A newly published study from the Waisman Center at UW-Madison shows that patients who receive two cochlear implants often hear better results.
UW Study: Two cochlear implants may improve results
WKOW-TV 27
Author: jplucas
UW-Madison’s First Chancellor Dies At 93
WISC-TV 3
The University of Wisconsin-Madisonâ??s first chancellor has died. The university said Robben W. Fleming died at his home in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Monday. He was 93.
Textbooks for Rent … Everywhere
Inside Higher Education
A college education may be a lifetime investment, but college textbooks may only see use for a semester or less. And with many students pinching pennies because of tuition and tightening family budgets, some donâ??t see buying textbooks as worth the cost, which is typically between $700 and $1,000 per year.
Textbook rental programs have been sprouting up and growing for some time, but this week there are signs of a market shift with large, traditional bookstore companies going further than they have in the past in embracing the rental concept. And at the same time, those already in the market see the interest from traditional textbook players as a sign that their model is taking off.
Former UW-Madison Chancellor Robben Fleming Dies
WKOW-TV 27
The first man ever to be named Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison died Monday, Jan. 11 at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the age of 93.
Fleming first joined the UW-Madison faculty in 1947 as head of the Industrial Relations Center. In 1958, he moved to the University of Illinois to assume joint positions as director of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations and professor of law.
Another H1N1 wave?
WKOW-TV 27
As far as UW-Madison, 1,300 students have presented to Health Services with flu-like symptoms. Theyâ??ve administered 6,500 vaccines there. Officials say that doesnâ??t include any students who headed home to get vaccinated, or to private clinics.
Add to that, university students heading back to school. Sarah Van Orman, M.D., the Executive Director of University Health Services, says, “We know with everyone returning to campus, thereâ??s a possibility for an increase.”
Obituary: Henry C. Eichhorn
Madison.com
Henry C. Eichhorn, of Madison, passed away at home on Jan. 2, 2010. Ike’s career responsibilities at the UW Laboratory of Limnology included planning research projects and programs; writing research proposals to fund graduate students and the construction of a new laboratory; providing technical and biostatistical advice to students; and editing reports and studies for publication in professional journals.
Obituary: Charles Richard Hutchinson
Madison.com
C. Richard “Dick” Hutchinson, age 66, passed away peacefully, on Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Dick served as Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy until retiring in March 2000.
Obituary: Harold Martin Woolf
Madison.com
Harold Martin Woolf, age 69, died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. Hal most recently worked for the Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Obituary: Harvey Herman Borgwardt
Harvey Herman Borgwardt, age 84, of Madison, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. After World War II he began apprenticeship as an orthotist at the University of Wisconsin Hospital. Harvey invented many appliances; one that gained worldwide attention was a prosthetic leg fabricated for the University of Wisconsin for a cow that was carrying a special embryo. Harvey fabricated the prosthesis from a truck exhaust pipe and a hockey puck.
Sand, sun and serious fun for Jeffers (The Dominion Post, New Zealand)
Sam Worthington talks to American beach volleyballer Audra Jeffers, the fiancee of Tall Blacks star Kirk Penney, ahead of this weekendâ??s Wellington Open.
UW-Eau Claire will save historic tree after all (AP)
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claireâ??s plan for a new student union wonâ??t require a tree with historic significance to be cut down or moved after all.
Debate over cognitive, traditional mental health therapy
Los Angeles Times
If your doctor advised a treatment that involved leeches and bloodletting, you might take a second glance at that diploma on the wall. For the same reason, you should think twice about whom you see as a therapist, says a team of psychological researchers.
“Too many clinical psychologists tell us they don’t look to research, they don’t look to science,” says Timothy Baker of the University of Wisconsin, lead author of the report, published in the journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest.
Madison grocer aims for slice of healthy food market
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Donna Weihofen, a nutritionist at UW Hospital and Clinics.
Smart Studios closing March 1
Smart Studios, the Near East Side studio that recorded part of a Nirvana album, launched the band Garbage and gave Madison some of its coast-like coolness, is closing March 1. The studio, started in a basement in 1983 by UW-Madison students Butch Vig and Steve Marker, has been located since the late 1980s in a two-story, red-brick building at 1254 E. Washington Ave.
For soldiers returning home, more challenges await
Wisconsin State Journal
Veterans coming back from long overseas tours must cope with changes theyâ??ve undergone in dangerous, foreign environments, and in the way life at home has changed as well. Federal, state and county agencies have been preparing for their return, offering services that include preferential job placement and training and free college tuition with the added new benefit of money for living expenses. In addition to covering up to 100 percent of tuition, the federal GI Bill also pays for living expenses. In Madison, the stipend is $1,239 a month, said John Bechtol, assistant dean of students for veterans affairs at UW-Madison.
Balancing time in the classroom and the halfpipe
Wisconsin State Journal
In his pursuit of a pro snowboarding career, UW-Madison student Colin Tucker has broken his left wrist five or six times. Heâ??s broken his arm, collarbone, sternum and jaw. Tucker, 19, a sophomore who has attended UW-Madison the last two fall semesters, taking the spring semesters off to snowboard, acknowledged heâ??s on the “eight-year plan.” For now, heâ??s enjoying both the scholarly life and the snowboarding life.
Curiosities: How can polar bears survive at warm zoos?
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Kurt Sladky, assistant professor of the School of Veterinary Medicine at UW-Madison.
Monkey experiments will continue at UW
Wisconsin State Journal
On orders from Chancellor Biddy Martin, a UW-Madison committee on Friday took up a contentious issue on campus: Is it ethical to conduct experiments on monkeys? Not surprisingly, the discussion that resulted hardly settled the question. Animal rights activists still contend that scientists shouldnâ??t conduct experiments on monkeys that they deem too risky for humans. Scientists still believe the research is ethical, given stringent internal and federal oversight. The committee, UW-Madisonâ??s All-Campus Animal Care and Use Committee, approved a statement to that effect Friday.
Who’s better on defense: Kramer or Kelley?
Madison.com
Compare Purdue’s Chris Kramer to former Badger Mike Kelley and they could be twins. Both are 6-3, both are among the Big Ten’s best all-time in steals, both earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year honors.
UW women’s basketball: Taylor-made victory over Michigan
Madison.com
Freshman Taylor Wurtz scores a career-high 27 points in the 20-point win.
Badgers end Boilermakers’ perfect start
Madison.com
Reserve guard Jordan Taylor exploded for a career-high 23 points as the No. 17 University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team knocked off No. 4 Purdue 73-66 in a Big Ten Conference game at the Kohl Center.
Baggot: Emotional trip home for Badgersâ?? Davis
Madison.com
The UW wrestling team is in Iowa this weekend, but the Badgers’ coach is elsewhere in the state coming to grips with the presumed death of his older brother.
Forum to examine downturn in Wis. agriculture
Madison.com
The effect of the recession on Wisconsinâ??s agriculture community will be examined at a forum open to the public in Madison on Jan. 20. The meeting is organized by the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture and Life Sciences as well as UW-Cooperative Extension.
Brewers take aim at scalpers
Madison.com
Attention annoying ticket scalpers outside Miller Park: The Brew Crew is coming after you.The Milwaukee Brewers baseball club is lobbying Wisconsin lawmakers to pass a bill that would make it easier for the team to prosecute ticket resellers who bother fans outside the stadium. The bill would also apply to venues for the Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin Badgers, Milwaukee Bucks and others that want to create resale zones.
Brewers pitch bill to catch ticket scalpers (AP)
Noted: Don Nelson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison lobbyist, said scalpers have not been a problem outside Camp Randall or the Kohl Center and the university has no plans to designate ticket resale zones. But he said the university would support the bill in case “in the future we find a necessity for this.”
Forum To Examine Downturn In Wis. Agriculture
WISC-TV 3
The effect of the recession on Wisconsinâ??s agriculture community will be examined at a forum open to the public in Madison on Jan. 20.The meeting will also look ahead at whatâ??s in store for the stateâ??s agriculture community this year.
The meeting is organized by the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture and Life Sciences as well as UW-Cooperative Extension.
Funeral Services For UW Madison Student Killed By Fleeing Driver (WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee)
The 21-year-old University of Wisconsin Madison senior chose the field of social work in hopes of one day helping others. She was set to graduate this May but her dreams were cut short New Year’s Day when a driver fleeing from police ran a red light and struck the car Shanica was in.
Funeral Held For UW-Madison Student Killed In Crash
WISC-TV 3
A funeral was held Friday for a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was killed in a crash on New Yearâ??s Eve.
Locally owned grocery store opens downtown
WKOW-TV 27
Fresh Madison Market is at the corner of University and Lake Streets. Itâ??s located in the same building as the Lucky apartments where many UW-Madison students live.
UW-Madison official says swine flu wave likely (AP)
Chicago Tribune
University of Wisconsin-Madisonâ??s top health official says sheâ??s expecting another wave of swine flu cases as students return for the spring semester.
Food Allergy Families Enjoy First Badger Sporting Event
WISC-TV 3
For the first time ever, the Wadzinski family of Madison got to enjoy a Badger sporting event together. The family watched the Badger womenâ??s basketball take on the Michigan Wolverines. “They took a lot of steps â??- UW -â?? along with our Allergy Association, and it worked out really well today,” said Craig Wadzinski.
UW-Madison Committee Says Monkey Research Is Ethical
WISC-TV 3
A key University of Wisconsin-Madison campus committee on Friday upheld the universityâ??s research on monkeys as ethical, even as committee members downplayed some recent animal welfare violations.
Family calls off search for missing snowmobiler
WKOW-TV 27
Family members have called off the search for 52-year-old Martin Davis . Davis is the brother of University of Wisconsin wrestling coach Barry Davis, who had joined the search Monday along with dozens of other friends and family members.
Ethics of UW Primate Research
WKOW-TV 27
A UW committee decided its review of proposed scientific research projects involving primates is sufficient to answer ethical questions about the animal research.
The fourteen members of the all animal care and use committee voted unanimously in support of a statement of the committee’s current standards in evaluating scientific research with monkeys.
Allergy Friendly Game
NBC-15
It doesnâ??t take much for some people to have allergic reaction. A simple touch can sometime be enough to send someone to the emergency room. But Sunday, staff at the Kohl Center took extra steps to make sure anyone with food allergies could come out and enjoy a game.
UW-Madison debates science experiments on monkeys
Wisconsin Public Radio
A UW-Madison committee meets publicly Friday (1/8) to discuss the ethics of experimenting on monkeys. This follows a recent federal investigation that found several violations in the universityâ??s animal research labs.
UW-Madison has two primary animal research centers, where more than 2,000 monkeys are actively used for experiments, ranging from emotional behavior to the effects of infectious diseases.
NIH inspectors say animals they saw at UW-Madison looked good
Wisconsin State Journal
Inspectors from the National Institutes of Health said in a letter to UW-Madison that the animals they saw during a December visit were in good condition, while also finding areas where the university could improve its oversight over animal research. The letter comes on the heels of a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which found 20 animal welfare violations. The two agencies, the USDA and NIH, made a surprise visit to UW-Madison last month.
Steven Deller: Tax obsession hurts schools
Madison.com
Letter written by Steven Deller, a professor of applied economics at UW-Madison.
Obama will renominate Butler as a federal judge
Wisconsin State Journal
An Obama administration official said today President Barack Obama will renominate Louis Butler as a federal judge in Wisconsinâ??s western district. His nomination had been turned back in the U.S. Senate on Christmas Eve. Butler was a justice on the state Supreme Court from 2004 to 2008. He was defeated for reelection by current Justice Michael Gableman, and is now a jurist in residence and a lecturer at UW-Madison Law School.
On Campus: Society for Abolition of Sleep, 110 years later
Wisconsin State Journal
The Daily Mirror blog on the Los Angeles Times Web site offers a glimpse into life on the UW-Madison campus 110 years ago.
Baggot: Badgers set sights on another peak
Madison.com
After four UW representatives helped Team USA win the gold medal in the World Junior Championships, now the fourth-ranked Badgers make a push for a seventh NCAA title.
Study: Property taxes force few elderly to move
Madison.com
A study by a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher and the Department of Revenue concludes that property tax increases force few elderly people to move out of their homes.
Search Continues For Brother Of UW Wrestling
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin wrestling coach Barry Davis is among the volunteers searching for his brother, who disappeared while snowmobiling in Iowa. Dozens of volunteers continue to search for Martin Davis, 52, of Cedar Rapids, including at least 30 people from the manâ??s manufacturing company.
Chihuahuas migrated to New York to escape death sentence (am New York)
Quoted: Pop-culture expert Jonathan Gray said celebrity influence on pet owners may be inevitable. People already looking for a pet will take cues from media stars who suggest one breed might be desirable over another, said the University of Wisconsin-Madison professor.
Grants aim to boost agricultural innovation (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)
Eleven agriculture innovators will share $225,500 in grants for projects designed to strengthen, build or restore sectors of the Wisconsin agricultural industry.
One recipient is the University of Wisconsin-Madison Horticulture Department, Madison, $21,500 â?? The researchers will study production and storage potential in Wisconsin for â??cut and peelâ? carrots — the popular baby carrots sold today that are worth about five times as much to the grower as carrots grown for processing.
Study: Property taxes force few elderly to move (AP)
A study by a University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher and the Department of Revenue concludes that property tax increases force few elderly people to move out of their homes.
UW-Madison professor Andrew Reschovsky says that contrary to claims by politicians hoping to limit property tax increases, the elderly “are not picking up and moving because of property taxes.
Database shows UW’s reach
Wausau Daily Herald
There are 71 different University of Wisconsin-Madison projects tied to Marathon County, and university officials want you to know about all of them.
University officials this year will spread the word about an online database that includes more than 1,000 examples of school programs benefiting the state.
Most folks arenâ??t prepared for an emergency
Wisconsin Radio Network
When the worst happens, will you be ready? A new poll says most people will not. Eighty percent of Wisconsinites are not prepared to respond to emergencies like floods or power outages, according to a poll done for state officials by UW-Madison. Most folks donâ??t have disaster kits, a communication plan, or an established meeting place to make sure everyoneâ??s okay.
UW student is also pro snowboarder
WKOW-TV 27
A University of Wisconsin student is balancing his education with his career as a professional snowboarder.Sophomore Colin Tucker put himself on an eight-year plan in which he will continue to enroll at UW-Madison in the fall semesters and take off in the spring to concentrate on snowboarding.
Baby bottle chemical could be outlawed
Wisconsin Public Radio
Quoted: UW-Madison zoology professor Warren Potter says studies showing BPAâ??s safety concentrate on toxicity –not other negative health effects. He says the current safety criterion focuses on whether or not the chemical kills rather than is it affecting a childâ??s immune system or their ability to function neurologically.
Obituary: Teresa D. Mueller
Madison.com
Teresa D. Mueller, age 28, of Madison and formerly of Richland Center, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. She was employed at the UW Hospital for the past six years as a surgical tech in urology/organ transplants.
New FAFSA makes it easier for students to apply for aid
USA Today
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid FAFSA used to be really, really, really tough to fill out. An estimated 1.5 million low-income students probably are eligible for federal aid but dont apply, in part because they find the process so daunting. The new FAFSA, often used by states and colleges to determine aid amounts, was launched Friday for the 2010-11 academic year. More than 90% of families apply online, and technology is responsible for most of the changes so far.
Bonnie Manning: More strikes against animal research
Wisconsin State Journal
I was disheartened and appalled by the front page article in Fridayâ??s paper regarding inhumane and unsanitary conditions at the animal research lab at UW-Madison.
Mike Marshall: People failed lab animals on all levels
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison is a great dog-friendly town. So itâ??s sad to read that, right in our backyards, UW-Madison was cited for its lack of lab animal care.
Patricia Wildgen: Lab conditions bring shame to UW
Wisconsin State Journal
I am outraged by the latest revelation of UW-Madisonâ??s inhumane treatment and conditions for animals used in its research
On Campus: UW Law School may assist in prayer case
Wisconsin State Journal
The UW-Madison Law School could represent Dale or Leilani Neumann as they appeal last summerâ??s reckless homicide convictions for the death of 11-year-old daughter Madeline Kara Neumann. Byron Lichstein, an assistant professor at the law school, said the schoolâ??s Criminal Appeals Project has offered to represent one of the Neumanns in the appeal.
Two men hospitalized after falls through ice near UW
Wisconsin State Journal
Two men fell through the ice on Lake Mendota Wednesday within 30 minutes of one another, and while neither was seriously hurt, a Madison Fire Department spokesman said the incidents are a reminder to beware of thin ice.
AFT, Democrats want UW System to sign union deal
Madison.com
A union and some Democratic lawmakers are asking the University of Wisconsin System to sign a legal agreement that could make it easier for faculty and staff to organize unions.
Doug Moe: Why Dane County is Dane County
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin Press had recently reissued a book by Fred Cassidy titled “Dane County Place-Names.” Cassidy, who died in 2000 at 92, was the engine driving the ambitious and acclaimed Dictionary of American Regional English, or DARE, based in the English Department at UW-Madison.
Spartans pull away in second half
Madison.com
Michigan State edged the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team 54-47 in a physical Big Ten Conference battle Wednesday night at the Breslin Center.