Quoted: Janet S. Hyde, a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, called the study a “great paper, very clever research.” “It squares with an impression Iâ??ve had for a long time,” said Hyde, who was not part of the research team.
A new study, headed by a Wisconsin researcher, is highlighting the dangers flu can pose to pregnant women.
“Pregnant women, especially if they’re going to be pregnant during the flu season, such as right now, it’s much more prudent, it’s wiser, to get immunized, vaccinated against the flu,” said Professor Christopher Coe from UW-Madison.
UW Madison political scientist Charles Franklin expects Doyle will use the speech to put that in a larger perspective. â??I think in part heâ??ll counter that by talking about how the budget has left us in a relatively good position, compared to some of the other states,â? such as California, says Franklin.
The ice rink is beginning to take shape at Camp Randall in preparation for the Hockey Classic taking place February 6.Engineers are laying down specially cut pieces of foam to level out the playing field which is naturally sloped to provide runoff during football season.
Members of the UW-Madison community turned out Monday to honor a student killed in a car accident New Yearâ??s Eve.Students, staff and faculty attended the tribute to Shanica Adkins, who died December 31 in Milwaukee.
You can expect a trip down memory lane when Gov. Jim Doyle (D) gives his eighth and final State of the State address on Tuesday. That, according to University of Wisconsin political scientist Charles Franklin, who says itâ??s typical for outgoing governors to recap their accomplishments in office in the annual speech.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison community came together on Monday to remember a student who was killed in Milwaukee just before the New Year by an alleged drunken driver.
Shanica Adkins was killed on New Yearâ??s Eve after a suspected drunken driving who was fleeing police crashed into the vehicle that she was riding in. At Mondayâ??s memorial at the UWâ??s Memorial Union, the focus of the event was on the kindness, ambition and passion that made 21-year-old not just another university student.
UW Madison has made some progress in efforts to decrease student drinking, but there continues to be a â??binge drinking cultureâ? on campus. Madison alcohol counselor Janet Duberry runs classes called Alcohol Smart for UW students who run afoul of the law. â??Unfortunately, our classes are very full, in fact weâ??re adding classes this semester,â? she says, adding that her close up view of the campus drinking culture is â??a little scaryâ?
The University of Wisconsin at Madison says it believes international students would be putting their visas at risk if they joined a new union for graduate research assistants, but an e-mail message that was part of an exchange between senior officials at the institution last year suggests that the university didnâ??t always take that position.
The first new disease added to the federal uniform panel for newborn screening in nine years has direct ties to Wisconsin.
The Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, which recommends policy to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, voted unanimously Thursday to add screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease â?? commonly known as bubble boy disease â?? to the core panel for screening of newborns in the United States.
The protocols used to screen for the disease were a collaborative effort between the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Childrenâ??s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
Learning is no game on todayâ??s college campuses. Itâ??s serious work that many students dread. Yet when those same students play video games like World of Warcraft, they happily spend hours on difficult tasks, and actually learn quite a bit in the process. Granted, what those gamers learn is how to cast spells and fell dragons, which hardly counts toward a college degree. But Constance Steinkuehler argues that thereâ??s a good model of teaching in those popular amusements.
Jeffery William Walker, age 55, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Jeff was a tenured professor in physiology at the UW-Madison, who developed new ways to study heart function and improve cardiac healthcare.
Embryonic stem cells are the progenitors of all tissues in the body. Since 1998, when a University of Wisconsin team first isolated human embryonic stem cells into colonies, or lines, researchers have contemplated using the cells to screen drugs, investigate organ development and perhaps grow rejection-free replacement tissues for victims of diabetes, paralysis and other ailments.
A National Institutes of Health advisory committee Friday voted to recommend the first human embryonic stem cell line leftover from Bush administration rules receive federal research funding.
Patti Ristau says she was terrified when she first landed in Seville, Spain, for a semester studying abroad. Though she had a double major from the University of Wisconsin-Madison that included Spanish and felt sure of herself speaking the language in Mexico and the Caribbean, Ms. Ristau was worried she would be like a taco at a tapas bar in Seville. And she was all alone.
On Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly attempted to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit with plastic explosives hidden in his underwear. On Dec. 22, 2001, Richard Reid tried to blow up a transatlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes. Incompetent and poorly supported, they were quickly foiled by passengers and flight crew. But the fact that Abdulmutallab would try a variation of Reidâ??s attack eight years later raises some interesting questions about terrorist tactics.
Andrew H. Kydd is an associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
University of Wisconsin communications professor Lew Friedland points out that the nationâ??s four largest banks would have to allocate a mere one-tenth of one percent of their assets — $6 billion — to counter a campaign in which the whole of the U.S. labor movement spent all of its assets.
The University of Wisconsin will host its second “Allergy Friendly” game at the Kohl Center on Feb. 7.
The womenâ??s hockey game against Bemidji State will have a number of special accommodations to allow families with food allergies to watch the Badgers play.
Noted: And despite the sweeping economic changes in marriage over the last 40 years, all is not equal. Even among dual-earning couples, women still do about two-thirds of the housework, on average, according to the University of Wisconsin National Survey of Families and Households.
Quoted: “We saw it resonating with the public over the spring,” says Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who studies public opinion. “Previous polling had not shown that deficits were at the top of the publicâ??s agenda over the past 12 months.”
Twenty years after their son was killed in an accident, a Waterloo couple is honoring his memory with a University of Wisconsin band concert in Waterloo.The UW Varsity Band has agreed to give a benefit concert at the Waterloo High School gym on Monday, Feb. 22. Organizers believe it may the first time the band will perform in the city.
Quoted: The traditional rules of journalistic ethics are changing for both good and bad reasons, Stephen Ward, a former bureau chief for The Canadian Press who is now the director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told me when I wrote seeking his counsel.
Quoted: â??There is no evidence that stricter campaign finance rules reduce corruption or raise positive assessments of government,â? said Kenneth Mayer, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. â??It seems like such an obvious relationship but it has proven impossible to prove.â?
Quoted: â??Thereâ??s potentially a real problem here. Unless they were dancing nude in a very lewd way, it doesnâ??t constitute pornography as defined by the ordinance,â? said University of Wisconsin-Madison law professor Donald Downs. â??Simply dancing isnâ??t going to meet this test.â?
Quoted: “As recently as three or four years ago, I was fairly convinced that most newspapers would make it,” says Lew Friedland, professor at the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. “Now Iâ??m not sure. I actually donâ??t think that most daily newspapers in the metro [non-national] range will make it.”
“Are there ethical questions that this raises?” asks Greg Downey, director of the UW School of Journalism and Mass Communication. “Absolutely.”
International students wonâ??t be allowed to join a union for research assistants at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under a new policy that labor activists believe is the first of its kind in the U.S.
An academic staff committee is opposing a plan to create a new office to oversee research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. UW-Madison leaders have proposed creating a vice chancellor for research to oversee the office managing research grants.
Students at the University of Wisconsin often arrive on campus with dreams of making a difference in the world.
Now, they have a legitimate opportunity. On Thursday, students from the UW will volunteer their time at booths across campus, asking for donations, in whatâ??s being called the Day of Action for Haiti Relief.
Preparations are already under way for the menâ??s and womenâ??s outdoor hockey matchups at Camp Randall Stadium. Camp Randall Stadium will literally become an ice bowl on Feb. 6.
After the earthquake struck Haiti last week, a former Wisconsin Badgers football player quickly set about organizing a team to lead a medical effort in Haiti.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison says that it is trying to protect its international students by keeping them out of a new union for graduate research assistants. The argument — which union activists and some independent experts call unprecedented — has angered graduate students and advocates for international students.
The state Senate has passed a bill that would require most Wisconsin state government contract work to be performed in the United States. The requirement wouldnâ??t apply if the services couldnâ??t be obtained within the United States, or if theyâ??re paid for with federal money, money from University of Wisconsin System gifts or grants.
An engaging personality helps the sophomore center provide a strong presence in the locker room.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday said poor graduation rates among some college basketball programs would improve if the NCAA linked postseason play to the number of student-athletes getting their diplomas. “They should make a rule that if youre below a certain point, you dont qualify for the tournament,” Duncan told reporters at the Capitol. “And I guarantee that would fix the problem in a hurry. I promise you that. Wed fix this thing overnight.” Duncan, who played basketball at Harvard University, said 25% of mens basketball teams in last years NCAA tournament graduated less than two out of five players.
As the days drag on since the Haitian earthquake, a lot of people are waiting anxiously to learn what happened to Frank M. Vaughters.
He graduated from Baylor Medical College in Houston in 1972 and did his pediatric residency at the University of Wisconsin before coming to Kansas City in 1979.
The state Senate has passed a bill that would require most Wisconsin state government contract work to be performed in the United States. The requirement wouldnâ??t apply if the services couldnâ??t be obtained within the United States, or if theyâ??re paid for with federal money, money from University of Wisconsin System gifts or grants.
As he watched the chaotic scenes from Haiti unfold on television, Jake Wood worried that large-scale relief efforts couldnâ??t move quickly enough to reach many of the earthquake victims in time.Â
And Wood knew his leadership and survival skills put him in a unique position to help; Wood, 26, was a reserve offensive lineman for the University of Wisconsin before joining the Marines, where he served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Construction crews will begin turning Camp Randall Stadium into an outdoor arena this weekend for the Camp Randall Hockey Classic on Feb. 6.
Quoted: “A simplistic answer is this is going to lead to a lot more money in politics, a lot more money on the air in terms of television advertising,” said Ken Goldstein, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: â??Everyone is hunkering down,â? says Timothy Smeeding, Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and co-author of The Economics of an Aging Society. â??If you are not sure, youâ??re not going to buy whatever that next big thing is.â? In addition to cutting out luxuries, Smeeding says that the housing market is going to be particularly hard hit, as second home purchases have moved off the table.
Itâ??s 12:30 p.m. on a Friday in December. Dalia Saleh and her friends are kneeling on the floor, bowing their heads in reverence to Allah. These are the weekly services at the Islamic Center, 21 N. Orchard St. Everyone has removed his or her shoes, out of respect for Allah. About 30 men are at the front of the hexagonal building, women at the back of the room.
Robben W. Fleming, who as president of the University of Michigan in the late 1960s and â??70s steered it through a turbulent era of student protests, using his labor negotiatorâ??s skills to help defuse crises before they could turn violent, died Jan. 11 in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was 93.
Hilda O. Angell, age 94, of Onalaska, died on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Hilda worked in the dietary department at University Hospital in Madison for more than 37 years.
A tribute to UW-Madison senior Shanica Adkins, who was killed in a car crash Dec. 31, will be held Monday on campus.
Quoted: Wendy Machalicek, an assistant professor at UW-Madison who studies autism.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly said Marv Van Kekerix will serve as interim chancellor for UW-Extension and Colleges.
The senior point guard scored 20 points, including 16 in the second half, and the sophomore guard scores 13 off the bench as UW beats Michigan despite trailing for the first 36 minutes.
New Badgers’ soccer coach John Trask, a Milwaukee native who played collegiately at Indiana, is a former assistant coach with three Major League Soccer franchises and has spent the last five seasons coaching the Illinois-Chicago program, leading the Flames to three NCAA Tournament appearances.
Southeastern Wisconsin woodland owners plan to discuss stewardship, invasive species and coexisting with wildlife at their annual conference on Saturday, Feb. 6, in Waukesha. Conference sponsors include the University of Wisconsin Extension.
In all the recent talk about boosting the number of Americans with college degrees, some worry that an essential element has been missing: whether the degree has value. On Wednesday, a national association of colleges called for a “far-reaching national commitment” to improve “the breadth, level and quality of studentsâ?? actual learning.”
The Democratsâ?? plan for creating jobs and improving Wisconsinâ??s economy is scheduled for a vote Thursday in the Senate. The proposal would expand the state program that provides tax credits for angel and venture capital investment and would increase partnerships between businesses and the University of Wisconsin.
Money appears to be high on the minds of this yearâ??s college freshmen, reflecting the influence last year of the struggling economy on enrollment, financial aid and life goals, a survey released today says. Students were more likely to take out loans, more likely to have an unemployed parent and more likely to say an offer of financial aid was “very important” in choosing a college.
Most Wisconsin state government contract work would have to be performed in the United States under a bill set to pass the state Senate on Thursday. The requirement wouldnâ??t apply if the services couldnâ??t be obtained within the United States, or if theyâ??re paid for with federal money, money from University of Wisconsin System gifts or grants.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court wonâ??t intervene in a dispute over whether the fiance of a slain University of Wisconsin-Madison student can recover damages in the death.
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said heâ??ll listen to the governorâ??s speech Tuesday for any hints of more budget cuts to come for the UW System.
Robben Wright Fleming wasnâ??t my mentor or my “Morrie.” We met only once before Wednesday, when he was eulogized by three University of Michigan presidents, former administrators, and myself, in the role of student journalist in the Fleming years.
Fleming, who led the University of Michigan from 1968 to 1979, died peacefully in an Ann Arbor retirement home on Jan. 11 at age 93.
John Trask has been named the new University of Wisconsin menâ??s soccer coach. Trask spent the past five seasons as coach at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the sixth coach in the 34-year history of the Wisconsin program.
Most Wisconsin state government contract work would have to be performed in the United States under a bill set to pass the state Senate on Thursday. The requirement wouldnâ??t apply if the services couldnâ??t be obtained within the United States, or if theyâ??re paid for with federal money, money from University of Wisconsin System gifts or grants.
A UW-Madison official was appointed Wednesday to run the universityâ??s two-year colleges and Extension service until a permanent chancellor can be hired in a year. System president Kevin Reilly named Marv Van Kekerix as the interim chancellor.
Noted: Once blood is collected from an infant, specimens are sent to the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, an internationally recognized leader in the field of newborn screening. Wisconsin has historically been a leader in newborn screening for a variety of reasons, said WSLH public affairs manager Jan Klawitter.
