Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan was encouraged recently when the topic of expanding the NCAA menâ??s basketball tournament from 65 to 96 teams was broached publicly.
Ryan proponent of expanding NCAA tournament field
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Author: jplucas
No roof for loud crowd to raise
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Every tradition was a novelty first,” said Patrick Seltsam, the project manager of the company that slapped a hockey rink in the middle of Camp Randall Stadium. Well, thatâ??s certainly true in the case of the Super Bowl, judging by the halftime entertainment (college bands) and empty seats for the first one.
Singerâ??s dreams coming true
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Zola Jesus. Itâ??s a stage name, a fanciful dream of a middle-school student from Wausau who always knew she wanted to grow up and become a singer.
Private, public research under one roof at UW
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When it opens in December, the $205 million Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery will be a showcase of high-tech design and model of collaboration.
The public/private research center under construction in the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus features a circular auditorium for as many as 300 people, with walls that can be lifted into the ceiling, modular research neighborhoods with “plug-and-play” fume hoods and lab sinks, and clusters of casual seating beneath four-story high skylights.
Six hours of hockey — in six minutes
Madison.com
Revisit the “very cool” spectacle that was the Camp Randall Hockey Classic through twin time-lapse photography projects on Madison.com/sports.
Trial to start on demotion of UW-Whitewater dean (AP)
Madison.com
A trial expected to begin Monday will recall an ugly chapter at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, when two black administrators were each demoted within months for misusing university credit cards.
Badgers set for the great outdoors
Madison.com
Ben Street has emerged as the unofficial curator of memories from the last time the University of Wisconsin menâ??s hockey team played a game outdoors.
Late flurry powers Badgers past Michigan at Camp Randall
Madison.com
Years from now, when Brendan Smith has an AARP card and a pension, he will share two distinct memories about Saturday night with anyone who will listen.
A great day — and night — for hockey
Madison.com
The University of Wisconsin has won nine NCAA hockey championships — six by the men, three by the women — and yet the sport has never been as much a spectacle on campus as it was Saturday, when both programs took the ice as part of the Camp Randall Hockey Classic.
John Coleman: Two ways to truly improve Wisconsin elections
Wisconsin State Journal
The Wisconsin Senate, in a strong bipartisan vote, has approved a bill adding new regulations to campaign speech in state and local races.
On the Aisle: Fundamentally Sound’s spin on “High and Dry” earns award nomination (77 Square)
Wisconsin State Journal
Congratulations, Fundemantally Sound! The all-male UW-Madison a cappella group was recently nominated for an award by the Contemporary A Cappella Society (CASA).
Richard Lutz: Kudos to Phi Gams for Haitian relief efforts
Wisconsin State Journal
Fraternities have changed! The UW-Madison chapter of Phi Gamma Delta recently hosted a dance for Haitian relief that raised over $3,000.
UW-Madison applications rise as interest from international students increases
Wisconsin State Journal
About 26 percent more international students applied for admission to UW-Madisonâ??s fall freshman class, causing a bump in overall undergraduate applications. About 700 more international students applied to the university compared with a year ago.
A hardy soul is required, but ice diving in Madison can be rewarding
Wisconsin State Journal
Noted: Interest in ice diving is on the rise, said Gomez, who has been certified for about 10 years. He will lead another class this weekend on Lake Mendota near Picnic Point if conditions allow. UW-Madisonâ??s Hoofer Scuba Club also offers ice-diving classes, and ice dives are planned by area dive groups such as Madisonâ??s Four Lakes Scuba Club and the Madison Scuba dive center.
Know Your Madisonian: Reaching out with student government
Wisconsin State Journal
If youâ??re an undergrad at UW-Madison, Tyler Junger has his hands on your money. Junger, a junior from Cudahy, is chair of the student committee that reviews which proposals will get funding through the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates. In-state students are paying an extra $250 this year for the program.
Stem cell infusion shows promise for treating heart disease
Wisconsin State Journal
After Bernie Treichel had a heart attack in December, she received the standard treatment: angioplasty, in which doctors propped open her clogged arteries with stents. Then she tried something unusual. She signed up for a study in which stem cells are infused into the arm to potentially do what the body canâ??t do on its own: grow new heart muscle.
Itâ??s one of seven studies for cardiovascular disease at UW Hospital involving regenerative medicine: the use of stem cells, gene therapy or growth factors to repair damaged tissue.
Stories of the sturgeon (77 Square)
Wisconsin State Journal
Schmitt Kline, a science writer at the UW-Madison Sea Grant Institute, expects to see plenty of bloody sturgeon at her book event.
Fans line up to check out hockey history at Camp Randall
WKOW-TV 27
Fans lined up Friday afternoon at Camp Randall Stadium to check out a huge piece of hockey history.
UW-Madison Sends Out Campus E-Mail On Meningitis
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madison sent out a special campus e-mail about meningitis late Friday.
Badger Fans Hit The Ice At Camp Randall
WISC-TV 3
A few fans got the chance to hit the ice at Camp Randall Friday night, but the open skate had some controversy surrounding it. Tickets for the open skate were gone in just 15 minutes, leaving some out of luck.
UW System Commission To Review Employee Salaries
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly has appointed a new commission to help make the case for increasing employee salaries.
Ejections, Citations Issued At Camp Randall Classic
WISC-TV 3
The inaugural Camp Randall Hockey Classic was not problem-free for UW Police. An estimated 55,000 fans attended the event.
Update: Outdoor Hockey Success
NBC-15
If there was any doubt, outdoor hockey is proving to be quite a draw. Even though the UW will not break the attendance record they hoped for, people were buying tickets right up until the puck dropped.
A steady stream of fans began flowing into Camp Randall early Saturday afternoon.More than 52,000 tickets sold ahead of time assured a packed lower bowl in the stadium.
A different kind of Camp Randall kickoff
WKOW-TV 27
On Saturday, Camp Randall football stadium became Camp Randall hockey arena for both the Badger menâ??s and womenâ??s hockey teams. Camp Randall was filled with the same spirit, but fans were there to see hockey, not football.
Obama Channels Reagan as Democrats Approach Election
Bloomberg News
Quoted: Psychology was paramount in Reaganâ??s success, said Charles Franklin, a voting-behavior expert at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. â??It was the rise in optimism that allowed Reagan to run a campaign based on these wonderful commercials,â? he said.
On Campus: Some UW campuses may eliminate programs, new report says
Wisconsin State Journal
Poultry science is only offered at UW-Madison. Students can only study golf management at UW-Stout. A new report, which will be presented before the UW Board of Regents today, took stock of the array of programs offered at campuses within the University of Wisconsin System. The report was in response to the tough budget climate, in order to give campuses information to eliminate or suspend programs that may be redundant or no longer relevant. The option to suspend programs is new for campuses.
On Campus: Birthday cake, Haiti, fundraising and furloughs
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison news roundup.
Legislative panel considers proposal to stop public access to recordings of 911 calls
Wisconsin State Journal
A bill sought by the family of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann would end the publicâ??s right to receive 911 tapes and replace that with transcripts.
Madison may not follow New York’s lead, but people here know to watch their salt intake
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Dr. Patrick Remington, an associate dean for public health at UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.
Side dishes: Market breakfast, special sweets, ‘roots’ of Mardi Gras
Wisconsin State Journal
Jonny Hunter of Underground Catering will lead the Slow Food UW-Madison guest breakfast team Saturday at the â??Taste of the Marketâ? breakfast at the winter Dane County Farmersâ?? Market.
Committee backs UW-Eau Claire tuition increase
Madison.com
Tuition would spike by $1,200 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in the next four years under a proposal that cleared a key hurdle Thursday. A UW System Board of Regents committee approved the plan, known as the Blugold Commitment, despite concerns about a lack of specifics and the student body being divided over the proposal. The full regents board, which governs the UW System of 13 four-year universities and 13 two-year colleges, may give final approval Friday.
Ryan all for NCAA tourney expansion
Madison.com
The UW menâ??s basketball coach Bo Ryan is on board with the idea of increasing the field from 65 to 96 teams, which would be the biggest jump ever in the number of teams qualifying for the Big Dance.
Auditor cites weak controls over UW System payroll
Madison.com
The state auditor is warning that the University of Wisconsin Systemâ??s aging payroll program could be compromised because of weak financial controls. State Auditor Jan Mueller says the program is “very old” and “very fragile” and errors could cause huge problems for tax processing and payroll payments for thousands of employees.
Baggot: UW falls short of lofty goal at Camp Randall Classic
Madison.com
When all is said and done, I think the Camp Randall Hockey Classic is going to be great theater and a fond memory for all involved. But it must be pointed out right off the top that, barring an extraordinary surge in community involvement, the CRHC will fail to deliver on its initial mission. When the inaugural event is staged Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium â?? outdoor games featuring the menâ??s and womenâ??s hockey teams from the University of Wisconsin â?? it wonâ??t set a world attendance record for an outdoor hockey match.
Urban farmers fight nationwide to sow green biz
Madison.com
Quoted: lfonso Morales, a professor of planning at the University of Wisconsin
Committee backs UW-Eau Claire tuition increase (AP)
A key University of Wisconsin System regents committee is approving a four-year, $1,200 tuition increase at UW-Eau Claire.
Fate Therapeutics, MIT Scientist Get Stem Cell Patent
Bloomberg News
Rudolf Jaenisch, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist, will be granted a U.S. patent for conceiving a way to turn cells from mammalsâ?? bodies into stem cells, a discovery also claimed by two other scientists.
The patent was announced by Fate Therapeutics Inc., a closely held San Diego company that has an exclusive license from MIT and Jaenisch, one of the companyâ??s founders. Shinya Yamanaka, a researcher at Kyoto University in Japan, â??was the first one to do it, we had the idea first,â? Jaenisch said in an interview yesterday. James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin also developed a method for developing stem cells.
More than 50,000 expected for Wolverines-Badgers outdoor game (AP)
Detroit Free Press
Saturdayâ??s Camp Randall Hockey Classic between the Wolverines and the Wisconsin Badgers is expected to draw more than 50,000 fans to the football venue built in 1918.
Itâ??s the Badgersâ?? first outdoor hockey game in Madison since it played outdoors regularly in 1935 before the program disbanded until 1963.
Auditor cites weak controls over UW System payroll (AP)
WKOW-TV 27
The state auditor is warning that the University of Wisconsin Systemâ??s aging payroll program could be compromised because of weak financial controls.
Urban farmers fight nationwide to sow green biz (AP)
Boston Globe
Quoted: Urban agriculture crosses jurisdictional lines, said 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.
Qualms About Google Settlement Rise, as Observers Await Department of Justice Brief (Library Journal)
As commentators eagerly awaited a filing today by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on the Google Book Search Settlement, two weeks before a scheduled fairness hearing, the settlement now faces its biggest challenges ever.
Group of moms pushes vaccine in wake of meningitis death
Capital Times
Among the tributes sent to a website for friends and family mourning the death of Neha Suri, a UW-Madison junior who died this week of meningitis, was a note from a Wisconsin mother named Gail Bailey.
â??I do know the pain and horror of this,â? she wrote. â??My heart goes out to you, and if it is any comfort, I know (my son) Ed was at heavenâ??s gate with his great big smile to welcome her.â?
Zimmermann Family Wants To Halt Access To 911 Audio
NBC-15
The family of a murdered UW student and her fiance want to prevent you from ever hearing another 911 call. On April 2nd, 2008, UW student Brittany Zimmermann called 911 as she was being murdered in her Doty St. apartment.
Her call was disconnected, and her body was not found until her fiance, Jordan Gonnering, came home from class and called 911.
Brothers Bar Continues Fight Against UW
WISC-TV 3
Owners of a popular downtown bar that is slated to be demolished to make way for a University of Wisconsin-Madison expansion are not giving up their fight against the university.
In 2008, the UW System voted to use its eminent domain power and condemn Brothers Bar and Grill. It was a move to make room for a performance facility for the UW School of Music.
Stateâ??s two-year colleges may soon offer four-year degrees
Wisconsin Public Radio
Some of the stateâ??s public two-year colleges may offer four-year degrees as early as next year, under a plan approved Wednesday (2/3) by the UW System.
The plan would have up to six of the thirteen UW Collegesâ?? campuses offer a four-year, bachelor of applied arts and sciences degree on a pilot basis.
Fake college diplomas could be outlawed
Wisconsin Public Radio
Businesses that sell fake college diplomas would be punished under a plan being considered by Assembly lawmakers.
Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley was among those who testified at a capitol hearing in favor of the proposal. He gave lawmakers a personal example, a recent e-mail he received with the subject line, â??Doctorate degree can be yours.â?
Lobbying Imperils Overhaul of Student Loans
New York Times
Four months ago, it appeared all but certain that the White House and Democrats in Congress would succeed in overhauling the student loan business and ending government subsidies to private lenders.
Blum: Will Science Take the Field?
New York Times
THE warning in The Journal of the American Medical Association is not ambiguous: â??There is a very definite brain injury due to single or repeated blows on the head or jaw which cause multiple concussion hemorrhages. … The condition can no longer be ignored by the medical profession or the public.â?
Memorial for UW-Madison student who died from meningitis (Fox 11, Milwaukee)
The UW-Madison campus comes together to say goodbye to a classmate. Neha Suri passed away this week, after a battle with bacterial meningitis. The campus held a memorial service for Suri Wednesday afternoon to honor her. Friends, students and colleagues packed the Virginia Harrison Parlor in Lathrop Hall to say good bye to Neha Suri.
Campus Connection: Students share thoughts after controversial speech
Capital Times
A couple of UW-Madison students were kind enough to share their thoughts on Tuesday nightâ??s talk at the Union Theater by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who in 2005 was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Campus Connection: Show me the money
Capital Times
The sluggish economy took its toll on the amount donors were willing to give to colleges across the United States during the 2009 fiscal year, with donations down 11.9 percent from the previous year according to the Voluntary Support of Education Survey.
Blog: First practices on Camp Randall ice; 50,000 CRHC tickets sold
Madison.com
The UW menâ??s and womenâ??s hockey teams were in discovery mode Wednesday afternoon when they practiced for the first time on the new outdoor ice sheet at Camp Randall Stadium. The workouts took place the same day that school officials said advance ticket sales for the Camp Randall Hockey Classic, sponsored by Culverâ??s, had hit 50,000.
UW-Madison poverty institute chosen for new nutrition research center
Wisconsin State Journal
There is a future in poverty, and that unfortunate fact has become thought for food at the UW-Madison, where its poverty research program was chosen this week to host the nationâ??s research on meeting the needs of the hungry. UW-Madisonâ??s Institute for Research on Poverty will establish a Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research, funded with a federal grant of $1 million over four years. The center will be led by professor Judith Bartfeld, a nutrition researcher in the universityâ??s Department of Consumer Science.
Around the Bubbler: Kids Rock!, Absolutely Art, ‘A Prairie Home Companion’
Wisconsin State Journal
The Souper Bowl XIV, a fundraiser for UW-Madison Habitat for Humanity, will be held Saturday, Feb. 6, at West High School, 30 Ash St., from 3 to 8 p.m.
Camp Randall hockey a logistical marvel
Madison.com
The builder of the ice rink to be used this weekend says, “I think everybody’s going to have a great time here Saturday” — which is exactly what UW officials are hoping for as a result of perhaps the greatest singular spectacle ever orchestrated by the Athletic Department.
UW System takes aim at unpopular academic programs
Madison.com
The University of Wisconsin System is trying to make it easier for campuses to suspend or eliminate unpopular academic programs. A UW System review identified programs that are graduating relatively few students and are offered elsewhere within the system. The review suggested some of the programs could be eliminated or merged to save money.
Maryland makes huge strides in Advanced Placement
USA Today
If you had asked Nancy Grasmick five years ago how things were going with her big, splashy Advanced Placement campaign, she would have said: Itâ??s not pretty. Maryland was expanding the elite program at a steady clip, pushing more and more high-schoolers into AP classes, with an aggressive marketing campaign that targeted rural and suburban kids as well as those in big, urban districts.
Failure rate for AP tests climbing
USA Today
The number of students taking Advanced Placement tests hit a record high last year, but the portion who fail the exams â?? particularly in the South â?? is rising as well, a USA TODAY analysis finds. Students last year took a record 2.9 million exams through the AP program, which challenges high school students with college-level courses. Passing the exams (a score of 3 or higher on the point scale of 1 to 5) may earn students early college credits, depending on a collegeâ??s criteria.
UW System takes aim at unpopular academic programs (AP)
The University of Wisconsin System is trying to make it easier for campuses to suspend or eliminate unpopular academic programs.
A UW System review identified programs that are graduating relatively few students and are offered elsewhere within the system. The review suggested some of the programs could be eliminated or merged to save money.
UW hosts memorial for student who died from bacterial meningitis
WKOW-TV 27
The UW community held a memorial tonight for Neha Suri, the student who died from bacterial meningitis yesterday. At the memorial, the UW awarded Suriâ??s her diploma, which she would have earned in Spring. They gave it to her family, instead.