Statistics aren’t available, but an official said there are at least 350 student-parents at UW- Madison. Almost all student-parents grapple with the cost of child care. Infant care at a campus center will cost about $10,872 per child this academic year, said April Kigeya, a parent resource specialist at UW- Madison’s Office of Child Care & Family Resources.
MADISON, Wis. – TomoTherapy Inc., which makes radiation equipment used in treating cancer, filed papers Monday seeking to raise as much as $201 million in an initial public offering of its stock.
MADISON, Wis. – Leaders of national embryonic stem cell banks in the United States and the United Kingdom pledged Monday to work together to promote research, create international standards and more efficiently distribute each other’s cells.The officials told reporters they hoped the efforts were the beginning of a long partnership between the banks, the National Stem Cell Bank in Madison and the U.K. Stem Cell Bank near London.
Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, declares it â??only the beginning of the fight,â? but what we really wonder about is when the end will come. Nass was referring to the unanimous 16-0 vote by the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, to approve an admissions policy in which an applicant’s race can be a deciding factor. Nass and critics believe that is a racist policy, even if it is intended to confront and correct historic racis
No art project has ever mattered as much to Abington High School junior Lizzie Kreitschmann, and not just because she’s shooting for an A.
Instead of eating lunch most days, Kreitschmann works on her drawing of a 15-year-old Egyptian orphan with lopsided eyes, a tight-lipped smile and blue shirt.
It may be the first portrait of himself that the boy has ever had. It will surely become a prized possession – if only Kreitschmann captures his likeness, something she can’t help worrying about.
Students from Wisconsin could see their tuition jump at the University if lawmakers have their way.
African studies sophomore Ryann Streicher, from Madison, Wis., attends the University because of the reciprocity agreement that allows her to pay, on average, $1,190 less per year than Minnesotans.
On rare occasions, a high school diploma is not required for admission to one of the highly-coveted freshman slots at UW-Madison.
“We get some inquiries about this, but in light of the enrollment demands here, don’t do this (apply without high school diploma)unless it’s truly an unusual set of circumstances,” Office of Admissions Associate Director Tom Reason told 27 News.
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Jim Doyle campaigned last fall on the promise of not raising general sales or income taxes, but he has proposed a number of targeted tax and fee hike that are drawing fire from state Republicans in advance of the budget’s release on Tuesday.
Some Republican lawmakers said that they’re skeptical of how the governor is going to pay for all the ideas he’s laid out in the last month. They said that they think he’s trying to fix the budget with higher taxes. The governor’s aide, however, counters that Doyle’s plans are fiscally responsible.
MADISON, Wis. — The governor announced Monday the formal collaboration between Wisconsin and the United Kingdom on stem cell research.
Though there is still a lot of controversy over the research the governor and others said that they couldnâ??t stand in the way of science.
Like many institutions, Duke University boasts of having a high volunteer rate among students. Internal data show that 80 percent of undergraduates take part in some type of service project â?? be it a once-a-month tutoring session or a spring break humanitarian trip.
In a sign that Duke is encouraging students to go beyond sporadic volunteering, the university announced Monday the creation of a program that will provide full funding and administrative support to any undergraduate who wants to spend a summer or a semester taking part in a full-time service project.
University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema has made enough decisions in his coaching career to make it clear it’s not just about the money with him.
Even as critics vowed “this is only the beginning of the fight,” the UW-System Board of Regents voted 16-0 Friday to approve a comprehensive freshman admissions policy that includes race among the many factors it will consider in the decision process.
It took Alando Tucker only one shot to score the 2,000th point of his University of Wisconsin men’s basketball career Saturday at the Kohl Center.
Fortunately for the Badgers, their senior forward didn’t stop there.
Aside from the irony of watching college football’s most notorious hold-up artist, Barry Alvarez, playing the part of the guy with his hands in the air for a change, there was nothing unusual about the five-year, $7.5 million contract the University of Wisconsin gave to coach Bret Bielema last week.
Fusion is not being envisioned solely as an energy source anymore.
A major problem right now is it takes much more power to fuse certain hydrogen elements than what is produced.
Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are developing the technology for medical purposes and detection of nuclear explosives.
For more than 30 years, UW-Madison engineering professor Gerald Kulcinski has been one of a number of researchers at universities and federal laboratories working to find an economically feasible way to use fusion to make electricity.
Quoted: Martha Gaines, director of the Center for Patient Partnerships and a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Aside from the irony of watching college football’s most notorious hold-up artist, Barry Alvarez, playing the part of the guy with his hands in the air for a change, there was nothing unusual about the five-year, $7.5 million contract the University of Wisconsin gave to coach Bret Bielema last week. In terms of compensation, the deal was fair for both sides.
Quoted: Adam Gamoran, director of the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research.
The night before Drew Gilpin Faust was formally named president of Harvard University, women involved in efforts to promote female leaders in academe happened to be gathering in Washington for workshops and networking sessions held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Council on Education. During a fund-raising pitch at a dinner, women were reminded that the programs they support might just help someone who could become â??the next president of Harvard.â?
Now that the lakes have finally frozen over, longtime Madison residents may gaze (if their eyes don’t tear up too badly) over the bleak landscape of Lake Mendota and reminisce about that fateful February 28 years ago when the Statue of Liberty came to town.
“The current governor shall be king of Wisconsin for life.”
Believe it or not, Gov. Jim Doyle could have used his vast veto powers to sign this sentence into law as part of the state budget.
I made up and punched the sentence into the “Veto-Matic” and voila! — a Wisconsin monarchy. All Doyle would need is a moat and castle in Maple Bluff. But, alas, the Veto-Matic couldn’t find “moat” or “castle” among the 217,000 words in the state’s 2005-2007 spending plan.
You too can play God . . . I mean, governor, at www.vetomatic.com. The Web site is the brainchild of UW-Madison mechanical engineering student Dale Emmons.
Three years ago, the three Kipnes daughters were in a New Jersey salon getting pedicures. The sisters, all UW-Madison grads who now work for their father, an intellectual property attorney in New Jersey, are Erika Whitman (class of ’93), Pamela Karp (’97) and Deanna Kipnes (’04). They were lamenting the weather as their toenail polish was applied.
Imagine a window opening onto the universe, a window affording views unparalleled in history and offering glimpses of thousands of spinning galaxies and luminous, exploding stars.
For a brief time, UW-Madison astronomer Jay Gallagher had such a view, the equivalent of a courtside seat for an eye-boggling cosmic show.
Quoted: Thomas J. Scott, president of the Higher Education User Group and senior enterprise resource-planning strategist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
MADISON (AP) â?? Gov. Jim Doyle says heâ??ll propose offering group health insurance benefits to domestic partners of all state employees when he presents his state budget proposals to lawmakers during the coming week.That is broader than his proposal rejected by legislators two years ago to offer domestic partner coverage to University of Wisconsin employees.
Republicans controlled both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature then, but Democrats now control the Senate and the Republican majority in the Assembly has been narrowed.
Quoted: David Williamson Shaffer, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor.
Quoted: Kenneth Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
HOUSTON — Tired of badgering the kids to quit wasting time with those computer and video games and get started on homework? Here’s a news flash for the 21st Century: It turns out many of the games might be better than homework.
In a series of research projects as likely to thrill young people as they are to horrify their parents and teachers, academic experts across the country are unearthing educational benefits in the digital games that surveys show are now played by more than 80 percent of American young people ages 8 to 18.
Quoted: David Williamson Shaffer, an education professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of a recent book, “How Computer Games Help Children Learn”; Kurt Squire, another University of Wisconsin researcher.
Quoted: Maria Cancian, an economist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
For years, as college costs have climbed to backbreaking levels, more families have begun socking money in tax-advantaged 529 savings plans. Now, as these 529 plans mark their 10th anniversary this year, they are fast becoming the principal way for parents and grandparents to save for college.
Now that Alando Tucker is the second player in Wisconsin history to score 2,000 points, he figures he has plenty of chances to top Michael Finley’s school record of 2,147. Tucker had 21 points and seven rebounds Saturday, leading the fourth-ranked Badgers past Iowa 74-62. Tucker reached the 2,000-point mark with his first basket of the game. The senior said when he looks at his chances to become Wisconsin’s leading scorer, he includes a potential run to the Final Four. “This team is special to me,” Tucker said. “I think we all realize that. Just for me to be able to achieve that this year among this group of players, my teammates, it’s very special to me.”
College presidents have gotten older and have been in their positions longer than at any time in the past 20 years, indicating an upcoming wave of turnover at the top.
Experts say a shortage of veterinarians for farm animals means more than an inconvenience for farmers. The work of these vets protects the animals, and the nation’s food supply.
Demand for food animal vets is expected to increase by more than 10 percent in the next 10 years, but the number of students graduating in the field cannot keep the pace.
The deadline is looming for UW Madison students to sign up for the University’s health insurance.
However, the extra cash may not be worth the extra coverage.
The majority of UW students are not using the University’s Student Health Insurance Plan, called SHIP. In fact, only 15% of Madison students are enrolled.
State Senate Education Committee member Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend)is determined to fight the inclusion of race as a factor as part of freshman admissions policy on UW campuses.
The policy, which has been used at the UW System’s flagship institution, UW-Madison, will now be applied at other UW System campuses as well.
“We could try to do the constitutional amendment route, as they did in the state of Michigan,” Grothman said. “We could try to amend the state budget. Or we could try to hopefully reach consensus on a half way point.”
The University of Wisconsin’s Board of Regents voted unanimously on Friday to adopt a new admissions policy requiring every campus in the state system to consider applicants’ race and ethnicity.
The board approved the policy despite warnings from various critics of affirmative action, including some state legislators, that the 26-campus system’s use of a race-conscious admissions policy may violate Wisconsin laws and is likely to trigger a political backlash.
In urging his fellow regents to support the policy, David G. Walsh, the board’s president, said it was “truly about having a better educational experience for our students.”
At a time when many colleges are distancing themselves from race-conscious admissions plans, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents is moving in the other direction, unanimously approving a systemwide policy on Friday that allows institutions to consider race, ethnicity and family income among a range of factors in freshman admissions.
Regents say the â??holisticâ? plan, which calls for each campus to consider a studentâ??s academic achievements before looking to nonacademic factors, will allow colleges to enroll more racially and socioeconomically diverse classes.
A legal battle could be in store for a new admissions policy adopted by the UW System. The Board of Regents voted unanimously on Friday to adopt the new policy, which looks at factors beyond academics, such as race and ethnicity, when determining admissions.
Quoted: Patricia Flatley Brennan R.N., professor of nursing and industrial engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
University of Wisconsin head football coach Bret Bielema, who guided the Badgers to a 12-1 record and a Capital One Bowl victory in his first season, was awarded with a five-year contract extension.
ESPN first reported the news Thursday evening on its ticker during SportsCenter broadcasts.
Gov. Jim Doyle called for tax breaks for health care, child care, tuition and Social Security on Thursday, pushing forward proposals he first made late in his campaign.
“Far too many families across the state are getting squeezed,” Doyle said from an Appleton home. “That’s why we’ve worked hard to make the right, responsible choices to keep life affordable for middle-class families.”
At the risk of sounding patronizing, it’s surprising that a bunch of well-educated, intelligent people can’t figure out the kerfuffle between the universities of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The solution appears to be rather simple.
Nelson Polsby, a UC Berkeley political scientist whose witty and astute observations on Congress, the electoral process and presidential politics influenced several generations of scholars, policymakers, journalists and other political animals, died at his Berkeley home Tuesday of complications of heart disease. He was 72.
Polsby became an expert on Congress almost by accident. At the outset of his academic career in 1960, he was asked to teach a course on Congress at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
LAKE DELTON, Wis. — A leading Wisconsin stem cell researcher said that major roadblocks remain before human embryonic stem cells will turn into cures for diseases.
University of Wisconsin scientist James Thomson said in a speech to the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Thursday night that transplantation therapies should work but it could take decades.
He said obstacles include learning how to turn embryonic stem cells into all types of organs and tissues in the body and then making sure cancer and other defects aren’t introduced during the transplant.
Most are betting on biology to convert carbohydrates into biofuels. Jim Dumesic thinks catalysis is the key
The United States is counting on biofuels to reduce reliance on imported petroleum and to cut carbon emissions from vehicles. But most cars won’t run on corn oil, so scientists must find ways to convert plant matter into practical fuels. Much hope–and hype–centers on harnessing microbes and enzymes to convert biomass to ethanol. But James Dumesic, a chemical engineer at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is blazing another trail.
An expert in catalysis, Dumesic is searching for a philosopher’s stone to turn sugar water into fuels and higher value chemicals.
Quoted: Maureen Durkin, an epidemiologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison police said they have made an arrest in connection with an attack and robbery at dorm on Tuesday.
An arrest has been made in connection with the robbery of two UW-Madison students inside their dorm room Tuesday night, Sgt. Michael Newton of UW-Madison police department confirmed.
UW-Madison’s Witte Hall has locked doors with special sensors to detect any breaches. It also has elevators and stairwells whose access is supposed to be restricted to key-holders, and surveillance cameras that monitor comings and goings.
In this weather, it’s hard to keep someone waiting outside a locked glass door.
“Common courtesy, just hold the door for them. Let them in,” said Nick Propson, UW dorm resident.
On Tuesday night, a student in the UW’s Witte Hall did just that.
And the person they let in proceeded to attack and rob another student who was in her dorm room.
And that attack has left a lot of students thinking twice before performing a good samaritan act of their own.
Three University of Wisconsin professors in Madison say a new state law forcing sexual predators to wear tracking devices for the rest of their lives is unconstitutional.
The professors — Walter Dickey, Byron Lichstein and Meredith Ross — say that the measure violates privacy rights and amounts to punishment and warrantless surveillance when applied to offenders who aren’t on parole or government supervision.
The professors sent a letter to Corrections Secretary Matthew Frank on February 3rd to outline their beliefs.
Members of a committee of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents have approved expansion of a freshman admissions policy on UW campuses which includes race as a factor.
Admissions decisions factoring in an applicant’s race already take place at the system’s flagship school, UW-Madison. The practice’s critics include State Senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend). Grothman criticized the decision by the Regents’ education committee, but also said he might propose a compromise where only applicants of one racial minority would receive special consideration in admissions decisions.
Big ideas can mean big money…And that’s what UW Madison undergrads hope their creative inventions lead to.
Today, those inventions were judged during the 13th Annual Innovation Days Competition at the Engineering School.
Students can win almost $30,000 in prize money.
The University of Wisconsin-Stout will require athletes to take random drug tests, a response to December police searches that netted steroids and other drugs from the homes of two football players.
UW Police warned students in the dorms to keep all their doors locked and make sure to not let people into the dorms that shouldn’t be there.
It came after two female students were attacked in their Witte Hall dorm room by a burglar Tuesday night.
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin System leaders said that their plan for an admissions policy that considers applicants’ skin color is legal despite state laws saying that race cannot be an admissions test.
MADISON, Wis. — Three University of Wisconsin professors in Madison said a new state law forcing sexual predators to wear tracking devices for the rest of their lives is unconstitutional.
The professors — Walter Dickey, Byron Lichstein and Meredith Ross — said that the measure violates privacy rights and amounts to punishment and warrantless surveillance when applied to offenders who aren’t on parole or government supervision.
MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison dorm residents are being warned not to let strangers into their buildings after a student was attacked earlier this week.
Quoted: Dr. Niloo Edwards, chairman of cardiac surgery at UW Hospital.
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Stout will require athletes to undergo random drug testing, a response to December police searches that netted steroids and other drugs from the homes of two football players.
School officials said Thursday that the football team’s 100 players will be tested this spring for commonly abused drugs such as cocaine and marijuana, and a quarter will be randomly tested for steroids. Players in other sports at Wisconsin-Stout will undergo random drug testing starting in the fall.
