Quoted: Amanda Werhane, liaison librarian and marketing coordinator at Wendt, runs the library’s blog (wendt-library.blogspot.com), which features a collection of links and notes about useful research tools and journals. She’s also set up a Wendt Library page on Facebook, MySpace and Friendster, and posted library pictures on Flickr, the photo-sharing Web site.
Here is the list of states that have a budget.
Landlords with problematic properties will be held accountable for improvements â?? or face penalties â?? in an ordinance passed by the Madison City Council early Wednesday in an 18-2 vote.
The chronic nuisance abatement ordinance will identify addresses where police are often needed and hold landlords responsible for an improvement plan. The city could penalize landlords who fail to submit a plan or do not make an effort to end the nuisance.
Many patients don ‘t do what science says they should, from people at risk for heart disease taking aspirin to prevent heart attacks to men taking drugs to stave off osteoporosis, a bone disease.
A $41 million federal grant awarded to UW-Madison aims to bridge such gaps by improving the way campus discoveries are spread to the public.
Students don’t know much about history, and colleges aren’t adding enough to their civic literacy, says a report out today.
The study from the non-profit Intercollegiate Studies Institute shows that less than half of college seniors knew that Yorktown was the battle that ended the American Revolution or that NATO was formed to resist Soviet expansion. Overall, freshmen averaged 50.4% on a wide-ranging civic literacy test; seniors averaged 54.2%, both failing scores if translated to grades.
First-year students whose roommates brought a video game player to college studied 40 minutes less each day on average, according to a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Those 40 minutes of lost study time translated into first-semester grades that were 0.241 points lower on the 4.0 grade scale.
Quoted: A political science professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison who has studied the Milwaukee program for years, John Witte.
Quoted: Ann Kinkade, is director of the Family Business Center at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Alvin S. Lane, a former partner in a major New York City real estate law firm and a leader of efforts to protect art collectors from fraud, died Thursday in Manhattan. He was 89 and had homes in the Riverdale section of the Bronx and on Marthaâ??s Vineyard.
The art collection of Mr. Lane and his wife, the former Terese Lyons, which includes works by Picasso, Giacometti, Calder and Nevelson, is to be donated to the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where Mr. Lane graduated in 1940.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s women’s basketball team has returned to the preseason national rankings for the first time since 2001.
Two magazines have included the Badgers among their top 25. Both Women’s Basketball Magazine, the official publication of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and Athlon have ranked Wisconsin 20th after a recording-setting 23-13 season last year.
Cutting down the number of alcohol related crimes in Madison. That was the motive behind Tuesday night’s Common Council meeting as they voted whether to adopt an alcohol density plan. At the meeting downtown residents explained how alcohol has negatively their quality of living downtown, but those in opposition said an alcohol density plan will make matters worse.
Lambda Theta Phi planned to throw a latin dance party at Memorial Union on Saturday to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. But when UW Police cancelled the event for what police called possible overcrowding concerns, the fraternity’s national chairman said he was “flabbergasted.”
Gus Garcia, Lambda Theta Phi national chairman, said the UW violated the civil rights of the students, saying police cancelled the party because it would play hip-hop music.
Madison police on Monday said they believe Kelly Nolan ‘s killer is still somewhere in the area, but maintained they have no suspects in the investigation.
How both of those things could be true — how detectives can have a hunch about the location of someone they say they have not identified — was not fully explained in the first public briefing on the case since July 12.
Cancellation of a weekend event at UW-Madison designed to celebrate Hispanic heritage has provoked some to allege racial profiling on the part of UW-Madison Police.
Quoted: Sarah Van Orman, director of clinical services at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
MADISON â?? University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema might be getting a little thinner at running back, and that would be just fine with him.
Already with one of the best young backfields in the nation led by sophomore P.J. Hill, Bielema said Monday he’s hopeful he’ll be able to redshirt freshman John Clay, one of the top runners in Wisconsin prep history.
BARABOO, Wis. — A 55-year-old Madison man died during the weekend while competing in the swimming portion of a triathlon at Devil’s Lake State Park.
The man was identified as Dr. Daniel Eimermann, a psychiatrist who practiced in Madison, according to park officials.
Eimermann had a private practice at Psychiatric Services and served on the volunteer clinical faculty as a clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.
Madison, Wis. – As he works to turn a research prototype into a breakthrough network security product, Paul Barford envisions quite a large potential market for his technology – basically, any organization with a computer network.
Barford, an assistant computer science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is developing that product as the founder of Nemean Networks, LLC.
Quoted: Dr. Dennis Maki, infectious diseases chief at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hospitals and Clinics.
MADISON, Wis. — The reward for information in the search for who killed the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student who disappeared from downtown Madison earlier this summer has increased to $12,000.
As the Kelly Nolan case has begun to slip from headlines and TV screens, her family appealed to the public for help once again on Monday afternoon. At Library Mall on the UW-Madison campus, Madison police and the Nolan family announced that the reward for information leading to solving Nolan’s killing was increased to $12,000.
Kelly Nolan’s two sisters joined police Monday to make a plea for additional tips in the nearly three-month-old murder case of the UW-Whitewater student.
Police have not yet identified a suspect, but they’re confident whoever is responsible has ties to the community.
“We wish to locate anyone who was in the State Street area Friday night, June 22nd, into the early morning hours of June 23rd, who may have seen Kelly alone or with any other persons, male or female. We believe there are other persons in the community who know what happened to Kelly who have not yet contacted the police,” April Nolan says.
UW Health Services sees underage drinking as the greatest public health issue on campus.
Officials there believe the issue is one that needs a statewide approach to solve.
“Looking at issues of access and availability for young people is really a critical component to reducing the excessive drinking,” said Susan Crowley with UW Health Services.
Milwaukee, Wis. – The private sector’s interest level in the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center is extremely high and includes a diversity of interests that are engaged in the project, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison dean who helped write a successful grant proposal to fund the center.
Molly Jahn, dean of UW-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, said the recent five-year, $125 million Department of Energy grant award that established the research center will produce economic and environmental benefits for Wisconsin and the Midwest – something the private sector is keenly aware of.
MADISON â?? The sisters of a slain Wisconsin college student asked the public Monday to come forward with information that could help in the search for her killer.
Kelly Nolan, 22, disappeared early June 23 after a night of bar hopping with friends in downtown Madison. Her decomposing body was found more than two weeks later in a ditch about 10 miles south of the city.
Why do 10 million Americans carry the genetic mutation that causes cystic fibrosis, even though they don’t have the frequently fatal lung disease?
The answer could lie in 2,500-year-old bones from Europe being tested at the State Laboratory of Hygiene.
An international effort, led by Dr. Phil Farrell, a pediatric pulmonologist from UW-Madison, is analyzing bones from ancient Celtic people.
The national housing sector is in serious trouble. That was one of the few unified messages Friday at the semiannual Economic Outlook Conference hosted by the UW-Madison School of Business at the Fluno Center.
Joseph Newman, chairman of the psychology department at UW-Madison and a researcher who works with state prison inmates, said he’s familiar with Mendota and thinks it operates openly and provides safe conditions and strong treatment to patients.
But when patients say they’ve been victimized, Newman said, “I think it does need to go outside the institution when there’s a possibility that the institution is at fault. It seems unwise to let the institution alone make the decision.”
Andrew Bird is on his biodiesel-powered bus in Asheville, N.C., a phone in his hand, waking up to another interview, another day on tour. It ‘s Sept. 11 — a date that could have everything, or nothing, to do with the metaphysical questions posed by his latest album, the multi-layered “Armchair Apocrypha. “
Conservatives have long accused college professors of turning young minds into liberal mush.
But a much more real and direct threat to the right wing are the professors ‘ wallets.
University employees are giving far more money to political campaigns than a decade ago. They ‘re actually giving more than the oil industry and drugmakers, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks donations.
UW Hospital formed one of the nation’s few support groups for adults who have cystic fibrosis, a seemingly routine step that is controversial.
Quoted: David E. Joranson, director of the pain and policy studies group at the University of Wisconsinâ??s medical school.
Colleges and universities are intensifying efforts to reduce the growing problem of textbook thefts by marking books with invisible ink, requiring used bookstores to keep logs of sellers and banning the resale of the expensive volumes by non-students.
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Colleges are starting to wake up to how sleep deprivation cuts into the academic and athletic performance of their students. All-nighters have become a habit in higher education, but a handful of small new studies help document the consequences.
MADISON â?? A top University of Wisconsin economist predicted today that the U.S. economy would slide into recession next year, led by the downturn in the housing market.
How severe that recession becomes remains to be seen, however, said Don Nichols, an emeritus professor of economics and former director of the LaFollete School of Public Affairs. He spoke as part of the universityâ??s semiannual economic forecast conference at the Fluno Center on the UW-Madison campus.
Quoted: Michael Hunt, a professor of environmental textiles and design at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, is generally credited with creating the NORC concept in the mid-1980s.
Quoted: Jeremy Foltz, a University of Wisconsin assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics.
MILWAUKEE â?? When he gives lectures on how alcohol harms Wisconsin communities, Dr. Paul Moberg starts by showing an editorial cartoon he calls “sobering.”
Residents across the state cheered as Tyler Donovanâ??s fourth quarter heroics secured another Badger victory over the University of Nevada-Las Vegas last weekend.
That sense of pride for UW athletics can be felt throughout the state on any given autumn Saturday. Yet when it comes to showing pride in academic and research achievements of our top-notch public university system, many leaders in the Capitol are nowhere to be seen.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Microbial Sciences Building opened its doors to students on Friday.
The 330,000-square-foot building, which is the largest academic building on campus, has state-of-the-art labs and classrooms.
MADISON, Wis. — Badger football hit the new Big Ten Network Saturday, which meant thousands of cable customers were left without television coverage of the Badgers’ victory over The Citadel Bulldogs.
The Big Ten Network launched August 30, but it still doesn’t have a deal with Charter Cable. While fans fumed, some businesses used the situation to their advantage.
Jim Luedtke, owner of The Stadium Sports Bar & Eatery, said on Saturday, “Right now we have DirecTv, so we do get it. At this point, i love every minute of it because of the fact that that we are one of the only places in town that have it.”
Saturday’s Badger football game is the first of two airing on the new Big Ten Network this season, but no matter if the Badgers win, some who wanted to catch the big game on TV remain at a loss.
The Badgers’ coach has said he wants a “sea of red” at home games. Well, some fans wear red. Others now see red themselves — from outside of Camp Randall.
Most fans walking into Camp Randall didn’t need UW’s football coach to tell them to wear red for the game against the Citadel. “I mean, we did it before those guys told us what to do,” said Marcia Oliver of Brookfield.
Earlier this week, coach Brett Bielema asked fans to show up to games in nothing but red shirts for the rest of the season. So UW shirts that are white and gray are out. “It’s a good idea,” said Larry Cooper of Madison. “Penn State does it, a lot of other places do it, so it’s a good idea.”
To ward off frost damage overnight, Brent McCown, a professor of horticulture at UW Madison, recommends covering any vegetable plants or flowers that are directly exposed to the sky.
Jonathan Casillas has developed into one of the Badgers’ best linebackers, but he solidified his place in Wisconsin history long ago. For all the tackles he makes now by crossing the field and all the receivers he covers seamlessly, the junior will always be remembered for one play. Two years ago, the unknown freshman blocked a punt that was recovered in the end zone with 30 seconds left against rival Minnesota to cap a 10-point comeback in the closing minutes.
Badger fans can view football games on the Big Ten Network in residence halls, and now can connect to the channel via the Internet with UW-Madisonâ??s Digital Academic Television Network.
The channelâ??s extension is the latest revision in UW-Madisonâ??s contract with BTN and made possible by the 21st Century Network Project, according to Brian Rust, communications manager for UW-Madison Division of Information Technology.
Badgers will now be able to watch the Big Ten Network on any computer connected to the institutionâ??s network, the University of Wisconsin Division of Information Technology announced Thursday.
The service will be provided through DoITâ??s Digital Academic Television Network, which provides several free television channels as well as contributions from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Last week, the University of Wisconsin Concrete Canoe Team left the 30th annual Dutch Concrete Canoe Challenge in the Netherlands victorious, taking first place overall.
The first sign that the Lance Smith case was going to be different than other crime sagas involving University of Wisconsin student-athletes came Aug. 6.
That’s when it was announced Smith, a sophomore tailback on the football team, was being reinstated after his suspension for violating the UW student-athlete discipline policy.
This fall, when students at Penn State-Altoona trudge back to their dorms demoralized by a failed test or a romance on the rocks, they can take advantage of free mental-health counseling, on the spot, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
All students who come to the health center at the University of Wisconsin, even if just for a sprained ankle or a case of the sniffles, soon will be automatically screened for depression and offered treatment if needed.
The race for the White House kicked off in Madison Thursday night. The 2008 Presidential Election is more than a year away but candidates already want momentum on the UW campus to spread to the entire state. Even though it is starting with students, organizers say the ultimate goal is to get people of all ages involved well before next November.
Q. How does gravity work?
A. Gravity is an attractive force between any two objects, whether they ‘re as small as subatomic particles or as large as galaxies, explained UW-Madison physics professor Akikazu Hashimoto.
The UW-Citadel game is an emotional touchstone for Badgers fans because those who don’t have a ticket and don’t have the right cable provider will have to make special plans to watch it live. It’s expected that at least one more UW football game will be televised on the BTN this season.
With just days left before the Friday sign-up deadline, nearly 10,000 ninth-graders have committed to the proposed Wisconsin Covenant, which promises a route to college if they fulfill a pledge.
Why should Wisconsin invest millions of dollars to build and operate a UW school of public health in Milwaukee, when a school of public health already exists at UW-Madison?
The surprise came a bit late. Usually the Russian political system is upended in August, but this year we had to wait until the second week of September to discover who would replace the inevitably outgoing prime minister, Mikhail Fradkov. But a surprise it was, nonetheless.
Author: Scott Gehlbach is assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsinâ??Madison
Itâ??s no secret that underage alcohol consumption is a major issue at the University of Wisconsin, but instead of the issue being glamorized as it has in the past, UW is being applauded for its approach in curbing the problem.
The New York Times ran an article Wednesday about the UW administrationâ??s techniques for handling alcohol violations, including parental involvement and notification.
University of Wisconsin biotechnology will soon have the capability to accomplish unprecedented feats, thanks to $23.6 million in recent investments in a Madison company.
With the first full week of lectures and discussions coming to a close, it is not surprising that many students are already feeling stressed, particularly regarding all the money theyâ??ve spent on textbooks. Many have saved their receipts, naively hoping December will bring a 50 percent return on the $300 or so they just spent on course materials. Yet what they may not know is that the majority of students attending a University of Wisconsin campus never experience the textbook angst we know all too well.
Quoted: There are many warning signs signaling aging eyes need some medical care, says Dr. Amna Buttar, member of the American Geriatrics Society and faculty member at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Why should Wisconsin invest millions of dollars to build and operate a UW school of public health in Milwaukee, when a school of public health already exists at UW-Madison?
That question should prompt lawmakers to delete from the state budget a proposal to spend $500,000 on planning for a UW-Milwaukee school of public health and to deny the university ‘s request to start hiring faculty and staff.
