After listening to University of Wisconsin-Madison botanist Don Waller talk about the fearsome adaptations of the Venus flytrap, one comes away thankful that the plants, through all their thousands of years of evolution, have remained small enough to dine only on insects.
UW-Madison is one of seven universities across the nation to receive a competitive federal grant to raise awareness of sexual assault and dating violence on college campuses.
National statistics show one in four women will be sexually assaulted before they graduate from college. That’s a stat UW-Senior Courtney Coen believes to be true.
Madison Metro met with public health officials to come up with a plan to help keep riders and employees protected from H1N1.
Madison Metro transit said 50,000 to 60,000 people board its buses each day.
Ann Schaffer, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, was waiting for the bus on UW-Madison’s campus Friday. She said she knows there’s a chance the H1N1 virus could be waiting for her on board.
During Saturday’s Badger game 23 people were kicked out of Camp Randall, 10 were arrested.
Campus police report that of the 10 people arrested, eight were students.
“Eat food.” It doesnâ??t sound like very profound advice, especially coming from a James Beard award-winning food writer. Author Michael Pollan will be explaining his theory when he visits to Madison next week.
Average Americans are disconnected from the food they eat every day. That is one of the few statements from Michael Pollan that doesnt give me heartburn.UW-Madison has served up Pollans recent book, “In Defense of Food,” as the main course for its Go Big Read campus-wide book discussion this year. Chancellor Biddy Martin says its selection was meant to generate discussion about an important topic, and not an endorsement of the book, Pollan or his adopted food system ideology.
The House voted Thursday in favor of the biggest overhaul of college aid programs since their creation in the 1960s â?? a bill to oust private lenders from the student loan business and put the government in charge. The vote was 253-171 in favor of a bill that fulfills nearly all of President Obamaâ??s campaign promises for higher education: The measure ends subsidies for private lenders, boosts Pell Grants for needy students and creates a grant program to improve community colleges, among other things.
Quoted: For one thing, the abstention agreement could create a chilling effect on county elected officials who might not vote their conscience out of fear of being sued, said Howard Schweber, associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. When he first heard about what had happened in Clark County, the constitutional scholar said â??the hair on the back of my neck started to rise.â?
Quoted: “If we want to prevent foreclosures, something needs to be done, and itâ??s not mortgage modification,” says Morris Davis, an assistant professor of real estate and urban land economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and one of the authors of a relief plan that would provide housing vouchers attached to unemployment insurance.
Michael Pollan, the acclaimed author of five books, including The Omnivoreâ??s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, will be in Madison next week for a series of events as part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Go Big Read common-reading program and this yearâ??s Food for Thought Festival.
Quoted: Darrell Bazzell, the vice chancellor for administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said expanding its campus is not part of the universityâ??s strategy.
â??We are focusing on meeting the needs on campus,â? he said. â??We value having classes close by and we see no need to expand beyond campus boundaries.â?
Quoted: Joanne Cantor, a former University of Wisconsin professor who writes about media issues, said on her blog that she shares concerns about the beer ads on NFL telecasts, but has mixed feelings about the ED ads.
The University of Wisconsin System is awarding more than $1 million in grants for 18 projects to help graduate more students.
The UW Badgers football team pulled out a tough, double overtime victory against Fresno State. Reports indicated that a number of players may have been sick, but played through it. Now, there is concern that younger football plays may try to be tough.
Reading between the lines is a tricky, oftentimes dangerous exercise when trying to comprehend stories like the one about Jeremy Glover, Diamond Taylor and the University of Wisconsin menâ??s basketball team.
t’s a big day for UW-Madison’s North Hall today.
The university’s oldest building is turning 158 years old. It opened for the first time on Sept. 17, 1851.
Noted: Reflecting on her scientific career, Stubbe said that she was often one of the few women chemists in the lab, from her time as a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley to being the first woman to earn tenure in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, before moving to MIT in 1987.
Four puppets used by the UW-Madison Javanese musical ensemble disappeared at the end of July and haven’t been seen since.
They may not have been worth much money, but are of great sentimental value to the owners, Sakti and Steve Laronga.
The number of employers at a UW-Madison job fair dropped by 50% from last year.
The UW Business Career Center hosted its annual job fair at the Kohl Center for students in the School of Business and College of Letters and Sciences.
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation that expands federal aid to college students while ending federal subsidies to private lenders.
In its yet-to-be-unveiled online guide for preparing for a swine flu outbreak, the Virginia Community College System offers the usual advice: cover your mouth and wash your hands. But it also links to sites that show professors and students how to use Blackboard.
I have been following the Go Big Read program, including Chancellor Biddy Martinâ??s Friday guest column on her reasons for the selection of the book, “In Defense of Food: An Eaterâ??s Manifesto.”
Fraternity and sorority recruitment had just wrapped up and classes were about to start when the first wave of coughing and sniffling students reached Washington State Universityâ??s health center.
Eunice A. Altenburg, age 94, of Madison, died on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Eunice worked for UW-Madison in food service for many years.
Facebook isnt just for socializing anymore â?? a new survey of college admissions officials suggests students are increasingly taking care of business on the site as well.More than 70% of officials in the annual survey say they or others in their office have received Facebook or MySpace “friend requests” from applicants. While officials arent sure how students think it will help their chances of getting into college, “Whats becoming clear is that applicants themselves are using Facebook as an essential communication medium and are expecting to use it as a medium with schools,” says Jeff Olson, executive director of research for Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions.
Weight gain is common among college students, according to nutritionists, and many factors are to blame. Dining managers at the University of Wisconsin are working to give students healthy options.”We offer many choices,” said Brian Burke, food manager. “We have a salad bar with 20 to 30 items. We always have four entrees in the serving line, fruit bars. They can get sandwiches made just the way they like them.”
Quoted: â??Many people involved in the health-care debate are discontented with the Baucus proposal,â? said Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. â??But this is what compromise looks like.â?
Noted: In 1993, Brand was among three finalists to become president of the University of Wisconsin, but he withdrew after interviewing. A year later, he became president at IU.
College students from Missouri to Oregon are urging their schools to stop using coal-based electricity in favor of cleaner energy sources ranging from wood chips to geothermal power.
Noted: The College Destinations Index ranked the top 75 cities from various metropolitan areas, but only displayed the top 15 or 20 in each size category.
New York City snagged the top spot in the major metro category, while San Jose, Calif. won the midsize metro category. Boulder, Co. earned the No. 1 spot for small metro cities and Ithaca, N.Y. proved to be the best college town destination.
The only Wisconsin city to make the list was Madison, which ranked fifth in the small metro cities category.
While at least 40 University of Wisconsin-Madison football players were sick last week, many with flulike symptoms, all suited up for Saturday’s double overtime win against Fresno State and some attended practice even though they were vomiting.
At least one member of the team played briefly in the game but was so ill he had to come off the field.
The leaves aren’t the only thing changing in the Badger state. Wisconsin’s evolving climate is at the center of a new University of Wisconsin-Madison study.
A group of scientists at the university said they have documented proof that changes are on the way for Wisconsin’s climate in the next century — changes that could make it feel like down south.
The first cases of what are suspected to be the H1N1 flu have been reported at Wisconsin’s northern-most campus this week.
Four students have notified the UW-Superior Health Services office that they’ve got the flu. Health Services Doctor Dawn Schultze says they’re not calling it H1N1, just flu-like symptoms. But she says the symptoms match that of H1N1, including a dry cough, headache, and fever of 100-plus degrees.
Quoted: “At the UW-Madisonâ??s Arlington Research Station UW-Madison. it has been the coolest growing season on record,” said Joe Lauer, an agronomy professor and the UW Extensionâ??s corn specialist. “But the story isnâ??t done yet.”
A terse news release appeared to snuff out any possibility that Diamond Taylor and Jeremy Glover will get a second chance to play for the University of Wisconsin menâ??s basketball team after their arrests for a campus burglary earlier this month.
On a University of Wisconsin football team filled with more than 40 sick players last week, it’s impossible to point out the sickest.
But offensive right tackle Josh Oglesby belonged on a short list of players with the most severe symptoms.
University of Wisconsin student-athlete Jeremy Glover has been dismissed from the men’s basketball team for violating the student-athlete discipline policy.
Walter Dickey, chair of the Student-Athlete Discipline Committee and also chair of the institution’s Athletic Board, made the announcement Tuesday.
UW-Madison officials would like your help spending millions of dollars.
Remember the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates? That’s the tuition surcharge of $250 this year for in-state UW-Madison students – which will ultimately grow to $1,000 in four years – to boost undergraduate education and financial aid.
Few students on campus desire to contract swine flu – or as the powers-that-be demand we call it, H1N1. But every year, in fall and winter, we have a flu season. Students get sick, get better, and the world continues to turn.
University administration did not need to send multiple swine flu e-mails offering duplicated information in far too many words. The majority of the student body undoubtedly ignored the e-mails. And this is where problems arise, as one of the keys to getting through this as a campus is communication.
Quoted: Dr. Yoshi Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin said tests in monkeys showed the virus lives and replicates 1,000-fold better in the lungs than does seasonal flu.
As rapper Rick Ross has continuously stated, it is deeper than rap, and Hip-Hop is far more than just a genre of music. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is in the process of integrating the art form into its school as it will be devoting its fall semester to the scholarship and art of Hip-Hop.
The Badgers are pledging to make every home came this year carbon neutral, an extension of last season’s efforts to make the 2008 homecoming game a net-zeo carbon emitter.
The university is promoting more recycling on site, replacing paper media guides with electronic versions, and buying carbon credits to make up for electricity and emissions.
New numbers released yesterday by University Health Services indicate the University of Wisconsin campus is still in the midst of an H1N1 outbreak, but do not suggest the need to enact advanced stages of the pandemic contingency plan the university has established.
A UW-Madison study challenges the perception that scientists avoid the press and that journalists tend to seek out mavericks.
The image of scientists tucked away in a lab away from the public isn’t just a case of being media shy; it was once the professional culture. Former science writer Sharon Dunwoody says getting information on the record was tough because those who spoke to the press were often ostracized by their peers. Dunwoody says scientists in the 20th Century who were interested in interacting with the public, the iconic example is Carl Sagan, the astronomer from Cornell. These individuals essentially were punished by the scientific culture, they were critiqued. They were told that public communication an unacceptable activity. (Sixth item.)
Iâ??ve noticed that a number of Division I schools are playing schools of lesser size and ability.UW-Madison has one of those games coming up against Wofford College. I do not plan on attending that game, and if the UW continues to include teams like this on its schedule, I will consider dropping my season tickets after 45 years as a ticket holder.
Even the best seeds can take a while to germinate. A case in point is the proposal to open seven â??emerging technology centersâ? on University of Wisconsin System campuses to better serve industry while engaging faculty and student research talent.
Quoted: “Nitrogen is associated with color, phosphorous with flowering and potassium with growth,” said Dennis Lukaszewski, urban gardens director for the University of Wisconsin-Extension. “There are other micro-nutrient blends out there for feeding specific plants, but those are the big three.”
Injections with a steroid improved the eyesight of more than one-quarter of patients suffering from vision-robbing blood clots, a leading cause of blindness, researchers said on Monday.
If you’d like Wisconsin to be a little warmer on the average, just wait 40 years or so.
According to a University of Wisconsin study, the average temperature in the state should rise by between four and nine degrees by the year 2050.
Quoted: Obamaâ??s address to Congress last week “wasnâ??t the huge game-changer some had hoped or thought,” says Charles Franklin, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin who studies public opinion.
â??Like a locomotive with a mouth full of butcher knives.â?
That is how a shark expert, Matt Hooper, described Carcharodon megalodon to the police chief in Peter Benchleyâ??s novel â??Jaws.â? He was referring to the 50-foot-long, 50-ton body and enormous six- to seven-inch-long teeth that made the extinct megalodon shark perhaps the most awesome predator that has ever roamed the seas.
In tough economic times, more college students are seeking financial aid for school, but officials said that there might not be enough money to go around.
The result of the increasing demand is a huge jump in those who qualify for state financial aid grants, but can’t get any. Those running the state’s largest financial aid grant program, the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant, known as WHEG, said the bottom line is more students are having to take out more loans, or not attend college.
Quoted: “The kernels just havenâ??t been developing like they normally would,” said Joe Lauer, agronomist and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Steroid shots in the eye can help people with blocked retinal veins see better, according to a national study released Monday and led by a UW-Madison ophthalmologist.
As the H1N1 flu virus continues to spread throughout the country, many local households are finding themselves in a very difficult position in terms of what to do if one person falls sick with the illnesses while those that share their home are still healthy.
Medical experts are urging healthy families to formulate a plan if and when members start to get sick.
The virus, also know as the swine flu, has already hit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and has quickly spread, but health officials are offering advice on how people can protect themselves.
Wisconsin is getting warmer, research released Monday from UW-Madison suggests.
Dan Vimont, a UW-Madison professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, said the projection is based in part on climate data from the past 60 years that says Wisconsin has warmed 2.5 degrees on average in the winter and 1.3 degrees on average throughout the year.
The average American is disconnected from the food they eat every day. That is one of the few statements from Michael Pollan that doesnâ??t give me heartburn.
Noted: Meanwhile, for the past six months researchers in Madison, Wis., have been investigating the idea of turning an electron beam loose in an ionized gas, thereby producing neutrons to direct into a pool of heavy water seeded with molybdenum-98. Some of the neutrons would merge with Mo-98 nuclei, creating Mo-99, explains Paul DeLuca Jr., the University of Wisconsinâ??Madisonâ??s provost and a codeveloper of the idea.
Barring additional legal action, fifth-year seniors Shane Carter and Aubrey Pleasant likely will never again play for the University of Wisconsin football team.
Some changes may be in store for the University of Wisconsin system, including campuses in our area. For the last two days, the UW Board of Regents met and reviewed a number of ideas, including one that could bring some new resources to Northeast Wisconsin.John Katers, an environmental engineer, works at ENCAP , a Green Bay company that turns waste from paper companies into mulch products.
