they may also face charges of violating university rules.
How well are U.S. colleges run?
USA Today
Even as Americans increasingly view a college education as essential for success, they are growing more skeptical of how higher-education institutions are being run, a report says. Sixty percent of Americans, for example, believe colleges care more about their bottom line than they do educating students. And 60% agree that colleges could enroll a lot more students without lowering quality or raising prices.
Urban gardeners versus zoning laws (The Christian Science Monitor)
Christian Science Monitor
Quoted: Urban agriculture crosses jurisdictional lines, says Alfonso Morales, a professor of planning at the University of Wisconsin. He advises cities to set up a one-stop-shop for urban farms, like they have for small business development, so that city farmers can deal with zoning, home business regulations and nuisance laws all in one place.
Wis. research institute donates fish to hungry (AP)
La Crosse Tribune
A Milwaukee research institute is donating 500 pounds of frozen yellow perch to the Hunger Task Force. Itâ??s the second year that the WATER Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the UW Sea Grant Institute have donated perch to the Milwaukee-based food pantry.
UW-L closing the achievement gap
La Crosse Tribune
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is closing the achievement gap between minority students and their classmates. UW-Lâ??s gap in six-year graduation rates between minority and Caucasian students closed by about 5 percentage points within five years, from a 22 percent difference in 2002 to a 17 percent difference in 2007, said Carmen Wilson, special assistant to the chancellor.
Study: Livingston is healthiest in Mich. (The Detroit News)
Quoted: “This is a call to action in every community,” said Patrick Remington, one of the lead authors of the report and associate dean for public health at the University of Wisconsin.
Geauga and Medina are among the top 10 healthiest counties in Ohio (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Quoted: “We have been ranking the health of Wisconsinâ??s counties since 2003,” said Bridget Booske, a senior scientist at the University of Wisconsin – Madison who served as project director for the rankings.
How to succeed at marketing the iPad (CNET News)
CNET.com
Quoted: “To some extent, all the good things about the iPod will transfer over to this device,” said David Schweidel, marketing professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison School of Business. “Also, the iPod Touch is a gaming device now, instead of playing on a small screen, they could say, â??Hereâ??s a much larger screen with a more powerful processor.â??”
Lost changed the television landscape
WKOW-TV 27
Quoted: “All of a sudden major networks want to do big budget, big star, serialized dramas in prime time,” says UW Professor Michele Hilmes, “And Lost was the result of it.”
I-Team: Campus Sex Assaults in Wisconsin (WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee)
Many sexual assaults on college campuses go unreported. Victims tell us it is a culture of shame, silence and secrecy, and often, perpetrators are never charged.A recent study by the Department of Justice found as many as one in four women is sexually assaulted while in college. And according to the Center for Public Integrity, 95% of those go unreported.
UW Officials Seek To Increase Badgers Football Ticket Prices
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison athletics officials announced on Tuesday that they will ask the schoolâ??s Athletic Board to increase ticket prices by $3 per game for the next football season.
Study Finds Public Discontent With Colleges
New York Times
Most Americans believe that colleges today operate like businesses, concerned more with their bottom line than with the educational experience of students, according to a new study. And the proportion of people who hold that view has increased to 60 percent, from 52 percent in 2007.
Badger Family Day at Discovery World (Fox 6, Milwaukee)
Many students had the day off for Presidentâ??s Day, and some families headed down to Discovery World Museum for Badger Day. FOX6 Reporter Kim Murphy shows you students got an up close look at how science works.
National Childrenâ??s Study Is Looking for Pregnant Women
New York Times
Quoted: Besides looking at widespread conditions, like diabetes, the study will consider regional differences. Maureen Durkin, principal investigator in Waukesha County, Wis., wonders if radium in the countyâ??s water, and houses built on â??farm fields that may be contaminated with nitrates and atrazine,â? have different health consequences than pollution or industrial chemicals in Queens.