Quoted: Dr. Barbara Knox, a medical director for the UW children’s hospital child protection program
State Works To Prevent Child Abuse
NBC-15
Author: jplucas
Forget Yale — Go State
Washington Post
College sophomore Carli McGoff could have attended the University of Maryland directly from high school, a decision her parents could afford and would have supported. But the Silver Spring resident opted instead to attend Montgomery College on a merit scholarship for two years and live at home.
Her parents calculate the decision to attend a two-year community college saved them $26,000, money her father Chris McGoff says will now help pay for her to graduate from a four-year institution — she has applied to be accepted as a junior at Georgetown University, Gettysburg College and Franklin & Marshall College. Wherever she goes, she’ll get a diploma at a deep discount from what four full years at any of those institutions costs
Moving out of classroom, more undergraduates turn to research (AP)
CNN.com
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — In knee-high rubber boots, Jennifer Young peers out over a dozen or so sows and their litters, seemingly oblivious to the stench coming from their pens.
Pigs have been Young’s constant companions during her five years at North Carolina State University, whether it’s been running their genetics statistics on a computer, or more odious tasks like weighing and measuring them in the muck at the “Swine Education Unit” on a university-owned farm.
UW sports: DE Cooper reportedly dismissed from team
Wisconsin State Journal
Defensive end Jamal Cooper has been dismissed from the University of Wisconsin football team, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on its Web site Thursday night.
Curiosities: High altitude complicates boiling, baking
Wisconsin State Journal
Q: Why do things take longer to bake at high altitude?
A: The behavior of water – especially its boiling point – is as critical to baking as to boiling on the stovetop, said Srinivasan Damodaran, professor of food science at UW-Madison. Air pressure inhibits the boiling of water, and air pressure and boiling point both fall as altitude increases.
Professor: Kraft Foods Changes Not Necessarily Trouble For Oscar Mayer Plant
WISC-TV 3
Quoted: University of Wisconsin business professor Jim Seward said that change of ownership doesn’t necessarily mean bad news for Madison.
Gowââ?¬â?¢s ‘missionââ?¬â?¢ begins at UW-L
La Crosse Tribune
Joe Gow knows he can�t be in every classroom at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
But Gow, who started Thursday as UW-L�s 10th chancellor, hopes making students and staff feel valued and excited about what they are doing will lead to a great educational experience.
Editorial: In return for more money (Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Tribune
Quoted: University of Wisconsin school finance specialist Allan Odden
Super Bowl sits well with Colts’ Sorgi
Appleton Post-Crescent
MIAMI ââ?¬â? No one has a better understanding or is more accepting of his role on the Indianapolis Colts than backup quarterback Jim Sorgi.
“I’m the guy nobody wants to see play,” he said.
That’s not entirely true.
The Chicago Bears, their fans and anyone who has placed a bet on the Bears to win Super Bowl XLI would love to see Sorgi get on the field Sunday at Dolphin Stadium. That would mean something was seriously wrong with all-everything quarterback Peyton Manning and would put the Colts’ fate in the hands of someone who hasn’t taken a snap all season.
Universal probing takes professor to icy depths (River Falls Journal)
The average person realizes it takes a huge, sophisticated telescope ââ?¬â? like the Hubble Space Telescope ââ?¬â? to begin mapping the universe.
What might take more explaining is being told by UW-River Falls Physics Professor Jim Madsen that another telescope of universal exploration isn�t in orbit or even aimed at the heavens. It�s buried deep in South Pole ice.
Madsen belongs to an extended team of scientists that labor for the IceCube Project, spearheaded by UW-Madison. Most funding ââ?¬â? $275 million ââ?¬â? comes from the National Science Foundation, an independent U.S. government agency.
Lack of lake ice a harbinger of things to come (Lake Country Reporter)
Quoted: John Magnuson, professor emeritus of zoology and limnology at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
BP Awards $500-Million to California and Illinois Institutions for Alternative-Energy Research
Chronicle of Higher Education
The energy giant BP has chosen the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as recipients of a $500-million grant for research on the development of alternative energy sources.
The grant will create the Energy Biosciences Institute, which California’s governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, said would be the largest institute in the world dedicated to creating energy from biological sources. The governor has proposed adding $40-million in state financing to the institute, along with $30-million for another sustainable-energy project at the national laboratory, which is a federal facility managed by the University of California.
President Bush Will Propose Largest Pell Grant Increase in a Generation but Hasn’t Said How He Would Pay for It
Chronicle of Higher Education
In his budget proposal for the 2008 fiscal year, President Bush plans to call for raising the maximum Pell Grant by nearly 14 percent, or $550, next year, the biggest one-year jump in the award for low-income students in more than three decades, the secretary of education, Margaret Spellings, announced on Thursday afternoon.
The plan also calls for an increase of 33 percent, or $1,350, over the next five years, bringing the maximum award to $5,400.
“This is real money that will help more low-income students achieve the dream of a college education,” Ms. Spellings said in a wide-ranging speech on higher education, delivered at North Carolina State University.
U. of I. wins role in joint research on biofuels (Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Tribune
The University of Illinois, as part of a research partnership, is set to announce Thursday that it has won a portion of a $500 million renewable-energy project financed by oil giant BP PLC. The research will focus on developing biofuels that use organic matter besides corn.
Academic research on what scientists call cellulosic biomass is going on around the world, but BP is one of the first corporations to make a significant investment in the field.
On Top of the World (Scholastic News)
Count to three. Did you feel anything unusual? By the time you finished counting, more than 150 trillion tiny particles called neutrinos shot through your body at about the speed of light.
A group of scientists at the South Pole is tracking these tiny particles as they fly through ice. They are building a telescope called Ice Cube to find out what happens when a neutrino bumps into other particles in the ice.
City of Madison looks ahead to Halloween 2007 (The Daily Page)
Isthmus
City officials held a “Halloween 2006 debriefing” for about 20 downtown Business Improvement District members and other observers Wednesday afternoon at the Madison Central Library.
“As a rule we can be pretty proud of what we accomplished,” Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said of the two-day party that drew at least 34,000 revelers to downtown Madison. No major disturbances broke out, and unlike past Halloweens police didn’t have to resort to pepper spray, said the mayor.
UW football: Ticket prices going up
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin Athletic Department is seeking a price hike for football season tickets for 2007, but it likely will stop short of any other increases.
However, because the UW men’s basketball team is scheduled to host the America’s Youth Classic next season – a three-day, four-team, round- robin tournament – fans will be asked to pay extra for that event.
Doyle, offers agenda for health care, UW System
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Gary Sandefur, dean of letters and sciences.
How can collegians shoulder their debt? Keep an eye on spending, and choose loans carefully
USA Today
Yes, college tuition is increasing faster than inflation. And yes, the College Board recently reported that college graduates on average enter the real world with student loan debts of more than $19,000. But when USA TODAY asked a group of young adults whether their college years were worth it, 68% said yes; 44% said the value exceeded the cost.
Wilderness: New yellow perch rules are likely this fall (Appleton Post-Crescent)
Appleton Post-Crescent
Quoted: Phil Moy, fisheries and invasive species specialist with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant at Manitowoc.
FDA Revamps Process for Safety of Drugs After Approval
Washington Post
Quoted: R. Alta Charo, a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin.
Project builds a bridge between research, business (Kansas City Star)
Kansas City Star
Are you looking for a new genetically engineered mouse? Maybe you are seeking a new imaging technique to detect heart disease.
Entrepreneurs or large companies seeking inventions to drive the next blockbuster product and scientists seeking to advance their research have a new way to discover these and other intriguing technologies.
An offshoot of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation on Tuesday unveiled a revamped version of its iBridge project. At the heart of the initiative is a Web site, www.ibridgenetwork.org, that provides searchable and clear descriptions of university innovations and how they can be used to advance other research or develop commercial products.
New FDA plan aims to improve drug safety (New York Times)
Quoted: Alta Charo, a member of the committee that wrote the report who is also a University of Wisconsin professor of law and bioethics.
Doyle promotes bold agenda (Appleton Post-Crescent)
Appleton Post-Crescent
MADISON ââ?¬â? Gov. Jim Doyle says voters last fall sent a message.
“They wanted us to end the divisiveness and partisan fighting, and focus instead on making progress for middle-class families,” Doyle said Tuesday as he delivered his fifth State of the State address to the Legislature. “Democrats, Republicans, let us pledge tonight: We will come together to get things done.”
U creates first-year welcome week (Minnesota Daily)
Orientation & First-Year Programs is spearheading the creation of a “welcome week” for fall 2008 and is currently laying out the details.
Though specifics are uncertain, a welcome week could mean first-year students will move onto campus five days before the first day of classes to allow time to adjust, unpack, buy books and map their way around campus.
UW sports: The marketing of Bucky
Wisconsin State Journal
There was a time not that long ago when the approach to marketing and promoting University of Wisconsin sports wobbled between the surreal and the simplistic.
Each stored embryo is a stem cell debate
USA Today
As Congress renews debate about funding stem cell research using human embryos, people are thinking hard about what to do with excess embryos after their families are complete. Only they ââ?¬â? not politicians, doctors or ethicists ââ?¬â? are legally entitled to make the call.
Uw Chooses A New People Person
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison’s Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence — better known as PEOPLE — has named Jacqueline DeWalt as its new director.
DeWalt, who has been assistant director of the program since 2005, will oversee year-round academic enrichment, summer residential workshops, cultural and group activities in higher education, community outreach and public school partnerships.
Anti-cancer Drug Plus Silicon Equals A Less-toxic Medication
Wisconsin State Journal
Researchers at UW-Madison have found that silicon, the material used for years to make computer chips, may have healing properties for humans.
Because humans are carbon-based life forms, all medicines are also carbon-based.
Squeezing Schools Day 3: For schools, an increased sense of urgency
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Allan Odden, education finance expert.
U. of Wisconsin Discusses Its Plan to Consider Applicants’ Race Systemwide and Gets Mixed Reviews
Chronicle of Higher Education
As the University of Wisconsin system held a statewide forum by teleconference on Monday night on a plan to have each of its campuses consider race in admissions, it was clear that residents of the state were divided on the proposed move.
The proposal to consider applicants’ race and ethnicity is just one element of a broad overhaul of the system’s admissions policies that the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents plans to vote on next week. Yet it was almost the sole focus of discussion among those who gathered at five sites around the state for the forum.
U. of Wisconsin Discusses Its Plan to Consider Applicants’ Race Systemwide and Gets Mixed Reviews
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As the University of Wisconsin system held a statewide forum by teleconference on Monday night on a plan to have each of its campuses consider race in admissions, it was clear that residents of the state were divided on the proposed move.
The proposal to consider applicants’ race and ethnicity is just one element of a broad overhaul of the system’s admissions policies that the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents plans to vote on next week. Yet it was almost the sole focus of discussion among those who gathered at five sites around the state for the forum.
The university system’s president, Kevin P. Reilly, described the proposed overhaul of the system’s admissions policies as necessary to update a systemwide policy that was adopted in 1972 and since then has been revised on a piecemeal basis.
UW leaders use public hearings to sell admissions plan (AP)
La Crosse Tribune
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – University of Wisconsin System leaders tried to sell changes to their freshman admissions policy to the public Monday, saying race and other factors must be considered to ensure a diverse student body.
UW System President Kevin Reilly said academic factors including test scores, the quality of high school classes and grade-point average would remain the most important. But he said the policy would allow admissions officers to look beyond those factors to ensure diversity in race, income and talent among the system�s 160,000 students.
Conservative Author To Speak About 9/11 At UW-Madison
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — Controversial conservative author Dinesh D’Souza will give a lecture at University of Wisconsin-Madison on Jan. 30 as part of the university’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
D’Souza said he will be speaking about America’s role in the world, and why America is both the most loved and most hated society on the planet. He said he’ll draw on his previous book, “What’s So Great About America,” and his new book, “The Enemy At Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11,” to give a talk that is both historical and connected to current events.
D’Souza’s new book is likely to garner a strong reaction from the traditionally liberal UW-Madison campus when he speaks on Tuesday.
McCain and Feingold push Senate in opposite directions on Iraq (AP)
La Crosse Tribune
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Statewide UW Admission Forum
WKOW-TV 27
The Board of Regents are in the process of updating the decades old policy. Mitch Weber was at the state-wide teleconference where diversity was a re-occurring theme. Not just diverse in the way we think of race and race based admissions, but other factors.
One mother spoke out about how the system seems to already be working because her son, who is African-American was not accepted even with a stellar GPA. Riley also stressed all UW campuses are doing considering other factors besides grades and race. (Video.)
UW Students Speak Out On Admissions Proposal
WISC-TV 3
MADISON, Wis. — A public hearing on proposed new standards for admission into the University of Wisconsin is getting plenty of feedback.
Race and admissions has long been a controversial topic in the UW system. On Monday the Board of Regents heard from the public at five Wisconsin university sites via satellite, reported WISC-TV.
The debate was over how much non-academic background should play in selecting freshman students, and whether the revised policy will help build a more diverse campus.
UW senior Jennifer Knox said sheââ?¬â?¢s a living example of a ââ?¬Å?racially consciousââ?¬Â admissions policy, and sheââ?¬â?¢s proved she belongs there.
Enrollment Policies Discussed At UW Forum (WPR)
Wisconsin Public Radio
(UNDATED) Five University of Wisconsin campuses will host a forum today (1/29) on the UW System�s proposed enrollment policy. The plan emphasizes an applicant�s academic performance, but also looks at factors including a student�s race and extracurricular activities.
UW System Spokesman David Giroux says the policy is similar to those already in place at most UW campuses, as well as at leading colleges nationwide. He says the campuses have come to the same conclusion that no person is a number and that to ascertain whether or not someone will succeed at the University, itââ?¬â?¢s important to look at every bit of information available. He says to understand what a student will bring to the University and how they will enrich the learning environment, officials have to look at the whole person, and ââ?¬Å?go beyond the numbers.ââ?¬Â
Chad Vader, superstar (Isthmus)
Isthmus
Quoted: Benson Gardner, now a documentarian and a publicist for the University of Wisconsin Press.
From Intellectuals To Children,’ People Are Wowed By Work Of Uw-madison Alum Chihuly
Wisconsin State Journal
A star burst of yellow glass cones hanging from an oak tree makes an unlikely forest chandelier. Red reeds rise from the cactus garden. And where the macaws fly low, the pink crags are piled like a massive tower of rock candy.
Dale Chihuly’s work has transformed the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, adding spheres of multicolored glass to ponds where lily pads once floated alone and kaleidoscopic columns to patches of green. The reach of the world’s premier glassblower extends far beyond the cycads and palms of Coral Gables, though, to the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to Jerusalem and to Seoul.
Jolie to film the cult ‘bible of selfishness’ (The Observer, UK)
Guardian (UK)
Quoted: Lester Hunt, a philosophy professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and member of the Ayn Rand Society.
Donald Osterbrock, astronomer, dies at 82 (UPI)
United Press International
Donald Osterbrock, astronomer, dies at 82SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Jan. 27 (UPI) — Donald Osterbrock, former director of Lick Observatory in California and author of a textbook on gaseous nebulae, has died at 82.
After several years as a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Osterbrock became director of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in 1973.
Baggot: Love affair with UW goes public
Wisconsin State Journal
If this public display of affection between the national sports media and the University of Wisconsin gets any more enthusiastic, they’re going to need to get a room.First a lingering hug from Sports Illustrated. Then a long, furtive gaze from Jim Rome. Then kissy-face with all that is ESPN. Put them on the same rec room sofa and you have a canoodle-a-thon that begs for a dimmer switch and a chaperon.
Pathologist: No longer stands by conclusions in death case (AP)
La Crosse Tribune
Questioned by Keith Findley, an attorney with the Wisconsin Innocence Project of the University of Wisconsin Law School, Huntington said he now is not comfortable with the testimony he gave a decade ago, he no longer is certain the injury happened within two hours of the symptoms and he doesn�t know if there was shaking.
Huntington testified at the second day of a hearing to determine whether Edmunds should be granted a new trial.
The final frontier (Guardian Unlimited)
Guardian (UK)
Jad Adams follows Deborah Blum as she ventures into the world of Victorian mediums and psychics. A review of Ghost Hunters.
Knee injuries becoming more common for female athletes (Appleton Post-Crescent)
Appleton Post-Crescent
Quoted: Marc Sherry, physical therapist and licensed athletic trainer for University of Wisconsin Sports Medicine in Madison.
ACL tears could be all in the family (Appleton Post-Crescent)
Appleton Post-Crescent
Quoted: Dr. Ben Graf, Associated Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at University of Wisconsin Sports Medicine in Madison.
Doyle: $225 million aimed at UW System projects (AP)
La Crosse Tribune
MADISON ââ?¬â? Gov. Jim Doyle says he will provide enough money in his budget for the University of Wisconsin System to meet its goals for graduating more students, expanding research and holding tuition down to an average of about 2.5 percent over the next two years.
Doyle�s plan, made in consultation with campus leaders, will provide $225 million over the next two years targeted primarily at helping the university graduate more teachers, nurses and engineers, the governor said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press.While the proposal he will outline in his State of the State address on Tuesday does not meet every need the university identified in its budget request passed in August, Doyle said hits on the highest priorities.
Students may face penalties for off-campus misconduct (The UWM Post)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students can be penalized for misbehavior on campus, but a new committee will determine if there could be consequences for their behavior off campus as well.
The University of Wisconsin System has organized a committee to look into Chapters 17 and 18, which provide penalties for breaking rules on campus.
A Contrarian View: Save Less and Still Retire With Enough
New York Times
Quoted: John Karl Scholz, an economics professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Co-operation greases the wheels (Montreal Gazette)
Montreal Gazette
Two women, working in their own ways toward social development, discover that the power to effect major change hinges on collaboration. Profile of Frances Westley, director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A fair to remember
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison campus – Between 1905 and 1940 Arthur Peabody designed or oversaw the design of more than 60 campus buildings, first as university architect and then as state architect. His credits include some of the most beloved spots: the Field House, Memorial Union, Carillon Tower, Lakeshore Dorms, and many, many others. More than that, however, in his 1908 Master Plan he organized the design of buildings on campus, creating “design neighborhoods” that are again coming into fashion.
For a Federal Grant, Complete This Maze
Chronicle of Higher Education
Quoted: Sandra R. Robins, an assistant dean at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Oscar Mayer exec’s vision: Convenient food
Wisconsin State Journal
Meriggioli is on the board of directors of United Way and Second Harvest and on the advisory board for the UW-Madison School of Business Center for Brand and Product Management.
Financial crunch takes its toll; lauded program loses ground
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Julie Underwood, dean of the School of Education.
Special interests eye high court race
Wisconsin State Journal
Quoted: Charles Franklin, political science.
UW-Madison professor has a vision for school funding
Wisconsin State Journal
The classroom pulses with tiny, high-pitched voices – new readers at work.
“We’re smart!” student Abdoulie Jammeh exults after he locates the word “frog.”
Experts consider Abdoulie lucky to be in Jean Augsburger’s classroom in Madison’s Mendota Elementary, one of the many classrooms where school districts are pushing the limits of the state’s school funding formula to train teachers and offer unique curriculums.
And more state classrooms could be like Augsburger’s high-energy kindergarten, said UW-Madison education professor Allan Odden, a nationally known expert on school finance.
UW-Milwaukee chancellor wants to add two campuses (The Business Journal of Milwaukee)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee chancellor Carlos Santiago wants to expand the university’s reach by adding two campuses, which he said will help ease crowding at its main campus on Milwaukee’s east side and bring academics closer to research.
In a speech to UWM officials Thursday, Santiago proposed creating a campus near the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center and the Milwaukee County Research Park and a second campus near a downtown hospital to bring clinic experience to students in its nursing care, aging support and other medical fields.
Baby Sitter Wants New Trial In Shaken Baby Case
WISC-TV 3
The case has been taken on by the Wisconsin Innocence Project, which is trying to get Edmunds a new trial.
Dean of students balances many tasks (Arizona Republic)
Arizona Republic
Luoluo Hong is the dean of students at Arizona State University at the West Campus. Before that, she was dean of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has a Ph.D. in educational leadership and research from Louisiana State University.